My guest today is the wellness-minded Les Alfred.

Les is the founder of the phenomenal Balanced Black Girl Podcast and Blog.

Balanced Black Girl helps you find your balance to feel your best.

Les is an excellent communicator, a dedicated fitness person, self care educator, is so good at podcasting and ultimately is balanced.

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Books Mentioned:
Harry Potter Series
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
On Rotation by Shirlene Obuobi
Funny Story by Emily Henry
Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan
A Love for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams
Becoming by Michelle Obama
the Davenports by Krystal Marquis
Worthy by Nancy Levin
This Could Be Us by Kennedy Ryan

Places to Find More From Les Alfred:
All Socials - https://tr.ee/OR4Q2zRvVG
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Our guest today is the intentional Dr. Marcus Collins.

Dr. Collins is Best-selling Author of "For the Culture"

Marcus previously worked with Apple, was a digital strategist for Beyoncé, the Brooklyn Nets and is currently a professor of Marketing at the esteem, Ross School of Business at University of Michigan (GO BLUE)

Marcus is a culture scholar a brand expert, a marketer, an educator, a father,
and a lover of A Tribe Called Quest and The Monkeys.

Check your copy of 'For The Culture' today!
https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/...

Timestamps:

1:20 - Culture & 2024 Election
3:40 - The Brand of America
4:40 - Brand Campaigns
6:40 - Brands and Cultural Producers
8:24 - Jay Z
12:02 - Start with the Soul, End with the Sell.
15:35 - Every Brand start with Zero
16:34 - Apple Think Different
18:43 - Liquid death
20:43 - Brand Identity
22:20 - Beyonce
24:21 - Beyhive
27:20 - 12 Notes - Soul + Science
30:11 - Brooklyn Nets
36:30 - Writing "For the Culture"
38:58 - Culture and Faith overlap
41:20 - Stories that missed the book
42:58 - Last,Now,Next Books
43:58 - Founders Toolkit
45:00 - Marketers Toolkit
46:38 - Places to Find Marcus Collins

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/marctothec/...
Linktree - https://linktr.ee/Marctothec

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Our guest today is the brilliant Alex and Books!

Alex is the passionate reader behind the Alex and Books social handle that has amassed roughly 1m followers across all social medias.

Alex is also the creator of newly launched The Art of Reading course

Alex is a founder, a writer, a podcaster, a book content creator and loves helping people read more.

Timestamps:

1:07 - Becoming a Reader
3:30 - Getting into Book Content Creation
5:39 - Alex on Writing
6:45 - Headlines and Writing on Social
8:01 - Newsletter Writing
9:10 - Capturing Attention
11:15 - The Art of Reading Course
12:40 - Doing Courses
13:38 - Helping People Read More
15:20 - Building in Public
16:35 - Picking A Great Book
18:14 - Community and Engagement
19:33 - Retaining what you read
21:11 - Reading Challenges
23:30 - Readers are Leaders
25:08 - Working at a Publishing House// Future of Publishing
27:35 - Last, Now, Next Books
30:00 - Reading Schedule
31:50 - More/Less of in the Book World
34:00 - Outro

Places to find more from Alex and Books:

The Art of Reading Course - https://alexandbooks.mykajabi.com/the...
Twitter - https://x.com/alexandbooks_
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/alexandbooks_/
Website - https://alexandbooks.com/

Books Mentioned:

• How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
• The Boron Letters by Bond Halbert and Gary Halbert
• Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
• How to Read a Book by
• A Guide to the Good Life by
• $100M Offers by Alex Hormozi
• $100M Leads by Alex Hormozi
• Blue Mind by Wallace J. Nichols

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Our Guest today is the Delightful Danielle Robay.

Danielle is the Founder of PrettySmart & The Host of the PrettySmart Podcast.

Pretty Smart is a love letter to women with something to say:

Danielle is also a TV Host, Journalist and has chatted with everyone from Taylor Swift to Jada Pinkett Smith.

Danielle is a storyteller, a card game creator, a conversational, an avid reader and Questions are her Love Language.

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Timestamps:

1:00 - Going After Dreams
2:30 - Book Quotes
5:30 - Last Book that Made you Cry
7:20 - PrettySmart
12:12 - Maya Angelou
13:10 - Pop Culture & Cerebral Entertainment
16:17 - Friend circles
17:53 - Roc Nation
21:25 - Interviewing Famous People
23:25 - Jada Pickett Smith
24:50 - Silence and Interview styles
26:10 - Not asking questions in Interviews
28:20 - Content creation
30:40 - Hello Sunshine Collective
31:50 - The Bright Side - Daily Podcast
33:05 - Reese Witherspoon
34:20 - Last, Now, Next Books
35:50 - More/Less in the Book World

Places to Find Danielle Robay:

PrettySmart Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/prettysmart/id1550883345

Instagram PrettySmart - https://www.instagram.com/beprettysmart/

Danielle Robay Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/daniellerobay/?hl=en

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Our Guest today is the wonderful Kathleen Schmidt

Kathleen has over 25+ years of experience in the book publishing Industry.

She has worked on over 50+ NY times bestsellers.

Kathleen is President of KMSPR, a strategy, marketing, PR, and branding firm focusing on authors, publishers, and publishing adjacent entities.

Kathleen is also the writer behind the wonderful Publishing Confidential blog.

She is a Mother of Puppies & Teens and a Book Lover!

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Timestamp:

1:10 - Jackie Kennedy
3:30 - Early Wins as a Publicist
5:10 - Being a Book Strategist
6:35 - The lifespan of the book for a publicist
8:10 - Glaring problems - Finding Audience
10:30 - KMSPR
12:00 - Brooke Warner & Hybrid Publishing
13:01 - Advancing in Publishing
16:00 - Being Author-Centric
17:38 - Social Media in Publishing
21:20 - Celebrity Memoirs
24:30 - Publishing Confidential
28:18 - Lisa Lucas & Reagan Arthur
31:50 - Building a Publishing House
34:20 - Why Kathleen Still Loves Books
35:20 - Last, Now, Next Books
37:10 - What Do You Want to See in the Book World?
37:30 - What Do You Want to Less of in the Book World?

Places to Find More From Kathleen Schmidt:

Publishing Confidential - https://kathleenschmidt.substack.com/podcast
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kathmschmidt/
Website - https://kmspr.com/

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This is Special Episode of Founders Talk Podcast:

A Podcast for founders to tell their stories, ideas and visions of the future.

My Guest today is the Green-Lighter Brooke Warner.

Brooke started in the publishing industry at 23 and has been a trailblazer in the space.

She had supported over 700+ books into publication and over 1000+ writers in her amazing 22+ yrs in publishing.

She is the Publisher of She Writes Press SparkPress and president of Warner Coaching Inc.,

Brooke is also the author of Write On,Sisters! Green-light Your Book, What’s Your Book?, and three other books on memoirs.

She is a Gate-Opener, a podcaster, a writer, she Crushed Her TedxTalk (by the way), and a game changer in the book space.

Topics:
Marketing as Hybrid Publishers
Write-Minded Podcast
Backlist in Publishing
Traditional Publishing

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Places to find more from Brooke Warner:

She Writes Press - https://shewritespress.com/

SparksPress - https://gosparkpress.com/

She Writes Press and SparkPress Toward Equality in Publishing Program: https://shewritespress.com/equality-in-publishing/

Write-Minded Podcast https://podcast.shewrites.com/

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