Season 2 | Episode 6 • Derek Doepker
Host & Guest
Guest, Derek Doepker
Host, Kathleen Kaiser
Producer, Adanna Moriarty
About This Episode
Best-Selling author, speaker, and marketing consultant Derek Doepker has developed an efficient way to keep new authors on track with their marketing needs. An acronym, ASPIRE, breaks down his steps in an easy-to-remember way. He studied successful authors and what they used to sell more books to develop this method. Join in the conversation with Kathleen and Derek on today’s episode of Talking Book Publishing as Derek breaks it down for you and gives direction to authors on marketing their books.
About Derek Doepker
Derek Doepker went from being a broke valet parker to a bestselling author. He’s sold over 100,000 books using free and low-cost marketing strategies. Now he shares these strategies with fellow authors to empower them to turn their passion for writing into a thriving business. You can connect with him at https://bestsellersecrets.com
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Great episode! Derek has encapsulated the big needle-movers that propel one’s book publishing efforts forward.
We agree. So much knowledge. We really enjoyed the time we spent talking with Derek. Glad you did too.