The Expert's Journey: Helping Speakers & Authors Succeed!
The Expert's Journey: How Authors & Speakers Build Profitable Businesses with Books & Marketing
Turn your book into a business-building asset. Learn proven strategies to leverage your expertise, get booked as a speaker, and create multiple income streams beyond the page.
Are you an author, speaker, or expert who wants to use your book as a powerful marketing tool to book speaking gigs, grow your authority, and build a profitable business? This podcast delivers the strategies you need to transform from writer to sought-after thought leader.
Hosted by Brad Hauck (author of AI Powered Profits and international digital marketing expert "Mr Web Marketing") and Dixie Carlton (publisher and author of Start With the Draft), this show provides actionable insights to help experts monetize their knowledge through books, speaking, and smart marketing.
Brad: www.proficlix.com.au
Dixie: www.indieexpertspublishing.com
What You'll Learn:
✅ Book marketing for speakers – Turn your book into a lead generation machine that attracts high-paying speaking opportunities
✅ Author platform building – Create a strong personal brand that positions you as the go-to expert in your industry
✅ How to write a book – Practical strategies to plan, write, and publish books that build authority and credibility
✅ Speaker marketing strategies – Leverage your published work to get booked for conferences, corporate events, and keynotes
✅ AI-powered content creation – Use artificial intelligence to streamline writing, marketing, and audience growth
✅ Thought leadership – Establish yourself as an industry influencer who shapes conversations, not just joins them
✅ Multiple income streams – Create coaching programs, online courses, membership sites, and subscription models from your expertise
✅ Book to business blueprint – Extend your influence beyond book sales into speaking fees, consulting, and digital products
✅ Publishing and self-publishing – Navigate the publishing landscape to maximize your book's business impact
Perfect for:
- Published authors looking to monetize their books beyond sales
- Aspiring authors building their expert platform
- Speakers who want to write books to boost their speaking career
- Experts and consultants ready to establish thought leadership
- Non-fiction authors seeking to turn books into business assets
- Solopreneurs building authority-based businesses
- Conference speakers positioning themselves for higher fees
Each episode features conversations on author success, expert positioning, content marketing, and the intersection of writing, speaking, and entrepreneurship. You'll discover how to use your book as the foundation for a multi-six-figure expert business that generates income through speaking, coaching, digital products, and more.
Whether you're writing your first book or scaling your existing author platform, The Expert's Journey provides the roadmap to transform your expertise into influence and income.
New episodes weekly. Subscribe now and start your journey from author to authority.
The Expert's Journey: Helping Speakers & Authors Succeed!
Latest Episodes
#72 Ep7. From Keynote to Workshop to Program
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#71 Ep6. How to Build a Signature Framework People Remember
Most experts have a process, but very few have turned it into something people can easily understand, remember and share. A strong signature framework takes what you know and gives it a clear structure, helping your audience move from confusion...
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In this episode of The Expert’s Journey, Brad and Dixie explain why your lead magnet isn’t the funnel. A free guide, checklist or quiz may attract subscribers, but it won’t grow your business unless it connects clearly to your book, co...
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Most speakers lose bookings not because they're unqualified — but because event planners can't figure out how to hire them. In this episode, Brad Hauck and Dixie walk through the complete path from discovery to contract: how to brea...
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