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.
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Episode #72
#72 Ep7. From Keynote to Workshop to Program
Sep 2, 202619 minS1
Talk To Us Directly Your book can become much more than a single keynote. In this episode of The Expert’s Journey , Brad and Dixie explore how authors and speakers can turn one powerful idea into a keynote, an interactive workshop and a longer-term coaching, advisory or training program. Discover how to create a clear progression of offers without trying to squeeze everything into one presentation. You’ll learn how to use your book as the foundation for a connected business ecosystem that takes audiences from inspiration to implementation. The Expert’s Journey podcast is dedicated to empowering authors, content creators, experts and professional speakers worldwide. Join hosts Brad Hauck, author of AI Powered Profits: Use AI to Automate & Accelerate Your Business in 90 Days , and Dixie Carlton, author of Start With the Draft: How to Easily Plan and Write a Non-Fiction Book , as they share practical insights to elevate your speaking career. Each episode delivers actionable strategies to grow your audience, sharpen your skills, and increase your impact through speaking, publishing, and smart marketing. Whether you're looking to boost your influence or explore new ways to share your expertise, The Expert’s Journey gives you the tools and direction to succeed. FIND US Brad Hauck Proficlix.com.au Dixie Carlton Indieexpertspublishing.com
#71 Ep6. How to Build a Signature Framework People Remember
Aug 26, 202616 minS1
Talk To Us Directly 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 to action. In this episode of The Expert’s Journey, we explore what makes a signature framework useful, memorable and commercially valuable. We’ll look at how the right framework can become more than a diagram in your book, forming the foundation of your keynotes, workshops, courses and consulting offers. link: https://www.indieexpertsacademy.com/tejpodcast/ The Expert’s Journey podcast is dedicated to empowering authors, content creators, experts and professional speakers worldwide. Join hosts Brad Hauck, author of AI Powered Profits: Use AI to Automate & Accelerate Your Business in 90 Days , and Dixie Carlton, author of Start With the Draft: How to Easily Plan and Write a Non-Fiction Book , as they share practical insights to elevate your speaking career. Each episode delivers actionable strategies to grow your audience, sharpen your skills, and increase your impact through speaking, publishing, and smart marketing. Whether you're looking to boost your influence or explore new ways to share your expertise, The Expert’s Journey gives you the tools and direction to succeed. FIND US Brad Hauck Proficlix.com.au Dixie Carlton Indieexpertspublishing.com
Talk To Us Directly 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, core message and the problem your audience wants to solve. Discover how to create a lead magnet that helps people understand, decide, diagnose or take action, then build an email follow-up journey that earns trust and leads naturally towards a paid offer. If you’re an author, speaker or expert looking to generate leads, build authority and turn readers into clients, this episode will help you see what needs to happen after the download. The Expert’s Journey podcast is dedicated to empowering authors, content creators, experts and professional speakers worldwide. Join hosts Brad Hauck, author of AI Powered Profits: Use AI to Automate & Accelerate Your Business in 90 Days , and Dixie Carlton, author of Start With the Draft: How to Easily Plan and Write a Non-Fiction Book , as they share practical insights to elevate your speaking career. Each episode delivers actionable strategies to grow your audience, sharpen your skills, and increase your impact through speaking, publishing, and smart marketing. Whether you're looking to boost your influence or explore new ways to share your expertise, The Expert’s Journey gives you the tools and direction to succeed. FIND US Brad Hauck Proficlix.com.au Dixie Carlton Indieexpertspublishing.com
Talk To Us Directly Having a published book can build authority, but it won’t automatically get you booked to speak. Event organisers aren’t looking for authors who want to promote their books. They want speakers who understand their audience, solve a relevant problem and deliver clear, memorable value. In this episode of The Expert’s Journey , Brad and Dixie explore how to position yourself as an expert with a message people need to hear. Discover how to develop a distinct speaking angle, create stronger talk titles, use memorable stories and build a one-sheet and video reel that give organisers confidence. You’ll also learn how to sharpen your phone pitch and align your book, speaking and business into one powerful expert ecosystem. The Expert’s Journey podcast is dedicated to empowering authors, content creators, experts and professional speakers worldwide. Join hosts Brad Hauck, author of AI Powered Profits: Use AI to Automate & Accelerate Your Business in 90 Days , and Dixie Carlton, author of Start With the Draft: How to Easily Plan and Write a Non-Fiction Book , as they share practical insights to elevate your speaking career. Each episode delivers actionable strategies to grow your audience, sharpen your skills, and increase your impact through speaking, publishing, and smart marketing. Whether you're looking to boost your influence or explore new ways to share your expertise, The Expert’s Journey gives you the tools and direction to succeed. FIND US Brad Hauck Proficlix.com.au Dixie Carlton Indieexpertspublishing.com
Talk To Us Directly 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 breadcrumb speaking cues through your book, build a frictionless speaker website, and reduce the hesitation that stops buyers from pulling the trigger. You'll learn how to set up a dedicated booking page, what to audit on your third-party profiles, and how to show up in AI-powered searches before a competitor does. The Expert’s Journey podcast is dedicated to empowering authors, content creators, experts and professional speakers worldwide. Join hosts Brad Hauck, author of AI Powered Profits: Use AI to Automate & Accelerate Your Business in 90 Days , and Dixie Carlton, author of Start With the Draft: How to Easily Plan and Write a Non-Fiction Book , as they share practical insights to elevate your speaking career. Each episode delivers actionable strategies to grow your audience, sharpen your skills, and increase your impact through speaking, publishing, and smart marketing. Whether you're looking to boost your influence or explore new ways to share your expertise, The Expert’s Journey gives you the tools and direction to succeed. FIND US Brad Hauck Proficlix.com.au Dixie Carlton Indieexpertspublishing.com
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