Profitable Publishing™ | Book Marketing | Brand Building for Coaches, Speakers, & Service Providers

Profitable Publishing™ | Book Marketing | Brand Building for Coaches, Speakers, & Service Providers

Welcome to Profitable Publishing™! This podcast is for coaches, consultants, speakers, and service providers who want to package their expertise into a book that builds their brand, attracts their clients, and supports real business growth. This isn’t for authors who just want to get their book out there. This is for business owners who want to position themselves as the go expert in their field and serve their audience on a deeper level. If you help your readers get a result it’s time to leverage your book to do the same for you: open doors to speaking opportunities, attract premium clients, develop lasting partnerships, and make consistent income. This podcast shows you how to turn your expertise into a profitable publishing™ strategy aligned to your book. On this podcast, you’ll learn how to: Align your book with your brand identity, services, and offers Build authority and visibility as a thought leader in your industry Get consistent book sales before, during, and long after you launch Go beyond royalties by turning your book into an income generating offer Use your book to qualify clients, secure paid speaking gigs, sell your book to groups and not just individuals Create a strategic book to attract leads or support clients This isn’t just about selling more books. This podcast is for business owners who know their book can open doors, land speaking opportunities, premium services, partnerships, and consistent income. Profitable Publishing™ is hosted by Ashley D. Shepard is a 5x author, book marketing strategist, and self publishing consultant who supports independent and self published authors with generating revenue before they release. She’s also an Atlanta area wife and mom of two who understand building your author brand in the margins of your day. It’s time to publish and market on your own terms, grow your brand intentionally, and use your book as a true business asset to support clients or generate leads. So if you’re a coach, consultant, author, or service provider, subscribe now and discover how to make your book the most powerful part of your brand. Click play today to start your profitable publishing™ journey today. Already listening? Leave a review on Apple Podcasts Grab a copy of Profitable Publishing™ with Preorders https://www.PreorderProfits.com/book Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sheppublishing Connect on Social Threads: https://www.threads.com/@sheppublishing LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ashley-d-shepard Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sheppublishing Facebook: www.facebook.com/sheppublishing YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ShepPublishing

Episodes

January 14, 2026 35 mins

The podcast episode focuses on on whether using social media marketing for books is the best option for most authors. Find out the importance of choosing the right platform, developing clarity around social media goals, assessing capacity and consistency for social media engagement, and leveraging social media for book marketing.

Get details on the Profitable Publishing™ Live 2 Day Intensive for event to create a profitable book tha...

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This intro episode of the Profitable Publishing™ podcast shares the goals and vision for the podcast with using a book as a business asset and explores book marketing strategies to support business growth. This episode covers the introduction to the podcast, the profitable publishing™ plan, the purpose of your book in your business, and the best book marketing strategies for coaches, consultants, speakers, and service providers.

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Think writing a book means chasing royalties and hoping for bestseller status? Think again. In this episode, you'll discover why traditional publishing advice fails business owners and what to do instead.

Ashley D. Shepard breaks down the Profitable Publishing™ framework: a strategy that positions your book as a client-attraction tool, not just another product to sell. You'll learn how one author made $4,000 in her first four weeks,...

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Profitable Publishing™ is for coaches, consultants, speakers, and nonfiction authors who want to package their expertise in a book that builds their brand, attracts clients, and supports real business growth. This isn’t for authors who just want to get their book out there. 

Your book has more sales to make, more doors to open, and more people to serve. But traditional publishing advice doesn’t quite fit your publishing goals.&...

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