Episode #113 – Bret Ridgway and Special Guest Host Judy Baker Discuss How to Best Leverage Your Podcast Appearances

Bret’s Bio:

Bret Ridgway is a 25-year veteran of the speaking industry.

He got his start managing the back-of-the-room sales table at Internet and Information Marketing conferences back in 1999.

He is founder of Speaker Fulfillment Services, a company that works with speakers, authors and information marketers providing product duplication and fulfillment services.

He is an 8-time author including his most recent book “How to Build a Profitable Speaking Business.”

When he’s not working with speakers you’ll find him actively involved with both the Knights of Columbus and Optimist International.

Judy’s Bio:

Since 2011 Book Marketing Mentor Judy M. Baker has coached hundreds of authors, guiding them from lackluster results to strategies for monetizing their books without going broke or crazy.

“Marketing is a conversation and everyone is in sales” are lessons she learned working with wine pioneer, Robert Mondavi.

Presentations to the Bay Area Independent Publishers Association, Redwood Writers, Napa Valley Writers, Women’s National Book Association, and the Bay Area Consultants Networks have earned praise.

Judy wrote and self-published her first book at 16.

Her stories and poetry appear in anthologies from Redwood Writers Press.

Judy is working on a memoir/ guidebook providing practical ways women. with ovarian cancer can take charge of their treatment and recovery.