Spotlight Your Story with Expound Publicity’s Lori Orlinsky & Alysson Bourque
The Children's Book Author PodcastShow Notes
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I’m joined by two powerhouse women—Alysson Bourque and Lori Orlinsky—award-winning children's book authors and the co-founders of Expound Publicity, a boutique book marketing agency built by authors, for authors. We talk about: The biggest marketing mistakes new authors makeHow to get media attention (without being famous!)Why writing a great book isn’t enough—and what to do about itThe story behind Expound and how it’s helping authors not just launch… but gr...
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