
Welcome to the Big Leap Event!
Be sure to bookmark this link to return for your resources, downloads, and more.
Your Exclusive Invite...
A personalized package of services, support, team, resources, and training to become a bestselling author with Hybrid Global Publishing.
Your Event Resources and Materials
- Shared Folder with ALL Resources and Downloads
- Event Workbook - Updated Version
- Chat Log - Day 1
- Chat Log - Day 2
- Chat Log Day 3 didn't have much in it so it's not included here...
- Who Is Your Target Audience?
- The 10 Biggest Issues Challenges Your Ideal Reader
- Your End Goal for Your Book
- Chapter Names
- Talking Points for Chapters 1-2
- Book Pitch Examples
- Publishing Priority Rank
- Event Workbook - Original/Old Version
Video Replays
Day 1 Replay:
Day 2 Replay:
Day 3 Replay:
Links
Meet Your Big Leap Event for Authors Team and Speakers:

Karen Strauss
Karen Strauss has worked in publishing for more than thirty years and has held management and marketing positions at major publishing houses, including The Free Press, Crown, Random House, and Avon.
Karen founded Hybrid Global Publishing in 2011 to help authors, speakers, and entrepreneurs get their message out by writing and publishing a book. She offers publishing, distribution, and marketing services for organizations and individual authors. Karen is the author of Book Publishing for Entrepreneurs: Top Secrets from a New York Publisher and offers an online course called Publishing 101: Your Complete Guide from Idea to Published Author.

Ken Course
Ken Course is a master speaker, marketer, business consultant, bestselling author, and high-performance coach behind thousands of successful entrepreneurs.
With over 15 years of experience working with industry leading experts, he has been an acclaimed keynote speaker at hundreds of events worldwide with speaking legends such as Les Brown, Mark Victor Hansen, Kevin Harrington, and many others.
Ken has personally coached over 5,000 small businesses in workshop rooms, mastermind groups, and one-on-one sessions since 2007. His expertise has been key in 5 multi-million dollar program launches as well as 3 New York Times Bestselling Books.
Ken's Gift to You - How to Sell Your Book With Your Book:
How to turn your book into the products, programs, and promotional material you need to make sales for years to come.

Nancy Juetten
Since 2009, Bye-Bye Boring Bio Workbook Author, Podcast Guesting Success Expert, and Love Your Business – Love Your Life Inner Circle Leader Nancy Juetten has upgraded bios for speakers, experts, and authors who once struggled to broadcast their brilliance on paper or online. That workbook served as her magic carpet to make a favorable name for herself in the transformational coaching space. Over the years, Nancy has earned loyal fans, followers, joint venture partnerships, and clients who value her “all of the help and none of the hype” advice.
She is the creator of the Podcast Dream Guest Mastery online course and also bundles this course with her done for you media one sheet service to empower messengers world-wide to book themselves on top podcasts without hiring an expensive booking agency. She continues to create winning solutions to problems that emerge during big pivots in the marketplace and in life. Her Love Your Business – Love Your Life Inner Circle is one such example. In doing so, she runs a rewarding six-figure business and lives a life she loves without pursuing marketing strategies that feel mis-aligned or cringe-worthy. She’s a big fan of podcast guesting, and if she has anything to say about it, soon you will be, too!
Nancy's Gift to You - 8 Top Podcast Guesting Mistakes:
A high value report to get you booked on more podcasts.

Kate Wolf
Kate Wolf went from professional Clown to Six Figure CEO but has never forgotten the power of play to engage an audience.
Kate supports ambitious entrepreneurs to turn their unique experience and expertise into a flow of content, clients and cash.
As a coach, copywriter and consultant and after nine years ‘in the field’ working with thousands of business-owners, she knows how to turn bland or confusing messaging into brands that beam with personality - fast.
She will help you create content that is clear, purposeful and concise, articulating the message and offering that will attract your just-right clients to your business door. So that you get to both fill up your bank account and feel truly fulfilled.
Kate has guided clients to:
● go from making their first ever sale to achieving their first 10k month
● craft TED Talks that have had more than 12k views
● step powerfully into the leadership roles they were born to play.
Kate's Gift to You - StoryStarters: Attract More (and Better) Clients Because You're Sharing Your Authentic Voice with Bold, Brave, Brilliant Messaging:
Attract more (and better) clients without wasting money on ads, software, or complicated marketing.

B.L. Ochman
B.L. Ochman is a Generative AI trainer, strategic content creator, writer, podcast producer, journalist, YouTube channel growth hacker and marketing strategist with more than 30 years of experience in B2B and B2C verticals from food to finance.
Cutting through hype and hyperbole, at What’s Next Tech https://whatsnexttech.ai B.L. teaches non-technical clients how to incorporate Generative AI into their workflow in ways that were unimaginable even six months ago. With group workshops and one-to-one training, she will help you get up to speed with AI.
She is a trusted advisor to leading brands including IBM, Meijer, and Transitions Lenses, resulting in significant increases in sales and ROI. And She’s worked with startups and entrepreneurs to help them create visibility and sales for their brands.
Recognized as an industry thought leader leveraging tech for marketing, she has written for Ad Age, Business Week, Social Media Today and many more and she has spoken at more than 25 conferences.
B.L.'s Gift to You - What's Next Tech CHEAT SHEET: AI Prompting Techniques & Resources for Learning Generative AI
Here’s your Cheat Sheet for prompting – which is where the AI magic happens and resources that will help you!

Alexis Caldicott
Alexis Caldicott is an International Speaker, Messaging &
Copy Consultant, and Marketing Strategist.
For over a decade she has traveled the world teaching
thousands of business owners how to master their marketing
message & copy so they can make & impact millions.
Alexis is known as the “Queen of Education Based Marketing”
because her secret blend of psychology, sales copywriting,
and education-based marketing has helped her clients gross
millions of dollars in sales. She has been featured on NBC,
Fox News, CBS, Boston Herald, the magazine Think 7
Figures, and more!
Alexis graduated on the Dean’s List with Honors in psychology,
and is also a classically trained opera singer, and a certified
drum circle facilitator. She lives in Upstate New York with her
amazing husband Aaron and beautiful baby boy River.
Alexis' Gift to You - Content to Cash Injection Intensive One-day training
In ONE day you can learn how to turn your content into clients and cash.