Unlock the Power Of Your Author Platform

Book Writing, Platform Building & Beyond With AI

March 17th, 2026

8 am PST, 9 am MST, 10 am CST, 11 am EST

(it's totally free!)

Step Out of the Shadows and Into Your Readers’ World

Every book deserves an audience—and every author needs a powerful platform to reach them. Join three trailblazing book writing and marketing innovators for a high-energy panel that shows you how to go from “great idea” to “book in readers’ hands” with clarity, strategy, and confidence.

What you’ll experience

In this conversation-driven session, you’ll learn how to:

-Identify, attract, and nurture your perfect readers so your marketing feels like a natural extension of your message.

-Design a launch strategy that turns browsers into buyers and buyers into long-term fans.

Turn your podcast (or podcast idea) into a book that amplifies your brand and creates new revenue streams.

-Connect the dots between platform, content, and conversions so your book becomes a catalyst for your bigger business goals.

You’ll walk away with real-world insights, hard-won lessons, and practical strategies you can start using right away.

Tracy Hazzard

Co- Founder of Podetize

Tracy Hazzard is a seasoned media expert with over 2600 interviews from articles in Authority Magazine, BuzzFeed, and her Inc. Magazine column; and from her multiple top-ranked videocasts and podcasts like The Binge Factor and Feed Your Brand – one of CIO’s Top 26 Entrepreneur Podcasts. Tracy brings diverse views from what works and what doesn’t work in marketing, branding and media from thought leaders and industry icons redefining success around the globe. Tracy’s unique gift to the podcasting, marketing, and branding world is being able to identify that unique binge-able factor – the thing that makes people come back again and again, listen actively, share as raving fans, and buy everything you have to sell.

 

Gary MacDermid

Co- Founder The Perfect Reader Playbook

Gary MacDermid is a motivational speaker, private investor, and retired Naval Officer known as “The Cash Flow Engineer.” From humble beginnings to international success, he inspires audiences to take control of their goals and build lasting wealth. Featured on Amazon Prime Video’s Speak UP: Empower Your Ideas, Gary is the author of Set Your Own Goals or Someone Else Will, a blueprint for intentional living and financial freedom. Through his companies, USA Private Equities and ProGrowth Solutions, he teaches entrepreneurs how to create wealth through systems thinking and disciplined investing.



 

Adanna Moriarty

Co- Founder of Pro Book Launch

Adanna Moriarty is the co-founder and creative director of ProBookLaunch, an AI-powered book marketing assistant designed to help authors simplify their marketing, amplify their reach, and stay connected with their readers long after launch. She’s also the founder of The ABM Collective, a design studio for authors and artists building soulful, story-driven brands. Adanna bridges technology and creativity, showing how AI can enhance authentic storytelling rather than replace it.


Meet Juliet

Author Platform Builder, Publisher, and Book Marketer

Fueled by equal parts Diet Dr Pepper and passion, I spend my days helping authors build their platforms.


What is a platform?

Platform building is the art of construction, where every connection made and every word shared is a step upward, potentially lifting you from the cozy shadows of obscurity to the dazzling heights of bestseller lists—provided the elevator doesn’t get stuck!

Juliet Clark has been featured on ABC, NBC, FOX, and Market Watch as a recognized expert in the publishing world. She is a dynamic and sought -after speaker and award- winning podcaster who has spent the last twenty years helping authors, coaches, speakers, and small businesses all over the world publish and drive their books to bestsellers. Her award- winning podcast, Promote, Profit, Publish, helps entrepreneurs understand how to use great tools in coaching and small business spaces.