Overview

Four million new books enter the market every year. Visibility in that chaos requires more than tactics-it requires strategic clarity. And your unfair advantage isn't another platform or promotion trick. It's you. THE ME FACTOR: Your Secret Weapon for Author Visibility provides the framework authors have been missing. Instead of starting with tactics, Lisa Towles begins with identity: the ME Factor formula that defines your authentic author positioning. From there, she guides authors through market intelligence, brand positioning, platform analysis, and content strategy-translating business frameworks into real tactics authors can use. Perfect for self-published authors drowning in tactics, traditionally published authors seeking platform growth, and business executives writing their first book. Towles' background brings a rare trifecta: an MBA, 18 years in corporate communications, and 14 published books. Bridging business rigor with creativity, she understands sophisticated marketing, business frameworks, and what authors need most. This isn't another marketing checklist. It's Identity meets Market Intelligence - which will make you not just visible but memorable to the readers who matter most - to your book, your brand, and your legacy. If you loved the tactics in Your First 1000 Copies and StoryBrand but are searching for a framework, The ME Factor delivers-the strategic WHY and permission to show up as yourself. Visibility without facade. Impact without pretense. ""A system that helps authors understand who they are, what they offer, and why that matters. This book is pure gold!"" - Leo Bottary, Founder of Peernovation, Author of Peernovation 365

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""A system that helps authors understand who they are, what they offer, and why that matters. This book is pure gold!"" - Leo Bottary, Founder of Peernovation, Author of Peernovation 365""A mix of hard-nosed strategy and real empathy... Towles treats the author as the CEO of a small but serious brand. The ME Factor turns book marketing from a foggy mystery into a clear plan."" - Literary Titan""Until now, no one has created an end-to-end process for creating a successful book using contemporary marketing communications. Lisa Towles, a well-known author of 14 popular thrillers, has applied her authorial expertise and business acumen to develop a comprehensive success guide for both fiction and non-fiction writers."" - Eric C. Wentworth, author of A Mindful Career and A Plan for Life""I'd always been proud of hitting #1 in my categories, but I hadn't fully internalized what it meant to rank Top 50 in Contemporary Romance and Top 15 in Romantic Suspense-two of the most competitive categories on the entire platform-without running paid Amazon ads. Seeing that in context reframed how I think about my audience, my reach, and how I talk about my work. It wasn't just a nice moment-it was evidence."" - Nikki Davenport, Author of International Incident

Author Information

Lisa Towles is an Amazon bestselling, award-winning crime novelist and a passionate speaker on the topics of fiction writing, creativity, and self care. She has ten crime thrillers in print with a new title, Terror Bay, forthcoming in November of 2023. Her latest thriller, Salt Island (June, 2023) won both a Readers Choice and a Pencraft literary award. Salt Island is the second book in her E&A Investigations series following Hot House (June, 2022). Lisa is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and International Thriller Writers and is deeply committed to supporting writers' success through friendship, fellowship and community engagement. She is Board President of a Bay Area nonprofit (Bridgegood.org) and speaks frequently to groups of business leaders and writers. She has an MBA in IT Management and works full-time in the tech industry in the San Francisco Bay area.

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