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The Annual Goody Business Book Awards announces 9 Top Impact Author Winners received 3+ awards for 2024, out of the overall 193 Winners/Finalists.
While being recognized in any of the 50 categories is a significant achievement, these Top Impact Authors are positively impacting an even broader audience in multiple subject area genres.
The new 2024 Goody Business Book Awards Top Impact Author Winners were selected by a panel of marketing and communications judges based on their book quality, cover image, and social impact.
Over the next 3 months, these Total Impact Authors will receive an additional digital marketing promotions and a special awards seal to shine a light on their far-reaching positive impacts. Along with all of the Goody Business Book Awards Winners and Finalists, these books are helping readers live longer, start a company, be a better marketer, be a better leader, build wealth, use technology to improve, start a charity and more.
2024 Goody Business Book Awards
Top Impact Author Award Winners
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1. TOP IMPACT AUTHOR: Andrea Hollingsworth, PhD
BOOK: The Compassion Advantage: How Top Leaders Build More Humanizing Workplaces
WINNER – Health – Psychology
WINNER – Leadership – HR and Employee Development
WINNER – Self-Help – Success
FINALIST – Business – Problem Solving
FINALIST – Leadership – Motivation
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2. TOP IMPACT AUTHOR: Colin C. Campbell
BOOK: Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat.
WINNER – Entrepreneur – Entrepreneurism
WINNER – Entrepreneur – Start Ups
FINALIST – Business – Career Success
FINALIST – Entrepreneur – Small Business
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3. TOP IMPACT AUTHOR: Janet M. Harvey
BOOK: From Tension to Transformation A Leader’s Guide To Generative Change
WINNER – BUSINESS – DISRUPTOR
WINNER – PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION
FINALIST – BUSINESS – BIG IDEAS
FINALIST – BUSINESS – INNOVATION
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4. TOP IMPACT AUTHOR: Ericka Sóuter
BOOK: How to Have a Kid and a Life: A Survival Guide
WINNER – HEALTH – PARENTING AND FAMILY
WINNER – SELF-HELP – GENERAL
FINALIST – SELF-HELP – HAPPINESS
FINALIST – SELF-HELP – WORK-LIFE BALANCE
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5. TOP IMPACT AUTHOR: Kate Toon
BOOK 1: Six Figures In School Hours
WINNER – Health – Parenting and Family
FINALIST – Business – Women in Business
BOOK 2: Six Figures While You Sleep
WINNER – Business – Big Ideas
FINALIST – Entrepreneur – Small Business
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6. TOP IMPACT AUTHOR – Tenia Davis, PhD
BOOK: The Feedback Blueprint: Unlocking the Power of Constructive Insights
WINNER – Leadership – HR and Employee Development
FINALIST – Business – Career Success
FINALIST – Business – Management
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7. TOP IMPACT AUTHOR – Joseph Hanna
BOOK: Pivoting as a Way of Life: Stop Chasing Unicorns and Product-Market Fit
WINNER – Business – Innovation
WINNER – Technology – Gamechanger
FINALIST – Business – Disruptor
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8. TOP IMPACT AUTHOR: Hanna Hasl-Kelchner, MBA, JD
BOOK: Seeking Fairness at Work: Cracking the New Code of Greater Employee Engagement, Retention & Satisfaction
WINNER – Business – Management
WINNER – Leadership – Think Differently
FINALIST – Business – Thought Leader
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9. TOP IMPACT AUTHOR: Natalie Shand-Spellman MSOTR/L
BOOK: Drop Stress Like A Hot Potato – Transformative Stress Workbook with Life Coaching for Busy Women
WINNER – Health – Wellness
FINALIST – Health – Mind, Body, Spirit
FINALIST – Self-Help – Inspiration
These Award-Winning Authors are being recognized for mostly non-fiction and some fiction books published within the last 5 years (2020-2024). The books were published by traditional publishers (Wiley, HarperCollins Leadership, Penguin Random House SEA, Doubleday, New Harbinger Publications, Atria Publishing Group, a division of Simon & Schuster), independent publishers (Kogan Page Inc., BiggerPockets, ForbesBooks), hybrid publishers (Page Two, Amplify) and self-published authors.
These Award-Winning Authors are being recognized for mostly non-fiction and some fiction books published within the last 5 years (2020-2024). The books were published by traditional publishers (Wiley, HarperCollins Leadership, Penguin Random House SEA, Doubleday, New Harbinger Publications, Atria Publishing Group, a division of Simon & Schuster), independent publishers (Kogan Page Inc., BiggerPockets, ForbesBooks), hybrid publishers (Page Two, Amplify) and self-published authors.
2025 NOMINATIONS are also Now Open for next year. Authors, Publishers, Agents, Publicists and Fans can Nominate Books published within 5 years now.
Congratulations to our 2024 Goody Business Book Awards Winners/Finalists!
The Annual Goody Business Book Awards announces 193 Award-Winning Authors for 2024 to shine a light on social impact authors making a difference with words. These 114 Winners and 79 Finalists won in all 50 categories in 8 genres. Out of hundreds of nominations from around the world, these Award-Winning Authors were selected by a panel of marketing and communications judges based on the book quality, cover image, and how it is improving lives.
Anyone can view the FULL LIST of Winners and Finalists below and/or see the write-ups by Category that include HOW the book is helping others, book cover, and Amazon page (please click on category name below or use the drop down menu on left panel.)
In addition, there are 9 Total Impact Authors, who received 3+ awards (Winners and Finalists) for 2024 that will receive an additional awards seal and promotions.
Some of the most popular Goody Business Book Awards categories have multiple Winners and Finalists because there were so many high quality books. The books are not ranked, and it is considered a tie for all recognized, if there is more than one.
The 5 most popular categories with the most nominations for 2024 included (in this order):
1. Leadership – Think Differently
2. Business – Thought Leader
3. Leadership – HR and Employee Development
4. Business – Personal Transformation
5. Business – Big Ideas
Winners and Finalists are also encouraged to share their awards everywhere to add value to their upcoming holiday and book marketing campaigns. For example, some of our 8 Award-Winning Author Promotion Tipsinclude sending out your own press release, adding the awards seal to your website or Amazon page, post on social media, create a video/reel and/or add the awards seal to your book cover.
Please view, share, promote and cheer our new 2024 Award-Winning Authors!
BUSINESS – AUTOBIOGRAPHY WINNER – Crossing the Desert – by Payam Zamani WINNER – Regarding Victory – by Joshua Wallack FINALIST – The Hidden Power of Rising Dividends – by Greg Donaldson
WINNER – Six Figures While You Sleep – by Kate Toon
WINNER – The Modern Management Mentor – by Christine Sandman Stone
WINNER – The Neurodiversity Edge – by Maureen Dunne
FINALIST – From Tension to Transformation – by Janet M. Harvey
FINALIST – TUNE IN – by Nuala Geraldine Walsh
WINNER – Own Your Career Own Your Life – by Andy Storch WINNER – The Middle Matters – by Jeff Sigel WINNER – The Resilience Plan – by Marie-Helene Pelletier PhD FINALIST – Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat. – by Colin C. Campbell FINALIST – Briefly Speaking, the Deluxe Boxed Set – by Deborah Shames and David Booth FINALIST – My Curious Life – by Robert Danna FINALIST – The Feedback Blueprint – by Tenia Davis, PhD FINALIST – WINX for Employees – by Irma Parone
BUSINESS – DISRUPTOR WINNER – From Tension to Transformation – by Janet M. Harvey FINALIST – Pivoting as a Way of Life – by Joseph Hanna
BUSINESS – ECONOMICS WINNER – Understandable Economics – by Howard Yaruss FINALIST – The Practical M.B.A. on Economics – by Joseph Gulesserian
BUSINESS – ENVIRONMENT WINNER – ESG Mindset – by Matthew Sekol FINALIST – Saving Us – by Katharine Hayhoe
BUSINESS – INNOVATION WINNER – Enterprise GENERATIVE AI – by Suvoraj Biswas WINNER – Pivoting as a Way of Life – by Joseph Hanna FINALIST – From Tension to Transformation – by Janet M. Harvey
BUSINESS – MANAGEMENT WINNER – Seeking Fairness at Work – by Hanna Hasl-Kelchner WINNER – Leading Impactful Teams – by James Louttit WINNER – The Art of Managing Humans – by Tsvika Abramovitch FINALIST – Mergers & Acquisitions Cybersecurity – by Lawrence Grant FINALIST – The Feedback Blueprint – by Tenia Davis, PhD FINALIST – The Skills-Powered Organization – by Ravin Jesuthasan & Tanuj Kapilashrami
BUSINESS – PHILANTHROPHY WINNER – Money with Meaning – by Alex Johnston FINALIST – Philanthropy on a Shoestring – by Catherine Curry Williams
BUSINESS – PROBLEM SOLVING WINNER – Fierce Resilience – by Edward Beltran WINNER – Mastering Inductive Reasoning Tests – by Georgios Kalogiannidis WINNER – TUNE IN – by Nuala Geraldine Walsh FINALIST – The Compassion Advantage – by Dr. Andrea Hollingsworth, PhD FINALIST – Think Like A Doctor, Lead Like A CEO – by Mary V Mason
BUSINESS – REAL ESTATE WINNER – Private Money Lending – by Gustavo J. Gomez, PhD WINNER – Real Estate Side Hustle – by Devon Kennard FINALIST – The Realtor Investor – by Andrew Hanson & Co-Authors Erica West, Toni Boer, Karen Chenaille, Ryan Duffy
BUSINESS – NEGOTIATING WINNER – Negotiate Like A CEO – by Jotham Stein FINALIST – The Persuasion Story Code – by David Garfinkel
BUSINESS – SUCCESS WINNER – Customer Magic – The Macquarie Way – by Joseph Michelli WINNER – The Winning Difference – by Jane Hight FINALIST – Leading Without Winging It – by Jeremy Masding, Emil Ivanov FINALIST – Supercharged Leader – by Mandy Flint & Elisabet Vinberg Hearn
BUSINESS – THOUGHT LEADER WINNER – A Transformation Lens – by Gary Burke WINNER – Mastering the Data Paradox – by Nitin Seth WINNER – The Resilience Plan – by Marie-Helene Pelletier PhD WINNER – Unmanaged – by Jack Skeels FINALIST – Seeking Fairness at Work – by Hanna Hasl-Kelchner FINALIST – Future Normal – by Christopher Mark Fleming, Nick Barter FINALIST – Passion Struck – by John R. Miles
BUSINESS – WOMEN IN BUSINESS WINNER – Become A Business Money Magnet – by Justine Nicolle McLean WINNER – Light It – by Laetitia Andrac WINNER – The Goddess Guide to Branding – by Jane McCarthy & Kate McAndrew FINALIST – Humbled on Purpose – by Maggie Michaels DeCan FINALIST – Six Figures In School Hours – by Kate Toon
Entrepreneur Award-Winning Authors
ENTREPRENEUR – ENTREPRENEURISM WINNER – Regarding Victory – by Joshua Wallack WINNER – Scaling Smart – by Rich Fettke and Kathy Fettke WINNER – Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat. – by Colin C. Campbell WINNER – VALUEPRENEURS – by Steve Waddell, Chris Heivly (Foreword, Co-Founder, MapQuest)
ENTREPRENEUR – SMALL BUSINESS WINNER – Forward Thinking For Your Business – by Jennifer Lynn Layman WINNER – GrowUp: Take Your Startup to the Next Level – by Michelle Denogean WINNER – High Gear: Marketing Strategies For Auto Repair Shops – by Ryan Burton FINALIST – Digital Threads – by Neal Schaffer FINALIST – Six Figures While You Sleep – by Kate Toon FINALIST – Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat. – by Colin C. Campbell
ENTREPRENEUR – START UPS WINNER – Billion Dollar Bullseye – by Jonathan Cronstedt WINNER – Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat. – by Colin C. Campbell FINALIST – From Oh Sh*t to I Got This – by Kate Woodward Young, M.Ed. FINALIST – GrowUp: Take Your Startup to the Next Level – by Michelle Denogean
Health Award-Winning Authors
HEALTH – DIET AND EXERCISE WINNER – Fast Like A Girl – by Mindy Pelz FINALIST – Super Gut – by William Davis, MD
HEALTH – MEDICAL WINNER – HAIR LOSS – by Gustavo J. Gomez, PhD WINNER – Healing Healthcare – by Sharon M. Weinstein and Dina Readinger
HEALTH – MIND, BODY, SPIRIT WINNER – Wellness Manual – by Leona Sokolova FINALIST – Drop Stress Like A Hot Potato – by Natalie Shand-Spellman MSOTR/L
HEALTH – PARENTING AND FAMILY WINNER – How to Have a Kid and a Life: A Survival Guide – by Ericka Sóuter WINNER – Six Figures In School Hours – by Kate Toon
HEALTH – PSYCHOLOGY WINNER – SPLIT a life shared – by Maggie Walters WINNER – The Compassion Advantage – by Andrea Hollingsworth, PhD FINALIST – A Question of Evolution: A Novel – by Spencer Daniel Rosenberg
HEALTH – WELLNESS WINNER – Drop Stress Like A Hot Potato – by Natalie Shand-Spellman MSOTR/L WINNER – UNCOVERING YOUR MIND – by Henry Oh FINALIST – HAIR LOSS – by Gustavo J. Gomez, PhD
Leadership Award-Winning Authors
LEADERSHIP – DEI WINNER – Conscious Change – by V Jean Ramsey & Jean Kantambu Latting WINNER – Inclusive Leadership – by Sile Walsh WINNER – Measuring Inclusion – by Paolo Gaudiano WINNER – The Neurodiversity Edge – by Maureen Dunne FINALIST – Breaking the Rainbow Ceiling – by Layla McCay FINALIST – Organizational Culture – by Marie Carasco FINALIST – The Intimacy of Race – by Eva Medilek FINALIST – The New C-Suite – by Tiana S. Sanchez
LEADERSHIP – HR AND EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT WINNER – 39 Ways to Make Training Stick – by Chris Fenning WINNER – CheerLEADERship – by Stefanie Adams WINNER – The Compassion Advantage – by Andrea Hollingsworth, PhD WINNER – The Feedback Blueprint – by Tenia Davis, PhD FINALIST – Can We All Just Get Along? – by Diana Peterson-More FINALIST – Rethinking Talent Decisions – by Sharna Wiblen FINALIST – Shaping a Winning Team – by Paul Fayad & Chak Fu Lam, PhD
FINALIST – Toxic Leaders and Tough Bosses – by Teresa A. Daniel FINALIST – The High-Value Writing Workbook – by Erin Lebacqz
LEADERSHIP – MENTORING / COACHING WINNER – Coaching for Performance 6th Edition – by Tiffany Gaskell WINNER – The Manager’s Guide to Coaching for Change – by John L. Bennett
LEADERSHIP – MOTIVATION WINNER – Every Storm Runs Out of Rain – by Amy Moudy Comeau WINNER – No More Gold Stars – by Carol Sanford FINALIST – The Call to Leadership – by Anita Kur Mendiratta FINALIST – The Compassion Advantage – by Andrea Hollingsworth, PhD
LEADERSHIP – TEAM BUILDING WINNER – Be a Better Team by Friday – by Justin Folin and David Butlein Greenspan WINNER – The Bonfire Moment – by Martin Gonzalez, Joshua Yellin WINNER – Weathering the storm – by Julian Roberts FINALIST – Brilliant Leadership – by Suzanne Martin FINALIST – The Purpose Playbook – by Jeff Hilimire & Teresa Caro, Megan Barney
LEADERSHIP – THINK DIFFERENTLY WINNER – Seeking Fairness at Work – by Hanna Hasl-Kelchner WINNER – The Job Well Done – by Maheshika Halbeisen WINNER – The New C-Suite – by Tania S. Sanchez WINNER – Think Like A Doctor, Lead Like A CEO – by Mary V. Mason FINALIST – A Transformation Lens – by Gary Burke FINALIST – Antidote to the Crisis of Leadership – by Stephen Wyatt FINALIST – Supercharged Leader – by Mandy Flint & Elisabet Vinberg Hearn FINALIST – The 7 Habits of Highly Dysfunctional Companies – by Joel Dubin FINALIST – The Dao of Complexity – by Jean Boulton
Marketing Award-Winning Authors
MARKETING – BRANDING WINNER – Brandy – by Reilly Newman and Scott Saunders WINNER – Cultural Intelligence for Marketers – by Anastasia Kārkliņa Gabriel FINALIST – Managing Brand Transgressions – by Shailendra Pratap Jain FINALIST – The Goddess Guide to Branding – by Jane McCarthy & Kate McAndrew
MARKETING – COMMUNICATIONS AND PR WINNER – Marketing for Social Change – by Kian Bakhtiari WINNER – Simply Put – by Ben Guttmann WINNER – The Perfect Story – by Karen Eber FINALIST – Internal Communication in the Age of Artificial Intelligence – by Monique Andrea Zytnik FINALIST – The Powerful Publicity Prescription – by Lillian Sue
MARKETING – DIGITAL MARKETING WINNER – 100 Livestreaming & Digital Media Predictions, Volume 4 – by Ross Brand WINNER – Digital Threads – by Neal Schaffer FINALIST – High Gear: Marketing Strategies For Auto Repair Shops – by Ryan Burton
MARKETING – SALES WINNER – Listen to Sell– by Mike Esterday, Derek Roberts WINNER – Walk with a Humble Swagger – by Michael Palma WINNER – What Should We Do? – by Joe Crisara FINALIST – Advertising for Books – by Dale L. Roberts FINALIST – Forward Thinking For Your Business – by Jennifer Lynn Layman FINALIST – Yes, It’s Your Fault – From Blame to Gain – by Kelly Hopping & John Eitel
Money Wealth Award-Winning Authors
MONEY – PERSONAL FINANCE WINNER – Index Funds – by Mark Hebner WINNER – Private Money Lending – by Gustavo J. Gomez, PhD FINALIST – The Hidden Power of Rising Dividends – by Greg Donaldson
MONEY – WEALTH MANAGEMENT WINNER – All the Presidents’ Money – by Megan Gorman WINNER – Get Up And Get On It – by Dana Frank WINNER – Money for Tomorrow – by Whitney Elkins-Hutten FINALIST – Index Funds – by Mark Hebner
Self-Help Award-Winning Authors
SELF-HELP – GENERAL WINNER – How to Have a Kid and a Life – by Ericka Sóuter
SELF-HELP HAPPINESS WINNER – Common Wisdom – by Dr. Laura Gabayan WINNER – Highway To Your Happy Place – by Gary Sprouse, M.D. FINALIST – How to Have a Kid and a Life – by Ericka Sóuter
SELF-HELP HOW TO WINNER – The Perfect Story – by Karen Eber FINALIST – Feng Shui, A Homeowner’s Guide to Abundance – by Jane Langof FINALIST – Sell Your Business – by Jane Johnson
SELF-HELP – INSPIRATION WINNER – SUNBURNT A memoir of sun, surf and skin cancer – by Anne C. Gately FINALIST – Drop Stress Like A Hot Potato – by Natalie Shand-Spellman MSOTR/L
SELF-HELP – MEMOIR WINNER – Memoirs From The Frontlines – by Kim Sloan WINNER – My Father’s Suitcase – by Mary Garden WINNER – SPLIT a life shared: living with Multiple Personality Disorder – by Maggie Walters FINALIST – A Schizoid at Smith – by Blair Rochelle Sorrel FINALIST – Hush: A memoir unravelling the unintended legacy of family secrets – by Michelle Catherine Scheibner
SELF-HELP – PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION WINNER – From Tension to Transformation – by Janet M. Harvey WINNER – GRIEF: The Gift of Transformation – by Ave DeVelasco Guevara WINNER – Passion Struck – by John R. Miles WINNER – The Change Ninja Returns – by Tammy Watchorn WINNER – Walking In Your R.E.M.: Your Path to Purpose – by Natasha T. Robinson FINALIST – Begin With You – by Petra Velzeboer FINALIST – The Kindness Games – by Lee Oughton & Tim Wenzel FINALIST – Wellness Manual – by Leona Sokolova
SELF-HELP SPIRITUAL WINNER – The Adventure: A Practical Guide to Spiritual Awakening – by Steve Taylor FINALIST – Trekking: A Guidebook for Spiritual Transformation – by Gene Maynard
SELF-HELP – SUCCESS WINNER – The Compassion Advantage – by Andrea Hollingsworth, PhD FINALIST – Walking In Your R.E.M.: Your Path to Purpose – by Natasha T. Robinson
SELF-HELP – WORK-LIFE BALANCE WINNER – The Art of Bleisure – by Emma Lovell WINNER – Work-Life Tango – by Kristel Bauer FINALIST – How to Have a Kid and a Life – by Ericka Sóuter
Technology Award-Winning Authors
TECHNOLOGY – GAMECHANGER WINNER – Creating the Intangible Enterprise – by KP Reddy WINNER – Enterprise GENERATIVE AI – by Suvoraj Biswas and Moumita Biswas WINNER – Internal Communication in the Age of Artificial Intelligence – by Monique Andrea Zytnik WINNER – Pivoting as a Way of Life – by Joseph Hanna FINALIST – Our Next Reality – by Alvin Wang Graylin & Louis Rosenberg FINALIST – Power of Surge – by Holly Kristin Rollo FINALIST – The Flagship Experience – by Evangelos Simoudis
TECHNOLOGY – GENERAL WINNER – Our Next Reality – by Alvin Wang Graylin & Louis Rosenberg WINNER – Taming the Machine – by Nell Watson FINALIST – Power of Surge – by Holly Kristin Rollo FINALIST – The Flagship Experience – by Evangelos Simoudis
Thank you to the Award-Winning Authors, Publicists, Publishers, Agents, book experts, readers and fans who nominated books.
These Award-Winning Author books were published within 5 years (2020-2024) by traditional publishers (Wiley, HarperCollins Leadership, Penguin Random House SEA, Doubleday, New Harbinger Publications, Atria Publishing Group, a division of Simon & Schuster), independent publishers (Kogan Page Inc., BiggerPockets, ForbesBooks), hybrid publishers (Page Two, Amplify), along with being self-published.
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With 46+ million books on Amazon, here are 5 new ways social impact authors can stand out by nominating their book to the Annual Goody Business Book Awards by the Final Deadline: September 30th here.
Winners will be announced by November 15, just-in-time for your holiday book promotions.
And all Winners and Finalists will be promoted via a public relations campaign that includes press releases, blogs, website pages, custom banners, custom videos and compelling social media posts.
Goody PR Founder Liz H. Kelly created the Goody Business Book Awards to honor 100% social impact authors, who are helping others improve their lives. The awards seal is a hot air balloon, which illustrates their mission to “Uplift Author Voices” above a sea of competition.
Authors, publishers, agents, and fans can nominate any book published in the last 5 years until September 30th at 11:59pm PST.
You can Nominate Your Book in 1-50 categories in 8 genres, which include: Business, Entrepreneur, Health, Leadership, Marketing, Money/Wealth, Self-Help and Technology.
So think about how is your book helping readers, and select a category that best represents your work and book’s mission and message.
Here are 5 ways Social Impact Authors are helping readers:
1. Be More Successful in Business
If your book is helping people build their business, inspire their employees, and/or increase revenue, here are some categories that could be great for your book.
Business – Career Success
Business – Big Ideas
Business – Problem Solver
2. Be a Better Leader
Leaders are always learning, and social impact authors can provide insights on how to get a team engaged or motivated. If you wrote a book that is helping CEOs, Founders and Executives be more successful, here are 3 categories that you should consider when nominating your book for Goody Business Book Awards:
Leadership – Motivation
Leadership – Team Building
Leadership – Mentoring/Coaching
3. Be a Better Marketer and Increase Sales
All business leaders are looking for new ideas for marketing to increase sales. In this case, social impact authors can select from several book awards categories, which include:
Marketing – Branding
Marketing – Digital Marketing
Marketing – Sales
4. Increase Wealth
While money does not buy happiness, it certainly helps people accomplish their dreams and goals. Does your book help people grow their savings, invest in real estate and/or manage their money better? If yes, consider nominating it to one of the following Goody Business Book Awards categories:
Business – Real Estate
Money – Personal Finance
Money – Wealth Management
5. Improve Health and Happiness
And finally, and most importantly, did you write a book that is improving people’s health and happiness? Social impact authors often provide invaluable joy to readers through their words. If you wrote a book that is helping people feel more inspired, live longer and/or improve their relationships, please Nominate Your Book today for one of our Health or Self-Help categories, which include:
Health – Diet and Exercise
Health – Psychology
Self-Help – Happiness
And when you Nominate Your Book, you will be asked 1 question: How is your book helping others?
In one paragraph each, social impact authors will be asked to explain HOW your advice tips are enhancing lives.
Your answer is limited to a maximum of 150 words, and this paragraph will be promoted on our Goody Business Book Awards website for all Winners and Finalists. The judges will look closely at the answer to this question, so take 5 minutes to write a clear, concise and compelling summary that will attract more book sales and readers.
The world needs to know your life-changing advice tips, and book awards is a great way to draw more attention to your work.
So stop procrastinating, and help us shine a light on social impact authors who are changing lives by Nominating Your Book before the final deadline on September 30 here: https://goodybusinessbookawards.com/nominate-book/
Are you an author who wrote a book that deserves more attention? If yes, please don’t miss the final deadline of September 30 to Nominate Your Book to the Annual Goody Business Book Awards.
Recognized as a “Top 8 Business Book Awards for 2023” by Write Business Results for their “societal impact” awards, the Goody Business Book Awards’ Mission is to “Uplift Author Voices” above the 46+ million books on Amazon – by shining a light on authors making a difference with words (which is every author).
Authors, Publishers, Literary Agents, Publicists and even fans can nominate any book published within 5 years (2020 – 2024) in 1-50 categories in 8 subject areas: Business, Entrepreneur, Health, Leadership, Marketing, Money/Wealth, Self-Help and Technology.
You can Nominate Your Book in less than 5 minutes using these 3 easy steps:
1. Select Your Book Category(s)
You have 1-50 Category Options (examples: Business – Innovation, Entrepreneur – Small Business, Health – Mind, Body, Spirit, Money – Personal Finance, Self-Help – Memoir, and Technology – Gamechanger).
2. Add Your Book Details
1) Upload Book PDF, 2) Upload Book Cover JPEG, and 3) Answer 1 Question: HOW is your book helping others? (it helps people save money, live longer, start a business, be a better leader, be inspired, market better and more).
3. Submit by the Final Deadline of Sept 30
And then Wait for Judges to Announce the 100+ Winners and Finalists by November 15.
And P.S., starting in 2024, all authors who receive 3+ Goody Business Book Awards will be honored with our Top Impact Author Award.
Being recognized as an Award-Winning Author can help increase awareness of your work, build your credibility as a thought leader, increase book sales, get press coverage, and gain more clients through the power of recognition.
And because every author puts their heart and soul into a book, we highly recommend that you nominate your book to our book awards – and others.
With only DAYS left to Nominate Your Book, below is our Goody Business Book Awards timeline:
– Sept 30, 2024 – Nominate Your Book before this Final Deadline!
– Nov 15, 2024 – 100+ Award-Winning Authors (Winners and Finalists) announced, just-in-time for your holiday book promotions.
– Nov 15, 2024 – January 2025 – We will promote all Award-Winning Authors through a multi-media marketing campaign.
Our 100+ Award-Winning Authors (Winners and Finalists) will also be encouraged to promote their business book awards by adding the awards seal to their book cover, website, press release, social media posts, video and/or blog.
In addition, the Goody Business Book Awards is sponsored by Goody PR, who will promote all Winners and Finalists via a multi-media marketing campaign (press release, website, banners, social media, YouTube videos, Reels, blogs and more) to support authors.
So please don’t miss this last call to NOMINATE YOUR BOOK for the Goody Business Book Awards by the September 30th final deadline here.
And to help you better understand how book awards have helped many of our top authors, below are some of their insights:
“Knowing that ‘Frazzlebrain’ has positively impacted readers lives warms my heart and motivates my work.”
Gina Simons-Schneider PhD, Award-Winning Author, “Frazzlebrain”, Top Impact Author for Goody Business Book Awards (3 Awards, 2023)
“Thank you Goody Business Book Awards. There is no one that supports their award-winning authors like you do.”
“Visibility, credibility and recognition of your work in the literary community are reasons why as an author you should nominate your book to a book awards program. And if you happen to be self-published, you are constantly looking for ways to stand out above the crowd. This is an invaluable way to do so.”
Connie Wang Steele, Award-Winning Author, “Building the Business of You” (Winner, Business: Career Success)
“I am over the moon for winning TWO book awards at the Annual @GoodyBusinessBookAwards 2023! I’m blown away that I entered two categories and I won both . Thanks for all who have supported me along the way.”
Melo Calarco, Award-Winning Author “Beating Burnout Finding Balance” (Winner in both Heath: Wellness and Self-Help: Work-Life Balance)
And for all of the nominees and book fans, Founder Liz H. Kelly emphasizes, “Thank you for helping us honor writers who are making a positive impact with their books. Together, we can change the world – by recognizing one author at a time.”
So no more time for procrastination, NOMINATE YOUR BOOK today the Goody Business Book Awards by the September 30th Final Deadline here.
