BTB4: Brian Meeks | Fiction & Non-Fiction Authors

Before the Bestseller


Today’s guest is one of my favorite people in self-publishing. He’s a great friend and mentor of mine and is one of the most innovative people I know when it comes to implementing new strategies and technologies.

Brian went from living below the poverty line to being a 6-figure author of both fiction and nonfiction books.

After making it as a fiction author, he then went on to teach and write non-fiction books to help fellow authors make money from their work.

His books all have hundreds of reviews on Amazon. He’s got a Mastering Amazon Ads Facebook group with over 10,000 members

In our episode he talks about how he found his fiction niche and grew his audience in a way that you can replicate, we talk about how he’s become the master of copy and how he got my book to convert at 1 sale for every 6 clicks. We also talk about how he’s build one of the most loyal followings of authors in self publishing.

Stay tuned to the end where Brian talks about how he was table to rank is book in the top 500 of all of amazon for 10 days straight, 5 years after he launched it.

Brian’s Book: Mastering Amazon Descriptions

Alex Strathdee
BeforeTheBestseller | AdvancedAmazonAds

Recent PoDCASTS

using the crap out of your Amazon real estate, 3 secrets, 2 links, 1 quote

Reader, little photo dump from the last month. our U.S. team, Laura, Steve, and I – attending Author Nation in Vegas at the start of November. meeting one of my favorite book marketing humans, Ricardo Fayet of Reedsy learning new windsurfing tricks from a former Olympian in the sport, Patti Kiley, here in San Diego 3 Secrets: 1. Using the crap out of your Amazon real estate Did you know you own real estate? well…on Amazon anyway. and most don’t use it the way they should YOU can engineer…

LISTEN NOW

the weekly giving hour & stealing a TV show, 3 secrets, 2 links, 1 quote

Reader, **TOMORROW @ 11AM PST/2PM EST** Kary Oberbrunner is the most knowledgeable person I know on protecting your IP, intellectual property, as we head into 2026. He even presented on IP protection to the USPTO on a special panel which was later presented to Congress in a 2024 report. I’m grateful to have Kary joining our ShelfLife community tomorrow morning for a free session on making sure your IP is protected as an author. Just reply to this email to reserve your free ticket. I learned…

LISTEN NOW

Subscribe for a copy of Before the Bestseller and level up your book marketing today!

Fill out the form below, and you’ll receive your copy shortly.