About

Tribal Author is the brainchild (actually, one of the brainchildren) of well-known blogger, author, serial-entrepreneur and marketer, Jonathan Fields. In 2011, in addition to writing more frequently in third person, he was joined by book marketing superhero, Jayme Johnson, the founder of Worthy Marketing Group.

Our goal is simple…even the playing field between authors and publishers and teach both sides how to work together to sell a lot more books in a fast-moving, digitally-driven world.

We don’t have all the answers and, frankly, anyone who claims they do is very likely blowing a significant volume of smoke up your ass. Because, the publishing and book marketing worlds are in massive, constant evolution. So, we work hard to not only track what’s happening, but as an author and online marketer himself, Jonathan is ‘in the game” testing ideas and strategies to see what works and what doesn’t and tapping his extensive network of tribal authors and “real” bestsellers to see what’s working and what’s not working for them, too.

More About Jonathan

Jonathan Fields is a writer, marketing and small-biz strategist, serial lifestyle entrepreneur, social media maven and author of Uncertainty: Turning Fear and Doubt Into Fue for Brilliance (Penguin/Portfolio 2011) and Career Renegade: How To Make A Great Living Doing What You Love (Random House/Crown 2009).

He has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, USA Today, People, Fast Company, NBC, CNBC, CBS Radio, Entrepreneur, Inc., Self, Vogue, Fitness, Elle and thousands of other magazines, newspapers, radio shows and websites. Jonathan also speaks regularly on lifestyles, entrepreneurship, creativity, innovation, leadership, marketing and social media, with recent appearances on panels, solos and keynotes at SXSW, Blogworld Expo, SOBCon, World Domination Summit and many others.

In addition to TribalAuthor.com, Jonathan writes AdAge Poewr 150 blog JonathanFields.com, shares thoughts on book marketing, publishing and the creative process on The Huffington Post’s Book Section and contributes to a number of Top-100 blogs, including PsychologyToday.com and Amex OPENForum. He also runs NYC-based business and lifestyle training venture – Good Life Project.™

When not working, you can find him dancing around his living room with his wife and daughter. Occasionally, he sleeps.

More About Jayme

Jayme has been one of the “secret weapons” behind more than a dozen New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestsellers (yes, that’s right, the big lists, not the one-hour Amazon bestseller campaigns that rarely do anything significant for you, your book or your career).

For years, she’s operated largely in stealth mode, working independently as a consultant for authors. But, last year, she went public. Jayme now runs her own high-end book marketing firm, Worthy Marketing Group, and I’ve been insanely lucky to be in a position to convince her to come alongside me and share with you that marketing mojo magic of hers.