Business Details
Your Trusted Partner for Author Marketing & PR Solutions
Brilliant Fish specialises in providing tailored PR and marketing support for authors navigating the publishing landscape. Our team understands the challenges writers face when transitioning from manuscript completion to market readiness, offering comprehensive guidance through every stage of the publishing process. We focus on eliminating industry jargon while delivering professional, warm, and strategic communication solutions that amplify authors' voices. With expertise spanning book positioning, self-publishing routes, and traditional publishing negotiations, we help writers refine their target audience approach, develop compelling promotional content, and create visually striking book covers.Our 12-month action plans encompass pitch preparation, social media strategy, and launch event coordination, ensuring authors maximise their visibility. We extend our services to businesses and non-profits seeking to enhance their public presence through authentic messaging. Client testimonials highlight our ability to transform social media engagement, clarify marketing approaches, and deliver measurable impact through ethical, collaborative partnerships. Our proven track record includes supporting authors from initial concept to post-publication promotion, with a particular emphasis on building sustainable author platforms through speaker engagements and media opportunities.
Services
Book Publishing Support
Social Media Strategy
Website Development
Copy Editing Services
Book Cover Design
Media Training
Author Platform Building
Promotional Content Creation
Publishing Route Guidance
Post-Publication Marketing
Highlights and features
- We provide comprehensive 12-month publishing action plans tailored to authors' needs
- Our team offers proven expertise in both traditional and self-publishing routes
- We specialise in creating visually compelling book covers and promotional materials
- Our client testimonials demonstrate measurable success in social media transformation
- We combine ethical practices with strategic marketing to build sustainable author platforms
What people say
Transformed social media presence
Ethical marketing practices
Proven author development
Measurable business growth
Expert publishing guidance
Services
Book Publishing Support
We provide comprehensive support through all publishing stages, from manuscript preparation to market launch. Our experts help authors identify target audiences, refine genre positioning, and develop professional book covers. We offer strategic advice on both traditional publishing negotiations and self-publishing routes, ensuring manuscripts meet industry standards before submission.
Social Media Strategy
Our tailored social media strategies help authors build authentic online communities. We create content calendars, manage platform-specific campaigns, and develop engagement tactics that align with book themes. This includes visual content creation, hashtag optimisation, and analytics tracking to maximise audience growth and book visibility.
Author Platform Building
We help authors establish professional presences through speaker engagements, media opportunities, and expert positioning. Our services include creating press kits, developing media outreach strategies, and identifying collaboration opportunities that enhance authors' credibility and marketability within their specific literary niches.
Promotional Content Creation
Our team crafts compelling promotional content including press releases, blog posts, and virtual book tour materials. We develop targeted messaging that highlights unique selling points while maintaining authors' authentic voices, ensuring consistent brand communication across all marketing channels.
Post-Publication Marketing
We implement long-term strategies to maintain reader interest after book launches. This includes developing audiobook and ebook extensions, creating ongoing content calendars, and identifying new promotional opportunities to extend the book's market lifespan through multiple formats and platforms.
People
Liz
Founder & Marketing Strategist
With over 15 years' experience in publishing and digital marketing, Liz specialises in helping authors navigate the competitive book market. She develops tailored strategies that combine traditional PR with modern digital approaches, focusing on ethical promotion and sustainable author development.
Jane Shemilt
Marketing Consultant
Jane brings expertise in social media strategy and content creation, helping authors build authentic online presences. Her background in literary PR enables her to develop targeted campaigns that connect books with their ideal audiences through innovative digital approaches.
Steve Couch
PR Specialist
Steve specialises in media outreach and press campaign development for authors. With extensive experience in book promotion, he helps clients secure media coverage and develop strategic partnerships that enhance their visibility in competitive literary markets.
Questions
What specific services do you offer for authors?
We provide book publishing support, social media strategy, author platform building, promotional content creation, and post-publication marketing tailored to individual author needs.
How do you help authors navigate publishing routes?
We offer expert guidance on both traditional publishing negotiations and self-publishing options, ensuring manuscripts meet industry standards before market submission.
Which areas do you serve?
While based in Bournemouth, we work with authors nationwide through digital collaboration tools, providing support regardless of geographical location.
Can you help with book promotion after publication?
Yes, we develop sustained marketing strategies including audiobook extensions, ongoing content creation, and new promotional opportunities to maintain reader interest post-launch.
How do you measure campaign success?
We use analytics tracking to monitor engagement metrics, audience growth, and sales performance, providing regular reports to demonstrate the impact of our marketing strategies.
