A short TV-style interview between host Deb Cole and guest Julie Broad about book publishing and related topics. The episode opens with a viewer poll and discussion on minimum wage, where Broad argues the market should set wages. The bulk of the segment previews a follow-up focused on self-publishing: Broad teases common scams, and explains how publishing a book raised her professional profile (more media interviews, paid speaking), framing authorship as a way to join the "1%" of recognized experts.
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Friday night welcome back to America Trends. I am your host, Deb Cole. I am here with Julie Broad to end this segment talking about book publishing. We'll talk a little bit about that. But let's share the poll results that apparently you also voted on now that you're in America. And the debate is about minimum wage. And the poll was how high should minimum wage be? And 10% came in that it was. Oh, I'm sorry, 62% came in less than 10%.
$10.
Oh, sorry, $10. I need glasses. More than. What is this? More than $10 was only 2% and more than $15 was 25% and don't need it 12%. So apparently less than 10 is the majority of, of the vote. But some people say don't eat it. You're saying don't? No.
Well, the market will decide, right? If you don't want to work for $4 an hour, you're not going to take that job. You're going to look for one that pays more. And if you think you're worth 25, then either make yourself worth it or you're going to keep looking for a job until you get what you want. So I think the market can ultimately decide minimum wage.
Personally, does Canada have any type of minimum wage?
Yeah, we do. It's different in each province.
But you were against that there too.
Yeah, I feel the same. I think the market should decide.
Yeah, okay, I like that. Let's go ahead and tweet the Julie Broad. If you agree, use hashtag trendstv or tweet me oachdeb and tell us what do you think? Do you agree? Do you not agree? The other thing I wanted to talk to you a little bit about is the self publishing industry. We're gonna bring you back tomorrow to talk all about it. Cause it's a huge thing. During break I was getting some messages that they wanted to learn more about the scams that you had on YouTube. So, so can you share that with us tomorrow? Some of the scams to avoid what to do?
Yeah, absolutely. We'll talk about that. And we'll also talk about how being an author puts you in the 1%. You know, everybody talks about the 1%. Well, we'll talk about how you can become part of that 1% by being an author.
That is huge actually, because that's what everybody wants to be in the 1%. Give us a hint. Like what is it that when you became an author, how did Your life change?
Well, first I ended up on TV doing media interviews across the country where I was the same person before the book came out, same expertise. But post book, media wanted to talk to me. That's one thing. Speaking. I started to get paid to speak where I was always speaking for free before. Again, same expertise, same talk. But with the book, it changes a lot of things for you.
So all of a sudden you become a more important person because you're an author and you wrote the book. It is interesting.
It's the 1%. It is the 1% I found after.
I wrote a book. Same similar type of experiences. The biggest thing was no one needed the resume with references anymore because they knew if they read the book, they liked what I had to say and they wanted more. So I call it the New resume for Business Owners.
Yeah, right.
Like here, here's my book. You don't need a business card or a resume.
And the best is they probably don't read it, but they think, you know.
Like they put you up without even reading it. Right, Very good point. It's that credibility and that expertise. Yeah. So if you have been thinking about writing a book, you've got this burning desire, or if you know you've got a book inside you. Tune in tomorrow to America Trends and we're going to talk all about the book publishing industry, the, the trend, why it's so hot, and then a few things, what to avoid. Because again, because it's a hot trending topic, you have people that try to scam you and there are people literally that will look at trends and then create inventions on, oh, how do I scam people? And the book publishing is no different.
Absolutely. And if you have a specific question, you can send us a tweet, American Trends or Coach Oachdeb or hejuliebrod, and we'll make sure we answer your question about self publishing.
I love how you are the Julie Broadway. Like, not just Julie Broad, she is the Julie Broad, otherwise known as Julie the Book Broad.
That's right.
And be sure to subscribe to her YouTube channel. It's super useful. I've been a subscriber for quite some time and recently you've got these videos up there, 20,000, 30,000, 50,000 views. So go ahead and support her, give her a like and subscribe to her channel. Because when you help her, she's able to produce even more better videos, especially at the YouTube headquarters in LA. That's right, go ahead and support Julie. You can. You'll see her again tomorrow and Any last words for our audience?
No. Thank you for having me. It was fun.
Well, the neat thing is Jackson's gonna tune in tonight, so let's say goodbye to Jackson. Bye, Jackson. Go to bed.
I hope you're already asleep.
Yeah, you should be. Yeah, I'm gonna start saying goodnight to him, like, midway. Go to bed, Jackson. So, thanks for tuning in to America Trends. We'll see you again tomorrow. And be sure to go to YTA Club and subscribe so that you can get all of the episodes, including when we had Batman on the other day. That's right, Batman. That's right. Yeah.
