Nicole Ballengee - Publicist
Book publicist. Decade of experience in secular & Christian non-fiction books. Can also help w/ content creation & blog tours.
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Overview
I'm a book lover who has had the good fortune to work in publishing as a publicist. I hope to continue to connect writers and readers for many years!
In my years of book publicity, I've worked with debut authors, high-profile authors and self-published authors, helping with media relations, content creation and social media.
Media Relations: I've been able to book authors on a wide-range of media, including FOX & Friends, TODAY, The 700 Club, 100 Huntley St., Hallmark Home & Family, The New York Times, PEOPLE, Teen Vogue, Bustle, Elite Daily, NY Post, and much more.
Content Creation: I love helping to create content - from media kits (press release, bio, fact sheet, etc.) to adapting book excerpts for media to website copy, I've done it all.
Social Media: As social media influencers become as critical to book discoverability as traditional media, I've helped authors create strategic social media campaigns to engage with their audience and other influencers, as well as keeping a steady cadence of content on their platforms.
In my years of book publicity, I've worked with debut authors, high-profile authors and self-published authors, helping with media relations, content creation and social media.
Media Relations: I've been able to book authors on a wide-range of media, including FOX & Friends, TODAY, The 700 Club, 100 Huntley St., Hallmark Home & Family, The New York Times, PEOPLE, Teen Vogue, Bustle, Elite Daily, NY Post, and much more.
Content Creation: I love helping to create content - from media kits (press release, bio, fact sheet, etc.) to adapting book excerpts for media to website copy, I've done it all.
Social Media: As social media influencers become as critical to book discoverability as traditional media, I've helped authors create strategic social media campaigns to engage with their audience and other influencers, as well as keeping a steady cadence of content on their platforms.
Services
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs
Christian (Non-Fiction)
Health & wellbeing
Political Science & Current Affairs
Religion & Spirituality
Self-help & Self-improvement
Travel
Work experience
Publicist
Self-employed
January, 2019
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Present
(about 1 year)
I'm a literary publicist with a decade of experience promoting authors and their books in both the secular and faith-based worlds. Throughout my work with both traditionally and self-published authors I have secured coverage in a wide range of mainstream and Christian media, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, FOX News, USA Today, Newsweek, Parade, Better Homes & Gardens, Yahoo! Lifestyle, The 700 Club, Life Today, 100 Huntley St., RELEVANT, Charisma, The Christian Post and much more.
In a publicity campaign, I create and execute on all aspects of a media relations strategy to secure targeted media opportunities. This includes drafting press materials, mailing advanced reader copies to book reviewers, conducting outreach to broadcast/print/online outlets, conducting virtual book tours and consulting with authors on all promotional efforts.
Senior Publicist
Hachette Book Group
December, 2015
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March, 2019
(about 3 years)
Responsible for creating and executing the publicity strategy for Worthy Publishing, a non-fiction faith-based imprint in Hachette’s Nashville division
Specific duties include coordinating with authors, drafting press materials, pitching media, coordinating social media efforts and planning media tours
Publicist
HarperCollins Christian Publishing
September, 2014
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December, 2015
(about 1 year)
Consistently secured news and media hits for authors in secular and Christian outlets, from FOX & Friends to Religion News Service, to help generate awareness of titles
Coordinated book signings, book tours, major galley mailings to media and influencers, and the drafting of all press materials
Portfolio (42 selected works)
If we were made for relationship with God, why do we often feel lost and distant from Him? The life of Christian faith is and always has been a beautifully awkward reality. Following Jesus is done—can only be done—in the messiness of this world into which we were all born. Yet many Christians expect the walk of faith to be easier, neater, and relatively devoid of hassles. So perhaps it’s time ... read more
Not entitled to get angry? Really? It’s a radical, provocative idea: We’re not entitled to get offended or stay angry. The idea of our own “righteous anger” is a myth. It is the number one problem in our societies today and, as Dallas Willard says, Christians have not been taught out of it. As it turns out, giving up our “right” to be offended can be one of the most freeing, healthy, simplifyi... read more
Runaway Radical: A Young Man's Reckless Journey to Save the World
Amy Hollingsworth, Jonathan Edward Hollingsworth
Travel the world, change lives, save souls. (Note: Results not typical.) A young idealist heeds the call to radical obedience, gives away all of his belongings and shaking off the fetters of a complacent life, travels halfway around the world. There he discovers, among the poor and the fatherless of West Africa, that he has only surrendered to a new kind of captivity. There is no doubt that yo... read more
A Moving Story of Redemption and Second Chances Jep Robertson, the youngest son of Duck Commander Phil Robertson, and his wife, Jessica, open up about their personal trials, their early years together, and the challenges that might have destroyed them both had the grace of God not intervened. Jep describes being molested as a child and his reluctance to tell anyone until only a few years ago, ... read more
**PAPERBACK BOOK AVAILABLE TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 2017 with new content** It's never been more important to teach your children well.What America needs today are parents w ho don’t just s ay they value these virtues but who live them and passionately and boldly teach them to their children. It’s up to me and you and every parent in America to make the necessary changes to give our children the oppo... read more
IDENTIFY THE EXPECTATIONS AND LABELS THAT CRAMP YOUR SOUL.Contemporary Christianity seems to be suffering from an epidemic of sameness. Uniformity. Monotony. Those trapped inside are often afraid to step beyond established norms and innovatively express themselves, or they simply don’t know how. And those on the outside of Christianity often see very little that attracts them. Yet God, out of ... read more
The heart of God can be found in the unlikeliest places, in the unlikeliest people.It’s three a.m. in the side yard of a shack in the worst part of town. I’ve got a dirty-faced baby on my hip and there’s a pit bull standing on the septic tank in the next yard over barking his head off. My patient sits on the hood of her ex-husband’s low rider smoking a cigarette and dumpingher pills into a mud... read more
Huckabee: The Authorized Biography
Scott Lamb
*The Mike Huckabee StoryAn Intimate Look*For the first time, the former governor of Arkansas opens up the vault to friend and biographer W. Scott Lamb (Pujols: More Than the Game, 2011) to tell his life story. In this thoroughly unique biography of one of the most likeable, influential leaders in America, Lamb covers the entire scope of Mike Huckabee’s life and career. With full, unfettered ac... read more
Have you ever longed for a comeback? We all know what it feels like to have life disappoint us and not work out as we’d hoped. We all know what it’s like to long for something different, something better, something more. The Comeback celebrates new beginnings. It offers encouragement and perspective, and it’s for you if you feel frustrated or confused, if you’re sorrowing or in pain, if you’ve... read more
What exactly is manhood? How do guys get there?Tim Brown won the Heisman Trophy at Notre Dame and starred in the NFL for seventeen seasons. He left the game as a Los Angeles and Oakland Raiders legend and one of the most respected men in sports, and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2015. Now “Mr. Raider” shares his amazing journey—the triumphs, the heartbreaks, the struggles ... read more
"It took months of God waking me up in the middle of the night before I realized I was the one He was calling to leave my comfortable American life and move to Haiti."Miracle on Voodoo Mountain is the inspirational memoir of an accomplished and driven 24-year old who quit her job, sold everything, and moved to Haiti, by herself—all without a clear plan of action. Megan Boudreaux had visited Ha... read more
What if you told God you would do anything . . . and he took you up on it? Jennie Allen, founder of If: Gathering, shares the prayer that changed everything. *Now with Bible study questions!In the years since the initial release of Anything, God continued to stretch Jennie Allen and her faith because of the courageous prayer of surrender that she and her husband, Zac, prayed, "God, we will do ... read more
What will you do when the unthinkable happens in your life?Her parents called her Lenya Lion because of her ferocious personality and hair that had been wild and mane-like since birth. But they never expected that, five days before Christmas, their five-year-old daughter would suddenly go to heaven after an asthma attack. How do you walk out of an emergency room without your daughter?In Throug... read more
Cop Under Fire: Moving Beyond Hashtags of Race, Crime and Politics for a Better America
Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr.
America has become increasingly divided and polarized in recent years. With growing racial tension, animosity toward law enforcement professionals, government corruption, and disregard for the constitutional process, there seems to be no easy answer in sight. But Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke knows where we must begin: we must stop blaming others; look at our problems with open eyes; t... read more
Most of us think God is not concerned with what we eat, but the Bible actually offers great insight and instruction about the effects of food on our bodies. Dr. Colbert introduces a revolutionary sugar detox method, combined with an anti-inflammatory form of the modified Mediterranean diet that resolves a broad spectrum of diseases, including diabetes, heart disease, dementia, cancer, and oste... read more
Most of us think God is not concerned with what we eat, but the Bible actually offers great insight and instruction about the effects of food on our bodies. Dr. Colbert introduces an antiinflammatory form of the modified Mediterranean diet that resolves a broad spectrum of diseases, including diabetes, heart disease, dementia, cancer, and osteoarthritis. Just imagine—understanding how food alo... read more
Achieve optimal healthy living through Dr. Colbert's Keto Zone Diet -- burn fat, balance hormones, and lose weight. Wanting or needing to lose weight? The answer is not a pill, medication, or surgery. The answer is a nutritional one that might surprise you. Dr. Colbert, who has been practicing medicine for 30 years, has taken his nutrition, cancer treatment, and weight loss training to a whole... read more
Finding quick and healthy recipes that fit your busy lifestyle is challenging. Dr. Colbert tackled this challenge and created his Quick and Healthy Keto Zone Cookbook that follows his proven Keto Zone diet. Not only can you quickly cook wonderful meals, but the meals you eat will help you lose weight, increase your energy, and help you feel great! Dr. Colbert shares his best tips for getting i... read more
Unbroken Faith: Spiritual Recovery for the Special Needs Parent
Diane Dokko Kim
"How could God let this happen? I can't do this! How can my child have a meaningful life? Where is God in all this?"When a parent hears that their child has a disability, hearts and hopes are broken. But faith doesn't have to be. Unbroken Faith identifies and treats the crippling fear, guilt, and inadequacy that parents of children with special needs can encounter. Diane Dokko Kim comes alongs... read more
Beautifully Interrupted: When God Holds the Pen That Writes Your Story
Teresa Swanstrom Anderson
Popular blogger, speaker, and bible study leader Teresa Swanstrom Anderson shares her personal story of realizing she wasn't involving God in her plans and how she released her own control so that He could use her life for furthering His Kingdom. Learn how you, too, can turn your life over to God and see where He leads. Have you gotten so caught up in life and your well-intentioned plans that ... read more
The Way Back: How Christians Blew Our Credibility and How We Get It Back
Phil Cooke, Jonathan Bock
This book is both timely and needed. Provocative, yes, because the message is essential at this decisive 'hinge moment' in time. -- Philip Yancey The Way Back is the way forward. -- Erwin McManus The Way Back is a much-needed wake up call for the Church... we've wandered for far too long. -- Christine Caine On a dusty hilltop, Jesus once kickstarted his church with a ragtag group of fishermen ... read more
I Am Rahab: Touched by God, Fully Restored
Autumn Miles
What do you do when you can relate more to Jezebel, Rahab, or Eve than Esther or Mary? To her surprise and joy, author Autumn Miles discovered most of the heroes of the Bible were plagued with the same problem. They were ordinary people who sinned, but God's love, mercy, and truth proved greater. I Am Rahab provides a better understanding of God, with a focus on the breadth of his reach to use... read more
When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without
Laura Story, Jennifer Schuchmann
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT GOOD THINGS CAN COME OUT OF OUR BROKEN DREAMS?Worship leader and recording artist Laura Story’s life took an unexpected turn when her husband, Martin, was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Their lives would never be the same. Yes, with God all things are possible. But the devastating news was that no cure existed to restore Martin’s short-term memory, eyesight, and other compli... read more
The Miracle in the Middle: Finding God's Voice in the Void
Charlotte Gambill
Find strength in the struggle, passion to persist, wisdom when you're weary, and joy for the journey. If you've ever been on a long trip with small children you've no doubt heard, "Are we there yet?" Maybe you've even said those exact words or felt that same way as you have journeyed with God. Midway is where these feelings of frustration and impatience are most commonly felt. It's also where ... read more
Maverick and Me
Katherine Schwarzenegger
Dog lover and animal advocate Katherine Schwarzenegger draws from her own experience with fostering and adopting dogs to create a picture book that introduces children to the concept of “adopt, don’t shop.” In the heartwarming story of Maverick and Me, Maverick is rescued by a kind-hearted stranger after being dumped on the side of the road. The little puppy’s luck takes a turn for the better ... read more
The Letter Code: Deciphering Why You Love the Way You Love
Krystal J White
If you've ever suspected that not everyone wants the same things from relationships, you're right. In fact, what we need to feel loved, supported, and fulfilled differs according to four personality types.Are you fiercely independent and driven to achieve a significant life purpose? Do you feel proudest when you're with an accomplished partner? You may be encoded with the motivations of a lett... read more
We Carry Kevan: Six Friends. Three Countries. No Wheelchair.
Kevan Chandler
A story about friendships and commitment to one another so incredible you wouldn't believe it if it wasn't true. Kevan is just one of the guys. It's impossible to know him and not become a little more excited about life. He is an inspiring man permeated by joy, unafraid of sorrow, full of vitality and life! His sense of humor is infectious and so is his story.He grew up, he says, at "belt-buck... read more
Aly's Fight: Beating Cancer, Battling Infertility, and Believing in Miracles
Aly Taylor, Josh Taylor
TLC reality TV stars Aly and Josh Taylor share their story of breast cancer, infertility, and dashed dreams and inspire readers to cling to hope, even when it seems impossible.October 17, 2011 changed Aly and Josh Taylor's lives forever. At just 24 years old, Aly was diagnosed with breast cancer. Everything they had known, hoped for, and dreamed of came to a screeching halt with the news of he... read more
I Give Up: The Secret Joy of a Surrendered Life
Laura Story
Most of us long to be in control—of our schedule, our relationships, and our future.Newlywed Laura Story thought she had control over the great life ahead of her. After all, she followed Jesus and had a promising new job as a worship leader. Why would God not want to fulfill her dreams?But when Laura and her husband, Martin, faced a brain tumor, infertility, and a son’s birth defect, she reali... read more
True Riches: What Jesus Really Said About Money and Your Heart
John Cortines, Gregory Baumer
How Are Your Finances Shaping Your Heart?Jesus knew that how we think about money shapes our character. Our approach can make us more like him—full of contentment, purpose, and freedom—or it can cause a tragic separation from God and the joy he offers. We need a firm foundation for faith and finances. In True Riches, John Cortines and Gregory Baumer invite us to experience four transformations... read more
The Missing Money (Money Monsters Book 1)
Okeoma Moronu Schreiner
A beautifully illustrated children's book about an imaginative little boy's first encounter with the banking system! The Missing Money follows Kai on his adventure to deposit his newly earned money. While on his journey a seemingly scary ATM monster "eats" all of his money! Kai struggles to understand where his money has gone and just before attempting to break his money out, his mother sits h... read more
Oola is a "state of awesomeness.' When your life is balanced and growing, you are living the OolaLife. You were created to live that life―you were designed by God for greatness! Before you were even born, God placed within you a special gift that no one else has and a purpose that no one else can fulfill. It's not easy trying to live up to your true potential when life gets in the way. It's di... read more
Mad Dog
Kelly Watt
If I Had Two Lives
Abbigail N. Rosewood
This luminous debut novel follows a young woman from her childhood in Vietnam to her life as an immigrant in the United States – and her necessary return to her homeland. As a child, isolated from the world in a secretive military encampment with her distant mother, she turns for affection to a sympathetic soldier and to the only other girl in the camp, forming two friendships that will shape ... read more
THERE IS A QUEST WITHIN EACH OF USBe Inspired to Follow Your Passion and Purpose When Faith Lights the Way is the story of average people, facing impossible obstacles, who kept focused on their calling. It will encourage and inspire you to follow your passion and purpose.The Ganta Hospital in Liberia was struggling to rebuild while serving 24,000 patients a year. Intense thunderstorms forced s... read more
Homeless people can be some of life’s greatest teachers. Judith Knotts shares their stories and the lessons she has learned from spending time among the homeless people of her community. You Are My Brother is a collection of short stories, all true, with a thread connecting them. They are about the author’s encounters with homeless people and the epiphanies that they both experienced from meet... read more
The rise of China's tech companies and intense competition from the sector is just beginning. This will present an ongoing management and strategy challenge for companies for many years to come. Tech Titans of China is the go-to-guide for companies (and those interested in competition from China) seeking to understand China's grand tech ambitions, who the players are and what their strategy is... read more
"Riveting, inspiring, at times hard to believe but utterly true...it gives some measure of hope in these rancorous times." -- John GrishamAs an ordinary high school student in the 1960s, Tom Tarrants became deeply unsettled by the social upheaval of the era. In response, he turned for answers to extremist ideology and was soon utterly radicalized. Before long, he became involved in the reign o... read more
The powerful, dramatic story of how a successful Hollywood set designer whose identity was deeply rooted in his homosexuality came to be suddenly and utterly transformed by the power of the gospel.When Becket Cook moved from Dallas to Los Angeles after college, he discovered a socially progressive, liberal town that embraced not only his creative side but also his homosexuality. He devoted his... read more
Arrows of Fire
Marlen Suyapa Bodden
It is October 1519 -- and the Mexican empire is on the brink.Hernán Cortés leads an army of Spaniards and their native allies to Moctezoma's capital. Moctezoma believes the only way to save his empire is to heed the God of War and sacrifice Flower, a beautiful woman warrior, in exchange for protection from the invaders.But a different faction -- the resistance -- wants to overthrow Moctezoma a... read more
My Wild and Precious Life: A Memoir of Africa
Susanne Rheault
After stumbling upon a tiny orphanage in rural Tanzania, Susanne Rheault knew her life was about to change.From walking with lions in the bush to dodging bombs in Tanzania's largest city, psychologist Susanne Rheault recounts with candor and humility the hard lessons learned during a life working to help impoverished communities in Africa.The daughter of a Green Beret, Susie has lived a transi... read more
The friend you need during dark PMS days…With humor, stories, and nuggets of physiological wisdom, Sherri Lynn, and this book will be the friends who walk you through those dreaded PMS days. Find community through listeners' anecdotes from Sherri's radio show, and find reinforcement of God's unconditional love for his daughters, hormones and all.
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Nicole is such a pro. Her commitment and attention to detail is invaluable. She placed me with outlets I would have NEVER even known of let alone acquired on my own.
If you get a chance to work with her. DO IT!!! You won't regret it. I'd use her again in a heartbeat.
She consistently exceeded all of my expectations.
Sherri Lynn, August 2019
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