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The Speaker Salon

Alana Newman, host of The Speaker Salon podcast and author of Beauty First Method: Instantly Communicate Your Value, draws on her roots in digital arts and campaign strategy to help build platforms for speakers and thought leaders.

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Beauty First Method Book

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Build A Personal Brand That Feels Like You

A proven method for solopreneurs to align visuals, message, and monetization
Unlock the power of first impressions
How to build relationships with visual communication
Turn aesthetic into authority
Structure that sells
From conference stages to sales
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Aesthetics

Understand visual basics and hacks for evolutionary psychology & branding. Improve how you're perceived.

Relationships

Learn how movements are built online and digital media techniques that will help you find your people.

Identity

Identify who you are and who you want to attract. Frame your value accordingly with a digital makeover.

Look good online.

Attraction marketing principles build relationships—in a real and meaningful way—both digitally and in person. Through tools, mindset adjustments, and habit changes, Beauty First Method teaches personal brands how to mindfully cultivate new leads from scratch with the power of design.

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Inside the pages:

What B-E-A-U-T-Y means
How to F-I-R-S-T do no harm to your reputation
Enhance Your Public Image
Improve Your Credibility
Leverage Latest Digital Media Tools
Identify Your Tribe
Frame Your Value
Increase Your Prosperity

If you're on a mission to speak out...

Read this book before you ever spend money on a PR firm or pitch yourself to a conference as a speaker. Read this book before uploading your first podcast or writing a press release. Need to impress someone in the media? Here's how you start so that they will take you seriously and invite you back on their shows.

Too many authors and speakers and filmmakers focus on getting the word out about their message, but they ignorantly rush through the process of building sustainable relationships with their audience. They ignore attraction, retention, and trust related to communication habits. Ultimately they end up wasting their time and becoming frustrated that people "won't listen" to them. If you intuit that you could improve your marketing funnel, you're in the right place.

Meet The Author

Alana Newman is a passionate advocate for individual empowerment. With over 15 years of leadership experience founding initiatives that amplify marginalized voices, Alana helps purpose-driven professionals shape their personal brand identity. Her career highlights include spearheading a nonprofit storytelling project that challenged the global fertility industry, growing an email list from zero to 100,000 subscribers for a health summit, and working with her husband to pioneer an AI-assisted product design studio tailored for underserved communities.

Whether guiding a client to hone their brand messaging or coaching teams on effective communication strategies, Alana draws on her diverse background in filmmaking, conference building, writing, and content creation. She believes personal branding should highlight one’s unique value while staying true to their core mission. Her insightful approach stems from a commitment to rehumanizing business practices that uplift people’s dignity.

Now Alana is eager to empower visionary professionals to unlock their full potential. With expertise honed over 15 years of elevating brands, driving engagement, and catalyzing movements, she guides clients to define their voice, perfect their positioning, and share their gifts with the world.