The Empowered Authors’ Virtual Book Tour 2023 is pioneered by Jennifer Richards, the founder of Transform Global Services, an author, educator and NLP Practitioner.


This tour seeks to showcase the inspirational literary work done by 14 authors from different genres and countries across the world via a variety of social media platforms and avenues. 


The tour officially began on July 19 2023 on the Hangout Podcast and will end on October 10 2023. 


Promising to be captivating, educational and transformative Jennifer joins me today to discuss what to expect on this tour.

This is the Business of a Virtual Book Tour…

Sam Flynn has been training businesses in the use of social media for 12 years. 

Her own addiction to her smartphone and research into why this happens along with a background in Business Psychology has led Sam into a career as a digital wellbeing coach. 

Sam works with individuals and businesses to manage their relationship with the digital world to promote positive use, rather than causing a negative impact on their lives and she joins Louisa “Wizzi” Magnussen to discuss The Business of Digital Wellbeing…

Sophie Turton is passionate about the power of stories to unite us in our humanity. 

She works with social enterprises and purpose-driven businesses to tell impactful stories, helping them to be a voice for social justice and equality. 

Sophie believes businesses have a responsibility to be the change the world needs to see, and that storytelling is the key to connecting, understanding, and co-creating a world where all people are empowered and valued.

She joins Louisa “Wizzi” Magnussen today to discuss the Business of Brand Storytelling…

Steve Feld is a business marketing strategist, author, professional speaker, podcast host and award-winning business management executive.

His goal is to stop business owners from suffering entrepreneurial depression and to help ease the difficulties in running their businesses. He has owned and operated 7 businesses, turned around 3 others and written 8 books.

Business owners and entrepreneurs hire Steve to crack multiple 6 and 7 figures without burning themselves out and he joins Louisa “Wizzi” Magnussen to discuss The Business of Marketing…

Tim Mitchell draws on over 30 years’ of marketing experience. As Managing Director of his own marketing agency, he has secured work for clients with Heathrow, Lloyds of London, SCOR, SpecSavers, Dept of International Development, NHS Recovery College and Willmott Dixon to name a few.

For the UK’s Government’s veterinary services agency (the agency working on coronavirus), Tim’s marketing skills helped increase turnover from £2M a year to over £6M in the space of just a few years.

Tim is a highly respected and sought after trainer. He has developed and led training courses in the UK and abroad for individuals through to global corporations and he joins me today to discuss the Business of LinkedIn…

Back in April 2021 Louisa “Wizzi” Magnussen had the pleasure of introducing Rodney C Burris, an international speaker, youth advocate, professional development coach and published author from Baltimore on The Business of Motivational Speaking.

Now, Rodney is back to further discuss his work in unlocking human potential and inspiring organisations by discussing The Business of Communication.

Why is communication so important in business and how can organisations effectively communicate their message in the modern working landscape.

Aside from the sensationalism of the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard Trial, Anne Cantelo, Director at Onyx Media & Communications, who has spent decades managing reputations for organisations and individuals, believes there are lessons for businesses that we should take from it.

Anne joins Louisa “Wizzi” Magnussen to discuss the Business of Reputation: Lessons from the Depp Trial…

Louisa Ellins, owner at Line 29 Editorial, has always worked with words – as an English graduate, a public relations officer, volunteer magazine editor and a bid writer, working on multimillion-pound bids for catering in schools, universities and offices. She was made redundant in summer 2020 in the midst of the COVID-related turbulence and she started freelancing.

Within a few days Louisa had signed up her first client: a criminal justice charity. Fast forward nearly 2 years and she has raised £160,000 for the charity, and has worked with another charity and a community interest company and is here with Louisa “Wizzi” Magnussen to discuss the Business of Grant Writing.

Alex Reid has worked in the not-for-profit sector for the past ten years, working on a number of six figure digital fundraising campaigns for leading UK charities. 

He has employed successful new digital fundraising strategies across a broad range of channels and is here with Louisa “Wizzi” Magnussen to discuss the Business of Digital Fundraising…

Wael Elazab is a digital communications evangelist, campaign and strategy advisor and teacher to private, public and academic organisations. Through his work, Wael enables individuals, through the effective delivery of digital tools and skills training, to relay their message and define their brand.

Wael is an advocate for the democratisation of digital tools and he is here with Louisa “Wizzi” Magnussen to discuss the Business of Digital Liberties.