Testimonials

Wendy Keller and all of us at Keller Media would like to thank the thou­sands of clients and stu­dents who have sent heart-warming notes, emails and let­ters in the last two plus decades in business.  We’re so glad our work has helped you achieve your dreams!  Below are some of our favorites. (Some names with­held by request)

“I keep think­ing the day I met you was the luck­i­est day of my life.” — Col. Ran­dall J. Larsen (ret.) author of “Our Own Worst Enemy” (Hachette/Grand Cen­tral Books), pro­fes­sional speaker and media per­son­al­ity www.tihls.org

“To my agent Wendy Keller of Keller Media, Inc., who saw the poten­tial in the pro­posal long before any­one and then would not stop hound­ing me for fif­teen years.”   — Jef­frey Hay­zlett, author of “The Mir­ror Test: Is Your Busi­ness Really Breath­ing” (Hachette/Grand Cen­tral Books), Chief Mar­ket­ing Offi­cer, Kodak, Inc., mar­ket­ing consultant, professional speaker   www.Hazylett.com

“We’d like to acknowl­edge [Wendy Keller] with­out whom we would have never com­pleted this book.”

— Jacque­line Miller and Jack Can­field Co-author of the best sell­ing “Chicken Soup for the Soul”, “Heart At Work”

“My agent, Wendy Keller…provided sig­nif­i­cant help and guid­ance to revamp my book pro­posal and reor­ga­nize my out­line.”   — Alan Blume, author of “Your Vir­tual Suc­cess: Find­ing Prof­itabil­ity in an Online World”  (Career Press), Mar­ket­ing con­sul­tant, pro­fes­sional speaker www.StartUpSelling.com

“Sin­cere appre­ci­a­tion Wendy Keller… who for some time had insisted that the infor­ma­tion I present and the humor with which I deliver it had to find its way into a book.  Wendy just “got it,” and then she went out and pushed it…and for her efforts and coun­sel, I’m grate­ful.   — Gar­ri­son Wynn, author of “The Real Truth about Suc­cess: What the top 1% do dif­fer­ently, why they won’t tell you and how you can do it any­way!” (McGraw-Hill), pro­fes­sional speaker

“For over two years, I strug­gled on my own to become pub­lished. I was rejected about four hun­dred times by agents and pub­lish­ers alike. I read all the books, talked to oth­ers who had been suc­cess­ful, and tried to apply all of the lessons learned to no avail. Then I met Wendy Keller. […] I sud­denly under­stood all that I had tried to learn on my own. Wendy unlocked the secrets and sim­pli­fied the com­plex­i­ties of the pub­lish­ing and speak­ing busi­ness. […] I applied all that she had taught me. Within a few short months, I had a book deal and was on my way to a lucra­tive new career. None of this would have been pos­si­ble with­out Wendy’s expert guidance!”

— Janine Walker Caf­frey, Ed.D.
For­mer Direc­tor, Renais­sance Acad­emy – Cur­rent Assis­tant Super­in­ten­dent of Schools, New York State

“Wendy Keller offered me keen insights for the mar­ket­ing and pro­mo­tion of my book “What­ever the Cost” and clearly sup­ported the book’s suc­cess.  She has a unique and well-honed under­stand­ing of the pub­lish­ing world that takes into account the art of the writer and the busi­ness of sell­ing books.  Her time and input are indispensable”

—Jenifer Beaudean, author

Tele­phone call from C. War­ren of Dal­las, received Feb­ru­ary 9, 2007:

CW: “Wendy, I’ve got a prob­lem. I did exactly what you said when we talked last year. [In a one day pri­vate coach­ing ses­sion]. But I’ve reached an impasse of some kind. I need you to tell me what to do to get past it.”

WK:  “So have you done any speak­ing engage­ments?  Are you get­ting paid?”

CW: “Oh, heck, yeah.  That’s not the prob­lem.  I’ve done 19 at $7,500 a piece since I took your advice. But I just can’t seem to get more. You explained how to get the [speak­ing fees] up to $10,000 each.  What was that again?”

“Every time I call you, I just get this good feel­ing about myself. You’re the per­son in my life who believes in me the most - some­times more than I believe in myself.” — George Sil­ver­man, author “Secrets of Word of Mouth Mar­ket­ing” (AMACOM, 2nd Ed.), world-renowned mar­ket­ing consultant, professional speaker www.MNav.com

“It’s sim­ple. I was skep­ti­cal when I signed up for your coach­ing pro­gram. Now I’m pub­lished. Pretty basic.”  — John C., pub­lished author, speaker and consultant.

This is from some­one whose extremely poorly writ­ten query Wendy suc­cinctly rejected. It was rife with gram­mat­i­cal and spelling errors, but the lady seemed sin­cere in her desire to tell the story.  Wendy firmly told her to find and hire a writer because she is not one:

Hello Wendy,

I must say I never expected a reply from my e-mail, [sic] your pro­fes­sion­al­ism and words of encour­age­ment speak of your char­ac­ter and desire to make a dif­fer­ence and I truly appre­ci­ate your valu­able time and advice. Please excuse my prim­i­tive (spelled cor­rectly this time ha-ha) igno­rance of writ­ers skills, I am just try­ing to tell the story of how… Thanks again Wendy, I think you are a credit to your pro­fes­sion and I am going to regroup and use your advice.

Sin­cerely, Judy

“You made this book a real­ity. You not only opened doors for me, you also kept my faith in the project alive.” — Jim Cath­cart, Author “The Acorn Prin­ci­ple” (St. Martin’s Press), for­mer Pres­i­dent —  National Speak­ers Asso­ci­a­tion www.Cathcart.com

“Thanks again for all your hard work in get­ting my book pub­lished. Not only were you extremely enjoy­able to work with, you con­sis­tently went the extra mile to find the right pub­lisher, and then nego­ti­ate a con­tract that exceeded my expec­ta­tions. In a world where a lot of peo­ple are “just going through the motions”, you are a pas­sion­ate and effec­tive “breath of fresh air!”  — Dr. Nate Booth, Author and Head Cor­po­rate Trainer, The Anthony Rob­bins Com­pa­nies

“ THANK YOU for your great efforts to sell [my book]! There is no one else in the world I would rather work with! I men­tioned to Eliz­a­beth Pomada [an agent who is Wendy’s friend] that I signed with Keller Media. Her response: “If any­one can make you a star, Wendy Keller can.”   — Michael Modzelewski, author

“I have never learned so much in so few hours! I’m already mak­ing money from doing what you said. Thank you!” — Bruce Mid­dle­ton, speaker

“Wendy, I’ve been tremen­dously impressed with how you’re han­dling [my edi­tor]. You have the per­fect blend of high energy and smooth schmooze. I admire the way you do busi­ness.” — George Walther, author “Heat Up Your Cold Calls” (Dearborn/Kaplan), pro­fes­sional speaker

“Work­ing with you [on our book] has been the best expe­ri­ence of my life! my life has taken a life enhanc­ing spi­ral upwards! through your coach­ing, men­tor­ing, and con­stant encour­age­ment!”   — Dr. Debra Hapen­ney Ciavola, Author “Con­nect­ing With Your Teen” (New Har­bin­ger), Work­shop Leader/Speaker

“Wendy Keller, my agent, brought a prac­ti­cal guid­ance to the busi­ness side of the book, and with­out her help I would never have fin­ished.” — Dr. Rod Kennedy,  Author “The Encour­ag­ing Par­ent” (Ran­dom House), Speaker

“Wendy Keller is the most incred­i­ble lit­er­ary con­sul­tant and agent!! [She] always aston­ishes me with the store­house of knowl­edge in her mind. Her advice is noth­ing short of amaz­ing. —- Linda Hol­lan­der Author/Entrepreneur, “Bags To Riches”

“Wendy Keller is a mag­nif­i­cent human being, a superb pro­fes­sional, and a tal­ented agent. Clearly, I’d rec­om­mend that you pur­sue a dis­cus­sion with her if it is of inter­est to you. She’s a dear friend and I’ve known her for a long time. I think very highly of her and her abilities.”

— Nido R. Qubein Chan­cel­lor, High Point Uni­ver­sity, Author, CEO, Great Har­vest Bread Com­pany, pro­fes­sional speaker, philanthropist

“I would highly rec­om­mend Wendy Keller as an agent and as a book coach. She helped me hone my mate­r­ial for a broader audi­ence and make my pro­posal so much more sal­able to pub­lish­ers. She helped me to cre­ate what I call my “mini-empire” of a web site and self-produced CDs. I can say that she is the rea­son why I was able to attracte a pub­lisher for my book within just one week of her shop­ping around my pro­posal. She nego­ti­ated a higher advance than offered and did things I am not savvy enough to do alone. If you come to the coach­ing ses­sions well pre­pared with a clear idea of your goals and as an equal part­ner in the process, I think that you would ben­e­fit highly from the process.”   — Vicky Thomp­son, author “The Jesus Path”

“You are a true part­ner in bring­ing this book to oth­ers!” —- John J. Emer­ick, Jr. Author “Be The Per­son You Want To Be” (Ran­dom House) Award-Winning Entrepreneur

“(Spe­cial thanks to) my agent, Wendy Keller, who liked the book right away, rec­om­mended some improve­ments, and worked with enthu­si­asm to find a pub­lisher. — C. Todd Conover Author “The Art of Astute Invest­ing”, Comp­trol­ler of the Cur­rency, Rea­gan Administration

“As a strug­gling new author, I have to tell you your tape series was so inspi­ra­tional to me! While I have read sev­eral books on how to pub­lish a book, none touched the major issues as clearly as lis­ten­ing to you and the spe­cific top­ics new authors must address!”  — Don­ald Urban­iec, future author

“Huge thanks to my friend and lit­er­ary agent extra­or­di­naire Wendy, who sug­gested the idea and found me this project.”

— Max Jacob­son, Author “The Art of Japan­ese Cook­ing” (Ran­dom House/Prima), Senior Food Critic, Los Ange­les Times, Las Vegas Life

“I am light years ahead of where I would be if I had not met you. Your care, con­cern, encour­age­ment, friend­ship and guid­ance have been priceless.”

— Manzie Lawfer Author “Why Cus­tomers Come Back” Con­sul­tant, Speaker

“You have one of the bright­est, most cre­ative minds on the planet.”  —– Mark Vic­tor Hansen, co-author, Chicken Soup for the Soul, speaker, Hor­a­tio Alger award winner

“Thanks to your superb talk to the Pro­fes­sional Speak­ers Asso­ci­a­tion in Lon­don, I’ve just got­ten my first pub­lish­ing deal.”— Philip C. Calvert Finst, Pro­fes­sional Speaker, Trainer and Con­sul­tant in Advanced Pre­sen­ta­tion Skills

“You adeptly agented me into and through this adven­ture.” — Raleigh Pinskey Author of the +300K copy seller “101 Ways To Pro­mote Your­self” (Harper­Collins) for­mer pub­li­cist for Blondie, Sting and Who, renowned pro­fes­sional speaker, mar­ket­ing con­sul­tant  www.promoteyourself.com

“Your tenac­ity, unfail­ing belief in me, and friend­ship made this book a real­ity.”  — Vicki Spina Author “Suc­cess 2000″ (John Wiley), pro­fes­sional speaker

“Thank you, thank you, thank you for help­ing me come one step closer to my dream. You are a smart woman and a won­der­ful teacher. It was a joy work­ing with you on this book.” — Becky San­ford, author

“You are truly the best agent I’ve ever met. Thanks for all your help along the way.”  — Bruce Vaughan, author

“It blew my mind to know how many edi­tors you sent my book to. You shot high and came up with $ [with­held]. I’m delighted. To have so many pub­lish­ers response so quickly, and in some cases w/passion, also blows me away and makes me light-headed just think­ing about it. Your focus and strength are noth­ing short of awe­some. I also give you credit for stay­ing open to my per­spec­tives. It all worked out pretty darn nice if you ask me.”  — Larry Chase, renowned inter­net pio­neer, author, speaker

“It was so nice to talk with you today. I want you to know that I’m very pleased with the per­sis­tent work that you’ve done on my behalf as a lit­er­ary coach and in try­ing to get me a book deal in your coun­try. I am very for­tu­nate that you are my agent.”  — Paul Atkin­son, UK author, speaker

“Wendy Keller is one of the most inter­est­ing peo­ple I have ever inter­viewed!” — G. Gor­don Liddy, Celebrity Radio Personality

“Mommy, I’ll kiss you until I am an old woman because we love each other so much.”

— Sophia, Wendy’s daugh­ter, at age 9

“I had to take a sec­ond to tell you my feel­ings of the moment. I have been perus­ing your [online con­tent]. There is an over­whelm­ing spirit of hope and deter­mi­na­tion and just plain good­ness in every­thing you write. Your desire to help oth­ers per­me­ates every word. This spirit is pow­er­ful — almost tan­gi­ble! When I read the com­ment by your daugh­ter in the tes­ti­mo­ni­als, I could no longer con­trol my emo­tions. I actu­ally started sob­bing when I read her beau­ti­ful and pro­found sen­tence. The thought of work­ing with you, with some­one of your cal­iber, is beyond excit­ing. I am anx­ious to make you a mil­lion dol­lars! Let’s see…your 15% of a mil­lion dol­lars is…”

— Rose­mary Green­burg, author, speaker