The PURE SOAPBOX book release and signing party at Austin’s BookPeople was absolutely fabulous…flawless! Standing room only! Kimberlie Dykeman coordinated a truly refreshing spin on the “average” book release. Friends, family and countless new faces from the Austin and surrounding areas crowded the event, enjoying champagne from Taste, sushi from Zen, “Sweeto’s” from Sweet Leaf Tea and Tito’s Vodka, […]
Dalton Publishing inked a national deal with Midpoint Trade Books, a national book distributor in New York. Dalton founder Deltina Hay says the Austin-based publishing company’s strong presence at this year’s world-renowned BEA Book Conference in L.A. earned the nod of one of New York’s hardest working distributors. For over a dozen years, Midpoint has […]
Kimberlie Dykeman will be the featured guest on Austin’s FOX 7 morning news July 2, just days after her long-awaited book, Pure Soapbox, hits the shelves! She’ll talk about the book launch and how her trademark concept, SOAPBOX™, motivates with a swift kick in the pants and stimulates real perspective change in people. Dykeman was […]
In preparation of launching an online channel, entitled ShelfLife.tv, Kimberlie Dykeman and Phenix & Phenix’s literary publicist team approved the video uploads of its first guests authors. AMS Production Group crafted its final edits allowing the viral distribution campaign to begin on YouTube. Book and author introductions are presented by the writers themselves, in […]
Kimberlie Dykeman fills the “Inspiration” section of this month’s issue of the capital city’s own Austin Woman Magazine. The On-Camera Personality and Producer talks candidly about her upbringing in Upstate New York, her “best-worst” life experience in L.A., and the utter joy in returning last year to the good life found only in Austin. The article captures […]
I just signed on as a new Grassroots Fundraiser for the Lance Armstrong Foundation, choosing LIVESTRONG™ to be the sole beneficiary of a portion of the proceeds from all book sales of Pure Soapbox. Having been both intimately affected by cancer and seen friends also go through the trauma of this deadly disease, I view […]
The partnership between Kimberlie Dykeman and Phenix & Phenix Publicity has begun to take beautiful shape having wrapped the first shoot for its Online Video PR Campaign and web-based Interview Series dedicated to authors and their stories. On its self-titled online channel, “Shelf Life” aims to deliver “Real People- Real Purpose- Real Perspective”. Since […]
Get on your SOAPBOX™, folks! The official release is on the books, as is the signing party of long-anticipated book, Pure Soapbox …a cleansing jolt of perspective, motivation, and humor. BookPeople, Austin’s renowned one-of-a kind bookstore, has inked in June 25, 2008 at 7pm as the celebration of my book debut. As a go-getting TV personality […]
Dykeman does CODE! No sooner had I landed in Austin, I was in the studio with the fab folks of CODE magazine for a test shoot for their upcoming online network. After 3 weeks shooting infomercials abroad in the Philippines and about 36 hours of travel brew-ha-ha flying back to the states…the Louis Vuitton bags […]
The finish line is in sight!! We are nearing the official book launch for Pure Soapbox …a cleansing jolt of perspective, motivation and humor, which will take place at the renowned, one-of-a-kind bookstore, Book People, in beautiful downtown Austin, TX. Building towards this I’ve set in play a weekly blog entitled “SOAPBOX of the […]
Well…here we go with another site and blog to maintain. I feel like I have a litter of “little ones” that need my attention all the time… www.kimberliedykeman.com , www.PureSoapbox.com , then there’s all the networking sites. But each has its own pulse, so-to-speak, and so is somewhat alive…as catalysts and receptors of idea, comments, […]