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Pubvendo Team

We work hard to deliver excellence in all we do and ensure your book reaches the right audience with the right results. Below is our team.

Joshua Schwartz

Joshua Schwartz

Founder

Joshua Schwartz

Founder

Joshua Schwartz is the Founder of Pubvendo, in which role he is responsible for digital campaign methodology, strategy, and execution. A publishing industry veteran since 2010, he has previously held business development and product development roles at Aptara and Jouve. He holds a bachelor’s degree in American Literature from George Mason University and a master’s degree from Georgetown University. His favorite books include The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen, Meditations in an Emergency by Frank O’Hara, and The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway.

Brandon Schwartz

Brandon Schwartz

Co-Founder

Brandon Schwartz

Co-Founder

Brandon Schwartz is the Co-Founder of Pubvendo and is responsible for new product development, quality assurance, and interfacing with clients and vendors. He has worked every job at Pubvendo since 2017 and now focuses on continued success in current and emerging market verticals. He is a triple Nittany Lion, holding his PhD in Engineering. His favorite books are The Lean Startup by Eric Ries, Traction by Gino Wickman, and American Pastoral by Philip Roth.

Ashley Durrer

Ashley Durrer

VP, Client Services

Ashley Durrer

VP, Client Services

Ashley Durrer is Vice President of Client Services, responsible for on-time service delivery while helping clients achieve specific book objectives. She previously worked in marketing roles including partnerships with HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, and Macmillan, among others. Alongside her work, she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Studio Art with a Business minor while volunteering at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston as an Accessibility Volunteer. Her favorite books include Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer, The Speed of Trust by Stephen M. R. Covey, and Timeline by Michael Crichton.

Andrew Masterjohn

Andrew Masterjohn

Director of Market Research

Andrew Masterjohn

Director of Market Research

Andrew Masterjohn is the Director of Market Research for Pubvendo, where he leads a team performing market analysis and developing digital strategy for Pubvendo campaigns and Author Launch clients. He has previously held management positions with GNC. Andrew holds a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the Pennsylvania State University and a master’s degree in Leadership from Southeastern University. His favorite books include 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John C. Maxwell, The Circle Trilogy by Ted Dekker, and How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie.

Aimar Galarza

Aimar Galarza

Media Director

Aimar Galarza

Media Director

Aimar Galarza joined Pubvendo in 2021 serving as its Media Director. She is responsible for earned media outreach, overseeing TikTok ads and social creatives, as well as developing author/influencer relationships. She previously held editorial roles at Her Campus Magazine and participated in the GW Journal of Ethics in Publishing editorial committee. She holds a BA in English Literature from the UPR-RP, and a master’s degree in Publishing from George Washington University. Favorite books include The Anatomy of Story by John Truby, City of the Beasts by Isabel Allende, and Diary of St. Faustina by Faustina Kowalska.

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Tycho Dwelis

Project Manager

Tycho Dwelis

Project Manager

I’m Tycho (I also use the pen name Cassidy), and I love storytelling! I’m incredibly passionate about writing, art, and anything that allows me to create my own worlds. My goal is to write dreamy fiction for all ages that is unique, inspiring, and imaginative. I like to write about themes that include coming of age, magic realism, identity, relationships, and bullying. I currently live in Colorado and have my MA in Publishing.

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Emma Golden

Marketing Associate

Emma Golden

Marketing Associate

Emma Golden is a Marketing Associate at Pubvendo. She is currently studying at Penn State University. She loves to travel and explore new places, and she is an avid reader of classic literature. Her favorite books include Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Little Men by Louisa May Alcott, and Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.

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Charles Barkley

Office Manager

Charles Barkley

Office Manager

Charlie, the terrier rescue, also known as Charles Barkley is the (un)official mascot and good vibes giver at Pubvendo. Charlie is a pup who appreciates the English language. As such, he’s learned to ask for the beach, his favorite friends, human or dog, cheese, running, and more. And while he might appear to be sleeping on the job, this is just his mind at work. He’s a smol boy with a big heart and goofy attitude and he’s always a riot amongst the team.

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Our Methodology

We know how to amplify your voice as an author. We have developed our signature system using data and technology to target and reach your readers.

Step One

Market Analysis

market analysis

During Market Analysis, Pubvendo will identify the target audience for your book from 8,000 demographic, geographic, and psychographic data points. Once we’ve identified your target audience we’ll use data tools to trace their digital path to discovery of your book.

  • How does your target audience find similar books via search?
  • How does your target audience find similar books via website referrals?
  • How does your target audience find similar books via social media?
  • How does your target audience find similar books via website display?
  • How does your target audience find similar books via Amazon and Goodreads?

We’ll find out. And we’ll deliver an actionable, data-packed market analysis report and dataset detailing our entire campaign strategy.

Step Two

Optimization

optimization
Our primary objective is to drive audience traffic for your book to a buy button—usually on Amazon. Our very close secondary objective is to do so in a way that gets the attention of Amazon’s merchandising algorithm. During the optimization phase of our campaign, we’ll make sure Amazon has everything needed to merchandise your book while improving discoverability on Google, Amazon, and beyond, including:

  • Amazon Retail Page Elements
  • Amazon Keywords
  • Amazon Categorizations
  • Amazon Author Profile
  • Goodreads Page Elements
  • Goodreads Author Profile
  • Goodreads Lists
  • Website SEO
  • Social Media Profile Creation
  • Social Media Optimization

Step Three

Earned Digital Media

earned digital media

Different from a traditional book publicity agency, Pubvendo is hyper-focused on getting your book reviewed and promoted on niche websites within virtual communities frequented by your target audience. At high speed and low cost, we convert 10%-20% of our outreach to coverage on websites averaging 500,000 monthly website visits—and we’ve been known to land coverage on traditional media websites too. Throughout our digital Earned Digital Media campaign for your book, we’ll be looking for:

  • Book Reviews
  • Author Interviews
  • Op-Eds and Guest Posts
  • Book Promotion
  • Book Giveaways
  • Speaking Engagements

Step Four

Social Media Advertising

social media advertising

Pubvendo’s social media advertising campaigns are designed to get the word out about your book to an audience of high-probability book buyers and to drive them to a buy button—usually on Amazon. Leveraging best of class tools and methods previously unknown in book publishing, Pubvendo will develop a social media creative and audience targeting strategy unique to your book and your brand—and we’ll run every element of the campaign on your behalf. You can sit back while we:

  • Create your social media networks
  • Design highly-engageable social media content for your book and brand
  • Publish all social media content on your behalf, subject to your approval
  • Advertise book promotion content to a narrowly defined core audience of high-probability book buyers
  • Grow your social media followers
  • Achieve outsized reach into your target audience via outsized engagement
  • Achieve outsized click-through to eCommerce for your book at low costs per click
  • Achieve outsized ad value relative to ad spend—we average 12x ad spend to ad value
  • Curate an audience of the highest probability book buyers

Step Five

Analytics

analytics

Ok, we’ll admit it. We’re obsessed with analytics. At the heart of any successful digital campaign is outsized performance. We constantly measure our engagement rates, click-through rates, costs per engagement, costs per click, ad relevance scores, ad value, and conversion rates, and we provide actionable reporting every step of the way.

Step Six

Author Coaching

author coaching

Pubvendo Author Launch is an intensive training and coaching program for authors interested in adding significant horsepower to their digital brand and activities before, during, after, or in lieu of a Pubvendo campaign. Authors will receive a custom digital strategy and should expect to spend 12 hours in Pubvendo's video training library, 6 hours in 1:1 coaching calls, and 6 hours performing homework between sessions. By the end of the program, authors are empowered to be their own social media marketers promoting their author brand and books to new audiences.

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