Mike McCandless is a veteran marketing executive, management consultant, and book publisher with experience in the tech, nonprofit, and higher education sectors.

Consultant

Marketing content and business development strategies for businesses and nonprofits:

• Strategies and plans
  • Digital marketing content producer
  • Social media, e-mail and direct mail campaigns
  • Brand development
• Sales and fundraising
  • Strategies for lead generation, donor development
  • Writing for fund development, grants, and promotions

Publisher

The Touchwood Press provides publishing services—book editing, production management, and marketing—for independent authors and organizations:

• Abella’s Diplomat — spy fiction (2018)
• LaCost: The Evolution of Jason  — science fiction (2017)
• Mountain Vision: Lessons Beyond the Summit — memoir, adventure creative nonfiction (2016)
• Canal Chronicles: Stories of the I&M Canal and Northern Illinois — regional history (2015)
• The Divine Storyteller — fictional biography (2013)
• When War Comes Home — spiritual guidance for the spouses of PTSD sufferers (2009)
• The Combat Trauma Healing Manual — coming all the way home (2008)

COMING

• Annie and Bill: The Long Journey from the Old Country to America
• Marcom: The Essentials of Effective Marketing Communication
• Dad’s Recipe Box: Family Favorite Recipes, Home Cooking Tips, and News from the Food Front
• 100 Things You Need to Know: A Guide for Today

Author

• Marketaneous.com — marketing at the speed of change
• MinistryandMarketing.com — where the mission meets the marketplace
• Guy Cicero.com — reflections on culture, politics, and society
• The Year of Being Half-Norwegian.com — a writer explores ancestry and destiny
• DadsRecipeBox.com — favorite recipes, cooking how-to’s, and news from the food revolution

Teacher

The Publish-It-Yourself Workshop helps independent creators publish their own books and other works themselves. The PIY Workshop can guide you and your manuscript to publication is just a few weeks.

Entrepreneur

• The Touchwood Press — Digital publishing and publishing services
• The Publish-It-Yourself Workshop — Learn to publish your book in six weeks for little or no cost.
• EweandMe.shop — Gifts, clothing, decor and more for sheep and lamb fans. Sheeparific!
• BusinessPro.me — a resource and advice bonanza for small business pros. (in development)
• Send a Friend a Card — Show friends and customers you appreciate them.