How Do Authors Get Strangers To Help Them?

 

There are far more strangers in the world than in our circle of family-friends-acquaintances. There are over eight billion people in the world — and close to 350 million in America. Chances are, you know a few dozen to a few thousand at best.  The biggest pool of potential help to market your book can come from those you don’t know, never met, or never even heard of.

So how do you meet strangers?  

Join groups on line. Become members of real- life organizations. Get introduced to the connections of your connections. Tall to people in any circumstance — when on a line, next to someone at an event, a passerby. Just make a mindful effort to speak to others. Find something in common with the stranger.  

Shared values? Familiar past? A rooting interest? Maybe you come from the same hometown or live in the same area. Perhaps you have the same hobby, are a fan of a specific team or sport, belong to the same house of worship, share someone in common, or volunteer at the same place?

What will endear a stranger to help you market your book?

Be open, friendly, and kind. Introduce yourself. Get to know them. Offer them something.   

You can then…  

* Ask for help. Some people will help you simply because you asked.

* Beg for help. Some can feel guilted into assisting you. 

* Trade something for help. Give them some favor or thing that they perceive to be of value.

* Pay them to assist you.

* Reward them if they provide results in their efforts to help you. 

Nearly everyone that is in your life was once a stranger to you. Now is the time to meet more strangers and convert them into friends, resources, and allies. The more people that you know — and that they know — will yield success for your book.

Marketing Help?

Brian Feinblum can be reached at brianfeinblum@gmail.com  He is available to help authors like you to promote your story, sell your book, and grow your brand. He has over 30 years of experience in successfully helping thousands of authors in all genres. Let him be your advocate, teacher, and motivator! 

 

About Brian Feinblum

This award-winning blog has generated over 8,200,000 page views. With nearly 5,700+ posts over the past 15 years, it was named one of the best book marketing blogs by BookBaby http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs  and recognized by Feedspot in 2026, 2021 and 2018 as one of the top book marketing blogs. It was also named by www.WinningWriters.com as a "best resource.”  Copyright 2026.

 

For the past three decades, Brian Feinblum has helped thousands of authors. He formed his own book publicity firm in 2020. Prior to that, for 21 years as the head of marketing for the nation’s largest book publicity firm, and as the director of publicity at two independent presses, Brian has worked with many first-time, self-published, authors of all genres, right along with best-selling authors and celebrities such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark Victor Hansen, Joseph Finder, Katherine Spurway, Neil Rackham, Harvey Mackay, Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren Adler, Cindy Adams, Todd Duncan, Susan RoAne, John C. Maxwell, Jeff Foxworthy, Seth Godin, and Henry Winkler.

 

His writings are often featured in The Writer and IBPA’s The Independent (https://pubspot.ibpa-online.org/article/whats-needed-to-promote-a-book-successfully) and (https://pubspot.ibpa-online.org/article/10-things-my-dog-taught-me-about-marketing-books). He was recently interviewed by the IBPA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0BhO9m8jbs

 

He hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America several years ago, and has spoken at ASJA, three times at BookCAMP, Independent Book Publishers Association, Sarah Lawrence College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association, Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, five times at Morgan James Publishing Red Carpet, and Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. He served as a judge for the 2024 IBPA Book Awards.

 

His letters-to-the-editor have been published in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Post, NY Daily News, Newsday, The Journal News (Westchester) and The Washington Post. His first published book was The Florida Homeowner, Condo, & Co-Op Association Handbook.  It was featured in The Sun Sentinel and Miami Herald.

 

Born and raised in Brooklyn, he now resides in Westchester with his wife, two kids, and Ferris, a black lab rescue dog, and El Chapo, a pug rescue dog.

 

You can connect with him at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianfeinblum/ or https://www.facebook.com/brian.feinblum

 

 

 

Once Illiterate, This Author’s Book Encourages Reading

 

 

Can you imagine being an adult and unable to read this blog post?

 

Being illiterate is a huge disadvantage for anyone. It impacts every part of your life. Society loses out, too, when citizens fail to be as informed and productive as they should be. But we know there are tens of millions of individuals in the United States of America, a powerful and wealthy nation, who are unable to read.

 

Now, imagine being one of these people who can’t read and then finding the drive and opportunity to become not only a reader, but the author of a book. Oliver James has done just that.

 

Okay, you must have lots of questions.

 

How could someone slip through the cracks and graduate high school – without ever failing a grade – and left unable to read his worthless diploma?

 

How does a poor black kid, raised by a single mom, learn to read despite his OCD, ADHD, dyslexia, and PTSD? How does the ex-convict finally learn to read by the age of 30 when he spent an entire life without this skill that most of us take for granted?

 

Oliver not only learned to read, he became a voracious reader. On one year, he consumed 100 books. Featured on Today, NPR, ABC News, and in Newsweek and the LA Times, his story was turned into a book, A Memoir of Learning (and Loving to Read on Tik Tok). The 2023 recipient of the Barbara bush National Literary Award, Oliver has penned a raw, honest, and inspiring book that details his journey from being read to, to being a writer who reads to others.

 

“You’re never too old, too far behind, or too uneducated to travel to the kingdom of knowledge,” he writes. So true. He adds: “For me, reading is all about feeling engaged in life and not just looking at it from the outside in.”

 

Studies show that we need to get to every young child early in their development, to help them learn how to read and to show them how to appreciate reading books. Oliver’s book features a full-page call-to-action to join and support www.joinraisingreaders.com. I implore you to click on that site.

 

Here are some selected excerpts from Oliver’s book:

 

“When you don't know how to read, your world is small. You might not realize it. You might even think it's comfortable the way it is. Until you run into the walls, which becomes more and more frequent. Because when your world is small, your opportunities are small. Your dreams are small—not because you don't have the capacity to dream big, but because you don't have the tools to stretch beyond what's in front of you. But once you start reading-really reading—you see what's possible. You see proof that people like you have made it out, have made something of themselves, have fought and won. You see the steps, the pathways, the patterns.”

 

“READING IS A DRUG. It's mind-altering, escapist, and fun. It stimulates the brain, therapeutically, and hits you with emotional highs and lows. It can fuck you up, it can heal you, it can excite you and, yes, it can bore you. It can save your life. It can give you so many new ideas that you can't stop talking to your friends about everything you learned, how it stretched your imagination. As I read books that were recommended to me, I honestly felt like I was tripping. I was suddenly somersaulting through time and space into worlds and minds different from my own. And how was it that there was this crazy magic that no matter how different my life was from the characters' lives in the books I read, I could see myself in their stories? The more I learned, the less I knew. But the more I seemed to

understand.”

 

“Reading those hundred books made me realize that every part of life needs maintenance. My emotions needed to be exercised. My ability to handle stress needed to be worked on. My perspective on relationships, on time, on purpose—it all needed training. I wasn't only out of shape in my reading. I was out of shape in life. And every book I picked up was another workout, another step too long. toward strengthening the parts of me that had been neglected and then there was the biggest lesson of all: time. The more I read, the more I understood that time is finite. That every moment we spend avoiding growth, and avoiding hard things, is a moment we don't get.”

 

“It's never too late to change your story, to rewrite the narrative that has been placed on you, to step into the life you deserve. No matter where you are, or what you've been through, you are not stuck. You are not defined by your past. You are not limited by what you thought was possible. You can always grow, always learn, always move forward. And if nothing else, I hope this book proves that. I hope it shows that learning to read at thirty-four years old isn't a failure—it's a victory. That struggling is the proof that you haven't given up. That asking for help, taking your time, doing things your own way—none of that makes you any less worthy. It only makes you human. This isn't the end of my story. It's just the beginning. And if you're reading this, wherever you are in your own journey, I hope you know that the story is never over. We're the authors. And there is always another chapter waiting to be written\.”

Marketing Help?

Brian Feinblum can be reached at brianfeinblum@gmail.com  He is available to help authors like you to promote your story, sell your book, and grow your brand. He has over 30 years of experience in successfully helping thousands of authors in all genres. Let him be your advocate, teacher, and motivator! 

 

About Brian Feinblum

This award-winning blog has generated over 8,200,000 page views. With nearly 5,700+ posts over the past 15 years, it was named one of the best book marketing blogs by BookBaby http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs  and recognized by Feedspot in 2026, 2021 and 2018 as one of the top book marketing blogs. It was also named by www.WinningWriters.com as a "best resource.”  Copyright 2026.

 

For the past three decades, Brian Feinblum has helped thousands of authors. He formed his own book publicity firm in 2020. Prior to that, for 21 years as the head of marketing for the nation’s largest book publicity firm, and as the director of publicity at two independent presses, Brian has worked with many first-time, self-published, authors of all genres, right along with best-selling authors and celebrities such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark Victor Hansen, Joseph Finder, Katherine Spurway, Neil Rackham, Harvey Mackay, Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren Adler, Cindy Adams, Todd Duncan, Susan RoAne, John C. Maxwell, Jeff Foxworthy, Seth Godin, and Henry Winkler.

 

His writings are often featured in The Writer and IBPA’s The Independent (https://pubspot.ibpa-online.org/article/whats-needed-to-promote-a-book-successfully) and (https://pubspot.ibpa-online.org/article/10-things-my-dog-taught-me-about-marketing-books). He was recently interviewed by the IBPA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0BhO9m8jbs

 

He hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America several years ago, and has spoken at ASJA, three times at BookCAMP, Independent Book Publishers Association, Sarah Lawrence College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association, Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, five times at Morgan James Publishing Red Carpet, and Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. He served as a judge for the 2024 IBPA Book Awards.

 

His letters-to-the-editor have been published in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Post, NY Daily News, Newsday, The Journal News (Westchester) and The Washington Post. His first published book was The Florida Homeowner, Condo, & Co-Op Association Handbook.  It was featured in The Sun Sentinel and Miami Herald.

 

Born and raised in Brooklyn, he now resides in Westchester with his wife, two kids, and Ferris, a black lab rescue dog, and El Chapo, a pug rescue dog.

 

You can connect with him at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianfeinblum/ or https://www.facebook.com/brian.feinblum

Could You Be The Mayor Of Your Book Marketing?

 

Every town has two mayors. Across the United States there are some 20,000 towns, cities, and villages with an elected mayor. But many of these municipalities have unofficial mayors.

They are not necessarily active in politics or even civic-minded. No, these are the people who seem to know everyone and everything that is going on. They are not elected nor appointed. They self-declare by way of their actions, constantly chatting up anyone on the street and coming off as self-important.

My town next door actually has two such guys. Between them, they must know half the population in small-town Larchmont, New York. They each work the same block or are across the street from one another. They look to be retired, given they never seem to be anywhere else but holding court outside a coffee shop, though one of them had told me he has a business.

One of the guys tends to spin stories that his disciples eagerly lap up, telling one bullshit tale after another from a stoop, clutching a coffee cup for hours in one hand, a cigarette in the other. The slumber of the sleepy town is broken by the laughter coming from that mayor and his minions. As if he needed a reason to stick out more, he has on his trademark accessories — sunglasses and an old-fashioned hat men last wore in the 1950s and ‘60s.

He gives off a Bronx vibe, a bit of a territorial guy who has a clear sense of where his street begins and ends. And within these imaginary boundaries he will latch onto anyone who will listen to stories that no one can verify and likely are mere shells of what really took place, if they even did. For a guy who does nothing all day, he sure seems to make you feel he has been involved in everything.

Their styles are different but the results are the same. They manage to connect with everyone in their orbit, whether it is people walking by unsuspectingly, or those sitting in proximity to them, looking to just sip coffee from Sunshine Coffee Roasters.

They both have dog props to break the ice and disarm people, inviting strangers into their clutches. One has a topless vintage car full of dogs that behave remarkably well while on display. The other has a tag-along standing by with a dog who gets rotated through the day with another guy and his dog.

Each one acts as if he is a late-night talk show host, ready to interview the next person to step onto their stage. Instead of hearing about a celebrity’s newest movie or show, we learn about each of the people living in this town that’s just a 35-minute train ride from the city.

Okay, so my point in telling you all of this is that you, too, can be a mayor of your town, talking people up about your book, building a network of connections that could extend into the hundreds or thousands. Why not?

These guys do nothing but talk, ask questions, tell stories, and show an interest in others. They consistently show up. That is it. You do not need any qualifications, special trainings, or official degrees. They are volunteer mayors and they are great at their jobs.

One thing is clear. You can’t sell books being shy. You need to engage others and initiate contact. Discoverability rarely happens accidentally or randomly. You create the opportunities that lead to being discovered.

If you need to see how one becomes mayor, just take the Metro North Railroad to Larchmont and walk two blocks to Palmer Avenue. You won’t have trouble picking these two out of a crowd because the crowds form around them.

Marketing Help?

Brian Feinblum can be reached at brianfeinblum@gmail.com  He is available to help authors like you to promote your story, sell your book, and grow your brand. He has over 30 years of experience in successfully helping thousands of authors in all genres. Let him be your advocate, teacher, and motivator! 

 

About Brian Feinblum

This award-winning blog has generated over 8,200,000 page views. With nearly 5,700+ posts over the past 15 years, it was named one of the best book marketing blogs by BookBaby http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs  and recognized by Feedspot in 2026, 2021 and 2018 as one of the top book marketing blogs. It was also named by www.WinningWriters.com as a "best resource.”  Copyright 2026.

 

For the past three decades, Brian Feinblum has helped thousands of authors. He formed his own book publicity firm in 2020. Prior to that, for 21 years as the head of marketing for the nation’s largest book publicity firm, and as the director of publicity at two independent presses, Brian has worked with many first-time, self-published, authors of all genres, right along with best-selling authors and celebrities such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark Victor Hansen, Joseph Finder, Katherine Spurway, Neil Rackham, Harvey Mackay, Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren Adler, Cindy Adams, Todd Duncan, Susan RoAne, John C. Maxwell, Jeff Foxworthy, Seth Godin, and Henry Winkler.

 

His writings are often featured in The Writer and IBPA’s The Independent (https://pubspot.ibpa-online.org/article/whats-needed-to-promote-a-book-successfully) and (https://pubspot.ibpa-online.org/article/10-things-my-dog-taught-me-about-marketing-books). He was recently interviewed by the IBPA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0BhO9m8jbs

 

He hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America several years ago, and has spoken at ASJA, three times at BookCAMP, Independent Book Publishers Association, Sarah Lawrence College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association, Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, five times at Morgan James Publishing Red Carpet, and Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. He served as a judge for the 2024 IBPA Book Awards.

 

His letters-to-the-editor have been published in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Post, NY Daily News, Newsday, The Journal News (Westchester) and The Washington Post. His first published book was The Florida Homeowner, Condo, & Co-Op Association Handbook.  It was featured in The Sun Sentinel and Miami Herald.

 

Born and raised in Brooklyn, he now resides in Westchester with his wife, two kids, and Ferris, a black lab rescue dog, and El Chapo, a pug rescue dog.

 

You can connect with him at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianfeinblum/ or https://www.facebook.com/brian.feinblum

 

 

 

Can You Take A Fresh Approach To Your Book Marketing?

I recently took a two-month hiatus from playing pickleball, initially to rest a balky knee and to give my body a reset. I have been playing for nearly two years — and love it. The problem is I would keep playing even when my body told me to stop and rest.  So, I committed myself to a new regimen. No more playing for two-and-a-half or three hours at a time, and no more playing three, four, or even six consecutive days.

There is a book marketing lesson here.

I have set rules for myself, as well as goals. I know my limitations, and by honoring them, I hope to play at a healthy pace for a long time. Discipline is the key.

I figured out my pickle ball body recovery and injury prevention approach boils down to these three things:

* Frequency of playing
* Duration of each event
* Intensity level of play

I decided I would not play more than two successive days, each time for no more than an hour and a half. If the games are played hard, due to a high competition level, that can take a toll on my body, so I just need to be aware of this.

The same can be true with your approach to book marketing.

Be aware of the key factors or elements of your book marketing that wear you down, mentally or physically. How frequently do you market? How much time do you put in each time? How intense are your efforts?

Authors do not like to market because they believe it takes time away from their writing, but we know they are not writing all day. They don’t like to do what feels foreign to them or what they don’t believe they are good at, but all new things take time to get used to — and practice makes perfect.

Writers just need to find a healthier balance in their relationship with book marketing. I set my parameters for pickleball success and it is working out well for me. You can find what fits your schedule’s needs and matches up best with your skills set. Book marketing can be more rewarding and take less of a toll on you than you realize.

Do You Need Book Marketing Help?

Brian Feinblum can be reached at brianfeinblum@gmail.com  He is available to help authors like you to promote your story, sell your book, and grow your brand. He has over 30 years of experience in successfully helping thousands of authors in all genres. Let him be your advocate, teacher, and motivator! 

 

About Brian Feinblum

This award-winning blog has generated over 7,800,000 page views. With nearly 5,700+ posts over the past 15 years, it was named one of the best book marketing blogs by BookBaby http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs  and recognized by Feedspot in 2026, 2021 and 2018 as one of the top book marketing blogs. It was also named by www.WinningWriters.com as a "best resource.”  Copyright 2026.

 

For the past three decades, Brian Feinblum has helped thousands of authors. He formed his own book publicity firm in 2020. Prior to that, for 21 years as the head of marketing for the nation’s largest book publicity firm, and as the director of publicity at two independent presses, Brian has worked with many first-time, self-published, authors of all genres, right along with best-selling authors and celebrities such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark Victor Hansen, Joseph Finder, Katherine Spurway, Neil Rackham, Harvey Mackay, Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren Adler, Cindy Adams, Todd Duncan, Susan RoAne, John C. Maxwell, Jeff Foxworthy, Seth Godin, and Henry Winkler.

 

His writings are often featured in The Writer and IBPA’s The Independent (https://pubspot.ibpa-online.org/article/whats-needed-to-promote-a-book-successfully) and (https://pubspot.ibpa-online.org/article/10-things-my-dog-taught-me-about-marketing-books). He was recently interviewed by the IBPA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0BhO9m8jbs

 

He hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America several years ago, and has spoken at ASJA, three times at BookCAMP, Independent Book Publishers Association, Sarah Lawrence College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association, Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, five times at Morgan James Publishing Red Carpet, and Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. He served as a judge for the 2024 IBPA Book Awards.

 

His letters-to-the-editor have been published in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Post, NY Daily News, Newsday, The Journal News (Westchester) and The Washington Post. His first published book was The Florida Homeowner, Condo, & Co-Op Association Handbook.  It was featured in The Sun Sentinel and Miami Herald.

 

Born and raised in Brooklyn, he now resides in Westchester with his wife, two kids, and Ferris, a black lab rescue dog, and El Chapo, a pug rescue dog.

 

You can connect with him at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianfeinblum/ or https://www.facebook.com/brian.feinblum

 

 

 

Celebrate These Upcoming Honorary Book Days

 

Every single day is worthy of celebrating the importance, joy, and power of books, but only certain specific dates recognize such things. Below are several days coming up for the rest of the year that should be honored and embraced by all of us, especially in the year of America’s milestone 250th birthday. 

August 9th — Book Lover’s Day

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_Lovers_Day

September 1st — Library Card Sign-Up Month

https://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks/card   

September 6th — National Read A Book Day

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/celebrations/national-read-a-book-day-september-6  

September 8th — International Literacy Day

https://www.unesco.org/en/days/literacy 

October 4th — Beginning of Banned Books Week

https://bannedbooksweek.org/ 

October 18th — Start of National Friends of Libraries Week

https://www.ala.org/united/events_conferences/folweek 

October 25th — Beginning of Read Aloud To A Child Week

https://readtothem.org/racw/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20702102826&gbraid=0AAAAAqWFjvuIHOMyr13xV3Ki9QVWAljx1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw3qLSBhDaARIsAFTiVh6Hm87Xqz-vGIISYSFHwJ6B0eAcBe0UblcvQSV_lx4yHLL8ABW95AsaAm79EALw_wcB

November 1st — National Family Literacy Day

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/celebrations/national-family-literacy-day-november-1

November 9th — Children’s Book Week starts 

https://everychildareader.net/cbw/

Is The News Media Dying?

One third of all printed newspapers, like an endangered species, disappeared from 2005 to 2025, according to a new book, Empire of Ink: The Printers, Rogues, and Radicals Who Invented the American Newspaper. We went from 9000 newspapers informing, shaping, helping, and entertaining the country to 6000. Of the remaining papers, many are skeletons of what they used to be. Some no longer publish daily or as often as they used to. Many editions are smaller and more of the editorial content is outsourced from national entities like a newswire or the Internet. Independent journalism is dying and the nation is not better for it.

 "Art is to console those who are broken by life." --Vincent van Gogh  

"The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them." --Anton Pavlovich Chekhov  

"Your expectations, more than anything else in life, determine your reality." --Best-Selling Author John C. Maxwell

Do You Need Book Marketing Help?

Brian Feinblum can be reached at brianfeinblum@gmail.com  He is available to help authors like you to promote your story, sell your book, and grow your brand. He has over 30 years of experience in successfully helping thousands of authors in all genres. Let him be your advocate, teacher, and motivator!  

About Brian Feinblum

This award-winning blog has generated over 6,750,000 page views. With 5,600+ posts over the past 15 years, it was named one of the best book marketing blogs by BookBaby http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs  and recognized by Feedspot in 2026, 2021 and 2018 as one of the top book marketing blogs. It was also named by www.WinningWriters.com as a "best resource.”  Copyright 2026.

 

For the past three decades, Brian Feinblum has helped thousands of authors. He formed his own book publicity firm in 2020. Prior to that, for 21 years as the head of marketing for the nation’s largest book publicity firm, and as the director of publicity at two independent presses, Brian has worked with many first-time, self-published, authors of all genres, right along with best-selling authors and celebrities such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark Victor Hansen, Joseph Finder, Katherine Spurway, Neil Rackham, Harvey Mackay, Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren Adler, Cindy Adams, Todd Duncan, Susan RoAne, John C. Maxwell, Jeff Foxworthy, Seth Godin, and Henry Winkler.

 

His writings are often featured in The Writer and IBPA’s The Independent (https://pubspot.ibpa-online.org/article/whats-needed-to-promote-a-book-successfully) and (https://pubspot.ibpa-online.org/article/10-things-my-dog-taught-me-about-marketing-books). He was recently interviewed by the IBPA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0BhO9m8jbs

 

He hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America several years ago, and has spoken at ASJA, three times at BookCAMP, Independent Book Publishers Association, Sarah Lawrence College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association, Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, five times at Morgan James Publishing Red Carpet, and Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. He served as a judge for the 2024 IBPA Book Awards.

 

His letters-to-the-editor have been published in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Post, NY Daily News, Newsday, The Journal News (Westchester) and The Washington Post. His first published book was The Florida Homeowner, Condo, & Co-Op Association Handbook.  It was featured in The Sun Sentinel and Miami Herald.

 

Born and raised in Brooklyn, he now resides in Westchester with his wife, two kids, and Ferris, a black lab rescue dog, and El Chapo, a pug rescue dog.

 

You can connect with him at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianfeinblum/ or https://www.facebook.com/brian.feinblum