Marketing consultant and social media guru, Luan Wise, has had her first book Relax! It’s only Social Media recognised at the 11th Annual National Indie Excellence® Awards (NIEA).​ The NIEA is a champion of self-publishers and the small, independent presses that go the extra mile to produce books of excellence in every aspect. 

Luan is well known as a marketing speaker at events, she presents many seminars for CIM, here in the South West and further afield, she is also Vice Chair on CIM’s South West regional board.

In an interview with South West Business.co.uk, Luan commented; “I'm so, so pleased. It's my first book and you get so involved with it when writing, but it's only within your own small world. Then, when you publish it and ask people to pay for it and read it, it becomes something completely different. Now it's all about promoting it and getting reviews. You can't ask for anything more than winning an award.”

The National Indie Excellence® Awards exists to help establish independent publishing as a strong and proud facet of the publishing industry. Recognizing authors that put their heart and soul into their work.

You can hear Luan speak at the forthcoming Growing Gloucestershire Conference on June 21 at Oxstalls Campus, University of Gloucestershire and her book Relax! It’s only Social Media is available from the CIM bookshop  at £14.99.