We were lucky to catch up with Kendra Thomas recently and have shared our conversation below.

Kendra, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Naming anything – including a business – is so hard. Right? What’s the story behind how you came up with the name of your brand?

I came up with Books By Ken while I was writing my second book I wanted to brand myself so i took a part of my name Kendra and shortened it to Ken and because I was writing books, I added that and my company name was born, Books By Ken.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers

Books By Ken LLC is a business that helps bring more books to our youth. We promote literacy awareness as well as encouraging all to become writers. We focus on youth because they are our future, and we need to encourage them as quickly as we can to follow their dreams and to know it is very important to read.

Can you talk to us about how your funded your business?

In the beginning I funded my entire book. Once I released my first book I was able to learn a little more about fundraising and I used a platform called Kickstarter. This allowed friends and family to donate to me and through donations I was able to fund my next books.

Any thoughts, advice, or strategies you can share for fostering brand loyalty?

Social media is the biggest way to keep in touch with my readers. I use all platforms; Facebook, Instagram and YouTube to keep in touch. I love being able to each out to my readers as well so quickly share what is to come.

Contact Info:

• Website: kentheauthor.com
• Instagram: booksbyken
• Facebook: booksbyken
• Youtube: books by ken

Image Credits
Photos taken by Chelsey Dyishae