We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Gregory Kopp a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Gregory, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Let’s start with the story of your mission. What should we know?
My idea for my creative services business sprang from the personal computer revolution which transformed everyone’s lives and the way business was conducted. My company’s clients, including small non-profit organizations and the preeminent worldwide entertainment company based in Los Angeles are the driving force behind our success. Their energy and enthusiasm are infectious and translates to our exciting work relationships that are inspiring, fun, and ultimately successful for all involved. My efforts as a Disney Talent Ambassador resulted in over 1,700 talent submissions and Kopp Company’s overall consulting support for these dreamers allows them to share their talents and gifts with the world – making it a better place!! As a result, our company has been recognized with multiple business management consulting awards and praise from the business media.
Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.
The creation of Kopp Company follows a long line of entrepreneurs in my family. Kopp enterprises ranged from owning a restaurant during the depths of the Great Depression to the founding of a computer software firm during the height of the 1990’s dot-com explosion. Kopp Company now provides Human Capital, Enterprise Performance, Media & Entertainment, and Publishing Consulting Services that are designed to manage, reward, recruit and engage our client’s talent to drive organization performance. Our business success allowed my artistic and creative aspects to blossom even further with the writing and publication of my exciting “Kopp Chronicles” series of historical fiction novels. This sweeping saga intermingled with romance, mystery, and action-packed thrilling elements is based on my own immigrant American ancestor’s historical life experiences. These life experiences spanned multiple continents, revolutionary upheavals, tragedy and ultimately resulted in a triumph of the human spirit! The series of novels are now available in 5 different languages in major chain bookstores and independent bookshops worldwide.
An exciting and joyful result of my writing is the recognition I receive from my readers, other authors, and publishing entities via social media and award programs; including “The Heiress in Kent” (volume 5) of the “Kopp Chronicles” which received glowing reviews in “Publishers Weekly”, an international news website for book publishing. “Kopp Chronicles” novels have been nominated for “Reader’s Choice Awards”, and recognized for “Book Cover of the Month.” Additionally, worldwide reader focused websites spotlight or feature my novels as their “Book of the Day” quite often. And I am proud to be an Amazon & Goodreads 5-Star Author!
I am also especially proud that the State of California public library systems added the “Kopp Chronicles” or Spanish version “Crónicas de Kopp” novels to their collections for their patrons to enjoy. Library patrons can now request the novels in Los Angeles, Orange County, San Francisco, San Jose, San Diego, Sacramento, Riverside County, San Bernadino County and many more libraries through a variety of digital platforms. These platforms include Overdrive/Libby, Hoopla digital, Axis 360, Odilo and Bibliotheca Cloud Library. The “Kopp Chronicles” or Spanish version “Crónicas de Kopp” series of novels can also be requested in paperback by public library patrons worldwide through World Cat, a global catalog from over 28,000 libraries worldwide.
Any resources you can share with us that might be helpful to other creatives?
There are many creative resources which I discovered during the development and publishing of my sweeping “Kopp Chronicles” historical fiction series. Several author-oriented websites including BookLife, a website from Publishers Weekly, an international news website for book publishing, helped me market my novels to a worldwide audience. This website is an excellent resource for beginning authors and it helped put me in touch with the Rightscenter’s Film Rights Directory (FRD) as I embark on translating my novels to movie and tv series productions. AllAuthor, is a community-based website which is dedicated to helping authors and readers find each other through the magical world of books. There are many other resources including Amazon Kindle Publishing Marketing Resources, Goodreads, and multiple reader’s blogs.
How did you build your audience on social media?
My company’s use of social media marketing allowed me to determine which social media platforms are geared to certain audiences. My advice to writers is they should experiment with social media to determine which groups and readers cater to their particular genre. I have found the writing community on social media is amazingly supportive of new and emerging creative talent and will embrace novice writers with open arms. Social media platforms including X (formerly known as Twitter), Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn, are good resources for building customer interest in your products.
By using these social media platforms, they allowed me to announce to my worldwide reading audience the publication of the latest exciting novel in the sweeping Kopp Chronicles series, “A Foreboding Future”. The rise of authoritarian aggression abroad thrusts the dashing British Military Intelligence officer, Richard Cordwell, into mortal danger as he faces his most formidable foe to date, only to be saved by the beautiful French spy Madame Duvernay. Meanwhile, at home, mirroring today’s cultural wars and the controversy over book bans, passage of the anti-obscenity Comstock Law creates an uproar in New York City as it puts an innocent woman on trial. As these events unfold, an immigrant family’s hopes and dreams face a foreboding future, but the discovery of gold and growth of cities in the Western prairies restores their faith in the American dream.
Because of my social media outreach to my readers, early reviews of this exciting novel note it is “Classic but yet Fresh” and “an interesting historical drama!”.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.kopp-company.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grkopp58/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorGregoryKopp/
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregorykopp1/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/kopp_co
- Other: Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15672417.Gregory_Kopp Amazon https://www.amazon.com/stores/Gregory-Kopp/author/B01LVWZJD7 Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/books/series?id=jNopGwAAABCkwM