About Me

Gordon Burgett has three areas of expertise: niche publishing, reliably selling freelance writing, and creating your own "living family tree."

He has owned and directed a publishing company, Communication Unlimited, since 1982. It specializes in books, reports, and audio cassettes about writing (www.gordonburgett.com), empire-building (www.building-your-empire.com), education (www.superintendents-and-principals.com), and niche publishing.

Earlier, with four degrees, Burgett was twice a university dean, taught Portuguese and history, created a city recreation program in Illinois, directed CARE programs in Colombia and Ecuador, twice studied in Brazil, played professional baseball, and led a gold hunt up the Paushi Yaco (Upper Amazon) River in Ecuador.

Since 1981, Burgett has also published 1,700+ articles and given 2,000+ paid seminars and speeches. He has also appeared extensively on radio and TV as a guest author and a publishing specialist. Gordon is a long-standing member of the National Speakers Association, the American Society of Authors and Journalists, and the Publishers Marketing Association and has produced 25 audio cassette series and singles and written 33 published books, including, The Travel Writer’s Guide; Sell and Resell Your Magazine Articles; Publishing to Niche Markets; Niche Marketing for Writers, Speakers, and Entrepreneurs; Self-Publishing to Tightly-Targeted Market; How to Sell More Than 75% of Your Freelance Writing; The Writer’s Guide to Query and Cover Letters; Empire-Building by Writing and Speaking; How to Plan a Great Second Life; Speaking for Money (with Mike Frank); Ten Sales from One Article Idea; Treasure and Scavenger Hunts; Life After Dentistry (with Jay Hislop, DDS), and Standard Marketing Procedures for All Dentists

Four of Burgett’s books have been Writer’s Digest Book Club top choices: Sell and Resell Your Magazine Articles, The Travel Writer’s Guide, The Writer’s Guide to Query and Cover Letters, and How to Sell More Than 75% of Your Freelance Writing.

He currently lives in Novato, California.