The TEAM

Who we are 

Most experts cobble together a business coach, an editor, a designer, a speaker coach, and publishing help. The pieces never quite fit because nobody designed them to work together.

Niche Leaders™ is one team for the whole process. Strategy comes first. The book, brand, and business are built around it. Nothing is handed off, and nothing gets lost.
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We are a strategic advisory firm. We are a professional publishing imprint. We are a team of experienced coaches, editors, designers, and publishing specialists – all serving one client, in the right sequence.
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By the NUMBERS
275+
Business leaders published
93%
Of clients publish within one year
99%
Completion
rate
9
Strategic decisions before writing begins
8
Literary award-winning books
8-11
Experts per client engagement

NICOLE GEBHARDT 

Founder, Niche Leaders™ and Niche Press™
Most people come to Nicole because they think they need to write a book. What they usually end up doing is something much bigger.

Early in her career, Nicole managed communications for Caterpillar's engine division headquarters, sitting close to executive leadership during a decade of the company's most pivotal periods of growth. Her role wasn't to make decisions. It was to watch how they were made — and then build the strategy to communicate them in a way that created buy-in.

That insight became the foundation of everything Niche Leaders™ does.

For more than 30 years she has worked with founders, consultants, physicians, and executives who have built a strong reputation but haven't yet organized it into something the market can clearly see. Clients often arrive with a plan. They usually leave with a better one.
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TEDx Speaker · Strategic Communications · 275+ Business Leaders Published · Six Countries

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Our Core Team

Kim Hahn Kim Hahn
Kim Hahn
Client Success &
​​​​​​​Project Manager

Kim manages the client experience from first call to launch day. When there are a hundred things that could be happening, Kim keeps you focused on the one or two that need to happen right now.
Dana Miller Dana Miller
Dana Miller
Brand & Creative Lead
Dana translates strategic clarity into visual identity. She leads brand consulting and creative direction for clients whose visual identity hasn't caught up with where they're actually operating.
Nadia Bechler Nadia Bechler
Nadia Bechler
Operations Manager
Nadia keeps the firm running with the precision a complex, multi-expert process requires. She is the infrastructure behind every smooth client experience
Mikael VahnDijk Mikael VahnDijk
Mikael VahnDijk
Client Advisor
Mikael guides prospective clients through the discovery process – qualifying fit, answering questions, and ensuring that every client who enters a Niche Leaders engagement is ready for the work ahead
Ellen Polk Ellen Polk
Ellen Polk
Strategic Coach
Ellen works with Foundation Stage clients through the Breakthru Canvas™ process and into manuscript development – combining strategic coaching with the editorial expertise required to turn a strong idea into a publishable book
Melanie Hahn-Green Melanie Hahn-Green
Melanie Hahn-Green
Strategic Coach
Melanie brings the same Canvas-first approach to Foundation Stage clients – strategic clarity before a word is written, then deep developmental editing to carry the manuscript through to completion

Resident Experts & Advisor

MICHAEL HAUGE 

Resident Storytelling Expert
Michael Hauge is one of Hollywood's most respected story consultants and the expert legends like Will Smith and Russell Brunson chose for their own work. He brings his famous Hero's Two Journeys framework to every Niche Leaders engagement, helping our clients find the story inside their expertise that readers can't put down and audiences can't forget.
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Jenni Rae Oates

​​​​​​​Performance & Mindset  

Jenni Rae works with clients navigating the internal shift that comes with building something larger than what they've built before – the mindset work that makes the strategic work stick.
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Lauren Cobello

PR & Media

Lauren helps clients think beyond the book to the media opportunities a well-positioned platform creates – connecting the right message to the right rooms.
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Gary Schneeberger

PR & Media

Gary brings decades of media relations expertise to Niche Leaders clients ready to extend their authority beyond their immediate audience and into broader public conversation.

Our Extended Team

Every Niche Leaders engagement draws on a vetted network of 19+ contracted specialists – people we have worked with, evaluated, and chosen to trust with our clients' work.
These are not referrals. They are part of the team.

  • Ghostwriting
  • Developmental Editing
  • Copy Editing
  • Proofreading
  • Design & Illustration
  • Audiobook Production
  • Translation
  • Website & Funnel Development
  • Event, Course & Challenge Building
  • Social Media
  • PR & Media
  • Amazon & Facebook Advertising
  • Keynote Speaking Coaching
  • Mindset & Performance Coaching
  • Podcast Production & Podcast Guesting
  • Speaker Fulfillment & Drop Shipping
  • Packaging & Direct Mail

 Our Publishing Pledge

At Niche Press™, authors retain 100% of their rights. Always.

That means your royalties, your master files, your wholesale print rights, your derivative versions, your licensing opportunities, your translations, and your distribution channels belong to you. Always.

You set your retail pricing. There are no minimum book orders. You can run profitable funnels and giveaways. If the opportunity exists for bookstore or airport distribution, we pursue it together.

We built Niche Press™ this way because the right book is a long-term business asset. It should work for you without any restrictions.
Notable Clients
Niche Leaders clients include Grant Cardone, Ed Rush, Mike Koenigs, Dr. Isaiah Hankel, Dr. Bree Rosenblum, Eric Thayne, Caroline Dowd-Higgins, and established leaders across
​​​​​​​seven countries.
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Eight Niche Leaders™ authors have won literary awards for books developed through this process.

Niche Leader Wins: What will your story be?

Jill E. McMahon

"I have a lot of amazing things to say … I just didn't believe I could deliver them on the page. A year later, I came out with an award-winning 200-page book that will change lives. The process made me determined, capable, and invigorated."

Jill E. McMahon, LPC

Grief and Trauma Specialist, and Speaker
Award-winning author of Bulletproof

Bree Rosenblum

"I decided to write this book twice – once when I decided to write a book, and once when I decided to write this book. You can't get to the this book without the a book. Since starting this book, I launched a new business, a nonprofit, and won three book awards — including Best New Nonfiction."

Bree Rosenblum, PhD

Professor, consultant, speaker
Award-winning author of AND

Ben Butterfield

"Day one, I had no idea. How do you make tax interesting at all? Is anyone gonna want to pick it up? But then by the end it's like — this is pretty good, I like this. I do know this stuff. I can help. That whole process of my own internal transformation was huge."

Ben Butterfield

Tax Resolution Specialist
Author of OOPS

Andrea Liebross

"Writing a book was not on my bucket list – and I'm not sure I believed I could do it. But the process didn't just produce a book. It clarified my entire framework, rebuilt how I think about my business, and gave me what I can only describe as a whole other category of confidence that I hadn't really experienced yet. Two years later I've been on over a hundred podcasts, spoken across the country, and She Thinks Big is now my trademarked brand."

Andrea Liebross

Life and Business Coach
Author of She Thinks Big

Dan Ritchie

"[My partner and I] had PhDs, a fitness studio, and a belief that 70 million baby boomers were about to age differently – and no one was paying attention yet. The books changed that. They got us on the stages we couldn't get to before, built a certification used by trainers in 33 countries, and turned a local idea into a global movement. Eight years later, the largest fitness education company in the world made us an offer we couldn't refuse."

Dan Ritchie, PhD

Co-Founder, Functional Aging Institute

Johnny Klemme

"It was a vulnerable moment to put your words out there. But it's definitely accomplishing the goals we set out to accomplish. I send the book to every potential client – unannounced. In one case, it arrived the day before they met with our biggest competitor. We got the business. The conversations are just different now. And it's opening doors for the rest of my team too. I wish I'd had this tool years ago."

Johnny Klemme

President, Geswein Farm and Land
Author of American Family Farmland

Amy Carney

"I had five kids, a husband traveling with an NHL team, and a book I'd been almost-finishing for two years. You just don't know where one courageous step can take you. It opened a publishing deal, a digital product line, and speaking opportunities I hadn't imagined – and money that kept coming in even through Covid. Five years later, I'm still getting speaking requests, still selling books, and about to write my next one. That book changed everything about my business."

Amy Carney

Author, Speaker, and Creator of Parent on Purpose

Jeremy Keil Mr. Retirement

"It's not like, 'Here's how you put 35,000 words into a book.' It's everything else – should you even write 35,000 words? Nicole got me thinking about my full marketing system and how to move people along."

Jeremy Keil, CFP®, CFA®

Financial Advisor, "Mr. Retirement"
Author of Retire Today

Matt Dickerson

"It wasn't the book I initially wanted to write. It was the book I should write for my audience. Eighteen months later I'm still using it as active leverage in my business."

Matt Dickerson

Author of Valued

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