From Inception to Retirement: How I Help Elders to Record their Memoirs with Dorian Mintzer and Mary O'Brien Tyrrell

EPISODE · Oct 10, 2023 · 1H 4M

From Inception to Retirement: How I Help Elders to Record their Memoirs with Dorian Mintzer and Mary O'Brien Tyrrell

from Revolutionize Your Retirement Radio · host Dorian Mintzer

In this episode, Mary O'Brien Tyrrell will describe the satisfactions and challenges of a new type of business: helping older clients capture their life stories in published memoirs that become cherished family heirlooms. Based on the author's long firsthand experience working with elders as a memoirist and gerontological nurse, Tyrrell will offer a wealth of interesting stories and invaluable advice on working with elders, conducting interviews, composing memoirs, and creating and maintaining a successful memoir business with minimal financial investment.In this episode, you will discover:Acting on an idea that came from natureA home business model for interviewing elders about their life storySeveral failed marketing models for this businessA cost-effective process for tracking marketing strategiesMajor elements in a marketing packageAbout Mary O'Brien Tyrrell:With the goal of designing a progressive model to honor elders, in 1994, Mary O'Brien Tyrrell founded Memoirs, Inc. and has assisted hundreds of older individuals in publishing a life story in limited-edition hardcover books that are distributed at a family book-signing party. The company has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, VFW Magazine, and Kiplinger's Retirement Report. Mary has a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Master of Public Health in Community Health Information. A Vietnam veteran, since then, she has specialized in gerontology. She is past president of the International Institute for Reminiscence and Life Review and provides a 4-day continuing education intensive training as a memoirist/personal historian at Bridgewater State University Cape Cod. Get in touch with Mary O'Brien Tyrrell:Buy Mary’s Book: https://revolutionizeretirement.com/tyrrell Read Mary’s Article in the International Journal of Reminiscence and Life Review https://revolutionizeretirement.com/tyrrellarticle What to do next:Click to grab our free guide, 10 Key Issues to Consider as You Explore Your Retirement TransitionPlease leave a review at Apple Podcasts.Join our Revolutionize Your Retirement group on Facebook.

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