Quiet Marketing
by Danielle Gardner
A calm, discerning approach to business and online visibility for highly sensitive, quietly ambitious service-based solopreneurs.
Intentionally a tiny book, designed to be read or listened to in around 90 minutes. Each chapter explores one principle or perspective, then closes with a Quiet Act of Rebellion that invites you to put it into practice.
If conventional marketing advice has left you depleted and increasingly confused about how you should be growing your business, this tiny book offers a refreshing alternative.
What is Quiet Marketing?
Quiet Marketing is a contrarian approach to business growth that begins with quieting the outside world, so you can come back to yourself, hear your own voice, and trust your own instincts.
It is a calmer, more discerning approach to business growth where personal alignment and wellbeing come first, marketing becomes a form of artful self-expression, and where you create thoughtful pathways for the right people to find, understand, and trust your work.
Quiet Marketing also offers an alternative to the social media visibility model. Rather than relying on newsfeed visibility, you create useful, searchable work that can be surfaced by Google, YouTube and AI tools when someone is actively looking for the kind of support you offer 🍃
Read or Listen to The Book
Purchase the revised and expanded 2026 edition of Quiet Marketing as a downloadable eBook, and you’ll also receive the audiobook, read by me, at no extra cost.
Prefer the hardback? Order on Amazon
What Folks Are Saying About Quiet Marketing
-
I now see why my marketing has felt like such a slog
I read the book this morning and it's got me so excited for my marketing I could cry! I feel like you have given me permission to design my business to work for me, rather than the other way around.
-
A book that soothes your soul as you read it.
It's short but with powerful examples of how business can be done differently with less noise and more effectiveness. If you crave a quieter, more profitable business life, I can't recommend Quiet Marketing enough.
-
A gentle guide for helping you find your way
I personally love the disclaimer to take what resonates and leave the rest. If you are a solopreneur who feels like the conventional ways are burning you out, this book will be a gentle guide for helping you find your way.
-
The right blend of gentle clarity and loving provocation
A colleague mentioned how THIS book has helped her clarify “what I really want” in terms of business/life. So, I ordered it. It’s just lovely. Perfect timing as I embark on this chapter of my life.
-
I don't do a lot of active 'marketing' anymore
Quiet Marketing has helped me create a consistent flow of clients, often booked out for months in advance. Now I have more time for clients because less energy is spent on attracting them.
-
I feel more centred, less frantic and more fulfilled
The principles in Quiet Marketing helped me see the bigger picture. Now I know where I’m going and what I need to do, rather than spraying my energy everywhere for little results.