Joe Pulizzi is founder of Content Marketing Institute, the leading education and training organization for content marketing, which includes the largest in-person content marketing event in the world, Content Marketing World. Joe is the winner of the 2014 John Caldwell Lifetime Achievement Award from the Content Council.

Joe’s third book, Epic Content Marketing: How to Tell a Different Story, Break through the Clutter, and Win More Customers by Marketing Less was named one of “Five Must Read Business Books of 2013” by Fortune Magazine. You can find Joe on Twitter @JoePulizzi. If you ever see Joe in person, he’ll be wearing orange.

Josh Elledge, Chief Executive Angel of SavingsAngel.com

He has been on TV and radio more than 1000 times in more than 100 different cities and owned a newspaper.

 Josh currently writes a syndicated column read by over 1.5 million readers each week. Has created more than $8 million in free advertising for his company.

Has taught very large audiences how to do the same thing

Jason Hartman has been involved in several thousand real estate transactions and has owned income properties in 11 states and 17 cities. His company, Platinum Properties Investor Network, Inc. helps people achieve The American Dream of financial freedom by purchasing income property in prudent markets nationwide. Jason’s Complete Solution for Real Estate Investors™ is a comprehensive system providing real estate investors with education, research, resources and technology to deal with all areas of their income property investment needs.

The United States offers nearly 400 distinct and diverse markets while most media pundits characterize the “housing market” as if it were a single entity. We realize they do this to cram a cogent comment into a simple sound bite. Real estate cannot be described that simply. It’s just not accurate. There is NO such thing as a United States real estate market. However, there IS an Atlanta, Georgia or a Dallas, Texas real estate market. To that end, we at Platinum Properties Investor Network scour the entire country with an “Area Agnostic™” approach and select the most suitable and sensible markets to recommend to our investors so they don’t waste countless hours doing it themselves. Through our podcasts, educational events, referrals, mentoring and software to track your investments, investors can easily locate, finance and purchase properties in these exceptional markets with confidence and peace of mind.

Through our podcasts, educational events, referrals, mentoring and software to track your investments, investors can easily locate, finance and purchase properties in these exceptional markets with confidence and peace of mind. Visit www.JasonHartman.com and one of our investment counselors will provide your free portfolio makeover. We are here to help!

Jason Hartman is the Founder and CEO of Platinum Properties Investor Network, The Hartman Media Company and The Jason Hartman Foundation. Starting with very little, Jason, while still in college at the age of 19, embarked on a career in real estate while brokering properties for clients, he was investing in he own portfolio along the way. Through creativity, persistence and hard work, he soon joined the ranks of the top one-percent of Realtors in the U.S. and in quick succession; earned a number of prestigious industry awards and became a young multi-millionaire.

Jason purchased an Irvine, California real estate brokerage firm which he expanded dramatically and was later acquired by Coldwell Banker. He combined his dedication and business talents to become a successful entrepreneur, public speaker, author, and media personality. Over the years he developed his Complete Solution for Real Estate Investors™ where his innovative firm educates and assists investors in acquiring prudent investments nationwide for their portfolio. Jason’s highly sought after educational events, speaking engagements, and his ultra-hot “Creating Wealth Podcast” inspire and empower hundreds of thousands of people in 26 countries worldwide.

While running his successful real estate and media businesses, Jason also believes that giving back to the community plays an important role in building strong personal relationships. He established The Jason Hartman Foundation in 2005 to provide financial literacy education to young adults providing the all important real world skills not taught in school which are the key to the financial stability and success of future generations. We’re in a global monetary crisis caused by decades of misguided policies and the cycle of financial dependence has to be broken, literacy and self-reliance are a good start. 

Katie Wagner spent 15 years as a television and radio journalist, working for news outlets all over the world, including ABC, CBS, Fox, CNN & National Public Radio.

Today, Katie owns a Social Media agency made up of journalists like herself. The agency, Katie Wagner Social Media, specializes in both content creation and social media management. They work with clients like Anthem Blue Cross, The County of San Bernardino, Paul’s TV, Senegence International, FocalPoint Business Coaching, The California Landscape Contractors Association and Author Michael E. Gerber.

Katie also works as a consultant, helping business owners integrate social media into their traditional media marketing plans. She is a popular speaker, and regularly gives keynote presentations and leads workshops for small business audiences.

Katie sits on the Advisory Board for Web Wise Kids, a non-profit focused on keeping kids safe on the internet and social media. She was awarded the organization’s Champion for Children Award in 2012. Katie also serves as a Mentor in Chapman University’s MBA Program and is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurship.

The Stacey Harris is a powerhouse online entrepreneur helping her clients reach rock star status with communities full of raving fans who follow them anywhere. She has a passion for building and being active in communities and teaching folks to use networking to build relationships that grow businesses.

Her passion for rock stars goes back to her roots, she graduated with a degree in audio engineering ready to take the music scene by storm. She quickly started working with an up and coming record label finding bands to sign and feature on their web radio station. Now returning to her web radio roots Stacey is the host of her own show Hit the Mic with The Stacey Harris.

You can find out more and connect with The Stacey Harris atwww.thestaceyharris.com and over on Twitter at @TheStaceyHarris.

Social Media Brand Strategist, Business Consultant , and Speaker, Karen Yankovich is the CEO of Dimar e Group, LLC. Having “been there and done that” i n the arena of losing (and then re-finding) a focu sed approach to business and life, Karen now offer s coaching and consulting for entrepreneurs. Her u nique specialty blends her “get it done” attitude with a passion for soulful living in her personal services and online workshops.

Social Med ia and LinkedIn Evangelist, Karen guides entrepren eurs to creating wealth by combining smart busines s practices with simple proven systems that develo p and maintain strong customer relationships. She offers results oriented and expert Conversational Marketing strategies that position her clients to bring in instant results. Karen’s background inclu des over twenty years in the fields of information technology, marketing, and customer relationships , making social media her ideal niche.

Kathleen Gage is the “no-nonsense, common sense” online marketing strategist, speaker, author, product creation specialist, and owner of Power Up For Profits.

She helps entrepreneurs make money online. Her clients are driven by making a difference through their own unique voice. 

As an early adopter of online marketing, Kathleen is considered to be one of the nation’s most passionate speakers.

She is known for cutting through the fluff and helping people leave their sob stories behind so they can stop focusing on the past and start looking towards the future. (This isn’t by accident)

She speaks and teaches about what she believes are the core elements of a successful life: accountability, integrity, honesty, and living with passion and hope. 

Although Kathleen is recognized as a top leader in her field, this wasn’t always the case.         - - -  Now’s please listen,  Business life isn’t always easy - - -  But let’s talk about stacking the deck against yourself - - - Kathleen has that story as well

You see, Kathleen made choices in her teens and early twenties that took her from a comfortable middle-class upbringing to a life of homelessness and being unemployable. 

But that condition didn’t stop her or define her.

Kathleen Gage rose above seemingly insurmountable odds to become an award winning business owner, bestselling author, Internet sales and marketing trainer, and award winning keynote speaker. 

With more than thirty years of experience in sales, marketing, management, public relations, and promotions, Kathleen has consulted with and trained organizations such as the U.S. Marine Corps, Novus Corporation, and AT&T. She has acted in leadership and advisory capacities for many organizations, including being past president of the National Speakers Association Utah Chapter, past vice-chair and marketing chair for the Central Region Council for the Department of Workforce Services of Utah, and a member of the legislative council for the American Cancer Society of Utah.

Kathleen has written dozens of information products and books, has hundreds of interviews to her credit, and is a highly skilled, inspirational keynote speaker.

Her mission is to help people understand that their business is merely a means to get their message out to the world.

She teaches that it’s not just about what you do, but the reasons behind why you do it.

Kathleen’s most recently published book is, Power Up for Profits! The Smart Woman’s Guide to Online Marketing.

Jason M. Silverman, Martial Arts Master Instructor, Information Marketer, Marketing Expert & Coach, Sought-After Speaker, CEO of Powerful Words Character Development and Co-Founder of Dance Sites Done Right / All Star Cheer Sites, is known for his no-b.s. yet supportive approach to helping entrepreneurs and their businesses to thrive.

His “Out of the Box, Powerful” Marketing and Business Systemization Strategies have proven successful for the growth of not only the Powerful Words Character Development System (now being implemented in over 500 schools in 10 different countries), but also in the successes his clients experience in their businesses.

Jason has been a featured expert at The Martial Arts SuperShow, The Dance Teacher Summit, ASGA Conference, USA Gymnastics National Congress, USA Gymnastics Regional Congress and the US Swim School Association’s International Convention.

When Debra was a kid, her Dad programmed the first mainframe computer for The Salvation Army’s Western Territorial Division. In 1985 he gave Debra her first computer, a TRS-80 from Radio Shack with an 8-pin, dot matrix printer. In 1989 Debra was on Prodigy chatting with a friend who moved to Kentucky, on dial-up. She was desktop publishing by 1991 with the first version of Microsoft’s Publisher.

In 1990 she created The Business Resource, a local small business publication with a community of business owners who wrote articles for the paper. The members networked twice a month at business luncheons. Because of her desktop publishing skills, McGraw-Hill persuaded her to help them build their first New Media Division.
Debra worked for McGraw-Hill from 1994 to 2003. It was an exciting time on the Internet. McGraw-Hill was pioneering online learning tools. Eventually Debra was programming the websites that supported McGraw-Hill’s textbook division.

When they closed their Carlsbad office in 2003, Debra started a business helping other business owners use the Internet to market their businesses. In 2006, Debra started podcasting, North San Diego Business @Large (http://northsandiegobusiness.com), where she interviews business owners in North San Diego County. Today she consults with business owners who want to work with WordPress, social media and podcasting.

Ted Prodromou (pro-dro-mo) is the award-winning author of Ultimate Guide to LinkedIn for Business and Ultimate Guide to Twitter for Business (Entrepreneur Press 2012). Ted is also frequent contributor to Entrepreneur Magazine and Entrepreneur.com.

Ted is an online advertising consultant generating leads for his clients using Google Adwords, Facebook ads, LinkedIn, Twitter, and other social media platforms. He also teaches online and in-person classes on LinkedIn, Twitter, and online advertising.

Carolyn Herfurth, founder of The Biztruth and creator of Art of the Ask Academy, is a serial entrepreneur, author, speaker, trainer and business mentor.
She has advised thousands of people to make thoughtful decisions about business ownership and helped launch nearly 100 businesses.  Fed up with the plethora of super talented entrepreneurs who struggle with sales, Carolyn has made it her mission to equip service-based entrepreneurs with the confidence and skills to double their closing rates and multiply earnings.

Prior to starting The Biztruth, Carolyn established the Minneapolis office of The Entrepreneur’s Source, North
America’s leading business ownership consulting organization. In addition to advising clients, Carolyn is author of “Buying a Franchise: Tips, Tools & Tales for Doing It Right” and cofounder the Minnesota Franchise Spectacular, an annual trade show attracting thousands of individuals interested in owning a franchise.  Prior to pursuing her lifelong dream of owning a business, Carolyn enjoyed a successful 13-year sales career with Oracle, Rand Worldwide and several other leading companies.
Carolyn speaks extensively on sales and business ownership to a variety of entrepreneur groups, including New York Expo, Savor the Success, Small Business Expo, S.H.E. Summit, Enlightened Entrepreneurs, National Association of Women Business Owners, SCORE, Small Business Development Center, Bloomington Chamber of Commerce and more. Whew!

In addition to receiving a bevy of sales awards, she has been recognized by Upsize magazine for Best Practices in Customer Relations, received numerous awards from The Entrepreneur’s Source & been honored by the National Association of Women Business Owners. Carolyn loves performing standup & improv comedy...anything that brings levity to an all-too
serious world. She has “competed” in a duathlon and a half-marathon & looks forward to her
next physical & mental challenge… TBD!   She has proudly served on boards for the Bloomington Chamber of Commerce, Ordway Circle of Stars, and PaceMaker 5000, a 5k walk/run that raises funds for Children’s Hospitals.

Rebecca's website ProfessionalContentCreation.com is dedicated to teaching small business owners how to use content to market their businesses.
We do this by providing tutorials and info on best practices for different aspects of blogging and other types of content creation.
Knowing that the blogging journey is a marathon, not a sprint and can be hard and discouraging at times, anybody blogging needs a huge dose of encouragement to keep you motivated. Recognizing that issue you’ll also find posts that focus on mindset and motivation.
For those who need help that goes beyond the information provided in our content, we provide a small range of services to help you use content to make a difference in your business.
Rebecca Livermore is the owner of Professional Content Creation and has been a professional freelance writer since 1993.

Her company is focused on training small business owners on how to effectively use content to market their businesses.

Hailing from the land of Paul Bunyan, wooded trees and lakes for miles, Tena’s big personality + aptly given nickname ‘Tena-talks-a-lot’ sent her searching for more. After spending some time in the big city with a “big girl job” Tena quickly realized that the cubicle life wasn’t for her. With a little nudge from her husband she founded tena.cious, a social media + graphic design firm, and effectively launched herself as a brand with a career that makes room for all her passions.
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Despite starting off as a company of one, Tena has built a team of amazing women who have supplied the resources + woman power for her to pursue a legacy outside of solely running a business. Tena is a social media expert and accomplished speaker + trainer on all things social. Her love of twitter, training and talking + her social rock-stardom has made her known for building connections both online and off.
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Her experiences as a mom of three, business owner and leader within her communities makes her a strong advocate of customer focused, loyalty and relationship based sales. Tena believes in creating a strong brand presence for your business and with a heart as big as her personality, her raving fans + the size of her CLIQUE grows daily.

Social Media Brand Strategist, Business Consultant , and Speaker, Karen Yankovich is the CEO of Dimar e Group, LLC. Having “been there and done that” i n the arena of losing (and then re-finding) a focu sed approach to business and life, Karen now offer s coaching and consulting for entrepreneurs. Her u nique specialty blends her “get it done” attitude with a passion for soulful living in her personal services and online workshops.

Social Med ia and LinkedIn Evangelist, Karen guides entrepren eurs to creating wealth by combining smart busines s practices with simple proven systems that develo p and maintain strong customer relationships. She offers results oriented and expert Conversational Marketing strategies that position her clients to bring in instant results. Karen’s background inclu des over twenty years in the fields of information technology, marketing, and customer relationships , making social media her ideal niche. 

Erlend Bakke is a Norwegian entrepreneur, speaker, and author born in 1981 in London, UK. He is the current CEO and founder of Mr. Outsource, YouSpin, and 3sixtyfactory. He manages 20 employees in 2 countries and lives between San Francisco, London, Oslo, and Davao City in the Philippines.
As a member of the young breed of forward-thinking businessmen, he advocates the idea of leading a freedom lifestyle while building cash flow through businesses. Erlend trains entrepreneurs on how to start, run, and own freedom businesses through his seminar The Freedom Bootcamp, his membership website WorkLessEarnMore.tv, and his weekly podcast Invincible Entrepreneur.
In 2013 he first published the book ‘Never Work Again‘, which is focused on applying freedom to your life as well as your business by cutting the crap and getting real about your true needs and desires.

Entrepreneur Magazine has said - When it come to marketing strategies, content marketing has just been crowned king, far surpassing search engine marketing, public relations and even print, television and radio advertising as the preferred marketing tool for today’s entrepreneur.

We are very fortunate to have Jeff Herring – The King of Content Marketing with us to show how to unleash and cash in on your content over and over again.

Jeff has been building his own businesses with Content Marketing since 1994. With his exclusive Content Marketing strategies, Jeff has fast become a Living Legend of Quality Traffic Generation.

Jeff has long been the “behind the scenes” guy creating Direct Response Content for many top internet marketers and business leaders,with clients such as Dan Kennedy, Alex Mandossian and others.

Jeff is going to show you a simple yet powerful system for creating prospect & profit pulling content in 20 minutes or less…

Here’s what Chris Bloor of Australia said about Jeff after he was a guest on his recent telesummit:

“I can honestly say that in the 12 years I have been online, I have NEVER had anyone leave me wanting more and more of their content than Jeff did in the time he was sharing with me.

I love the feeling you get as you listen to someone and it hits you… “This is going to make a huge difference in my life! I won’t be the same after this…”

John Walters is an extraordinary tax expert.

Unlike many Certified Public Accountants who are only allowed to work in their particular state, John is an Enrolled Agent (E.A.).

This means, John has been licensed by the federal government to help people with their tax problems, anywhere in the United States.  Specializing in getting his clients more money back at the end of the year, John creates a customized tax strategy for every single one of his clients.

John is not a typical “accounting guy”.  He uses his unique understanding of business and marketing, to help his clients come up with business strategies that work for them.

Jason Hartman has been involved in several thousand real estate transactions and has owned income properties in 11 states and 17 cities. His company, Platinum Properties Investor Network, Inc. helps people achieve The American Dream of financial freedom by purchasing income property in prudent markets nationwide. Jason’s Complete Solution for Real Estate Investors™ is a comprehensive system providing real estate investors with education, research, resources and technology to deal with all areas of their income property investment needs.
The United States offers nearly 400 distinct and diverse markets while most media pundits characterize the “housing market” as if it were a single entity. We realize they do this to cram a cogent comment into a simple sound bite. Real estate cannot be described that simply. It’s just not accurate. There is NO such thing as a United States real estate market. However, there IS an Atlanta, Georgia or a Dallas, Texas real estate market. To that end, we at Platinum Properties Investor Network scour the entire country with an “Area Agnostic™” approach and select the most suitable and sensible markets to recommend to our investors so they don’t waste countless hours doing it themselves. Through our podcasts, educational events, referrals, mentoring and software to track your investments, investors can easily locate, finance and purchase properties in these exceptional markets with confidence and peace of mind.

Gene is fiercely committed to working with high-achieving leaders in small businesses who want to lead with confidence and achieve true financial freedom (in months, not years). As the Managing Director of Core Elevation, Inc., Gene helps leaders transform from stagnate, stressed and struggling to thriving, growing, and loving their work.

Since 1993, Alex Mandossian has generated nearly $400 million in sales and profits for his strategic alliance partners, clients and students on five continents.  His expertise is in electronic broadcast media such as teleseminars, webinars, podcasts and most recently, Google hangouts.

His marketing strategies helped convert his annual income in 2001 into a month income by 2003 and then into an hourly income (16 times) by 2006.  His colleagues acknowledge him the Warren Buffet of the Internetbecause of his unique ability to make money for his partners, clients and students.

Alex’s blog is read weekly by over 155,000 subscribers. He has shared the stage with diverse thoughts leaders such as Richard Branson, Harvey Mackay, Donald Trump, Tony Robbins, Robert Kiyosaki, Suze Ormand, Mikhail Gorbachev, and the Dalai Lama.

He has pioneered Internet marketing innovations such as online audio (Audio Generator – 2003), online video (Instant Video Generator – 2004), crowd sourcing (Ask Database – 2005), Tele-Summits (Virtual Seminar Week – 2006), and G+ Hangout monetization (Hangout Marketing Secrets – 2013).

Alex lifetime goal is to become the world’s 1st “work-at-home” billionaire not in Net Worth, but by creating over one thousand other Internet marketing millionaires before his 77th birthday. He lives in Marin County, CA and is a dedicated dad to his two young children, Gabriel and Breanna.

Lisa Manyon is “The Business Marketing Architect” a content strategist for mission-driven entrepreneurs and business owners. The creator of The New Marketing Model for Success, Lisa’s “Challenge. Solution. Invitation.™” copywriting and marketing formula has shifted – and is shaping the future of – the way we market today. Her relationship-first approach is friendly, effective and teaches people how to create marketing messages with integrity based on values.

Her philosophies have been featured in Inc. Magazine and alongside visionaries Richard Branson, Jessica Jackley, Arianna Huffington and B Corporations like Ben and Jerry’s in the bestselling books Wonder Women: How Western Women Will Save The World and Engage: Your Step by Step Guide to Creating a Workplace that You, Your Co-workers and Your Customers Love!

A thought leader in copywriting, strategy and marketing, she specializes in powerfully communicating your marketing message to increase results. Her innovative marketing vision has been known to accurately predict marketing trends. Lisa’s philosophies offer an alternative to the notion that “copy is king,” with her message that copy is actually QUEEN (the feminine energy of marketing), strategy is KING (the masculine energy of marketing), and together they are the key to creating strong, effective results. She is a master of matching your message to market. Renowned for her Manyon Marketing Web Makeovers, Content Strategy Plans and website copy and strategy packages, Lisa helps clients build relationships, attract ideal clients and increase income online and offline (often uncovering unrealistic web expectations). Lisa’s consulting techniques have doubled client engagement and opt-in rates quickly, generated over $40,000.00 in just one focused email campaign and produced over $75,000.00 in sales via a single launch concept. Lisa’s big vision ability to see all the pieces of your marketing puzzle allows her to help you reverse engineer your big ideas into tangible action steps to turn your dreams into reality.

EntrepreneurOnFire is a top ranked, 7-day a week business podcast, hosted by John Lee Dumas, interviewing today’s most successful and inspiring Entrepreneurs.

John shares the journey of his guests, highlighting a failure and lessons learned, an AH-HA moment and the steps taken to turn that moment into success.

Since EntrepreneurOnFire’s launch in September of 2012, John has interviewed Seth Godin, Gary Vaynerchuk, Barbara Corcoran, Tim Ferriss, Chris Brogan and over 500 inspiring Entrepreneurs.

In this episode, Brad Baldridge interviews Nile about how to help students use LinkedIn to get into college and how to land that dream career after graduating.

Brad Baldridge is a Registered Representative, Securities offered through Cambridge Investment Research, Inc. a Broker/Dealer, Member FINRA/SIPC.  Investment Advisor Representative, Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc., a Registered Investment Advisor.  Baldridge Wealth Management and Baldridge College Solutions are affiliated. Cambridge and the Baldridge companies are not affiliated.

Tyler Anderson is a social media marketing entrepreneur, speaker, and host of the Social Media Social Hour Podcast. Tyler is the founder and CEO of Casual Fridays, a social media marketing agency and creators of Scoreboard Social, a simplified social media reporting and benchmarking tool. Tyler also is the host/organizer of Social Media Day San Diego, one of the best Social Media Day events world-wide.

Originally from Israel, Jacob moved to the U.S. to pursue his LLM in International and Comparative Law. Jacob’s goal was to complete his studies, find a job and advance in his legal career.

He found a job with a mid size law firm and realized the American Dream.
However, he soon realized that having a legal job is not like in the movies.
Jacob worked hard, but his salary was capped.
He had to bill hours, work weekends, and witnessed how clients should not be treated. He knew he could do it differently if only he had the chance.

In 2004, he left his Law firm job and started his own Law Office
“Jacob J. Sa-PoeSH-nick U.S. Immigration Law”.
He had no plan and no prospects, just a two-year-old Dell computer, a scratched glass desk, and a small back room rented from a fellow attorney. With his first child on the way, he needed it to work very, very fast.

Less than 8 years later, Jacob has built a 7 lawyer, 14-person immigration law practice, with plenty of clients.
He used social media to make it happen.
As an example, he built the largest Facebook community for lawyers in the U.S. with more than 88,000 fans and real engagement.: http://www.facebook.com/myimmigrationlawyer

In addition, he publishes 2 Legal Blogs, regularly produces videos on his You Tube Channel and runs a mini publishing arm at the law office.

I believe that social media and “Becoming Enchanting” are crucial to the business of any business today. However, I don’t believe that it needs to be stressful or taking up hours of your life.

Having served as the Executive Director of the Florida Venture forum for nine years, Robin helped attract $1.2 billion in capital for fund emerging growth companies throughout the state. Many of these companies were based in Hillsborough County, providing jobs and career opportunities for many.

As a serial entrepreneur, Robin knows that timing is critical for a community. We must innovate in Hillsborough County. We must have the visionary leadership to tackle some of area’s challenges, and we must count on the experience of a proven business person to position in the global economy.

Robin Kovaleski Lester, a serial entrepreneur, comes by her interest in job creation, economic development and sound business practices as a result of her years of experience. She has started, run and sold three firms and is now managing partner of Florida Growth Partners, a consulting firm that links emerging growth companies to sources of capital across the globe, helping them gain access to capital for continued growth and job creation.

Prior to founding Florida Growth Partners, she was executive director of the Florida Venture Forum, where she helped raise more than $1.2 billion in venture capital to fund Florida-based companies. During her tenure, she grew the organization by more than 88 percent, making it one of the Top 10 Venture Capital Conferences held annually in the United States. She also has extensive experience with publicly-traded companies, having served as investor relations officer at two Florida-based companies, SYKES (NASDAQ:SYKE) and BREED Technologies (NYSE:BDT).

Dino Dogan is a professional speaker with a real job as the Founder and CEO of Triberr, the social network for content creators that sends millions of monthly visitors to its members.

Dino has been the subject of stories pertaining to business and technology in publications like Forbes,Yahoo!News, and BizJournal. His startup has been featured on thousands of blogs, including The Next Web, Yahoo, Technorati, Huffington Post, Business Insider, and INC.

Dino has spoken or consulted for a variety of companies and audiences, including IBM, Rutgers University, Vocus, New Media Expo, 140conf, and many others.
A prolific content creator himself, Dino has been referred to as a “raconteur and champion of bloggers everywhere,” by writer Rosemary O’Neill.

Frequently featured as an expert commentator on new technologies and the latest social media developments on sites like ReadWriteWeb, Dino is also the co-author of the book Engagement From Scratch along with Guy Kawasaki, Mitch Joel, and other notable authors and community builders.
His blog has been profiled by Technorati on multiple occasions and offers an insider’s view into his social networking expertise.
A recovering network engineer and a failed musician, Dino spends his free time doing Mixed Martial Arts, and walking his german shepherd named Dojo.

Steven Essa is known internationally as the “Make Money with Webinars Expert.” He was raised in the western-suburbs of Sydney, Australia by hard working immigrant parents. Steven now excites audiences in Australia, the UK, USA, UAE, Ireland, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Cyprus, Singapore and New Zealand. Steven has trained thousands of people to leverage the power of “webinars;” their efficiency, convenience and flexibility, to generate thousands of dollars an hour in product sales. Steven’s methods give all business owners something that is much needed in today’s New Economy: the flexibility to create additional streams of income in their business.

Mara Glazer is a marketing and social media strategist, public speaker, and like many of her fans, followers, and friends, highly successful entrepreneur.

Known as the CUT THE CRAP COACH and GET MORE BUZZ STRATEGIST, Mara most excels at helping business owners all over the globe build incredible (+profitable) buzzworthy businesses fast!
Mara started in her industry working alongside her father, Bill Glazer, at the company he founded, Glazer-Kennedy Insider’s Circle (GKIC). During her 2-years at GKIC, she had access to the top training and Offline & Online Marketing Experts in the world. These 2-years were equivalent to a PHD in marketing and the latest social media strategies. While at Glazer-Kennedy, she generated an additional 7-figures in less than 278 days using social and alternative media alone.

Since then, she has been featured in hundreds of marketing training videos, traveled the country speaking about marketing and money making, has launched her virtual assistant and social media management agency called Best Damn Biz Team, and her CUT THE CRAP business coaching company, which can be found at maraglazer.com

What Mara loves most is showing small business owners how to build businesses that allow them to create and transform into the life they have always dreamed of but maybe never thought was possible for them through her CUT THE CRAP approach to business and success.

In other words, to be blunt, Mara shows entrepreneurs how to CUT THE CRAP and only focus on what works to bring in the money so they can stop wasting their time on BS Business Strategies, and instead spend that time doing what they love.

Because of the demand from top business owners and entrepreneurs to hire Mara as a marketing and social media strategist, Mara works with a only handful of business owners each year to help them grow their business using social media and online marketing THE RIGHT WAY.

Tune in an hold on for this entertaining and information packed episode

Nick is the owner of Tech Nick Creative, a web marketing company in Minneapolis, MN. At night, he dreams about social media, web design, blog strategy, and other ways to help small and medium companies grow using the web. Nick is a speaker and instructor on social media strategy, teaching a course on the topic at Century College, Argosy University, and North Hennepin Community College.

Nick is the coauthor of  the book

“Shout In The Right Direction: Target Your Audience and Amplify Your Voice on the Web.”

The book presents a “More Focus, Less Noise way of thinking about your marketing.”

So have you ever wondered why do some businesses fizzle on social media, while others consistently pick up thousands of followers? The companies that are most successful online have learned to Shout in the Right Direction.

Today, it’s no longer enough to hope that you are reaching the right people on the web, you have to know. The National Institute for Social Media calls Shout in the Right Direction “a must read for entrepreneurs and small business owners,” mentioning that it provides an “easily understandable rationale for approaching the marketing planning process.”

Written for small business owners, managers, and digital marketers, this book gives readers:

• A simple and easy-to-follow approach for making a marketing plan that delivers results.
• Innovative strategies for leveraging social networks to generate business.
• Creative ways to develop messages that resonate with audiences.

Eric and Nick have distilled years of research, consulting, and practical experience in digital marketing strategy into this practical and thought-provoking guide to small business marketing.  I strongly recommend picking up a copy of Nick’s book for some great new insights into Social Media Marketing
Here’s the Link: http://nickeltips.co/1ka3q9C

Joleene Moody is a nationally known speaker and client-closing expert for
entrepreneurs, specializing in speaker training and coaching. She guides
these amazing individuals to a place where they can incorporate their
purpose-driven message to write kick-a$$ presentations and find or create
speaking gigs that generate cash and hi-paying clients.
Joleene studies what’s working NOW to help entrepreneurs make more
money, build confidence and grow a lucrative and sustainable business.
With her on-fire, no-nonsense comedic approach, Joleene energetically guides her clients through self-esteem,
growth and money issues that may keep them from becoming the remarkable leaders they are meant to be!

We live in a society that is predicated on getting ahead by any means necessary. The ever-shrinking job market has put many individuals in positions to do the things they never thought would be needed. Consequently, all these issues have led new applicants to lie on their applications, with the hopes of getting ahead. This is not only morally unacceptable, but can cause you irreversible harm when it comes to your reputation. <strong><em>What most people do not realize is that we live in an information era, and recruiters can access any piece of information if they know where to look.</em> </strong><strong>
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Even as it has become so much easier for employers and recruiters to learn more about you, <strong><em>some studies have indicated as much as 35 percent of resumes contain some form of deceptive past employment information. This is true on Social Media profiles like LinkedIn.

We live in a society that is predicated on getting ahead by any means necessary. The ever-shrinking job market has put many individuals in positions to do the things they never thought would be needed. Consequently, all these issues have led new applicants to lie on their applications, with the hopes of getting ahead. This is not only morally unacceptable, but can cause you irreversible harm when it comes to your reputation. What most people do not realize is that we live in an information era, and recruiters can access any piece of information if they know where to look.

Even as it has become so much easier for employers and recruiters to learn more about you some studies have indicated as much as 35 percent of resumes contain some form of deceptive past employment information. This is true on Social Media profiles on sites like LinkedIn.

Join Us This Week For A Special Show, As Kerry Lutz Interviews Nile Nickel !

Excerpt From The Nationally Broadcast, Financial Survival Radio Show.

Kerry Lutz is the founder of the Financial Survival Network 

The Financial Survival Network^® is a nationwide alliance of investment professionals with a common objective: delivering the timely truth aboutsound financial investments over local radio stations. We bring hard-working and ethical professionals in the country together to provide the media and forum necessary for local investors to learn about all the important aspects of financial life, especially inflation protected investments.

The Financial Survival Network^® brings you a “live and local” show hosted by well-respected investment and financial professionals who want to educate you on building your financial fortress.

Kerry Lutz has been a student of Austrian Economics since 1977. While attending Pace University, he stumbled upon an extensive cache of Austrian Economic Literature in a dark, musty, abandoned section of the school’s library. After graduating from The New York Law School, he became an attorney and life long serial entrepreneur. His diverse career has included: running a legal printing company, practicing commercial law and litigation and founding a successful distressed asset investment company.

After the 2008 financial collapse and the continued global economic deterioration, Kerry realized people needed a reliable source for accurate information. Believing that inflation would eventually run rampant, he dedicated himself to helping people protect and preserve their wealth. He urged investors to re-balance their investment portfolios and to implement precious metals based strategies to adapt to the new economic order. The ability to perceive economic reality, as well as to separate truth from governmental inspired economic fantasy will be essential for economic survival and prosperity in the years ahead.

In 2010, Kerry gave up most of his other interests to pursue his long held desire of becoming a radio show host. Thus the Financial Survival Network was born. Its mission is helping you to prosper and thrive in the New Economy. He has done hundreds of interviews with such financial luminaries as Peter Schiff, Harry S. Dent, Martin Armstrong, Jim Rogers, Marc Faber and Peter Grandich. He continually releases new segments and interviews on iTunes and YouTube. His new Triple Lutz Report was an instant hit and continues to increase audience share. As he says, “The Financial Survival Network, It’s All About What’s Next!“

Rick is a Personal Manager, Marketing Consultant and Public Speaker living in Nashville Tennessee.

He’s the former manager of Superstar Taylor Swift and recently launched his online Membership Program The Music Industry Blueprint and is now helping people all over the world Navigate The Music Business. He has taken a traditional offline business and has taken it online!

After a 15 year career in radio, he moved over to the Record Company side in 2004.

Today Rick manages The Music Industry Blueprint where he evaluates what you have, and teaches artist how to take what they have and grow it into a business. Rick’s experience helps them navigates the hard, uncaring music business. He believes it’s hard enough that you shouldn’t have to make it any harder.

Rick wants to provide the strategies it takes to help make the road a bit smoother. Rick recognizes he got to where he is today with hard work and but also specific strategies learned from great mentors. He is dedicated to pass along that knowledge and specific strategies to the next group of people who want to have a career in one of the most rewarding and fascinating businesses in The World, The Music Business.

We are excited to welcome Rick to the Social Media Business Hour!

Do you or have you ever felt a bit overwhelmed with everything it takes to be successful?

Our guest today has felt the same way, but she has learned how to conquer overwhelm and replace it with a proven system for instant clarity, power and freedom.

So would you like to hear what she learned that helped her climb that mountain?

In our power-packed show today, Melanie Benson Strick, America’s Leading Authority on Optimum Performance, will help you:

1.  Know the ONE question you have to ask to be among the top 3% (hint: it will save you time, money and your sanity!)
2. Leverage a powerful technique to breeze through problems, roadblocks and delays
3. Prioritize your actions to double (even triple) your revenue in the next 90 days.
4. Create a step-by-step process to move from ideas to income -- guaranteed!
5. Learn a simple strategy every millionaire knows to power up your motivation and banish procrastination -- forever.

Erik Luhrs is known as “The Bruce Lee of Sales and Lead Generation.”

He is the creator of The GURUS Selling System and the author of the book BE DO SALE.  Erik is the only expert in the world on Front-Loaded Lead Generation, Persona-Positioning and Lead Generation Message Linguistics! Erik is also a Master Practitioner of NLP, and certified in The Silva Method and Accelerated Learning. And he has been featured by Selling Power, Entrepreneur, Fox Business News, Sales Gravy, Chief Executive and BNET.

Dan wrote one of the first books on Internet Marketing back in 1994. He taught the first Internet Marketing class at Berkeley and also taught Internet Branding at Stanford. He now focuses on helping clients build their brands so they can sell more products and services.

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USA Today called Dan Janal “a true cyberspace pioneer.”

Through his coaching and consulting services, his clients have been featured in nearly every major newspaper and magazine including the New York Times, Forbes, Fox Business and the Wall Street Journal.

He is the author of eight books, including “Reporters Are Looking for You.”

Bestselling Author. Acclaimed Speaker. Filmmaker – Greg S. Reid is a natural entrepreneur known for his giving spirit and a knack for translating complicated situations into simple, digestible concepts.

As an action-taking phenomenon, strategy turns into results fast and furious, and relationships are deep and rich in the space he orbits.

Published in over 45 books, 28 best sellers, five motion pictures, and featured in countless magazines, Greg will share that the most valuable lessons we learn, are also the easiest ones to apply.

Recently, Greg has been hand selected by The Napoleon Hill Foundation to help carry on the teaching found in the bible of personal achievement – Think and Grow Rich.

Don’t forget to check us out on iTunes to download prior shows, and please leave us a review and a rating! It helps pay the bills!

Our guest Rick Cooper. Rick is an Online Marketing and Social Media Trainer. He is the author of Seize your Opportunities, Marketing Magic, and Extreme Excellence. Rick is Founder of Social Media Outcomes and Director of the Technology Services Division of Eric Lofholm International, Inc. Rick works with small business owners who want to generate more leads and earn more sales online. He helps them increase their visibility online. Rick was featured in Comstocks magazine and has been interviewed by The National Networker, the East Bay Times Business Journal and AllBusiness.com.

Social Media Business Hour presented by Nile Nickel.  

Join us each week for the latest in Social Media and Business.  

Don Crowther is a leading social media marketing and online marketing expert. He helps companies ranging from Fortune-500-level giants to entrepreneurs make more money online using proven social media and search marketing techniques.

These terrific, thought inspiring shows include "News Of The Weird" segments where you'll get the strangest stories from around the world.  Impress your friends and family with hilarious and often surprising news stories that the major news networks don't cover. 

In addition, get some great tips for how to attract and keep your perfect customers using Social Media.  On top of the laughs that you'll share, Nile will deliver you golden business lessons from truly great entrepreneurs.  

These incredible men and women have been where you are and have struggled through the challenges you face every day.  Take this opportunity to invest in your business, your education and enjoy it along the way!

Adam is the Founder, Help My Website Sell™ a company is dedicated to helping companies, organizations, and entrepreneurial ventures Emancipate The POWER Of INFORMATION through mastering:

-  Effective, easy-to-implement website conversion strategies and techniques that work;

-  Simplified internet marketing technologies that support the business’ website and sales conversion and customer experience goals;

-  Spending less time editing and maintaining their websites, and more time promoting and monetizing them.

Having worked with numerous companies and ventures of different sizes, markets, and niches, Adam offers a unique blend of website conversions know-how combined with a mix of live coaching and consulting.

Social Media Business Hour presented by Nile Nickel.  

Join us each week for the latest in Social Media and Business.  

These terrific, thought inspiring shows include "News Of The Weird" segments where you'll get the strangest stories from around the world.  Impress your friends and family with hilarious and often surprising news stories that the major news networks don't cover. 

In addition, get some great tips for how to attract and keep your perfect customers using Social Media.  On top of the laughs that you'll share, Nile will deliver you golden business lessons from truly great entrepreneurs.  

These incredible men and women have been where you are and have struggled through the challenges you face every day.  Take this opportunity to invest in your business, your education and enjoy it along the way!

Bob Burg is a sought-after speaker at corporate conventions and for entrepreneurial events. He regularly addresses audiences ranging in size from 50 to 16,000 — sharing the platform with notables including today’s top thought leaders, broadcast personalities, Olympic athletes and political leaders including a former United States President.

Although for years he was best known for his book Endless Referrals, over the past few years it’s his business parable, The Go-Giver (coauthored with John David Mann) that has captured the heart and imagination of his readers.

It shot to #6 on The Wall Street Journal’s Business Best Sellers list just three weeks after its release and reached #9 on BusinessWeek’s. Since its release it has consistently stayed in the top 25 on 800ceoread’s Business Book Best Seller List. Its been translated into 21 languages. It is his fourth book to sell over 250,000 copies.

He believes his new book, Adversaries into Allies: Win People Over Without Manipulation or Coercion is by far his most important work yet.

Bob is an advocate, supporter and defender of the Free Enterprise system, believing that the amount of money one makes is directly proportional to how many people they serve. He is also an unapologetic animal fanatic and serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Furry Friends Adoption and Clinic in Jupiter, Florida.

Charlie is a speaker, author, and founder of the Business & Entrepreneur Network, Charlie McDermott helps small business owners clear the path to building valuable, scalable and… saleable businesses via automation and the creation of direct response marketing assets.

Charlie started his first business as a college student at West Chester University located in Pennsylvania, and grew it into an 8-figure health club empire. Twenty-two years later he sold that business to focus his marketing expertise on Hollywood where he used over twenty different forms of media to breakthrough the clutter and land his son acting roles in feature films and television shows including, The Office, Private Practice, Medium, and a full-time gig as Axl Heck on the hit ABC comedy, “The Middle”.

Today, Charlie works with hundreds of entrepreneurs every month online from as far away as Australia and via live events held in the Philadelphia, PA and Wilmington, DE areas.

Michael is the Host of The Solopreneur Hour Podcast. He is an in-demand speaker at conferences and organizations nationwide.

His current mission is to support and educate Solopreneurs, including those in Internet Marketing, Network Marketing, Real Estate, Athletics and more.

As a bonus, he’d like to change the face of the network marketing industry by teaching associates the correct way to build relationships with social media.

Dave discovered he was an entrepreneur at the ripe age of 6 years old before he knew what the word meant. He and his very first business partner/sister started his first business together, it was a lemonade stand.

Their customers ranged from thirsty farmers to total strangers. It was also there that Dave learned about adding value to existing clients, so he and his Sister started baking cookies to go along with the lemonade.

While in the 7th grade he and his cousin started “Best Team Auction Co” where during recess they would auction off any items their classmates would bring to sell and in August of 2012, he fulfilled a lifelong DREAM of his! He became a licensed auctioneer. He later went on and tried his skills at raising pigs and cows it was through this experience he discovered he was not a farmer.

Today he owns four businesses all of which are debt free and profitable, he is a pilot, diver and an inventor, and has been the guest speaker of several organization and has been featured on air as well as local print media.

Dave owns Empowering Small Business and has helped small businesses owners across the country by Empowering their Dreams of truly owning their business instead of being OWNED by the business.

Dave has been coached and continues to learn from some of the worlds best small business coaches, Howard Partridge, Mark Ehrlich,   “Inner Circle Member” and belongs to Team Phenomenal , and is a huge fan of Zig Ziglar

He guarantees that your business will change if you implement just some of the great information and tips you will receive if you attend our events, or your money back!

Dave is married to his lovely wife Toni and they both personally invite you to Empoweing Small Business events and workshops. We look forward to meeting you!

Gary George is the founder and CEO of Blazin Multimedia, a
creative and marketing solutions company specializing in
Web & Mobile Development, Online Marketing, SEO,
PPC, Local Search, Video, Mobile and Social Media
Marketing. Since launching the agency in 1998, he has been
integral in acquiring and serving its high profile clients,
including Vonage, Virgin Records, The United Nations,
Panasonic, Roc-A-Fella Records (Jay-Z), Teddy Pendergrass,
Michael Baisden, The Urban League, National Association of Real Estate Brokers and
many more.
Gary is an internet technology and marketing expert, thought leader and consultant to
a variety of global business leaders, entertainers, celebrities and athletes. He develops
technical and marketing solutions for Fortune 500 companies as well as progressive
startups that are challenged in reaching their niche markets.
As a consultant, Gary has generated more than $48 million dollars for his clients
within the past 5 years, by identifying and reversing limiting patterns in their marketing
strategy. He’s successfully applied his business success techniques to a variety of
industries, teaching clients how to duplicate their efforts via technology and marketing
automation. The results speaks for itself and he continues to be the go to guy when
organizations are tired of thinking small and ready for explosive growth.