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#070 – Claudia Gere on How to Find a Literary Agent
Claudia Gere, author of Name Your Book: 94 Nonfiction Title Tips, speaker, author consultant, book coach, and literary agent, helps business leaders, consultants, speakers, and other entrepreneurs develop their best writing and publishing strategies to realize their aspirations of becoming an author.
#069 – Leslie Ungar, Author of Horse Talk: Lessons in Leadership for Entrepreneurs, Executives and Everyone In-Between
As president of Electric Impulse Communications, Inc., Leslie Ungar helps individuals and corporations supercharge their leadership. Benefit from Leslie as Coach, Speaker, and Speechwriter. As you listen to and study with Leslie you will hear about how excelling in the horse show ring is similar to excelling in your own area of expertise.
#068 – Patricia Fripp on Turn Your Book into a Speech
Patricia Fripp simplifies and demystifies the process of preparing and presenting powerful, persuasive presentations. She delivers her message through keynote speeches, breakout sessions, and in-depth customized training and coaching. Patricia is now virtually everywhere with FrippVT, her interactive, learn-at-your-own-pace, virtual presentation skills training.
#067 – S. Paul Moehring, Author of Get Squared: Goal Getting with Balance
S. Paul Moehring is a Certified Business Coach, Speaker, and Author. His knowledge, expertise, and coaching abilities aid to the success of small business owners; from personal achievements to their professional development. His experience covers over two decades of guiding and coaching new business owners.
#066 – Nancy Juetten, Author of Bye-Bye Boring Bio 2020
Since 2009, Bye-Bye Boring Bio Workbook Author and Get Known Get Paid Mentor Nancy Juetten has upgraded bios for speakers, experts, and authors who once struggled to spell out their greatness and broadcast their brilliance on paper or online.
#065 – Melissa Davies, Author of How Not to Act Like a Bleep at Work
Melissa Davies, an internationally respected coach, trainer, and project facilitator, consistently delivers a deep level of cultural team training, leadership skills and professional development to all her clients. She has developed innovative professional development and training programs.
#064 – Todd Cherches, Author of VisuaLeadership: Leveraging the Power of Visual Thinking in Leadership and in Life
Drawing on his unique and diverse background (which features many years of experience in the media and entertainment industries, Todd Cherches is known for his innovative approach to management training, leadership development, presentation skills, and executive coaching.
#063 – Peter Montoya, Author of The Brand Called You: Make Your Business Stand Out in a Crowded Marketplace
Peter Montoya’s business acumen, inspirational journey, human behavioral insight, and decades of real-life experience have helped him to become one of the most sought-after speakers and coaches in the United States.
#062 – Carolyn Strauss, Author of The Code: A Man’s Rules for Living Life, Having Fun, and Getting Dressed
Carolyn Strauss has studied and worked with some of the foremost experts in the world on gender communication, transacting in the marketplace, and voice dialogue. Carolyn brings unmatched expertise to serve her clients. She communicates her hard earned knowledge to each of her clients with a keen sense of humor and an engaging delivery.
#061 – Bonnie Budzowski, Author of Does My Business Need a Book?
Bonnie Budzowski, principal of Gravitas Press, works with entrepreneurs, consultants, business owners, and executives who want to write a book to establish themselves as thought leaders. Some of their success stories over the past decade are detailed in Bonnie’s book, Does Your Business Need a Book: Six Reasons the Answer Is a Resounding, Yes.
#060 – Nina Durfee, Author of Say It Simply: 8 Easy Steps to Turn Readers into Clients
For more than 20 years, Nina Durfee has assisted lawyers and judges with her instinctive editorial eye, drafting, editing, and proofreading legal documents and correspondence, knowing full well that a misplaced comma can change the meaning from innocence to guilt. She has authored multiple books, and her work has been showcased in a variety of publications, including Writers’ Journal.
#059 – Dr. Gail Hayes, Author of The Power of a Woman Who Leads
When looking for an internationally recognized Executive Leadership Coach, communicator, and award-winning author who ignites the atmosphere with contagious enthusiasm and a passion for purpose, you have but to look directly at Dr. Gail Hayes. She has unique ability to help her clients “untangle” challenging communication lines and see solutions.
#058 – Milo Shapiro, Author of Public Speaking: Get A’s, Not Zzzzzz’s!
Milo Shapiro has been coaching and running corporate classes in public speaking skills since 2004. His interactive programs use improvisation games, story sharing, and even “Simon Says” to wake up the house and make an impact through his uplifting blend of play and information.
#057 – Tamara S. Raymond, Author of Careering: The Pocket Guide to Exploring Your Future Career
Tamara S. Raymond, author of Careering: The Pocket Guide to Exploring Your Future Career, is a certified leadership development and career coach/strategist committed to professional, career and leadership development for adults and emerging leaders; as well as guidance for teens in determining their career paths.
#056 – Lisa Levy, Author of Future Proofing Cubed
Lisa Levy is the Founder and CEO of Lcubed Consulting. Lcubed elevates organizations in adapting and transforming quickly for achieving their strategic goals. A nationally recognized authority on organizational change management, Lisa has contributed as a guest expert on numerous media outlets including NBC, ABC, CBS and FOX.
#055 – Kris Ward, Author of Win the Hour, Win the Day!
Kris Ward is the leading authority in building your business by building your team. Kris is the founder of the Win The Hour, Win the Day philosophy. She helps entrepreneurs easily double their income and triple their time off, and has completely changed the landscape for entrepreneurs by sharing successful practices.
#054 – Per Sjorfors, The Price Whisperer™
Pricing has always been an interest area for Per Sjorfors, founder of Atenga Insights. He used pricing as the leaver to turn around several European and US companies, and while setting up a number of Joint Venture companies in Asia he gained additional insight into pricing practices from a global perceptive.
#053 – Anne Janzer, Author of Writing to Be Understood: What Works and Why
Anne Janzer is an award-winning author, nonfiction writing coach and marketing practitioner on a mission to help people make a positive impact with their writing. She supports and encourages writers, authors and marketers through her books, blog posts, online courses, webinars, and teaching.
#052 – Shawn Casemore, Author of The Unstoppable Organization
Shawn Casemore is an entrepreneur, an owner of multiple businesses, and known internationally for growing small businesses. He has worked with small business owners as well as multinational organizations with thousands of employees.
#051 – Robbie Kellman Baxter, Author of The Forever Transaction
Robbie Kellman Baxter is the founder of Peninsula Strategies LLC. Her clients have included large organizations like Netflix, the Wall Street Journal, and Microsoft, as well as dozens of smaller venture-backed companies.
#050 – Sam Richter, Bestselling Author and Hall of Fame Speaker
Bestselling business author Sam Richter, CSP, is considered one of the world’s foremost experts on Sales Intelligence prospecting and sales meeting preparation. Sam was just named one of the “15 Highest Rated Speakers for Virtual Events.”
#049 – Jill Lublin, Author of The Profit of Kindness
Jill Lublin is a master strategist on how to position your business for more profitability and more visibility in the marketplace. She is CEO of a strategic consulting firm with 25+ years of experience working with over 100,000 people.
#048 – Mark Faust, Author of Growth or Bust!
Mark Faust has conducted hundreds of sessions for clients from companies such as Apple, IBM, Monsanto, Cable & Wireless, John Deere, P&G, Syngenta, Bayer, government agencies, nonprofits, and a host of other companies.
#047 – Scott Plum, Author of Taking Off Into the Wind: Creating Lift Out of Life!
Scott Plum is the President of the Minnesota Sales Institute and facilitates most of the classes taught. His goal for students is to “inspire growth and change in your presence and have it last and continue in his absence.”
#046 – Joel Comm, Author of The Fun Formula
An expert on harnessing the power of social media and mobile applications to expand your brand’s reach and engage in active relationship marketing, Joel Comm leaves you inspired to create a new media campaign that will explode their business.
#045 – Erik Pelton, Author of Building a Bold Brand: The Foundations of Trademark Protection
Erik Pelton has been in the field of trademarks for more than 20 years, worked as an Examiner at the USPTO, registered more than 2,500 trademarks, and has been actively involved in a variety of intellectual property organizations.
#044 – Dr. Karen Y. Wilson-Starks, Author of Lead Yourself First!
Dr. Karen Y. Wilson-Starks is President of TRANSLEADERSHIP, INC.® with 30+ years’ experience as a trusted advisor for executives in corporations, the US Military and Federal Government, and non-profit leaders in faith based organizations and Foundations.
#043 – Jamie Crump, Author of Backstage Pass: Pulling the Curtain Back on the Business of Supplier Diversity
Jamie Crump has focused her career in strategic sourcing and supplier diversity across a variety of industries including: banking, catastrophic insurance, heavy equipment rental, IT, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, and welding and medical supply.
#042 – Phil Symchych, Author of The Business Wealth Builders
Phil Symchych is focused and driven to help owners of privately held companies improve their business operations and financial results, increase their value delivered to their customers, and build their shareholders’ business wealth.
#041 – Richard Citrin and Michael A. Couch, Authors of Strategy-Driven Leadership
Richard Citrin, Ph.D., MBA brings more than 25 years of business leadership and consulting experience to his clients and their organizations. Michael A. Couch has years of experience building work cultures that have a positive impact on the bottom line.
#040 – John DeSimone, Author of The Road to Delano
John DeSimone is a professional memoir ghostwriter, editor, and novelist. He has guided authors through the developmental process of refining their voice and subject matter for publication, and edited over a hundred books, both fiction and nonfiction.
#039 – Lin Eleoff, Author of Gutsy Glorious Life Coach
Lin Eleoff is an Internet business lawyer, coach, and author. She developed The Woman UP Protocol using brain science, transformational psychology, and years of experience coaching women how to go after everything they want.
#038 – Kris Putnam-Walkerly, Author of Delusional Altruism
As a philanthropy expert, advisor, and award-winning author, Kris Putnam-Walkerly has helped over 90 foundations and philanthropists strategically allocate and assess over $500 million in grants and gifts.
#037 – Kaihan Krippendorff, Author of Driving Innovation from Within
Dr. Kaihan Krippendorff was elected to the Thinkers50 RADAR list as one the 30 management thinkers to look out for in the coming and shortlists as one the 8 most influential innovation experts in the world. His work has generated over $2.5B in new annual revenue for his clients.
#036 – Mark Amtower, Author of Selling to the Government
Mark Amtower advises companies on all facets of marketing to the government. He specializes in helping companies develop thought leadership positions and leveraging social media to gain targeted visibility in the government contracting market.
#034 – Speaker Paul Ross, Author of Subtle Words that Sell
Speaker Paul Ross is an author, speaker, trainer, Master Hypnotist, and Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming who has taught tens of thousands of people the power of language to persuade, sell, heal, and more.
#033 – Joanna Martinez, Author of A Guide to Positive Disruption
Her book focuses on her experiences working though the ups and downs of the corporate world to make positive changes at companies. It provides readers with a framework to become change makers themselves.
#032 – Captain Jim Palmer, Author of DECIDE: The Ultimate Success Trigger
Captain Jim Palmer, author of a dozen wildly-popular business books, is a marketing and business building expert and in-demand coach. He is the founder of the Dream Business Mastermind and Coaching Program.
#031 – Mark David Gibson, Author of Served in Silence
Despite a life foundation built on shifting sands of denial, secrecy, shame, and guilt, Mark David Gibson found a place to call home in the Air Force long before the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy as an unwritten rule.
#030 – Linda Popky, Author of Marketing Above the Noise
Named one of Silicon Valley’s Top 100 Women of Influence and a member of Alan Weiss’s Million Dollar Consulting® Hall of Fame, Linda J. Popky has extensive experience in marketing – in industry, agencies, and consulting.
#028 – Dr. Roger Firestien, Author of Create In A Flash
Dr. Roger Firestien has trained more people to lead the creative process than anyone else in the world. He is the Senior Faculty member at the International Center for Studies in Creativity at SUNY Buffalo State, and President of Innovation Resources, Inc.
#027 – Rita Gunther McGrath, Author of Seeing Around Corners
Rita Gunther McGrath is a world-renowned thought leader. professor at Columbia Business School, and is widely recognized as a premier expert on leading innovation and growth during times of uncertainty.
#026 – David DeLong, Author of Graduate to a Great Job
Dr. David DeLong is an author, speaker and president of Smart Workforce Strategies, a consulting firm that helps organizations find solutions to critical skill shortages and risks of knowledge loss.
#025 – Meridith Elliott Powell, Co-Author of The Best Sales Book Ever/The Best Sales Leadership Ever
Voted one of the Top 15 Business Growth Experts to Watch by Currency Fair, business growth expert Meridith Elliott Powell is an award-winning author, keynote speaker, and business strategist.
#024 – Mark Hunter, Author of High-Profit Prospecting
Mark Hunter aka “The Sales Hunter” delivers highly sought-after training seminars and keynote addresses to companies like Salesforce, Novartis, Mattel, Lenovo, and others. He is the author of High-Profit Selling.
#023 – Dr. Tasha Eurich, Author of Insight: The Surprising Truth…
Dr. Tasha Eurich, principal of The Eurich Group, is an organizational psychologist, researcher, and NYT best-selling author. She’s built a reputation as a fresh, modern voice in the business world by pairing her scientific grounding in human behavior with a pragmatic approach to professional development.
#022 – Lisa Earle McLeod, Author of Selling with Noble Purpose
Sales Leadership expert Lisa Earle McLeod created the Noble Purpose Methodology after her research revealed organizations driven by Noble Purpose outperformed the market by over 350%. Selling with Noble Purpose has been a game changer at global firms like Flight Centre, Hootsuite, and Roche.
#021 – Lee Ellis, Author of Leading with Honor®: Leadership Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton
Lee Ellis is President and founder of FreedomStar Media®, a publishing company that provides leadership resources and training, and Leading with Honor®, a leadership and team development consulting and coaching company. He authored a book by the same name.
#020 – Henry DeVries, Author of Build Your Consulting Practice
Henry DeVries is the CEO (chief encouragement officer) of Indie Books International, a company he cofounded in 2014. He works with independent consultants who want to attract more high-paying clients by marketing with a book and speech.
#019 – Alexandra Watkins, Author of Hello, My Name Is Awesome
Brand name expert Alexandra Watkins is a leading and outspoken authority on brand names with buzz. She is author of “Hello, My Name is Awesome… How to Create Brand Names That Stick” (an Inc. Magazine Top 10 Marketing Book).
#018 – Mary C. Kelly, Author of What Comes Next
Dr. Mary C. Kelly is an internationally renowned author and keynote speaker on leadership, productivity, and business growth; and author of 11 books on business growth and leadership.
#017 – John Jantsch, Author of The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur
John Jantsch, creator of the Duct Tape Marketing System is a marketing consultant, speaker and best-selling author of Duct Tape Marketing, Duct Tape Selling, The Commitment Engine, The Referral Engine, and SEO for Growth.
#016 – Pamela S. Harper, Author of Preventing Strategic Gridlock
Pamela S. Harper is founding partner and CEO of Business Advancement Inc., enabling visionary CEOs and leadership teams of successful companies to ignite and sustain momentum for game-changing results; and is featured in a variety of media.
#015 – Tom Corson-Knowles, Founder of TCK Publishing
Tom Corson-Knowles, founder of TCK Publishing, teaches new and established authors how to achieve incredible success by mastering the fundamentals of writing, publishing, and marketing great books.
#014 – Stephanie Chandler, Author of The Nonfiction Book Publishing Plan
Stephanie Chandler is founder and CEO of the Nonfiction Authors Association, a vibrant community for writers, and the Nonfiction Writers Conference, a traditional writers’ conference experience conducted entirely online.
#013 – Stacey Riska, Author of Small Business Marketing Made EZ!
Is your business struggling to get more leads, more customers, clients or patients, more sales, and more money? Stacey Riska aka “Small Business Stacey” helps you skyrocket your business growth by getting your marketing into ACTION!
#012 – Susan RoAne, Author of How to Work a Room
Susan RoAne®, Mingling Maven is the leading international authority and original expert on How to Work a Room®. She helps people, companies, and organizations develop, build, and manage client relationships that increase business growth.
#011 – Jim Kukral, Author of Your Journey to Becoming Unskippable™
Jim Kukral is recognized as an expert in online marketing and branding. He delivers insightful and entertaining keynotes on attention-getting marketing, creative branding and understanding how customers think, react and most importantly, buy.
#010 – Justin Brady, Author of Mind to Millions
Justin Brady works with the most forward-thinking brands on earth to increase their exposure and engage their employees. His media work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, iHeart Radio.
#009 – Mark Levy, Author of Accidental Genius
Mark Levy is the founder of Levy Innovation LLC, a positioning and branding firm that helps consultants and other thought leaders increase their fees by up to 2,000%. His latest book, “Accidental Genius” has been published in ten languages.
#008 – Adam Hommey, Author of Groundhog Day is an Event, Not a Business Strategy
Adam Hommey helps entrepreneurs and business creators – like you – Emancipate the POWER of INFORMATION™, WIN at the Game of Business and Marketing, and thrive from your intersection of your brilliance and your passion!
#007 – Robin Ryan, Author of 60 Seconds and You’re Hired!
The Boston Globe calls Robin Ryan “America’s top Job Search Expert”. A popular trainer and speaker, Robin has been a keynote speaker at numerous national and regional conferences and is also a weekly columnist for Forbes.com.
#006 – Noah St. John, Author of Get Rid of Your Head Trash About Money
Noah St. John, author of “Get Rid of Your Head Trash About Money”, is a bestselling author and keynote speaker who’s famous for inventing Afformations® – a new technology of the mind – and helping busy people achieve more personal and financial freedom!
#005 – Dr. Linda Henman, Author of The Merger Mindset
Dr. Linda Henman, author of “The Merger Mindset” works with executives and boards of Fortune 500 Companies and small businesses that want to think strategically, grow dramatically, promote intelligently, and compete successfully, today and tomorrow.
#004 – Lisa Anderson, Author of I’ve Been Thinking
Lisa Anderson, author of “I’ve Been Thinking”, is ranked Number 16 in SAP’s Supply Chain Influencers and recognized as one of the top 1% of consultants worldwide. She has deep experience partnering with manufacturers and distributors to maximize value.
#003 – Chris Mullins, Author of Law Firm Conversions
Law Firm Conversions™ was founded by sales and marketing expert, Chris Mullins. For more than 30 years, through her proprietary and guided training and programs, Chris and her team have helped hundreds of law firms around the country convert more prospects into profitable clients.
#002 – Diana Jones, Author of Leadership Material: How Personal Experience Shapes Executive Presence
Diana Jones, author of “Leadership Material: How Personal Experience Shapes Executive Presence”, brings over 30 years of experience achieving results through better relationships. Diana assists leaders make sense of feedback they have received so they learn how they are perceived and understand their impact on others.
#001 – David Newman, Author of Do It! Marketing
David Newman, Author of “Do It! Marketing”, specializes in working with speakers, authors, consultants, and independent professionals who want to stop throwing money into a marketing black hole and attract, engage, and win more clients.