Your Experts for Sales & Marketing
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Pattie Simone
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Pattie Simone is president of Write-Communications, a consultancy delivering solutions on strategy, positioning, branding, sales and marketing through training, mentoring and writing. She is also the founder of WomenCentric, a sassy women's speaking group devoted to empowering executives and entrepreneurs through workshops, seminars and keynotes. Simone has been a featured radio and TV expert, appearing on FOX5 and ABC TV, and has published bylines in various print and online venues.
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Brad Sugars
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Brad Sugars is the founder of ActionCOACH, a business coaching franchise. As a world-renowned entrepreneur, author and business coach, he has helped more than a million clients around the world find business and personal success. Sugars has owned and operated more than two dozen companies, and his main company, ActionCOACH, has nearly 1,000 offices in 22 countries.
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Tim Berry
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Tim Berry is the president of Palo Alto Software Inc., which produces the industry's leading business planning software, Business Plan Pro, as well as other popular planning applications for businesses. He also is an author and an adjunct professor at the University of Oregon, where he teaches a course on entrepreneurship. In January 2007, Berry received the Corporate Entrepreneur of the Year Award from the U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
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Paige Arnof-Fenn
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Paige Arnof-Fenn is the founder and CEO of Mavens & Moguls, a strategic-marketing consulting firm whose clients include Fortune 500 companies, as well as early-stage and emerging businesses. Previously, she was a key member of the IPO team at Launch Media, which was later sold to Yahoo!, and was the director of the 1996 Olympic Commemorative Coin Program at the Department of Treasury, U.S. Mint. Arnof-Fenn also is an advisor to several early-stage companies and nonprofit organizations.
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Al Lautenslager
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Al Lautenslager is a marketing and PR consultant, guerrilla marketing coach and direct-mail promotion specialist. He's also the principal of Market for Profits a Chicago-based marketing consulting firm. Lautenslager's two most recent books, Guerrilla Marketing in 30 Days and The Ultimate Guide to Direct Marketing are available at EntrepreneurPress.com.
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Bonnie Price
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Bonnie Price is founder of Silver Vixen Enterprises, a consulting company that helps businesses reach women aged 55 to 70. She also helps "women of a certain age" proactively plan the next phase of their lives through her workshop, IT'S REINVENTION. Price has been a financial counselor with a major brokerage firm and co-owner of a nationwide direct sales company, among other ventures.
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Ray Silverstein
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Ray Silverstein, a recognized small business expert, is founder and president of PRO: President's Resource Organization, a network of advisory boards for small-business owners. He founded PRO in 1993 after selling his multi-million-dollar tool and hardware manufacturing company. Today, he facilitates PRO groups throughout the Chicago area and Phoenix.
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Rosalind Resnick
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Rosalind Resnick is the founder and CEO of Axxess Business Consulting, a New York consulting firm that advises startups and small businesses. She previously was a co-founder of NetCreations and hosted AOL's NetGirl Forum. Resnick also serves on the board of Do Something, Inc., a New York-based nonprofit organization that empowers young people to change their world.
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Lena West
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Lena West is the CEO and Chief Strategist of xynoMedia Technology , a New York-based firm that helps high-growth companies leverage the power of social media, blogs, podcasts and online communities.
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Roy Williams
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Roy Williams is the founder and president of international ad agency Wizard of Ads. He also teaches creative thinking, strategic planning and human persuasion courses attended by executives from many of the world's largest advertising agencies, professors from leading universities, broadcasters, journalists and small-business CEOs from around the world. In addition, Williams has authored numerous books on improving advertising efforts, including The Wizard of Ads and Secret Formulas of the Wizard of Ads.
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Charles Fuller
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Chuck Fuller is senior vice president, business development for Entrepreneur Media and helped found Entrepreneur.com. He has more than 20 years of experience with the company and has developed relationships with companies such Yahoo!, Google, MSN and AOL.
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Ramon Ray
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Ramon Ray is editor of SmallBizTechnology.com and author of Technology Solutions for Growing Businesses. His site helps small to medium-sized businesses use technology to grow through news, articles, discussion groups, resources, analysis and events. Ray also serves on the board of directors and technology committee for the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce.
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Ivan Misner
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Ivan Misner, a networking expert, is the founder of Business Network International and senior partner for the Referal Institute. He has written nine books, including the recently released New York Times bestseller Truth or Delusion: Busting Networking's Biggest Myths. Misner also has taught business and social capital courses at several universities and sits on the board of directors for the Colorade School of Professional Psychology.
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Margie Fisher
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Margie Zable Fisher, president of , recently launched theprsite.com, a free PR matchmaker service that helps small businesses locate the right PR resources. She and her team have helped clients land local and national publicity placements in USA Today, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, as well as on Good Morning America, CNN, CNBC and many other outlets. Zable Fisher also is the editor and publisher of the weekly "PRactical PR" newsletter, which is filled with free publicity opportunities, tips and ideas that show you how to use PR to grow your business.
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