We welcome Elisa Camahort Page, founder, partner and evangelist for all things women in business is the Chief Community Officer for She Knows Media. We will discuss the ever changing and vital role women in business play in the small business landscape. Shifting her focus from integration to evangelism of the the big audacious Blogher events are, of course, one of the ways she will do this, as she produces fantastic events #BlogHerFood15 and #BlogHer16. Elisa also led the research/consumer...

Barry Moltz joins us to talk about how to  business owners growing again by unlocking their long forgotten potential.  With decades of entrepreneurial experience in his own business ventures as well as consulting countless other entrepreneurs, Barry has discovered the formula to get stuck business owners unstuck and marching forward.  Barry applies simple, strategic steps to facilitate change.

Anita Campbell, CEO and Founder of SmallBizTrends.com, an award-winning online publication for small business owners, entrepreneurs and the people who interact with them joins me with some insights for small business success in 2016! Small Business Trends is the premier source of information, breaking news and advice covering issues of key importance to small businesses. Small business success … delivered daily.

Welcoming my annual visit with head trend analyst Max Luthy, US Lead Trend Analyst.   We will be discussing the top trends consumer trends for 2016 in a cross section of industries, products, services and technology. Trendwatching .com has been serving forward-thinking business professionals and businesses since 2002 in 180+ countries. Based in London, and now in the US, Trendwatching.com strives to understand the new consumer and subsequently uncover compelling, profitable innovation...

Dustin Luther currently heads up an Engagement Team (Content, Events and Social Media) at Dun & Bradstreet, that develops and implement campaigns under both the D&B and Hoovers brands. They have put together award winning campaigns involving contests, youtube videos, influencer engagement and much more over the past four and half years.  In the process of telling great stories, I’ve earned a few accolades (“Mr Social” from the San Fernando Business Journal, “Builder of the real...

We welcome Enthusiastic, Energetic, Practical Ivana Taylor/DIY Marketers , Bizapalooza to our show. Bizapalooz is one of the largest online small business events of the year featuring 40 + experts. Ivana Taylor spent 25 years working with manufacturers who never had enough money for marketing.  This is how she learned to create BIG consumer style marketing on a small manufacturer’s budget and to get excited about the contribution seemingly unknown companies make to our lives. When she...

I welcome Joe Pulizzi, Founder of the Content Marketing Institue, the leading evangelist for content marketing. Joe, an entrepreneur, speaker, and author on content marketing, believes passionately that there is a better way for brands to market than how they’ve done it in the past. CMI is a culmination of those beliefs. Are you wondering what content marketing is and isn't? Are you trying to figure out how to get started or how to justify a content budget for your company or...

We welcome back Anita Campbell, the Founder, CEO and publisher of Small Business Trends, We will discuss some of the key trends that impact and influence small businesses today and look ahead at some emerging trends.Small Business Trends is the premier source of information, breaking news and advice covering issues of key importance to small businesses. featuring 400 vetted experts and writers.  Happily running her own business for the last decade, she founded Small Business Trends while...

Rohit Bhargava is a trend curator, founder of the Influential Marketing Group, and an expert in helping brands and leaders be more influential. He is the Wall Street Journal best selling author of five best selling business books on topics as wide ranging as the future of healthcare, how to build a brand with personality, and why leaders never eat cauliflower.

We welcome Thomas Ellis of EWC Consultants, a sales management veteran with over 25 years experience in coaching, consulting, developing sales personnel, and sales managers. Thomas began his professional sales career in the copier industry and then to the telecommunications industry where he was employed by Motorola and Nextel which merged with Sprint in 2005. Thomas spent 13 years with Sprint Nextel where he held several Sales Manager and Director of Sales positions. He received...

Dave and Carrie Kerpen founded Likeable in 2006. What began as an idea for a wedding turned into a need for a company, and Likeable Media was born. Their leadership experience resulted in a New York Times bestselling book, a key role in the LinkedIn Influencer program, regular contributions in Forbes and Inc., and recognition in publications including The Wall Street Journal and USAToday. Dave and Carrie continue to guide brands to the forefront of social media marketing. Dave recently...

CEO and Founder Anita Campbell joins us to discuss "the state of small business", which is the most optimistic since 2008! Small Business Trends is an award-winning online publication for small business owners, entrepreneurs and the people who interact with them. Small Business Trends is the premier source of information, breaking news and advice covering issues of key importance to small businesses.  Along with the  regular editorial staff, the site has 400+ vetted experts who volunteer...

We welcome Susan Koehler, VP of Customer Success at Infusionsoft, who exudes leadership with her energetic yes-we-can attitude. Through her role, she ensures Infusionsoft remains a global market leader in the small business technology industry. Susan brings to Infusionsoft strategies and execution know-how due to her many years of business and marketing experience in consumer and high-tech industries With more than 20 years experience, Susan has held leadership positions, from Brand Manager...

We welcome SmallBizLady, Melinda Emerson to talk about the 2nd edition, updated widely successful bestseller Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months: A Month-by-Month Guide to a Business That Works-2nd Edition, just launched January 2015. Melinda Emerson, Twitter’s @SmallBizLady offers advice and encouragement to more than three million entrepreneurs every week online. Forbes magazine named her the top woman for entrepreneurs to follow on Twitter. She’s a successful businesswoman, a social media...

We open the year with CNN Hero of the Year 2014 Pen Farthing, founder of Nowzad Dog Rescue, and author of 3 books including Sunday Times Bestseller: One Dog at a Time. Watch Anderson Cooper's interview with Pen. Kilo Company of 42 Commando Royal Marines arrived in the war torn town of Now Zad in Helmand Province of Afghanistan in November 2006. Their mission; provide stability for the local people during a period of ever decreasing security. The Royal Marines soon realised that it wasn’t...

Gene Marks is an opinionated small business management columnist, author, speaker, and business owner. He writes weekly online columns for The New York Times, Forbes, The Huffington Post and Philadelphia Magazine. We discuss his article highlighting several current surveys that share some very positive, good news for small business at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gene-marks/. Gene's books include In God We Trust: Everyone Else Pays Cash (CreateSpace, 2011), the #1 Amazon Small Business...

Welcoming my annual visit with Henry Mason, Managing Partner of Trendwatching.com and US Lead Trend Analyst Max Luthy. We will be discussing the top trends consumer trends for 2015. Trendwatching .com has been serving forward-thinking business professionals and businesses since 2002 in 180+ countries. Based in London, and now in the US, Trendwatching.com strives to understand the new consumer and subsequently uncover compelling, profitable innovation opportunities for them. 3000 spotters in...

Peter Shankman is an author, a consultant, and an entrepreneur with three companies and multimillion dollar exits under his belt. He speaks to companies all around the world about how to provide amazing customer service, and how to take advantage of the social conversation economy that will be driving the global commerce engine for the next 100 years. He teaches companies like American Express and Sheraton Hotels how to create customers who are so loyal, so addicted, and so passionate, that...

Job Action Day 2014 is all about empowering job-seekers with the power of storytelling for career and job-search success. It is an annual event (since 2008) for all job-seekers and workers to take stock of their situations and make plans and/or take action steps to improve their careers. This years theme is how job-seekers can use storytelling and compelling narratives in numerous situations -- from networking to interviewing, including such tools as the Elevator Speech (Pitch), LinkedIn...

Anita Marks joined NBC Sports Radio in 2012 and serves as the host of The Anita Marks Show, weekends from Noon – 3 p.m. ET  on NBC Sports Radio. A 12 year veteran and pioneer of sports talk radio, Marks began her career in Miami, Fla.  In 2006 Marks made her way to Baltimore, MD where her afternoon drive show was simulcast for four years on Comcast Mid Atlantic Sports Network. Marks joined WFAN in New York in 2010 and served as a host and reporter for shows on WFAN and Sirius XM. We discuss...

Come celebrate the 10th anniversary small business New York XPO show featuring A FULLY STOCKED EXPO filled with power networking, education, biz celebrities, contests and MORE! Join us for only one day and take your company to the next level. Network with other business owners from throughout the Northeast. Over 10,000 executives attend NY Expo to develop new b to b contacts. NY Expo offers 40+ business seminars designed to sharpen your skills in social media, sales, advertising, technology,...

Andy and Carrie Robinson, husband and wife executive career coaches and strategists from CRG Leadership have built their coaching practice on some fundamental beliefs. That we are all capable of accomplishing much more than what we've accomplished so far -- untapped potential resides in us all. That when we figure out how to unlock the "code" to leveraging our potential and then deal effectively with the things that may be holding us back .... we will accelerate our rise to a whole new...

We welcome Lydsay Bayuk, Director of Product at Infusionsoft, to discuss their 2014 Small Business Market survey. They surveyed nearly 850 American small businesses — half were Infusionsoft customers, half were people who had never used Infusionsoft. They worked with Audience Audit™, a research provider that specializes in attitudinal segmentation, to craft a series of attitudinal questions in order to gain a deeper understanding of the modern small business. The results were stunning —...

18+ years of experience in the development of professional HR tools and resources. Have delivered 200+ presentations to more than 10,000 professionals on a wide variety of career topics. Managed teams of 50+ with budgets of $35M+. Launched CAREEREALISM.com, which is now a top 3 career blog with 2,000,000+ monthly pagviews, 500,000+ social media followers, and 99,000+ daily email subscribers. Founded the first web-based career coaching membership site, CareerHMO.com, which enables members...

Dave Kerpen is the founder and CEO of Likeable Local, the cofounder and Chairman of Likeable Media, the NY Times Bestselling author of 3 books, an international keynote speaker, and the #1 LinkedIn Influencer of all time in page views, ahead of Bill Gates, Jack Welch, Mark Cuban, and President Barack Obama. Likeable Local, a social media software product for small businesses and Likeable Media is an award-winning social media and word-of-mouth marketing firm with triple digit revenue growth...