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Ask an Expert: “How to Name Your Business”on February 21, 2011
As part of our Ask an Expert series, Business Coach Alicia Marie interviews Wendy Phillips with Big Buzz Brands on how to name your business. Wendy discusses the three rules for naming a business, different categories of brand names, the most common mistakes business owners make when naming their business, and much more. Listen to the interview here!
Ask an Expert with Hilary Blair
on February 10, 2011
Hilary has been a teacher and performer for 30+ years. She teaches voice, public speaking, and voice-over for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and the National Theatre Conservatory, and is a professional voice-over artist and actor.
As an educator, Hilary works extensively across the country at a variety of schools, arts centers, and theatres. In addition, she teaches the actor’s at both the University of Denver and Metropolitan State College. As an actor, Hilary has performed throughout New England, New York and Colorado garnering a “Best Of” award in Back Stage West for her role in Stop Kiss. She is an Emmy nominated voice-over artist and continues to work professionally as a radio/commercial actor. Hilary holds an MFA degree from the National Theatre Conservatory and a BA from Yale University. She is an active Toastmaster and a member of VASTA – Voice and Speech Trainers Assoc.
Hilary is a highly sought after private coach for actors and CEO’s alike. Her many clients include top executives, entrepreneurs, news and sports casters, real estate agents, attorneys, politicians, and radio announcers. Hilary has been honored and delighted to be the presentation coach with Count Me In and Make Mine a Million $ Business in cities across the U.S.
Ask an Expert: “How to Build a Million Dollar Business: What Would Your Business Sell For?”
on February 3, 2011
As part of our Ask an Expert series, Business Coach Alicia Marie interviews Brian Walters on several points related to performing business valuations, including what information is needed to perform a valuation; what factors impact the value of a business; and most importantly, what you as a business owner can do to make your business more valuable, and potentially worth much more on the open market.
Brian Walters is the co-founder and CEO of Brian Walters and Associates, a management consulting firm based in Austin, Tx. Mr. Walters has successfully changed the operations and guided the financial performance of businesses all over North America. The company’s commitment is to be an advocate and resource for small, privately held businesses in Central Texas and beyond; to this end, Brian Walters has been instrumental in assisting small businesses to improve their operations and profitability by implementing solutions to issues that typically plague entrepreneurs.
Ask an Expert with Brian Walters, Attorney at Law
on September 23, 2010
Attorney Brian Walters discusses “I own a business…now what?” Alicia Marie asks the basic questions all business owners have such as: What do I do when I am starting a small business? What are my options? DBAs, Corporations, Limited Liability Companies, and partnerships, and the differences between them? What should I know about selling my business in the future? Should I bring on a partner? Should I trade mark my logo? Should an attorney approve my employee contract? What protections should I have as an employer? And much more…
Brian Walters is an attorney licensed to practice law in the state of Texas. The disucssion and information contained in this presentation is for general information purposes only, it is not legal advice, and no listener may rely on the discussion or information contained herein as any form of legal advice. By obtaining, participating in, or listening to this presentation, each user hereby acknoledges and affirms that he or she (or in the case of a business entity, it) will not rely on the infomarmation contained herein as legal advice. Each state has its own unique business laws and regulations and and the discussion contained herein relates solely to the laws of Texas.
Ask An Expert, Annie Jennings PR
on June 1, 2010
Annie Jennings PR is a Strategic Marketing & Publicity firm that offers advanced branding, publicity, marketing, social media creation and integration, promotion and book publicity services to experts and analysts who would like to showcase their expertise via the media.
Clients include CEO’s and C-Suite executives who want to stay visible to their customers, clients and shareholders by being seen and heard in the media commenting on socially relevant issues of the day. Annie Jennings PR also works with authors who wish to share their message with millions using Radio, TV, Internet & Print media.
Annie Jennings PR books experts, analysts, CEO’s, executives and authors on the major media everyday and are well known for offering the most power radio campaign your money can buy, the “10 Million Real Live Listener Radio Campaign” offering bookings on the major player shows in the top markets in the country.
Ask An Expert – Holly George
on April 28, 2010
Strength In Numbers: Collaborate for Big Return on a Small Investment
Every year, most companies make little change to their marketing efforts. Learn how to take different action for different results, and the sales will follow. We’ll discuss collaborative marketing – using unique concepts, media leverage, and laser targeting – to deliver big impact at a fraction of the cost.
Ask An Expert – Dr. Manganiello
on March 25, 2010
New facts on the root causes of stress; including the stress-soul connection
Dr. Jim Manganiello is an award winning clinical psychologist, mindbody scientist, teacher and author. He’s a longtime innovator in the areas of therapy, personal growth, well-being and ‘inner fitness.’ Dr. Jim’ works in-person and by phone with clients. While director of the New England Mindbody Institute and the Center for East-West Psychology, he pioneered special treatment strategies for stress, anxiety and depression. Dr. Jim earned his B.A. and his Ed.D. at Boston University, where he was directly admitted to doctoral candidacy under a full fellowship awarded on the basis of outstanding promise for professional excellence. He completed his clinical internship at Boston City Hospital and went on to teach psychology at Boston University for 5 years.
He also taught and trained therapists at Lesley University Graduate School for an additional 4 years. He has an academic rank of associate professor. At Lesley, he developed the use of holistic mindbody strategies for stress, anxiety and depression resilience and for exceptional personal growth and well-being.Dr. Jim has presented his work on therapy, well-being and deep personal growth worldwide. His work introduced the integration of depth psychology, behavioral medicine and the eastern meditative and contemplative sciences. He is one of the few westerners authorized to bridge and introduce rarely available eastern meditative and healing practices to westerners.
Dr. Jim offers for our listeners and a FREE copy of his e-book The Little Black of Stress Relief Secrets.You can grab it here: www.MesicsTraining.com
Listen as Alicia Marie interviews Dr. Jim on ways to reduce stress!
Ask an Expert with Nina Kaufman
on February 10, 2010
Nina Kaufman demystifies legal mumbo-jumbo to save small businesses time, money, and aggravation. She’s also an award-winning business attorney, speaker, and columnist/blogger for Entrepreneur Magazine online.
Through both her New York City-based law practice and her legal information company, The Legal Edge, LLC, she has spent 15 years successfully navigating thousands of entrepreneurs and small businesses through the legal issues that they face in starting and running their own companies. She advises companies and speaks on subjects ranging from creating business partnerships that work, training clients to pay you, and protecting your intellectual capital online.
Ask an Expert with Carol Adler
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Listen as Alicia Marie interviews Carol Adler: “How to Use the Internet to Market Your Self-Published Hard Copy or eBook.” Carol is the President of Dandelion Books, a full-service publishing company. She is also President and CEO of Dandelion Enterprises, Inc. and President of the International Arts & Media Foundation. Her business experience includes co-ownership of a Palm Beach, FL public relations company and executive management positions in two U.S. rejuvenation and mind/body wellness corporations, for which she founded publishing divisions.
Carol has served as editor of several poetry and literary magazines. Her career experience includes extensive teaching of college-level creative and business writing, and conducting of writing workshops in prisons, libraries, elementary, junior and high schools, and senior citizen centers.
Ask an Expert with Dr. Maria Nemeth
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Maria Nemeth, Ph.D., MCC, a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Master Certified Coach, is an internationally recognized speaker, author and seminar leader. She is the founder and Creative Director of the Academy for Coaching Excellence. For more than 20 years, Dr. Nemeth has trained professional coaches, ministers, clinicians, executives, teachers, and private individuals using the coaching methods and skills that she has designed. Her courses and workshops have been taken by thousands of people who report significant, even miraculous, changes in their lives as a result of her teachings.
Maria is the author of The Energy of Money: A Spiritual Guide to Financial and Personal Fulfillment, which is available in five languages. Her nine-hour audio cassette series, The Energy of Money, won the 1999 Audie Award for Best Personal Development Series. Listen as Alicia Marie interviews Maria on “The Energy of Money.”
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