Speakers 2010

Michael Gerber

Bestselling Author of E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It

Michael E. Gerber is the founder and CEO of E-Myth Worldwide, based in Santa Rosa, California. He is also the bestselling author of The E-Myth Contractor, The Power Point, The E-Myth, The E-Myth Revisited, and The E-Myth Manager.

John Jantsch

Bestselling Author of The Referral Engine and Duct Tape Marketing

John Jantsch is a marketing and digital technology coach, award winning social media publisher and author of Duct Tape Marketing and The Referral Engine. His Duct Tape Marketing Blog was chosen as a Forbes favorite for small business and marketing and is a Harvard Business School featured marketing site.

Ali Brown

Founder and CEO of Ali International LLC

Ali Brown is fast becoming regarded as the voice for women in business and success. Ali has been featured as an expert in numerous books, publications, and on TV. She was named one of 2010’s Enterprising Women of the Year and ranked on Forbes.com as the #1 Woman for Entrepreneurs to Follow on Twitter. Ali is dedicated to helping women start and grow their own businesses via her coaching and publishing company the Millionaire Protégé Club; her female-centric Ali Magazine; her online Ali Boutique; and Shine, her annual fall conference.

Bill Glazer

Author of Outrageous Advertising that's Outrageously Successful

Bill Glazer is the President of Glazer-Kennedy Insider's Circle™, Best Selling Author, Professional Speaker, Marketing Consultant and Coach, and a much sought-after copywriter. After 30-years of 'in-the-trenches' work with his own hugely successful businesses he perfected his unusually effective advertising (i.e. Outrageous) combined with Direct Response marketing that routinely receives outstanding responses.

Clate Mask

NY Times Bestselling Author of Conquer the Chaos

Clate is the co-founder and CEO of Infusionsoft, the leading provider of Email Marketing 2.0 software for small businesses. His company has appeared on the Inc. 500 list for three consecutive years and Clate is frequently recognized in national and local publications including: USA Today, Forbes.com, Entrepreneur Magazine, Wall Street Journal and MSNBC.

Scott Martineau

NY Times Bestselling Author of Conquer the Chaos

Scott is the co-founder and VP of Customer Experience at Infusionsoft. He is a technologist at heart and is driven by his vision: to create an easier way for entrepreneurs to run their small businesses.

Donavon Roberson

Culture Evangelist, Zappos

As the culture evangelist for Zappos.com and Zappos Insights, Donavon spends a great deal of time assisting business owners in creating strong and actionable cultures that make sense for their company while benefiting their employees and customers. He’s been with Zappos.com for over three years and has a strong desire to continue to make the brand a huge success while being a great example for other businesses.

Pamela Slim

Author of Escape from Cubicle Nation: From Corporate Prisoner to Thriving Entrepreneur

Pamela Slim is a seasoned coach and writer who helps frustrated employees in corporate jobs break out and start their own business. Her blog, Escape from Cubicle Nation, is one of the top career and marketing blogs on the web.

Brian Johnson

Chief Operating Officer of Strategic Profits

Brian is a highly motivated leader with extensive business experience in small to medium sized companies. He has outstanding skills in operations, management, marketing, sales, team leadership and technology. He has been the “go to guy” in helping many companies become profitable.

Starr Hall

CEO, SmartyVA.com and StarrHall.com

Starr is an international publicist and social networking efficiency expert. She is a regularly featured columnist for Entrepreneur magazine dot com as well as the host of a successful national talk radio show- Keeping Company. Starr has over 1200 direct relationships with editors, writers and segment producers worldwide and has secured coverage for herself and her clients in media outlets including Oprah mag, LA Times, Wall Street Journal, Good Morning America and The Today Show.

Mark Victor Hansen

Best-selling Author of The One Minute Millionaire and The Power of Focus

Mark serves as the Chief Executive Officer of M.V. Hansen & Associates, Inc., Co-Founder of Chicken Soup for the Soul Enterprises, Inc and President of One Minute Millionaire, LLC. He is an enthusiastic crusader of what's possible and is driven to make the world a better place.

Rich Sloan

Author of StartupNation: America’s Leading Entrepreneurial Experts Reveal the Secrets to Building a Blockbuster Business

Rich is the chief “startupologist” and co-founder of StartupNation, a leading online business advice, networking and small business services website for entrepreneurs. He is recognized by major media outlets as one of America’s most knowledgeable small business experts and has provided breakthrough advice to thousands via StartupNation.com and the nationally syndicated talk show, StartupNation Radio.

Shama Kabani

President, Marketing Zen Group and Author of The Zen of Social Media Marketing

Dubbed "an online marketing shaman" and "a millennial master of the universe" by Fast Company, Shama is the President of The Marketing Zen Group, a full service web marketing firm. She's the author of The Zen of Social Media Marketing. When not working directly with clients, Shama travels the world speaking on social media marketing.

Jenna Ryan

Founder, The Marketing Shop and DotJenna.com

“dotJenna” is considered a Thinker, Futurist and Entrepreneur. She’s also a writer, speaker, web developer and a sales & marketing expert. Her purpose on this planet is to be an Author / Speaker, inspiring the world with her unconventional ideas and practical advice. She runs at least 50 Client Websites, 10 Blogs, 5 Facebook Pages and more. She’s building a Community of people who are working together to help one another increase the quality of our lives through the implementation of effective social media, sales & marketing.

MaryEllen Tribby

Founder and CEO of WorkingMomsOnly.com

MaryEllen is the proud Founder and CEO of Working Moms Only .com, the world’s leading newsletter and website for the empowerment of the working mom. Because of her impressive track record of generating revenues and profits, MaryEllen is known in the Information Publishing world as “The Money Honey.” Her first book – which she co-authored with Michael Masterson is, Changing the Channel: 12 Easy Ways to Make Millions For Your Business. It hit #1 on Amazon.com within just 10 hours of its release.

Bill Walsh

CEO and Founder, Powerteam International

As an accomplished author, speaker, radio personality and movie celebrity, Bill has the background to connect instantly with the audience by sharing the mindset, methods and systems required to win really big in the current economy. For everyone that owns a business or would like to capitalize the entrepreneurial dream, his message will enlighten them with knowledge and action principles to turn that passion into success! Bill has an extensive background in foreign currency trading, real estate development and building businesses in more than 30 countries.

Jeremy Schoemaker

Founder of the ShoeMoney Media Group

In 2003, Jeremy started his own business, began writing the blog (ShoeMoney.com. On the blog, Jeremy shares his ups and downs in the world of online marketing to a loyal daily readership of over 30,000 people. ShoeMoney.com has been named the Best Affiliate Marketing Blog and ranks in Technorati’s top 50 blogs for the past three years.

Travis Campbell

Founder, MarketingProfessor.com

Travis Campbell is a professional online marketer who teaches people how to make the most of their online marketing without all the hype. With 15 years of consulting experience, Travis helps clients make the most of their online presence through effective strategy and marketing automation solutions, he also operates the site www.MarketingProfessor.com

Jermaine Griggs

Founder of Head and Play Music

Jermaine Griggs is a minister, musician, entrepreneur, and public speaker. At the tender age of 16, he decided to focus on his passion and started Hear and Play Music, an instructional music company specializing in teaching piano by ear. Eight years later, over 2 million aspiring musicians download his online lessons every year and over 200,000 loyal students receive his regular newsletters.

Bob Britton

President and Fonder, Infusion Coaching Group

Bob Britton is an accomplished entrepreneur with 19 year’s experience creating, building and growing both brick-and-mortar companies as well as online businesses. With over a decade of experience as a nationally recognized speaker, author and marketer, Bob reached the pinnacle of his career this year by winning the prestigious title of Infusionsoft “Ultimate Marketer” in a highly competitive competition.

Kyle Leavitt

President and Co-founder, Infused Systems

As former Director of Sales at Infusionsoft, Kyle helped lead the company to 917% revenue growth from 2005 to 2008. He left in April of 2008 to create Infused Systems, an Infusionsoft partner that enhances the Infusionsoft experience through add-on software and services. Since that time, Infused Systems has grown by 609% and helped more than 800 Infusionsoft customers. Kyle is passionate about simplifying and automating operational processes, providing great service, and finding creative ways to increase profit margins.