About Us
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FOUNDING PARTNERS
Sheri McConnell - CEO and Founding Partner
National Association of Women Writers, International Association of Web Entrepreneurs and Create Your Group
Sheri is the CEO of the National Association of Women Writers and the Association of Web Entrepreneurs. She teaches women writers and entrepreneurs how to discover, create, and profit from their intellectual knowledge. She is an entrepreneur, publisher, author, writer, and coach. She has a Masters of Arts in Organizational Management and a Bachelors in Social Work.
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Lisa Manyon - AWE Copywriting Expert and Founding Partner
Lisa Manyon specializes in POWERFULLY communicating business messages to increase results. She is the President of Write On ~ Creative Writing Services, LLC., a professional copywriter and marketing strategist. Manyon’s work has been featured by the National Association of Women Writers, Absolute Write, Copywriting TNT, The Lewiston Tribune and more. Manyon has spent well over 15+ years in the marketing trenches of advertising agencies, radio stations and non profit organizations.
As President and Founder of Write On ~ Creative Writing Services, LLC. Manyon has created a mobile business model that allows her to work and play anywhere she chooses. She currently resides in Lewiston, Idaho with her dog Niko. You can learn more about her business by visiting www.writeoncreative.com or www.lisamanyon.com.
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Marilyn Schwader - AWE Social Media Expert and Founding Partner
Using humor, a strong intuition, and a lifetime of experience, published author and social media coach Marilyn Schwader guides authors, experts, and information product developers from concept through the marketplace, focusing on the emerging technology of social media and social networking to promote their work on the web. Marilyn holds a degree from Oregon State University in Technical Journalism with an emphasis in Business Management. She worked for several years as a technical writer contracting to high tech companies in the United States and Pacific Rim countries before she founded Clarity of Vision, Inc. In the past 8 years, Clarity of Vision, Inc. has published 9 books in a series written by coaches, highlighting principles and ideas supported in the coaching process. The 10th and final book, A Guide to Getting It: Branding & Marketing Mastery is scheduled for publication in October 2008. Visit www.ClarityofVision.com to read Marilyn’s blog, and for more information about her webinars, teaching, and information products.
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Susan Daffron - AWE Web Development Expert and Founding Partner
Susan Daffron is the president of Logical Expressions, Inc. a book and software publishing company in Sandpoint, Idaho. She is the co-author of Web Business Success: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Web Sites That Work and has been working with clients online since 1995. Her web sites have received kudos from USA Today, Tribune Media Services, and the BBC. In addition to Web Business Success, Susan’s has written 8 other books including, Vegan Success: Scrumptious, Healthy Vegan Recipes for Busy People, Happy Hound: Develop a Great Relationship with Your Adopted Dog or Puppy, and Happy Tabby: Develop a Great Relationship with Your Adopted Cat or Kitten and 5 other books on computing topics. Susan is also the President and Founder of the National Association of Pet Rescue Professionals (NAPRP) an association that offers tools and information to help people working in humane organizations save more lives. After adopting her pets, Susan became interested in pet care and humane issues. To further her education, she has been a veterinary assistant and worked at animal shelters as both an employee and volunteer. These experiences led her to form the NAPRP.
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Melanie Benson-Strick - AWE Success Expert
After thirteen years in corporate America, Melanie finally heeded the inner call to unleash her creativity and pursue the American dream – freedom. Luckily for Melanie, she learned a lot about business during her ten years at Motorola. She learned the power of project management, the importance of training your staff to exceed your business standards, and most importantly, she learned how to build relationships and motivate others.
In 2001, Melanie founded Success Connections, a resource center for coaching, consulting and community-building for entrepreneurs and small business owners. Through her own coach, she learned she could take all of her skills, talents and passions, and mentor entrepreneurs to align their power and passion to generate profits. Realizing that true success doesn’t just happen by chance, Melanie saw a need in the entrepreneurial community for people to receive specialized training, not only in running a small business, but also towards the development and achievement of their life goals. Click here to visit Melanie Benson Strick-Success Connections.
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Gina Bell - AWE Networking Expert
Gina Bell is co-Founder of Networking Masters International, creator of D!VA Women’s Network, and GetYourYearInGear.com; co-author to “The Power of Mentorship for the Home Based Business” and “The Networking Masters to the Rescue” series of books as well as forthcoming author to “I am Diva: The Essence of Extraordinary Women”.
For years, Gina has been teaching entrepreneurs how to effectively leverage their networks and accelerate their success thru purposeful networking and relationship building strategies. Her clients enjoy increased business thru face-to-face and online networking; finding referral partners; developing win-win strategic alliances and creating profitable joint ventures.
Gina is highly passionate about helping her clients breakthrough barriers such as negative mindsets and self-limiting beliefs. Gina’s “Believability Makeover Program” is a must for entrepreneurs who feel stuck and don’t know why.
Is your networking not working? Get Your FREE Networking Success Kit (including access to our networking and mastermind forums) at: www.TheNetworkingMasters.com
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Erin Blaskie - AWE Virtual Assistant Expert
In August of 2004, she launched her virtual assistance business - Business Services, ETC - and began virtually servicing clients from around the world. She attracted clients almost instantly and within six months of the business’ debut, she left the corporate world and focused solely on her virtual assistance business.
Today, Erin assists some of the top internet entrepreneurs and business owners with their administrative and technical needs. She provides a wide variety of services and acts as a business partner to her clients instead of just a task-based provider. In the past six months, she has written a variety of e-books, produced a number of new and exciting ventures and has been featured as a guest expert on different teleseminars.
The future is bright for this entrepreneur who, in her early twenties, has already had the opportunity to learn from the brightest, work alongside the driven and has been supported by a great network of both friends and colleagues. Click here to visit Erin Blaskie-Business Services, Etc.
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Lifestyle Expert, Kim Fulcher, has been dubbed America’s Reinvention Coach. She is the founder, president and CEO of Compass Life and Business Designs, a professional coaching, training, and publishing company. Her work as an entrepreneur, company leader, author, speaker, and professional coach has resulted in her national recognition as an expert in personal and professional success.
Kim works with her clients to revitalize and balance their busy lives, deepen their family connections, and establish passion and purpose in their lives and work. She speaks to organizations throughout The United States on subjects ranging from leadership to life balance. She is the author of the upcoming book “Remodel Your Reality; Seven Steps to Rebalance Your Life and Reclaim Your Passion” and co-author of “Lead With Purpose. Live With Passion. A Femalepreneur’s Guide to Small Business Success”.
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Stefanie Hartman - AWE Niche Marketing Expert
Considered one of North America’s most influential entrepreneurial mentors, Stefanie Hartman is known as “The Expert’s Expert” to help you get clients, skyrocket sales, and become famous in your niche or field. CEO of Centaur Strategies, Stefanie founded the entrepreneur’s “Millionaires-in-Training Mentorship Program” that literally teaches you how to re-invent yourself, become a published expert, and create a six-to-seven-figure annual income selling information you already have! Learn the behind-the-scenes marketing, business and profit secrets from the “marketing expert to the guru’s.” www.mitprogram.com www.PrivateJVClub.com Click here to visit Stefanie Hartman-Millionaires In Training.
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Andrea Lee - AWE Multiple Streams Expert
Andrea’s experience with small businesses started at age 11 when she helped her Dad sort receipts and enter them by hand into a blue ledger book. Since then she has helped businesses around the world reach six and seven figure financial success while creating lives rich with meaning and laughter. Along with her previous print publications, “Multiple Streams of Coaching Income”, “Money Meaning and Beyond” and “Pink Spoon Marketing” (with Tina Forsyth), Andrea mentors, teaches, coaches and writes from her home in Calgary, Alberta. Having run multiple businesses of her own since 1997, Andrea loves her work – and – never likes to be too far from her husband Mike, two Vizslas Chili and Reka or her ping pong club. Andrea continues to be a thought-leader in the field of personal and business coaching and is writing two new titles for coaches to be released in the next year. Click here to visit Andrea Lee-Multiple Streams of Income.
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Christina Merkley - AWE SHIFT-IT Expert Expert
Christina is a Graphic Coach and Graphic Facilitator specializing in Strategic Planning and Visioning. Having worked for such notable companies as BBC, Readers Digest Funds, eBay and Stanford University, she uses interactive, visual thinking processes to literally draw the best thinking out of organizations, groups and individuals.
Creator of the SHIFT-IT Graphic Coaching Process, after years in San Francisco, she is now based in charming Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. For more information, visit www.shift-it-coach.com. Click here to visit Christina Merkley-Shift-It Coaching.
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Alexis Martin Neely - AWE Legal Business Expert
Over the past 5 years, Alexis Martin Neely has built two million dollar businesses of her own from the ground up, so she understands the needs of new and established entrepreneurs. Today, she is America’s Personal Family Lawyer. As the founder of the Family Wealth Planning Institute, the bestselling author of “Wear Clean Underwear! A Fast, Fun, Friendly - and Essential - Guide to Legal Planning for Busy Parents”, and the creator of www.KidsProtectionPlan.com, Alexis’ mission is to revolutionize the world of financial and estate planning for families and change the way Americans think about lawyers.
After experiencing the devastation of documents only legal work and the impact of a failed estate plan in her own family and then discovering that is the norm today, Alexis knew she had to teach lawyers and families how to plan with a whole different perspective. Her passion for changing the industry’s standard has earned her recognition as a Super Lawyer Rising Star in Los Angeles Magazine and as one of Worth Magazine’s Top 100 Lawyers. Alexis can be seen weekly on Better TV as there Family Financial and Legal Expert and every now and then on NBC’s Today Show, ABC’s View from the Bay, the CBS Early Show and Fox & Friends.
Alexis is a blogger on several sites, including The Intrepid Mompreneur (www.AlexisMartinNeely.com), LA Moms Blog (www.lamomsblog.com), and she publishes a weekly online magazine at www.FamilyWealthSecrets.com.
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Raleigh Pinskey - AWE Visibility Expert
Raleigh Pinskey began her high visibility career in 1980 as founder and President of Raleigh Communications. Her client history includes Sting, KIIS, Blondie, McCartney, the first Chicken Soup for the Soul, Fit for Life Solution, Lisa Delman’s Letters From the Heart, many authors, books and information products. Raleigh Pinskey is known as a book title strategist, , a branding expert, an 8-second media pitch magician, a book visibility coach. Sign up for your free High Visibility Branding Tips Online newsletter at www.PromoteYourself.com Click here to visit Raleigh Pinskey-Promote Yourself.
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Dan Poynter - AWE Self-Publishing Expert
Dan Poynter does not want you to die with a book still inside you. You have the ingredients and he has your recipe. Dan has written more than 100 books since 1969 including Writing Nonfiction and The Self-Publishing Manual. For more help on book writing, see www.ParaPublishing.com
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Penny Sansevieri - AWE Virtual Tour Expert
Penny C. Sansevieri, CEO and founder of Author Marketing Experts, Inc., is a best-selling author and internationally recognized book marketing and media relations expert. Her company is one of the leaders in the publishing industry and has developed some of the most cutting-edge book marketing campaigns. She is the author of five books, including Book to Bestseller which has been called the “road map to publishing success.”
To learn more about Penny’s books or her promotional services, you can visit her at www.amarketingexpert.com.
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Vickie Sullivan - AWE Speaking Expert
Since 1987, Vickie K. Sullivan, President of Sullivan Speaker Services, has generated millions of dollars in speaking fees, book advances and ancillary income for her clients. The company’s scope leads clients to pump up revenue streams and penetrate the marketplace through message development and positioning, while identifying who and how to approach the most profitable outlets for dissemination. SSS even helps with the conversations that open discussions and seal the deal. Click here to visit Vicki Sullivan-Sullivan Speaker
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Adam Urbanski - AWE Info-Product Expert
Adam Urbanski, Founder and President of Marketing Mentors Inc., teaches service professionals and entrepreneurs how to Attract Clients and Profits Like Crazy™.
For ideas how to develop and sell your own information products, create a more effective marketing plan, and more free marketing tips visit his website at www.theMarketingMentors.com or click here Adam Urbanski-The Marketing Mentors.
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Viki Viertel - AWE Time Management Expert
Time Management survival is no easy task, ESPECIALLY for the entrepreneur. Yet somehow Viki Viertel has mastered, like no other, to do the seemingly impossible… To run her life, run a full medical teaching career, and run her own full time successful consulting business.
You can find out more about Viki and how her expertise will make a world of difference in your business! Go to www.thebusinessbuddha.com and sign up for her free E-zine.
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Wendy Weiss - AWE Sales Expert
Wendy Weiss, The Queen of Cold Calling, is an author, speaker, sales trainer, and sales coach. She is recognized as one of the leading authorities on lead generation, cold calling and new business development and she helps clients speed up their sales cycle, reach more prospects directly and generate more sales revenue. Her clients include Avon Products, ADP, Sprint and thousands of entrepreneurs throughout the country.
Wendy has been featured in BusinessWeek, Entrepreneur Magazine, Selling Power, Sales & Marketing Management and various other business and sales publications. She is also a featured author in two recently released books, Masters of Sales and Top Dog Sales Secrets.
Wendy is the author of the book, Cold Calling for Women. She is also a former ballet dancer who believes that everything she knows in life she learned in ballet class. Click here to visit Wendy Weiss-Cold Calling Queen.
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Laura West - AWE Joyful Business Expert
Laura Howard West is a certified professional coach, writer, speaker and the President and Chief Creative Officer of The Center for Joyful Business. She is the creator of The Joyful Business Guide™, a creative business planing system using law of attraction tools and smart business principles designed for solo-entrepreneurs and business owners to create more passion, purpose and prosperity.
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