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Mack Collier is a social media consultant, and author of The Viral Garden, a blog focusing on marketing and social media. He also is a frequent contributor to the website Marketing Profs, as well as the marketing blog Daily Fix. Known for his "community-first" approach to blogging and social media, Mack focuses on teaching companies how they can use social media to excite and engage their customers, as well as better understand and market to them. Mack is a requested speaker and has advised companies of all sizes on their social media strategies, from small businesses and startups, to companies as large as Dell and Microsoft. His writings have been referenced in several mainstream publications and websites, including The Washington Post, MSNBC.com, Ad Age, CNET, and The Boston Globe.
John is a small business owner and co-owner of The Freestyle Entrepreneur. He started his first business at the age of 23 and a few more after that until he started his most recent company, Custom Communications Publishing which provides newsletters, training, marketing programs, etc to insurance companies. He's also a freelance travel writer and a small business consultant. He's written numerous columns and books focusing on the keys to success for small business owners. All credentials aside, John is someone who loves the freedom, money, challenge and risks associated with owning a small business. He has found that there's nothing better than working for himself and loves helping others who have found the exact same thing.
Kevin is an organization development consultant with ten years experience helping clients achieve business results through human resources planning and development. His past clients have ranged from small organizations with ten employees up to Fortune 100 corporations. Kevin has extensive international experience and has worked with clients in Europe, Africa, and the USA in the pharmaceutical, healthcare, insurance, mining, hospitality, power utility, and transportation industries.
Kevin has coached over one hundred executives and management teams and has designed and facilitated a broad range of leadership and management development programs. He has also helped clients to restructure their organizations due to mergers and acquisitions, and has designed and implemented HR processes such as succession planning, performance management, and learning management systems.
Apart from his consulting experience, Kevin has over fifteen years industry experience with global pharmaceutical and medical equipment corporations as a medical represnentative, product manager, and marketing manager.
Kevin holds a Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Capella University, Minnesota, an M.A. in Management from the University of Kent, England, and a Marketing Diploma from the Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Management at the University of New Haven, CT, teaching graduate level courses in business, leadership, and organizational psychology.
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Noelle joined Logoworks in 2004 to help the company raise its profile as the go-to place for small businesses seeking graphic design. Since joining the company Logoworks has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, Entrepreneur Magazine, Forbes, USA Today, The Early Show, CNN and in hundreds of local newspapers and newscasts.
Noelle started her career working for Connect Public Relations in Utah and later in San Francisco. While at Connect, she worked on large accounts such as Symantec and Lexmark. Later, she returned to Utah to join MWS Agency (now Snapp Norris Group) whose clients included Sorenson Media, Altiris, and vSpring Capital. After her agency experience, Noelle led the public relations efforts for a Salt Lake-based, venture-backed software company. Most recently she was the Director of Corporate Communications reporting to the CEO for an eco-friendly direct sales company with revenues in excess of $600 million. She?s also currently the President of the Utah Valley Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.
As an author, speaker, consultant, and small business owner, Nancy has a strong relationship with hundreds of small business owners nationwide. She understands their unique demands and talents.
Nancy helps this ever-growing consumer group land and maintain long-term client relationships through creative, innovative and strategic sales and marketing strategies.
Most recently Nancy hosted Office Depot's Web Café, a highly effective loyalty-building program. Thousands of small business owners tune in weekly to receive valuable and relevant information on marketing, finances, technology, and other entrepreneurial topics delivered by renowned authors and industry experts. During Office Depot's in-store seminar series, coupon redemption rates were the highest in the history of the company.
Nancy has also spoken in 42 states to more than 30,000 entrepreneurs on behalf of such clients as Office Depot, Merrill Lynch, Fleet Bank, Indoor Tanning Salon Association, Benjamin Franklin Plumbing, and many others.
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