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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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Bill Diffenderffer has been an attorney who has led billion dollar financial transactions, a Partner in IBM’s Business Consulting Services Group where he was a leader of its global travel and transportation practice, a professor who taught MBA classes, and the CEO of two travel technology companies, one of which was then the world’s third largest provider of computer reservation systems for the travel industry. In 2005, as CEO, he started up the ultra low cost Skybus Airlines.

He also is the author of The Samurai Leader: Winning Business Battles with the Wisdom, Honor and Courage of the Samurai Code. That book is selling worldwide and has been translated into eight other languages. His new novel, A Bank of Last Resort, is his first, so long as one doesn’t count the four other manuscripts gathering dust in his closet which never made it out to the world. This novel was born in the first week of March 2009 as he watched Fox News and was appalled at the headlines chronicling the Government’s actions in taking control over the nation’s largest banks.

He is now at work on the Go America Project which started as an idea in his novel and has now evolved from a work of fiction to an organization in the real world engaged in helping America regain its economic vitality, develop more and better jobs, and support the Small Business community where so much of our business innovation and dynamism is found. It is based on the idea that our Founding Fathers knew what they were doing and we need to get back to their vision of America, as amended by Abraham Lincoln.

Join Alicia Marie as she interviews Bill on “Staying ‘True’ to Self in the World of Business.”

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Mark Leonard offers inside information about the realities of the franchise world to prospective franchisees.

In 2001, Mark conducted research on hundreds of franchise opportunities and chose to acquire 3 franchise locations of a highly rated franchise system in the San Francisco Bay Area. He participated very actively in the franchisee community, including being elected to the Board of Directors of the regional Franchisee Advertising Fund, and he was also Chairperson of the Northern California Materials Council. After selling his franchises, he wrote 7 Steps to Buying a Profit-Generating Franchise to help prospective franchisees make good franchise investment decisions.

Listen as Alicia Marie interviews Mark: “Is Buying a Franchise Right For You?”

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Chris Hurn is currently CEO/Co-founder of Mercantile Capital Corporation (MCC) where his firm specializes in providing the highest cash-on-cash return financing for business owners and entrepreneurs buying commercial property. His company was on the 2007 Inc. 500 list of America’s fastest growing companies. To date, MCC has closed commercial loans in 33 states for over $385 million in total project costs and has been voted “Best Place to Work” by the Orlando Business Journal for 4 years running.

Chris is well known for his innovative marketing achievements and continues to coach and consult nationally with various business owners and entrepreneurs. He is a frequent speaker and writer for national events and publications, and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Inc. Magazine, BusinessWeek, L.A. Times, Forbes, the Sacramento Bee, the Orlando Sentinel, Scotsman Guide, Franchise Times and many other regional and nationally-recognized trade publications, as well as in six business books to date.

Listen as Alicia Marie interviews Chris Hurn on “Magnetic Marketing.”

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Julie Arnold has 16 years of experience in developing advertising, public relations and marketing solutions for clients in a broad range of activities.

Since joining Griffin Marketing in 2005, Julie has developed and implemented a statewide marketing campaign in Florida for the Space Plate and coordinated a live web cast in conjunction with Yuri’s Night– a worldwide event hosted in 35 countries that honored Yuri Gagarin, the first human to go into space. She also serves a key role on the Coalition for Space Exploration account, overseeing web strategy, content, social and e-marketing.

In her role as Social Media Manager, she develops strategy, defines tools and tactics, trains and consults with clients on all aspects of social media and social networking. Listen as Alicia Marie interviews Julie on these topics in “I Have Facebook & Twitter… What’s Next?”

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Merry Nachemin is the owner and of Extreme Elegance Image Consultants. Merry is a Certified Image Consultant, having earned her certification from the prestigious Fashion Institute of Technology. She is known for and has been professionally trained in cosmetics application. Capitalizing on her observation that in our culture ”beauty is power”, she has added a sophisticated line of treatment-oriented cosmetics and skin care to her repetoire of products and services.

Currently, in addition to seeing private clients, Ms. Nachemin regularly dresses models for the runways during Fashion Week in Bryant Park and other venues. She has worked with models for designers as diverse as Betsey Johnson, Valentino and Carolina Herrera, among others. While she does work with models and actors, she also works with people in all fields who have the wish to improve their image and get ahead. Her clientele includes men and women in various occupations such as physical therapists, teachers, social workers and graphic artists.

Listen as Alicia Marie interviews Merry on the way fashion trends can give you the edge in your career.

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Ann Marie Archer is the founder and CEO of Archer & Associates and has 25 years of experience in recruiting, team building and consulting with technology firms.   She has developed, launched, and cultivated on-site consulting and staffing practices for numerous Fortune 1000 companies. Ann Marie is a highly sought after business speaker. She brings recruiting and HR best practices to her clients to ensure the end result is a best-in-class organization, hiring and building successful teams with efficiency and cost-effectiveness. It is this knowledgeable and personalized approach that enables Ms. Archer to successfully meet the strategic staffing needs of her clients while contributing to the success of everyone involved.

Listen as Alicia Marie interviews Ann Marie on these principles in “Our Market is Full of Talent; Time to Build a Dream Team?”

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Diana Mercer, Esq. is an Attorney-Mediator and the founder of Peace Talks Mediation Service in Los Angeles, CA. A veteran litigator, she now devotes her practice solely to mediation. Outgoing and down-to-earth, she makes clients and attorneys feel at ease in solving family and divorce disputes.

Diana is the co-author of Your Divorce Advisor: A Lawyer and a Psychologist Guide You Through the Legal and Emotional Landscape of Divorce. She’s an advanced Practitioner Member of the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) and is admitted to practice law in California, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and before the Supreme Court of the United States. Listen as Alicia Marie interviews Diana on “7 Keys to Resolving Conflicts at Work”.

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Barbara Stanny is the leading authority on women and money. Her mission– revolutionize women’s relationship with money. As a bestselling author, sought after speaker, workshop facilitator, and money & wealth coach, Barbara has helped millions take charge of their finances and life.

Barbara’s background in business, her years as a journalist, her Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology, her extensive research, and her own dramatic experience with money give her a unique and powerful perspective on women’s financial issues. She has been featured on Good Morning America, The View, Extra, The O’Reilly Report, and many times on CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, Fox News, PBS, and NPR, as well as the New York Times, and USA Today. Listen in as Alicia Marie interviews Barbara on “Overcoming Underearning”.

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Listen as Alicia Marie is interviewed by Patricia Raskin on Positive Living Radio. Alicia discusses how she helps clients tackle the business challenges they face and how to maintain healthy lifestyles.

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Ellen Rohr’s passion for  business building began when she nearly sunk her own family’s business. Through the help of wonderful mentors, she learned how to keep track of the money… and make lots of it. In turn, she has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs start, fix and grow extraordinary companies.

Ellen is the author of three business basics books. She has sold over 50,000 copies of  Where Did the Money Go?– Accounting Basics for the Business Owner Who Hates Numbers, and How Much Should I Charge?– Pricing Basics for Making Money Doing What You Love. Her latest endeavor is called The Bare Bones Biz Plan, a simple, easy-to-use program for crafting your vision and creating freedom with your extraordinary business.

Listen as Alicia Marie interviews Ellen on “How Much Should I Charge?– Pricing Basics for Making Money Doing What You Love!”

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Adam Urbanski, president of Marketing Mentors, is a results-driven marketig strategist teaching business owners and professionals how to develop and implement more effective ways to attract new customers and clients. He is the author of several best-selling marketing programs and frequently facilitates marketing training workshops and teleclasses.

Listen in as Alicia Marie interviews Adam on “The Secrets of Attraction Marketing: How to Make Clients Come to You.”

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Dr. Relly Nadler, world-renowned executive coach and speaker, built his star-performer reputation working with thousands of leaders using the principles of Emotional Intelligence. He has the extensive knowledge and in-depth experience gained in the trenches of the play-for-keeps battlefield. In his new book, Leaders’ Playbook, Dr. Nadler provides a hands on curriculum to develop emotional intelligence in leaders and their team. He has refined and organized what he learned over 30 years into a usable guide for executives, managers, coaches… anyone who wants to be a star performer and lead others to stellar results.

Listen as Alicia Marie interviews Relly on “How to Apply Emotional Intelligence: Keys to Great Leadership.”

Emotional Quotient assessments are available through Profit Consulting. Please email us at emotions@profitconsultingco.com for more information.

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Listen in as Alicia Marie interviews David Snell, principal of Snell Communications and author of the popular new eBook, Mike Fright: How to Succeed in Media Interviews When a Mike Wallace Wannabe Comes Calling.

His eBook is based on a rich mix of experiences including 13 years as a correspondent for ABC News, three years as a Public Information Director of a large urban university, and more than 20 years helping Fortune 500 Companies, government agencies and law firms imporove their communications in presentations and media interviews.

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Listen in as Alicia Marie interviews Rod McKinnis, founder of The McKinnis Consulting Group and author of the book, Sales is Simple—From Luck to Leverage. Rod is considered one of the top sales management consultants in the country and the authority on Sales Management Training. As a Global Fortune 500 Executive, Rod grew a $40B business unit 50% in just 18 months. The conversion is legendary and enabled him to become the youngest officer of a 150 year old bank - 5th largest in North America.

Rod has a powerful gift for teaching advanced sales techniques, while discarding unnecessary complication. His lessons are as entertaining as they are enlightening. He shows how great sales impressions are forged in just 15 seconds. McKinnis provides the tools to establish an immediate rapport in sales encounters and gain the leverage to make closing the deal look easy.

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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.

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Listen in while Ashley Whittenberger with Interiority Complex interviews Alicia Marie on Being in business– The art of mindful business planning.

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Gwen Griffin, director of Griffin Marketing talks about marketing your small business. Of the two hats she must wear as Griffin’s leader extraordinaire – agency operations and client relations – Gwen loves to don her client chapeau!  Her brain craves the strategic planning process and truly helping make a difference for her clients.  She’s a machine under pressure and the one you want in charge when it comes to crisis communications and issues management.  And she is often found scrolling through her rolodex to connect the dots between clients for the benefit of all.  To her, it’s all about the service; a mantra she applies to everyone she encounters — from clients and employees to family and friends! 

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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.

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Michelle began her career working in the disciplines of finance & statistical analysis. Today, her passion and expertise is focused on international trade and manufacturing project management. She has applied her skills to help international companies streamline their manufacturing and business operations. She has worked with such diverse countries as Singapore, China, Cambodia, Mexico, New Zealand, Italy, Iceland and Scotland. She is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt, certified in project management, and holds an MBA with a focus on international business. She currently sits on the board of directors for the National Association of Women Business Owners, Buffalo/Niagara, and has recently been awarded the 2008 entrepreneur of the year award by the Western New York YWCA.  Michelle is also the United States Ambassador for the international business networking organization, Connected-Women.com.  You can visit Expedient Trade’s website at www.expedienttrade.com and view their international business profile at http://www.connected-women.com/en/directory/view/expedient.

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Douglas Plummer teaches us how to use a scorecard for our business.

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Brenda studied to become a registered dietitian at the University of Idaho to not only get her own lifestyle on a healthy plan, but to help motivate others, because she has a deep understanding of how difficult it can be to make a lifestyle change. While working as a clinical dietitian at St. David’s medical Center, she studied at Texas Culinary Academy to become a chef.  In addition to her medical and personal chef experience She has taught classes at Williams-Sonoma, Gold’s Gym, and Literacy Austin.

As a business owner herself .She has discovered the connection between her healthy lifestyle and the health of her business.  Join us for a healthy dialogue about a healthy you and a healthy business!

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Recruit, Hire, Retain 

Certified Speaking Professional Mel Kleiman is North America’s leading authority on how best to recruit, select, and retain top-quality employees.

A renowned consultant, speaker, author, and trainer for over 25 years, Mel is also the founder and president of Humetrics, a leading developer of systems, training processes, and tools for recruiting, selecting, and retaining an exceptional workforce.

A demonstrated leader in HR thought, Mel has authored numerous research studies and white papers. His articles have appeared in dozens of trade and professional journals and he is a regular contributor to Area Developer, Restaurant Hospitality and Convenience Store Decisions.

Mel earned the prestigious National Speakers Association Certified Speaking Professional designation in 1996 and is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management.

Mel’s books include the bestselling Hire Tough, Manage Easy; as well as 267 Hire Tough Interview Questions, 180 Ways to Build a Magnetic Culture; Recruit Smarter, Not Harder and “So, You Got the Job…..Now What?

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