John Hayes has worked in the franchise community as a consultant, franchisee and franchisor since 1979. He is the author of several franchise-related books and countless articles that have appeared in media worldwide. Dr. Hayes has served as an advisor to franchisors, franchisees and small business owners internationally. His areas of expertise include management development, marketing, customer service, training, and strategic planning.

Melanie Rembrandt has published more than 200 articles related to e-commerce, technology, HR, small business, entertainment, and more.
She’s the founder of Rembrandt Communications, LLC , a public-relations consultancy that specializes in helping small-business owners get the national media attention they need via targeted public relations and SEO copywriting efforts.

Our guest on this segment says that amidst the economic downturn in the real estate markets, there will be a new category of survivors, people who will use this down market to advance themselves and their businesses. Loraine Dyson has been a marketing expert in the Southern California real estate and business arena for the past 25 years, and she’s the author of Dare To Succeed as A Woman in Real Estate.

Dave Larson has spent nearly 40 years as an entrepreneur and worked for such major corporations such as DuPont, American Express, Kodak, Gerber Scientific and Agfa.

He’s the author of several books and sought-after for his expertise in marketing, promotions, sales, distribution and operations. Today David is the President and Co-founder of the Small Business Company. Founded in November 2002, —- the company provides affordable and powerful products (books and interactive CDs) and services to over 50 million small and home based business owners.

Our guest on this addition a 15-year veteran radio host and entrepreneur. He started his first business at age 21, which he built and sold a few years later. Kent Covington has been providing radio and marketing consulting services to various organizations ever since. He currently serves as President of Embark Business Advancement, a company that provides guidance and marketing services to small and midsize businesses.

Jon Wuebben is a copywriter, speaker and online marketing leader. He is the President and CEO of Telegent Media, LLC, Encore Publishing and Custom Copywriting, one of the fastest growing online content providers in the industry, having written copy for the Fortune 100, small startups and hundreds of mid-sized organizations. Top companies call upon him for online marketing consultation. Jon has an MBA in International Marketing from Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management and a BS in Management from California State University, Chico. He is the author of Content Rich: Writing Your Way to Wealth on the Web and speaks at business conferences and association meetings around the country.

Nationally known as The Small Business Professor, Bruce Freeman is a syndicated small business columnist for Scripps Howard News Service. His column, Ask the Small Business Professor, is distributed to 400 newspapers in the US and Canada and read by more than 20 million people. In 2006, Bruce received the journalist of the year award (NJ) from the US Small Business Administration. He’s the co-author of Birthing the Elephant, and has received awards for teaching excellence at the Stillman School of Business, Seton Hall University.

A leading sales strategist … a thought leader in B2B sales … author of a bestselling book … an in-demand sales speaker who provides much needed wake-up calls to sales organizations … and a passionate spokesperson for turning the sales force into a competitive advantage. Jill Konrath joins us in this segment to discuss how to sell to big companies.

Our guest on this segment is an expert Business Analyst and Consultant Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, Columnist, and Radical Sales and Marketing Professional. Tom Marquardt, The Profit Repairman helps small businesses start up, grow up, turnaround, survive and succeed. His new book is entitled, MY LITTLE BLACK BOOK TO SUCCESS.

Our guest on this segment is the founder and President of eBoot Camp, Inc., an education company that provides people with the knowledge and skills to effectively market their business on the Web.