He’s a pioneer in the realm of permission-based marketing. Curt Keller is CEO and founder of one of America’s leading services, Benchmark Email-a company he’s grown from a tiny operation to an international player with branches in the U.S., Taiwan and India. Benchmark Email was created in 2004 as an innovative and affordable, Web-based alternative to other small business-focused email marketing services.

In this segment I visited to get a preview with Rick Frishman about Author 101 University which is a huge upcoming educational seminar coming on October 30 and 31in Las Vegas.

Our guest on this segment spent more than 30 years as a top executive and business owner in the newspaper industry, ultimately starting his own company that published weekly newspapers in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Today, Tom Krekel runs the New Mexico franchise for Renaissance Executive Forums-an international company dedicated to helping top executives accelerate positive change in their businesses and in their lives.
This unique system revolves around a “peer advisory board process” and leverages the collective experience of and expertise of the Forum members to the benefit of a particular individual.

In this segment, we talk with Tonia Tomlin, founder and CEO of Sorted Out. Tonia offers some excellent ideas on how to get organized for both business owners and individuals.

Dr. Charles Ehin is a recognized management and innovation dynamics authority.
An Emeritus Professor of Management at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, USA, Dr. Ehin has authored several groundbreaking management books, including Unleashing Intellectual Capital (Butterworth-Heinemann, 2000), which details how human nature supports or undermines workplace collaboration and innovation, and Hidden Assets: Harnessing the Power of Informal Networks (Springer, 2004), which explains why people can be physically controlled but not managed.

This edition features international speaker, and recognized expert in the field of “Technology Marketing” and “Mortgage Lending”. Chip Cummings.

Our guests on this edition are blazing a new trail in how social networking and relationship technology can work for entrepreneurs around the globe. Adrie Reinders and Marion Freijsen are the co-founders of E-Factor—-a fast-growing, vibrant online community and virtual marketplace designed for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs.

Our guest on this segment believes that effective public relations is the most versatile, cost-effective component of a successful marketing program. Pat Harriman is the founder of The Harriman Group-her company is a full-service public relations agency that designs high- impact PR programs based on the “3Bs” PR strategy—Build the Base, Build the Buzz, Build the Brand.

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.