The Mark Kohler Show

This is my once a month show where I answer tax and legal questions for your small business or real estate deals.  If I don't have the answer during the show, I'll get it and send it back out to the listening audience.  PLEASE email me your questions in advance or during the show to mark@markjkohler.com, or call during the show join us with your live questions.  THANKS!! Mark

Jon Rognerud came to this country over 25 years ago as a musician. While he was playing in Hollywood and working in recording studio sessions, he found a job with a technology company in Culver City. The music didn’t pay the bills, but software sure did! He learned to program in several software languages and began helping people and companies with software applications and database problems. Today, he is a full-time Internet Marketer and consultant. He published his first web page in 1995. His new book "The Unlimate Guide to Search Engine Optimization" help his readers drive traffic, boost conversion rates and make tons of money while doing so.  JOIN US LIVE!!

As many of you know, this is one of the most critical strategies in tax planning we recommend at our firms.  In our opinion, Self Directing your Retirement Plan is a must for saving taxes and building wealth.  Today we will be joined by special guest Curtis DeYoung, President of American Pension Services.  Curtis is a dynamic speaker and advocate of cutting edge strategies in creatively using your retirement plan.  We are going to do our best to break down any new ideas, strategies, laws and current issues for Self Directing in 2011.  Please email me any questions or comments you may have in advance, and we will also be taking live questions during the program. 

Today's Special Guest, Brian Reardon is the Executive Director of the S Corporation Association. He joined the S Corporation Association after serving as a Special Assistant to President George W. Bush for economic policy, where he was the principal tax aide at the President’s National Economic Council. Prior to serving on the White House staff, Mr. Reardon was Staff Director and Chief Economist for the Senate Republican Policy Committee.  Mr. Reardon has also been lead tax lobbyist with the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) and an aide to Senator Spencer Abraham (R-MI).  The S Corporation Association is the only organization in Washington D.C. exclusively devoted to promoting and protecting the interests of America’s 4.5 million S corporation owners. Since its inception in 1996, S-Corp has scored numerous legislative victories as it acts as the “eyes and ears” for the America’s S-Corp community.  Our mission is to protect America’s small and family-owned businesses from excessive taxes and government mandates while working to ensure America’s most popular corporate structure remains competitive in the Twenty-First Century.

This is my once a month show where I answer tax and legal questions for your small business or real estate deals.  If I don't have the answer during the show, I'll get it and send it back out to the listening audience.  PLEASE email me your questions in advance or during the show to mark@markjkohler.com, or call during the show join us with your live questions.  THANKS!! Mark

W/ Special Guest Dan Lindsay   Helping people clarify their goals and then actually achieve them is what Dan Lindsey is all about. Whether you are interested in capital growth, preservation or somewhere in between, Dan enjoys exploring the options and helping design a solution that is unique to each member.   Since he is also an investor he understands the benefits as well as the challenges of owning investment residential real estate.

Chris Forbes – Guerrilla Marketing for Nonprofits - The nonprofit sector has increased by 65%--a flood of new organizations are vying for donations, competing for volunteers, and carving out their share of the marketplace. Co-authors Frank Adkins, Chris Forbes and Jay Levinson shows nonprofit marketers how to gain the competitive edge they need by replacing their lack of money with the power of time, energy, imagination, and information—allowing them to maximize their impact and raise more money!   Chris Forbes is a certified Guerrilla Marketing coach specializing in nonprofit marketing. He frequently consults within the Southern Baptist Convention with 16 million + members

The Power of Loyalty Led by customer loyalty expert Roger L. Brooks, small business owners uncover the secrets to success for THE next-generation marketing and business development strategy—customer loyalty. Showing small businesses how to follow in the footsteps of customer loyalty leaders including Starbucks, Nordstrom, and Southwest, Brooks teaches small business owners how  to develop their own customer loyalty strategy in 10 practical steps—allowing them to tap into the more than 1 billion customers enrolling in loyalty programs! Roger L. Brooks is a respected loyalty strategist with more than 15 years of experience in developing, supporting, and implementing customer loyalty and rewards programs. He has worked with esteemed companies such as GE Capital, Sam’s Club, Chase Universal MasterCard, and Mirabito Fuel Group, and he currently serves as the vice president of loyalty marketing for ValueCentrics Marketing Group, Inc. (VCMG), managing growth for existing clients including GE Money, SAKS FIFTH AVENUE, and Fidelity National Information Services.

This is my once a month show where I answer tax and legal questions for your small business or real estate deals.  If I don't have the answer during the show, I'll get it and send it back out to the listening audience.  PLEASE email me your questions in advance or during the show to mark@markjkohler.com, or call during the show join us with your live questions.  THANKS!! Mark

Suzanne Paling is the principal consultant of Sales Management Services, founded in 1998, with over twenty years of experience in sales consulting, sales management, and sales for both field and inside sales organizations.  Her roster of clients includes companies in the software, construction, medical, telecommunications, manufacturing, delivery, pest control, and recruiting industries..

Called the “father of modern networking” by CNN, Dr. Ivan Misner is a New York Times bestselling author. He is the Founder and Chairman of BNI (www.bni.com), the world’s largest business networking organization. His newest book, Networking Like a Pro can be viewed at www.IvanMisner.com. Dr. Misner is also the Sr. Partner for the Referral Institute, an international referral training company (www.referralinstitute.com). Networking masters Ivan Misner, reveal the science behind the art of networking and show sales professionals and entrepreneurs how to build long-term relationships that pay off.

Special Guest Lynn O’Shaughnessy is an author, higher-ed journalist, speaker and college consultant. She has wrote about college strategies for TheCollegeSolutionBlog, CBSMoneyWatch and US News & World Report. She is the author of The College Solution, an Amazon.com bestseller. The College Solution includes countless tips on college admissions, SAT/ACT strategies, college scholarships, financial aid and much more. She has also written about college issues for such national publications as The New York Times, Business Week, Consumer Reports, MSN Money, Money Magazine and Parade Magazine. As a higher-ed journalist and college counselor, She has helped teenagers and their parents find the best colleges at the lowest prices possible. The college process doesn’t have to be as complicated as it seems and her goal is to demystify it for families. Lynn is a graduate of UCLA’s college counseling program. She has also been the financial aid guest lecturer for the University of California, San Diego’s college counseling certificate program. In addition, She gives presentations about college strategies for schools, nonprofits, companies and financial advisory firms.

Back by popular demand, Mark Kohler, CPA and Attorney, will be holding an Open Forum Radio Show this coming Tuesday. This is a great way to get a quick answer to a tax or legal question at no cost to you. I will be taking emails, tweets before and during the show with live questions on the show. PLEASE send me an EMAIL in ADVANCE with ANY questions or topics you may want me to cover during the show to mark@markjkohler.com.

Tyler Garns, director of marketing of Infusionsoft, (http://www.infusionsoft.com) joins Mark to discuss how businesses can use the perfect customer lifecycle to create powerful marketing campaigns. Tune in as Tyler teaches you how to generate, capture and convert more leads, build trust through educational content and create brand advocates using nurture marketing. Tyler Garns is a well-known small business, lead gen and online marketing expert. He has spoken to audiences across the country about email marketing, lead nurturing, and marketing and sales automation. He’s been the keynote at the Infusionsoft Email Marketing Revolution 9-City Tour. In 2010, he presented at the Inbound Marketing Summit and “12 Hours of Technology” conference presented by Smallbiztechnology.com. Tyler writes for popular media outlets, such as Small Business Trends, 1:1 Media, MarketingProfs and the Infusionsoft Blog. Tyler started at Infusionsoft as the Internet Marketing Manager and quickly became Dir. of Marketing within a few months. During that time, he took a measly budget of $5K and started turning it into leads by doing online lead gen. The company had done almost no internet marketing up until that point. He took it from around 200 leads/month up to 15,000 leads per month. In the process he also reduced lead acquisition costs drastically to less than 15% of what it was before.

Special Guest Lee Chen, litigation attorney, will join the show with Mark Kohler to go over strategies to win in a lawsuit. Don't go into a battle without the write weapons and armor. Mark and Lee will also be taking Live Calls.