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Christa Chambers-Price is the CEO of Knowledgecrush, Inc., a platform that provide the tools and support so that they are rock stars.  She is an author, entrepreneur and sought after motivational speaker.  As a former military intelligence soldier in the Army, Christa is fearless with tackling new technologies and she has a passion for bringing others along with her. Her primary goal in life is that everyone has what they need to walk vibrantly, passionately through their day, having the resources at hand, with people at their side encouraging them to be fully expressed. Christa wants people to follow a vision so big and important that they can’t do it alone.

"The biggest struggle for fitness professionals and business owners within the fitness industry is their inability to cross the bridge from having a demanding ‘Job' to becoming a highly successful Entrepreneur. My business systems transform those who are willing into wildly successful individuals, ultimately creating abundant financial freedom as well as freedom to live the lives of their dreams." ~ Troy Fontana   Troy has been running successful businesses while staying active with training clients. In the process he has helped coach countless Fitness Professionals to heightened levels of success. Nearly ten years ago, Troy developed and operated his first business. Although his business was thriving, his health and life had begun to suffer. Troy had become stressed-out, over-worked and burned-out. He wondered, "Is this really what business success is all about?" Knowing that there had to be a better way, Troy immersed himself in the study of business development, learning from individuals such as Jim Collins, Michael Gerber and Fitness experts like Todd Durkin, among others. Troy transformed his business, his mind and life to accommodate his dreams. Using a cutting edge business system, Troy has transitioned from the twelve to fourteen hour workday into a career in which he has the time freedom and financial freedom to live the life of his dreams. Troy Fontana now spends his time mentoring Personal Trainers, successfully consulting business owners and coaching individuals to develop unstoppable belief systems as well as real-life success patterns.

Affectionately called “WendyY” by her clients, business associates and coaching colleagues, Wendy Y. Bailey is a Master Certified Group Coach, Certified Neuro-Linguistic Programming Practitioner and Certified Experienced Coach. WendyY leveraged more than 20 years of leadership and management experience and expertise leading hundreds of teleseminars, live workshops and small group training sessions to create Group Mastery for Speakers, Trainers and Workshop Leaders.   According to Wendy Y. Bailey, the basis for coaching is developing and maintaining lifelong client relationships. WendyY is a dynamic coach and engaging speaker. She loves coaching entrepreneurs and organizations on topics such as business operations, small business marketing, including group coaching, business systems and small business branding.   As a dedicated visionary facing the rapid change of today's business climate, WendyY focuses much of her time and efforts creating and delivering business models to take coaching to audiences via unconventional venues.   WendyY holds a Bachelor in Management from National Louis University and graduated at the top of her class. She has trained professionally at George Washington University, Coach University, Coach Training Alliance and CoachVille. WendyY is a founding member of the International Association of Coaches (IAC), a global collective of coaches dedicated to coaching development and proficiency throughout the profession.

Susan Handley first started designing handbags when she was ten years old. At that time, the ideas remained strictly in her imagination. Today, they’ve grown up to become a very real part of her adult life. As the founder and sole designer of Beijo, Susan is not only watching her own dream come true, but is also the creative force behind a growing success story for women all across the country. As a single mom struggling just to make ends meet, Susan started Beijo with no prior business experience. Instead, she had the encouragement of her friends and family, and the desire to make a better life for herself and her young son, Kyle. It was Kyle, in fact, who provided the name for his mom’s company. “Beijo,” which means “kiss” in Portuguese, was Kyle’s second spoken word, one that the toddler often repeated when asking for a “beijo, Mama, beijo.” From that kiss for luck was born the inspiration for Susan to begin selling—at first by the armload out of her car—the Beijo bags that, only three years later, are now sold by the tens of thousands at home parties. Having declined department store offers to carry her bags nationwide, Susan is committed to her vision that home parties remain the core of her company. Many of the women who host Beijo parties are in the process of gaining their first measure of financial independence. These women are, as Susan says, “Exactly like myself, who can do something to make money and feel good and still be there at the bus stop at 2:00 when their children get home.”

Andrea Dennis is a freelance copywriter and PR professional of nearly 10 years. She’s had the pleasure of developing creatively effective communications for clients in widely varying industries – from roller coasters to wealth management. More recently, Andrea has expanded her entrepreneurial interests. She and her husband Jamie launched a wine tasting social network, VinYou.com in March 2010. And she also has a number of other web-based businesses in the works. Andrea and I will be discussing social media and why it is so important to come out from underneath your safe rock and put yourself out there as a professional and as an expert. We will talk about how very daunting this can see to the newly minted online entrepreneur and how you can change your mindset and your business model by becoming more active (in a professional and seemly manner!) on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Andrea’s story is quite compelling in that she is now taking the steps necessary to make her business more visible on the Internet and is undergoing the mind-shifts necessary to make this happen without feeling that she is bragging or being overly “salesy”. Let’s face it, some marketing and marketers come off as frankly obnoxious and this can be a real concern for people who want to expand their business presence to the Internet. For audience members who are experiencing the same type of angst this interview will be one that you definitely want to tune in to. Please join us in the chat room if you have any questions for either myself or Andrea.

Join me as I interview Debbie LaChusa, The Business Stylist™. Debbie LaChusa is a business and branding expert whose focus is on making over businesses that aren't living up to their full potential, and helping business owners design a business, brand, and marketing that "fit" them perfectly. In addition to a degree in business/Marketing, Debbie has 26 years of real-world experience. In that time she has designed and built three successful 6-figure businesses and many successful brands, including several of her own: 10stepmarketing®, The 6-figure Work-at-Home Mom, The Career-at-Home Mom, and The Business Stylist™. An international speaker who has shared the stage with celebrity teachers from "The Secret,” Debbie has inspired audiences in the United States, Canada, and Australia with her message of personal and business empowerment. Debbie shares her business and marketing expertise frequently in the media and has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, Forbes.com, CNBC.com, Inc.com, Home Business Magazine, and Yahoo! Finance. She was also chosen as one of five expert bloggers for the Yahoo! Small Business blog. As The Business Stylist™ Debbie is dedicated to helping people design a business that fits them to a “T” so it’s more successful, enjoyable, and profitable. You can learn more about Debbie and her business makeover and branding programs at www.DebbieLaChusa.com and www.TheBizStylist.com

Diane Conklin is an internationally known marketing and business strategist. She is also an author, entrepreneur, coach, consultant, speaker and direct response marketing expert, who for over 13 years has specialized in showing entrepreneurs, and small business owners how to integrate their marketing strategies, media and methods to get maximum results from their marketing dollars, through direct response marketing strategies and various media outlets. Diane is now applying those proven strategies to help others build their businesses and make money with social media marketing as well. “How To Make Big Money With Social Media in 27 Minutes Or Less A Day” is one of her signature programs for helping business owners achieve success with social media. One of the other hugely successful programs she has recently developed is a done-for-you social media management program where Diane and her team actually do social media for you and your company. Diane has been involved in marketing campaigns that have grossed over $1,000,000.00 in sales many times throughout her career. Through her company, Complete Marketing Systems, she helps entrepreneurs and small business owners grow their companies to the next level. Diane was recently name Information Marketer of the Year for 2010-2011 for her outstanding work in field of Social Media and showing others how to make money with this media.

Embracing life with passion and purpose, Nancy Ferrari presents her guests to “Feel Free in the O.C. with Nancy T.” with an energetic, vivacious spirit, sharing her messages of healthy living in all aspects. Nancy shares her voice freely with enthusiasm, clarity and honesty and encourages others to do the same. Nancy celebrates that her life has come full circle as she applies her communications/journalism education, proudly hosting her BlogTalkRadio Show “Feel Free in the O.C. with Nancy T.”, also syndicated with Boomer Authority Radio Network. Nancy has been a featured guest on various internet radio shows, most recently as a guest speaker at the 2010 AARP Convention sharing her knowledge of life energy and is currently a contributing author for a book to be released this spring and is in the process of writing her new book. Nancy is the founder of her newly launched company “The Ferrari Energy Network” and looks forward to sharing upcoming events within this network of endless energy! Nancy welcomes correspondence from listeners and can be reached via email, at nancy.t.ferrari@gmail.com . Additional information can be obtained by visiting her radio website at www.blogtalkradio.com/nancytferrari and her personal website at www.nancyferrari.com .

Princess Clark-Wendel is a successful business woman, author, speaker, media personality, and national breaking news commentator. Princess is monthly columnist on FoxBusiness.com, and was recently named one of Chicago’s Most Influential Women by the Chicago Business Ledger. She is also an international business woman, consultant and advisor to people, families, and business owners across the globe. Since 1989, she has successful owned, operated and sold two firms and has held management roles in two Fortune 100 companies. She has a MBA from the University of Chicago, and is the author of two books: Your Business, Your Retirement and A Pocketbook of Hope in Tough Economic Times. Her next book, Building Wealthy Kids is scheduled to be released this year. As an African-American woman, Princess is an expert in helping minority individuals; women, business owners, and retirees embrace concepts such as business valuation, retirement strategies, personal finance, and succession or estate planning. Most recently, Princess has been recognized in the media as a “National Family Finance Expert”, and is helping families throughout the world with strategies for personal finance, savings, college planning, and retirement savings which are easy to implement. Her goal is to provide information to her clients and listeners that will help them create the lives they dream about… worry free.

Fabienne Fredricksonis founder of ClientAttraction.com, a company devoted to teaching entrepreneurs around the world how to consistently attract ideal, high-paying clients, put their marketing on autopilot and authentically create a highly successful and meaningful business, while working less. Fabienne created The Client Attraction System®, the proven step-by-step program that shows entrepreneurs exactly how to attract more clients, in record time. Through her workshops, courses, coaching programs, and products, Fabienne shows her students how to create an abundant life they love. As one of the most influential and highly-acclaimed marketing and success mindset speakers and business mentors in the world, Fabienne’s down-to-earth yet powerful presentations have become legendary. She is a sought-after and much-loved coach to thousands of heart-centered entrepreneurs around the globe. Fabienne’s unique ability is getting entrepreneurs who have never experienced real success in their business to take immediate marketing action on a systematic basis to produce dramatic results, in record time. She’s dedicated her life to helping entrepreneurs and business owners create a legacy of service, adding value to the world in a lasting way and creating breakthrough paradigm shifts in their mindset and their personal income; and then giving back. Her books, newsletters, products, appearances and online reach now inspire nearly 150,000 people each month.

This week I welcome to the show Derek Fredrickson. Derek Fredrickson is CEO of ClientAttraction.com, a company devoted to teaching solo-preneuers how to make quantum leaps in their business using proven marketing and mindset techniques. After working in corporate America on Wall Street for over 10 years with extensive experience in project management and technology, Derek willingly walked away from a secure, high 6-figure salary and is now fully living his life purpose. Together with his wife Fabienne Fredrickson, they have created their “life by design” working together on their business and leading workshops, mastermind meetings and full day coaching programs. At the same time, they are successfully creating what many would consider the ideal life of the entrepreneurial family, free to grow their income AND quality of life to unlimited levels, while spending more time with their growing family. As a result of this transition, Derek coaches alongside Fabienne on principles of information and internet marketing to help small businesses attract more clients and receive tremendous growth in their bottom line. We will discuss “Authentic List Building for Massive Client Attraction and Profits Derek will share with us how authentic list building differs greatly from traditional list building and why authentic list building is essential for growing your business, and as a result, making more money.

Welcome to 2011! We are starting the New Year off right with our first guest. Diane Conklin is an internationally known marketing and business strategist. She is also an author, entrepreneur, coach, consultant, speaker and direct response marketing expert, who for over 13 years has specialized in showing entrepreneurs, and small business owners how to integrate their marketing strategies, media and methods to get maximum results from their marketing dollars, through direct response marketing strategies and various media outlets. She is now applying those proven strategies to help others build their businesses and make money with social media marketing as well.

During a career spanning over twenty years, Theodore Henderson has excelled as an articulate, organized, and successful business manager, entrepreneur, consultant, seminar leader, and speaker. He demonstrates a proven ability to build and maintain profitable, long-term relationships with a sophisticated client base. Theodore is a lifelong New Yorker who works with individuals who want to use biblical principles and Christian faith as a guide to success in all the key areas of life: spiritual, social, personal, family, and business. He is also involved in youth leadership training and has taken a special interest in mentoring and tutoring urban youth and the disadvantaged. Theodore has written an extraordinary new book, The Wisdom Compass,which takes the biblical book of Proverbs and brings it into the present as a vehicle for personal transformation. Why Proverbs? Wisdom Compass author Theodore Henderson says, "The answer is simple: The book of Proverbs was originally intended, when first published several thousand years ago, as a wisdom guide for those of faith to do what is right and for making sound judgments in sometimes-difficult circumstances. It was written to give us wisdom, instruction, perception, prudence, knowledge, judgment, learning, and advice." Another unique aspect of The Wisdom Compass is that the teachings are suitable for all even if they share a different faith or religion. Henderson asserts that the purpose of Proverbs' lessons is to help people live according to God’s wisdom. He explains, "There is a divine plan for each person, but it is up to us to seek and follow its direction. After all, we are creatures of free will, and we don’t have to follow the right path." The Wisdom Compass was written for those who are striving to live life at that next level. The book can provide the steps for planning the journey. We will be discussing faith based decision making in business and in life.

In this ground-breaking and somewhat controversial interview Kim and I will discuss: The REAL reason why you don't have the money and the business you want TODAY—and why it's VITAL you do something about this now before we enter this pivotal new year (it's time to get honest and do something REAL about it). The one POWERFUL, concrete shift in your awareness that will FINALLY explain why your business has felt like hard work…and how to allow financial success to effortlessly flow more freely to you. Why affirmations don’t work and the Law of Attraction is causing you more harm than good (when you experience this you'll understand why they could never REALLY work). How to identify which one of Five FEAR ARCHETYPES operate you and why it is likely sabotaging your ability to make amazing income doing what you were put on this planet to do. How to identify which one of Five FEAR ARCHETYPES operate you and why it is likely sabotaging your ability to make amazing income doing what you were put on this planet to do. Her PROVEN 5-step process for shifting procrastination, confusion, and indecision into confident, fast decisions so that you step 100% into your core energy and able run full force in the direction of your dreams and actually accomplish them. The ONE simple PRACTICAL decision tool you’ve been missing — without this you’ll constantly be at the mercy of making one costly decision after another draining you of energy, money, and time (you'll be amazed how simple this is, you’ll wonder why you didn’t discover it sooner!)

Known as The Pitbull of Personal Development® and The World’s Only Irritational Speaker®, Larry Winget isn’t interested in stroking egos, telling trite parables, or making anyone feel good about their lack of success. It's no secret that the economy is bad and people are scared and angry. Larry will share with us how you can fix your own economy and change your financial circumstances. What he IS interested in is telling the truth about success and how to achieve it. A truth that almost everyone knew once upon a time, but that almost no one seems to know today: Your success isn’t dependent upon your background, your company, your spouse, the economy, the latest bestseller on the self-help charts, or who’s sitting in the Oval Office. Your success is your own damn fault! Larry joins me to talk about the economy, business, entrepreneurship and just about anything else we feel like chatting about. We will also talk about his new comic book which is based on Larry's first bestselling book, Shut Up, Stop Whining & Get a Life. I invite you to join us in the chat room to ask questions of New York Times Bestselling Author, Television Personality and Award Winning Professional Speaker Larry Winget. If you don't have any questions, be sure to stop by to say "Hi!"