Featured Speakers for June 2008
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Kelly McCausey |
Kelly McCausey, host of Work at Home Moms Talk Radio is a full-time WAHM. That is the fulfillment of a dream she didn't even know she had until a few years ago when she realized that her 'little internet' business had limitless potential.
"I started working at home in early 2002 to earn an extra $200 a month so that I could keep my darn electric turned on for once! After a couple of years I was earning far more than that and I was actually making some progress on old bills. For the first time I started to imagine what life would be like where I could pay the bills and enjoy some extras. Maybe even more!"
After digging out of a mountain of personal debt and replacing her full time income, Kelly gave final notice and walked away from the job in March of 2006. As a podcaster and business coach, she teaches other moms who want to accomplish the same.
WAHM Talk Radio reaches 1450+ listeners each week and has published over 220 episodes over the last four and a half years.
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Jennifer Gniadecki |
Did you know it can be easy to find people that want to get to know you and your business better? What if I told you I could help you network with and connect with those people in a meaningful way? You can take the time and make the connections that will result in more clients and more referrals. Non-Toxic Networking isn't about making an elevator pitch and talking at everyone you come into contact with, it's not about handing out as many business cards as possible. It is a real, step-by-step approach to entering a networking event, finding someone to talk to, knowing what to say, and forging a bond that will make the other person want to do business with you!
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Patrysha Korchinski |
Patrysha is an entrepreneur from Northern Alberta who specializes in marketing, primarily through copywriting, promotions and publicity from her home office in Whitecourt. She’s operated and managed a variety of businesses in her career, including direct sales, service-based and traditional retail. She has something special in store for Expo guests as she rolls out a seminar on basic advertising elements. No matter what your budget, the premise behind all campaigns stays the same. So whether you are new to marketing or have been plugging away for a while, you’re sure to find insight and information to help your next promotion produce results.
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Kristine McKinley |
Kristine McKinley is a CPA and Certified Financial Planner, and the founder of Beacon Financial Advisors, a fee-only financial planning firm in Lee's Summit, Missouri. Kristine teaches individuals and families how to invest and plan for retirement, college and other financial goals.
Kristine offers financial and tax planning on an hourly, fee-only basis to individuals and families of all income levels. To learn more about Kristine and her financial planning services, please visit her website at www.beacon-advisor.com or her blog at www.onlinebiztaxtips.com.
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Erika-Marie S. Geiss |
Erika-Marie S. Geiss has been editing and writing for over a decade. Geiss runs Red Pencil Editing Services and is editor-in-chief of theWAHMmagazine, the only digital magazine for work-at-home parents. In 2006 she joined World Energy Source as a copy editor for World Energy Monthly Review and World Energy Magazine industry-leading publications for the energy industry. Her editing credits are
numerous and her writing credits include contributing essays in Monet, Renoir and the Impressionist Landscape (National Gallery of
Ottawa/Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2000), author of The Passion of Christ (Publications International, 2004) and of the forthcoming
publication The Right Words (Publications International Fall 2008). Her articles have appeared in-print in The News Herald, Inkwell
Newswatch (IN), Speak2Me, World Energy Monthly Review and on-line at babytalkbio.com, babiesonline and Family Resource. Geiss
also maintains a blog, Musings from the Mitten. Among the topics that Ms. Geiss writes about are art and architectural history, current
events, energy issues, parenting, work-at-home parenting issues, natural living/natural parenting and writing. Originally from Boston,
Geiss has a bachelor's degree in Developmental Psychology from Brandeis University and a master's degree in Art and Architectural
History from Tufts University. Geiss is a member of the Association of Art Editors, the Freelance Writer's Guild, the International Women's
Writing Guild and the Women's e-Commerce Association International. She has also served as a commissioner on the City of Taylor Master
Plan Steering Committee and is a commissioner on the Taylor Cultural Arts Commission. A work-at-home mom, she and her husband are
raising their son in the suburbs of Detroit.
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Kristen Beireis |
Kristen is a life enthusiast. What does that mean? Well, it means she is enthusiastic about life! She creates her life every day by making choices that fit for her. She loves her work, her husband, her environment, the people she connects with every day etc...you get the picture.
Kristen has been a Music Teacher, Secretary, Administrative Assistant, Office Manager, and Professional Singer & Actress. She always seems to be in more than one job or career at a time.
LIFE/BUSINESS IT'S ALL ABOUT PLAYING
Kristen currently runs two businesses and she loves working in both of them...ah, if there were only time in the day for another 3! "The fun part is when I get a new idea and I get to set everything up to make that idea become reality."
Kristen believes in building her businesses around her life. She takes days off during the week and works some weekends in order to stay on her husband’s work schedule. After a few months of starting Virtual Helper 4 U (a Marketing Company for Coaches), she discovered that she couldn’t do the work alone AND have a life. So, about 5 months later, she hired her first Virtual Assistant (Wendy Cooper), who is now her main VA and VA Coordinator.
Last year, Kristen began the process of creating a large Virtual Team (she calls it a Virtual Empire). Some of them work with her clients and some complete tasks. It’s not an easy task to create a virtual team, but a necessary one if you want to grow your business, whether you are a VA or other online business owner. For Kristen, creating a Virtual Team is all about being clear about what your business does, the quality of service and/or product you want to provide, the skills your team needs to possess, and the type of relationship you want to have with them. It’s about organizing your business in a way that serves your personal and business values.
Kristen is currently working on getting her team organized and ready to go on their own. Her goal is to step back and focus on business management while she works on building her Coaching business (Amazing Steps Coaching).
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Shannon Cherry, APR, MA |
Shannon Cherry is a mom of twin girls, an entrepreneur who works at home and a professional writer and speaker living in Albany, NY.
She is the founder and president of Cherry Communications and its subsidiary, Be Heard Solutions. Working with small business owners and entrepreneurs, her goal is to help them to find their voice, tell their story and be heard.
A former TV and newspaper journalist, Shannon has aggressively designed and developed dozens of innovative public relations and marketing strategies. Her clients have appeared on the pages of USA Today, the New York Times, Money Magazine, Associated Press, and Parents and have been featured on the Today Show, CNN, The History Channel, Good Morning America, and Oprah.
Shannon is the co-author of two books: Become Your Own Great & Powerful: A Woman’s Guide to Living Your Real, Big Life and Parenting Beyond Belief (Amacom Books, 2007). She also is the blogger behind www.mommy-inc.com, the only online blog about an entrepreneur mom with twins.
Three things about Shannon:
She’s an accomplished mezzo soprano who has sung with BB King and for Christopher Reeve.
She did her first interview broadcast when she was five: asking Joe DiMaggio some very pointed questions.
She’s married to a Brit and have grown to like Manchester United (his home team).