Elite Expert Insider

Melanie Johnson owner of Elite Online Publishing, interviews J. A. Plosker about mindfulness, self discovery, and personal growth. J. A. Plosker is a coach, trainer, speaker, teacher, author, and entrepreneur. He is also a person who’s experienced intense stress, crushing anxiety, imposter syndrome, and severe self-doubt that almost brought his dreams – and his life – to a halt. In his 25 year long journey of self-discovery and personal growth – and the teachers he has met, the books he has read, and the experiences he has had along the way – that propped him back up, helped him build a strong foundation, and fueled his passion to help others on their journey. He has come to embrace his life as an INFJ and empath, and proudly uses these gifts to connect with others – holding space as their stories unfold.

Melanie Johnson owner of Elite Online Publishing, interviews Joseph Fung about how to build and polish your sales skills in the tech industry. Helping technology businesses hire sales professionals who deliver from day one. Our live online sales training program gives our recruits an unfair advantage in today’s selling environment — our grads ramp faster, exceed quota more often, and already know how to use a modern tech sales stack. Planning for growth? Consider connecting— Joseph would love to understand your challenges and help where he can. He loves talking with CEOs and sales leaders, understanding their go-to-market activities, and helping them scale their processes. Learn More Here

Melanie Johnson owner of Elite Online Publishing, interviews Victoria Kennedy about how to get credibility and authority in the market place. Victoria Kennedy was nominated as a 2020 Brand Ambassador for Inman. She is a well-respected authority in Real Estate marketing. She is also the CEO of Atlas Real Estate, a lead generation agency that is committed to providing more leads and closings for Realtors. Learn More Here

Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview Heather Campbell about how to set your business up legally to maximize and optimize your business.  Heather is the Legal Website Warrior. As a legal coach and a business owner, she has a big heart for entrepreneurs. She protects them by helping them armor up, i.e. get essential legal documentation in place so that they can stress less about all the proper protections and legal details, and put 100% of their effort and heart into doing the work they love. After years of working with businesses of all kinds on a wide variety of legal issues, she built this business to better serve online entrepreneurs who need specialized, knowledgeable and hands-on assistance at an affordable price. Heather wants entrepreneurs to have access to the basic protections that they need! Learn More Here

Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview David Morgan about where to invest your money and his book The Silver Manifesto.  David Morgan is a widely recognized analyst in the precious metals industry and consults for hedge funds, high net worth investors, mining companies, depositories, and bullion dealers. He is the publisher of The Morgan Report, a world-class publication designed to build and secure wealth. He is the author of “The Silver Manifesto” and a featured speaker at investment conferences worldwide. His ideas are expressed in the movie Four Horsemen Film, a Feature Documentary. Learn More Here

Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview Ashley Micciche about how to prepare your business by selling it for the maximum price.  Ashley helps business owners exit their business and retire with financial security. Are you a small business owner looking to exit your business and retire in the next 5-10 years? If you’re like most small business owners, then the answer is yes! But how do you focus on running your business while planning your exit? That's where Ashley comes in. At True North, They will craft and implement a custom-designed business exit plan to help you exit your business so you can retire with financial security. They focus on the details of securing your final and most important business decision, so you can continue to focus on the day-to-day of running your business. They also stick with you post-exit to invest your portfolio wisely and help you make smart financial decisions, so you can spend time with your family and enjoy retirement, rather than worr

Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview Siddharth Rajsekar about how to build a profitable digital course business for teachers, coaches, and experts.  Siddharth Rajsekar aka Sidz is the founder of the Internet Lifestyle Hub - One of the world's largest communities for coaches, trainers, teachers and experts with over 10,000+ members. As an acclaimed lifestyle entrepreneur and international speaker, Sidz has trained over 200,000+ people in the last 10 years. He is recognized as one of India's leading and sought-after “info-marketing” specialists, Siddharth has been featured in leading newspapers across the country and worked on projects involved with people like Robert Kiyosaki, T Harv Eker, Tony Robbins, Brian Tracy & Jack Canfield - just to name a few.

Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview Derrick Butler about the three magic ingredients he used to start his company, Krisspi.  Derrick is a tech entrepreneur with a passion for building teams and explosive profitable businesses. He is originally from Columbus, Georgia and moved to California for college. He graduated from UOP with a Bachelor of Science in Business/Marketing and an St Mary's College of California where he earned his Executive Master of Business Administration. Derrick spent 15 years in corporate america, in various leadership positions, including quality assurance, sales and marketing. Derrick is a third generation entrepreneur, and has owned and operated (2) two multi-million dollar businesses. Derrick currently serves as the Founder & CEO of Krisspi Technologies, Inc. an application based on demand marketplace connecting clients with vetted/licensed barbers and hair stylists. Derrick is passionate about helping others, and serves on multiple Non-

Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview Sam Knickerbocker about the mindset and behaviors behind leaving your legacy.  Sam believes that you are worth being remembered. He specializes in 21st-century Legacy Strategies focused on helping you establish a legacy of meaning. Growing up Sam's life was full of hand-me-down clothes, toys, and shoes that were worn out by two kids before he got them. Even worse were the beliefs and habits about money his parents passed down. None of the “experts” teach the difference in the mindsets and habits of poverty vs. Legacy, they ignored the causes of poverty and focused on how to survive it. Sam has gathered the foundational habits, mindsets, and behaviors to Legacy Building then uniquely coded them into tested processes and systems to establish a solid foundation for anyone to build their legacy on. His passion is to empower high achieving men and women like you with the foundation essential to maximize fulfillment in your life and cre

Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview Ashley Mansour about her tips and tricks to writing and about her book The Writers Success Code. Ashley Mansour is an international bestselling author, a #1 Amazon bestselling author, award-winning producer, and writer originally from Los Angeles, California. She has over eight years of entertainment and digital media experience and twelve years experience as a professional writer. In 2019, she founded LA Writing Coach with a simple mission: to help writers fast-track their writing projects and create rewarding writing careers. As a producer, her first feature film, Back Roads starring Juliette Lewis and Alex Pettyfer, premiered as an Official Selection in the Spotlight Narrative section at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival and was an Official Selection of the 2018 Rhode Island International Film Festival, Heartland Film Festival, and Stockholm Independent Film Festival. Back Roads won Best Feature at RIIFF and Best Drama Feature at

Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview Petia Kolibova about how to balance your masculine and feminine power to achieve greatness.  Petia Kolibova is a women's transformational coach who helps women who have been pushed down and been playing it small due to toxic relationships or unhealed childhood trauma to create a life that is true to them and their soul purpose. Her mission is to help women who are on the path healing from past wounds move through their limiting beliefs and internal blocks so they can finally do what they want to do, what feels good to them, serve other women in a powerful way online. Petia pairs feminine flow with strategic planning to give entrepreneurs immense clarity + exact steps o transition from side hustler to CEO. If she is not interviewing on her podcast Unapologetically Abundant, working out, or reading, you will find her in nature disconnecting from the world, connecting to herself. Manifest Money Freebie Learn More Here

Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview Sean Castrina about how to create a startup and keep it running. Sean is a serial entrepreneur, having started more than 20 companies over the last 20 years, and still seeks to launch a new venture annually. He is an investor, teacher and highly-sought-after speaker who communicates with humor and a bluntness that engages and captures his audience. He is the author of 8 Unbreakable Rules for Business Startup Success, The Greatest Entrepreneur in the World, and World’s Greatest Business Plan. Learn More Here

Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview Matt Johnson about his book MicroFamous and how you should market differently to extraverts vs introverts. Matt Johnson is a marketing agency founder, podcaster, and musician. Matt runs a podcast launch & production agency based in San Diego, an international team that helps business coaches, consultants and thought leaders use done-for-you podcasting to attract an audience, build influence & become MicroFamous. Matt is the author of MicroFamous and currently hosts the MicroFamous podcast. He is a frequent podcast guest and event speaker to audiences around the US, Canada, and Australia.

Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview David Wachs about taking advantage of communications going digital and setting your brand apart from others. A serial entrepreneur, David's latest venture, Handwrytten, is bringing back the lost art of letter writing through scalable, robot-based solutions that write your notes in pen. Developed as a platform, Handwrytten lets you send notes from your CRM system, such as Salesforce, the web site, apps, or through custom integration. Used by major meal boxes, eCommerce giants, nonprofits and professionals, Handwrytten is changing the way brands and people connect. David is also a frequent speaker on messaging technology and has presented for the Direct Marketing Association, South By Southwest, Advertising Research Foundation, and the National Restaurant Association. David has been featured on the front page of the Washington Post, and has been interviewed by Direct Marketing News, Crain’s Chicago Business, the American Express OPE

Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview Cathy Reilly about her book Unleash Your Inner Voice, listening to your subconscious and voicing your thoughts.  Cathy Reilly is the CEO and Personal Wellness Specialist at Sharing the Shine. She is a keynote speaker, facilitator and advocacy specialist. After two decades of advocating for others in the litigation arena, Cathy realized most people, including herself, lack the faculty to self-advocate. Cathy used her research and fact-finding skills to learn, develop and master tools to shift her advocacy. Cathy now mentors others on self-advocacy focusing on three critical areas: mind, body, and environment Learn More Here Get The Book Here

Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview Eileen McDargh about her book Burnout to Breakthrough: Building Resilience to Refuel, Recharge, and Reclaim What Matters. Eileen is the founder and CEO of the consulting firm, The Resiliency Group. She teaches organizations like Cisco, Novartis, Oracle, and Procter & Gamble ways of building resilient leadership teams and workplaces. Along with her work as an organizational resiliency consultant, Eileen speaks and writes about resiliency. Global Gurus International, a British-based provider of resources for leadership, communication and sales training, ranked Eileen as one of the World's Top 30 Communication Professionals in 2020 following a global survey of 22,000 business professionals. As a platform speaker, she has given thousands of keynotes for organizations and associations in dozens of fields, including aerospace, education, finance, healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, public agencies, real estate,

Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview Jamey Rootes, president of the Huston Texans, about his new book, The Winning Game Plan, and how he became a Wall Street Journal best-selling author.  Jamey‎ Rootes has been one of Houston’s leading executives for more than two decades. He currently serves as President of the Houston Texans and is responsible for all business functions of the club. Since joining the Texans, Rootes has overseen the team’s efforts to secure stadium-naming rights and sponsorship, coordinated radio and TV broadcasting relationships, engineered the club’s successful ticket and suite sales campaigns, led the creation and launch of the team’s identity and developed the team’s highly acclaimed customer service strategy. He also serves as President of Lone Star Sports & Entertainment (LSSE), a sports management agency associated with the Texans. LSSE has been a catalyst for some of Houston’s most significant sporting events. Under Rootes’s leadership,

Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview Lisa Moscarelli about creating your brand and other great marketing tips.   Lisa began her career as a TV news reporter with WTVM in Columbus Georgia and later worked for KPRC-TV in Houston. She spent 11 years in broadcast sales, planning and producing campaigns, and in these roles honed her writing and production skills, as well as “the art of the deal”. She co-founded Cohn-Moscarelli Marketing and Communications in 1999, which by 2011 was ranked by volume among Houston’s, top 5 advertising agencies by “The Houston Business Journal”. Lisa received her B.A. in Communications from the University of Houston, and makes her home in Houston. She is also a recording artist songwriter and music producer. She loves all things family, children, cooking, and singing. She’s a proud member of The Lakewood Church choir.

Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview Ryan Frederick, author of The Founder's Manual, about how to make a successful business. Ryan Frederick is a Founder and product person at heart. He has been a part of starting and growing several software and service companies from inception, to viability, through to sustainability. He has been instrumental in capitalization activities and has even expanded into international markets. Ryan is an active angel investor, mentor, advisor, author and speaker. He has authored two books, The Founder’s Manual: A Guidebook for Becoming a Successful Entrepreneur and Sell Naked - And Other Advice for Growing and Managing Service Firms. Ryan speaks frequently about product, startups, and company leadership. Learn More Here Check Out Ryan's Team

Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview Tracy Lamourie about how build your brand with effective public and media relations and her upcoming book GET REPPED.  Tracy Lamourie, Owner of Lamourie PR has been providing professional PR services for more than 20 years. She focuses on working with ethical businesses, progressive politicians, media personalities, public speakers, and social justice groups — and other interesting people! Smart, edgy, focused, savvy, and skilled — Tracy Lamourie is passionate about helping people and companies build their brands and elevate careers into the stratosphere! In politics, the arts, entertainment or business. Learn More Here