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Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview Marty Park about his book Tiger by the Tail – 99 Secrets to Tame and Master Your Business and how to overcome covid and prepare for the new year.  Marty Park has owned and operated 13 companies in 6 industries since he was 21 years old. His first company was a technology startup, after which he ventured into audio production, retail, the hospitality industry and most recently advertising/marketing. He has been a crucial player in all phases of start-up and growth, including corporate strategy, sales, marketing, operations and finances. His new book, Tiger by the Tail – 99 Secrets to Tame and Master Your Business, has launched recently. Marty was awarded the Business Coach of the Year for North America and the Recipient for Global Contribution to the coaching profession. Marty has also been selected as one of Calgary’s Top 40 under 40. Marty was awarded the CYBF Canadian Mentor of the Year and selected as one of 18 entrepreneurs to

Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview Dr. Sandra Scheinbaum Co-Founder and CEO of the Functional Medicine Coaching Academy (FMCA) about her book Stop Panic Attacks in 10 Easy Steps.  Dr. Sandra Scheinbaum spent nearly five decades making healthcare and education more holistic and innovative. With a PhD in clinical psychology, Sandi specialized in positive psychology, cognitive behavioral therapy, and mind-body medicine, and served as teacher and the director of a clinic for Attention Deficit Disorders (ADD). She is a pioneer in her fields, having implemented programs such as the use of neurofeedback with patients and becoming the first-ever psychologist to earn certification through The Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM).

Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview Jay Wong about how to start a podcast and how to get your show to the top 100 on iTunes. Jay Wong is CEO of Podcast Your Brand; a marketing company that builds podcasts that generate hundreds of thousands of dollars for their clients. Their market is very fast-growing, and Podcast Your Brand is uniquely positioned to disrupt the entire industry with its unique approach to generating guaranteed ROI for their clients. They’ve worked with household names like Procter and Gamble. And also smaller emerging brands as well as thought leaders and knowledge experts to help rapidly accelerate growth in their category.  His agency has been working with franchise companies listed on the Inc 5000 to increase their retention rates of new operators by a minimum of 15%+ as well as increasing their annual sales by an average of 21% Learn more about him and his company Top 100 Buyers Training

Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview Matt Rosenthal about the secret technology to make your business more streamlined. Matt Rosenthal is a technology and business strategist as well as the President/CEO of Mindcore, the leading IT solutions provider in New Jersey. Mindcore offers a broad portfolio of IT services and solutions tailored to help businesses take back control of their technology, streamline their business, and outperform their competition. Learn More Here

Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview international bestseller Tracey Greene-Washington about her book Choosing Purposeful Alignment: The Messy Middle of Transformation For two decades, Tracey Greene-Washington, president of Indigo Innovation Group, has led high-level initiatives that address complex issues, gaining a reputation as an innovative servant leader  who is inspired by futurism. Through her partnerships, she has helped others become more impactful by targeting systemic change and taking risks. Her work amplifies efforts at the intersection of community economic development, health, and education.  Learn More Here

Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview Michael Foster about his view on the real estate market and his book Military House Hacking.  Michael first got involved in investing to build something for himself and his future family. He realized at 25, he had nothing of value to carry forward after the first quarter of his life. He knew living paycheck to paycheck was not an option, and he wanted to know what abundant living felt like. The more knowledge he built, the more books he read and podcasts he listened to, he realized, building for his future was way easier then he judged it to be. Once he changed his mindset, visualized what he wanted, and set his goals, Michael painted a picture of what financial freedom looked like! To pursue his passion of traveling, to be his own boss, and to give back in a major way! Real estate is just one tool of investing, but it is one that allows you the freedom and versatility to use it as you wish. Just as anything is in life, what you p

Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview Naomi Kent about why you should join a board for a company.  Naomi Kent is a seasoned advisor and leader, who has a background in sales and customer retention across a wide variety of industries. Naomi served on the board of Step Up Women’s Network, a national membership non-profit organization for 4 years. She also served on the advisory board of Women in the Boardroom for 2 years. She is the smiling face of In Touch U.S. operations, creating memorable experiences, events and webinars for U.S. members. Learn More Here

Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview Clare Cui about how to get your closing ratio to go up.  Clare Cui (PRONOUNCED COO-EE) is an international sales expert and speaker who has led multi seven-figure sales teams to close over $7 million in high ticket sales. With experience in leading and consulting teams for multi 7 figure entrepreneurs such as Lisa Nichols, Mastin Kipp, and Sage Lavine, Clare has unparalleled knowledge in teaching how to convert high ticket sales without pushing or convincing. Clare teaches her clients and coaches how to have a permission-based sales conversation that results in consistent increased revenue so that coaches can confidently stand in their highest value.

Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview Jacob Glenn about technology and software that you need for your company and about his business M Genio. Jacob is a dynamic technical leader with a career defined by more than 20 years of operational excellence and technical leadership. As the Founder and Managing Director of M Genio Inc. Jacob has responsibility for overall execution of company strategy including organizational structure, business model development, team leadership, and technology delivery. M Genio is a boutique software development firm delivering high quality solutions for clients ranging from Startups to Fortune 500 and everything in between. Learn More Here Get In Touch with Jacob

Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview Doug Winnie, the business coach for business coaches and talk about his book Business Blindspots. Doug is an international public speaker, profit-strategist, and award-winning business and executive coach, with multiple years of winning national and global ActionCOACH awards, beginning his first entrepreneurial experience selling holiday greeting cards door-to-door. This early drive for success led him to become a very successful business owner, now on his 9th successful business. Having been the coach for over 200 business leaders, Doug has had the rare privilege to work in a diverse range of business industries, to name a few, automotive, technology, food service, real estate, franchise, medical, veterinary, and oil and gas - and with an equal range of executives!  Doug earned his degree in Management Information Systems and International Finance from the University of Houston. Soon after graduating, he started his own award-win

Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview Patty Farmer about how to make your message more meaningful, and leverage your content. Patty helps business owners just like you take charge of your business once and for all. To stop feeling stuck in a business that isn’t serving you and start designing their entire business to support the lifestyle you want. Whether you are struggling to structure your offers and your pricing… you’re overwhelmed but aren’t sure how to continue to grow without burning out… or the never ending options on how to market your business have you stuck where you are because you can’t seem to make a decision… She's here to help you create the business that you know you can have. In the last 20+ years Patty's been in business, she's helped entrepreneurs, speakers and small business owners just like you create and utilize networks and grow their businesses without resorting to cookie cutter tactics or sleazy strategies that don’t align with who they are…

Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview Beth Noymer Levine, the founder of SmartMouth Communications about public speaking, presenting and communicating. SmartMouth Founder and Principal Beth Noymer Levine is a Communications Coach who is emerging as one of the country’s leading voices on how to prepare and deliver speeches and presentations that actually work for both the audience and the speaker. Her methodology raises awareness around the unconscious tendency of speakers to be egocentric versus audience-centric and encourages clients to find their voices and their messages in a simple and logical way. Beth is the creator of the SmartMouth Public Speaking Toolkit, a 5-star-rated mobile app for the iPhone and iPad. She is also the author of the book Jock Talk: 5 Communication Principles for Leaders as Exemplified by Legends of the Sports World. Learn More Here

Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview Meghann Conter, the founder and chief laugh instigator of TheDames.co. A community for women business owners around the globe to help each other grow. What You'll Learn in this Episode: How to be the most efficient at networking events. How one connection can change your whole career. How to overcome mindset limitations. Quotes: "We strategically match our members, with the potential power partners that they need to know in order to grow their business, to get the resources they need, and to really enjoy everything a lot more as they're going along." (5:30) "In order to grow your business you need to have a really strong foundation of understanding what your mission, vision and values are." (14:06) "The largest part of marketing has always been understanding your target audience. It's this intersection of knowing your target audience, surveying them, and finding out what platforms they spend their time on." (16:31) About Megha

Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview Henry Daas about how to make more money and his book FQ: Financial Intelligence. Henry started his first business in 1991 selling, installing, servicing and financing computers to large corporations. Since then he has founded a succession in firms in the e-commerce, finance, real estate and consumer products spaces. For much of the past decade, he has taken his experience as an entrepreneur and used it as a platform to coach other business owners and founders. In addition, in 2019, Henry self-published a 432-page book on everything you need to know about how to grow and manage your money. He offers a 20-week course where he teaches you, one-on-one. he also runs curated masterminds on business and finance. In his infinite leisure, Henry writes screenplays (for fun), plays golf, travels (when not on lockdown), plays Catan with his three boys, and does other fun stuff

Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview Jill Lublin about her expertise in influence and publicity marketing. As well as her 4 bestselling books: Get Noticed…Get Referrals, Networking Magic, and Guerrilla Publicity, which is regarded as the “PR Bible”, and her latest book The Profit of Kindness. Jill is the author of four bestselling books, including: Get Noticed…Get Referrals (McGraw-Hill), Networking Magic(Morgan James), and Guerrilla Publicity (Adams Media), which is regarded as the “PR Bible”, and her latest book The Profit of Kindness (Career Press), which went #1 in four categories. With four international bestselling books, Jill is acknowledged as the go-to person for building success through influence marketing, networking, and publicity. She helps authors to create book deals with agents and publishers and well as obtain foreign rights deals. Jill is also the Producer and Host of the TV show, “Messages of Hope”, which inspires people to take positive action to

Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview Luisa Zhou about how to get your business to make SIX figures by building your audience.   When Luisa was growing up, she dreamed of being the CEO of a major corporation. The child of Chinese immigrant parents, she was taught that a steady job and paycheck were the ticket to the American Dream -- and Luisa bought in. She wanted it all -- the power, the corner office, the big paycheck, and a closet full of Manolos. So she did the normal climb: and attended a prestigious university (Princeton) and majored in something safe (engineering) that would guarantee her a job out of college. By the time Luisa was 25, she was the big kahuna of a team managing millions of dollars in business each year. From the outside, she was really “making it” -- and she had the six-figure salary, high-rise condo, and proud parents to prove it. But on the inside, she wasn’t happy. So Luisa went all in and started her own business teaching people the digital

Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview Todd Uterstaedt about the secrets to becoming a founder to a CEO. Todd Uterstaedt is SUPER passionate about helping you level up your leadership and scale up your startup. If you've ever struggled with building your team, creating an amazing culture, managing your investors, and growing your leadership abilities...then this is THE place for you. You may not have the exact skills, may not have all the right knowledge, and probably don’t have the perfect ex-periences to get your startup where you know it can go. However, you’ve worked your tail off. You’ve come a long way. You’ve experienced the intoxicating feeling of initial success...as well as the enlightened realization that you just can’t do it by yourself any more. The shift from Founder to CEO is the inflection point where most startup CEOs pilot their fragile enterprise to new heights, or crash and burn in the valley of despair We share the real, authentic stories of

Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview Mark Victor & Crystal Hansen about their book Ask!: The Bridge from Your Dreams to Your Destiny. You may know Mark as "that Chicken Soup for the Soul guy." Established as a cultural icon in 1990, Mark and his business partner Jack Canfield created what Time magazine called, "the publishing phenomenon of the decade," with over 110 million Chicken Soup for the Soul books sold worldwide - one of the most successful publishing franchises of all time. Crystal Dwyer Hansen is an Entrepreneur, Certified Life Coach, and Wellness/Nutrition Expert, whose personal coaching, speaking, CD and video programs, books, and articles have helped people all over the world. Crystal's expertise is in the field of human potential. Those who have worked with Crystal have experienced profound and lasting transformation in relationships, career, health & wellness. Crystal is a Member of the International Coaching Federation and the founder of Cryst

Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview DeAnna Lorraine about her book Taking Back America. Ms. DeAnna Lorraine is a recent Republican, “anti-establishment” Congressional Candidate who just completed her widely watched run against political Goliath Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House, in California’s 12th Congressional District (San Francisco). Although she ultimately lost her race to a radical Socialist, her battle was hard fought and won the hearts of Americans all across the nation with her guts, refreshing honesty, and bold, unconventional campaign strategies. Everyone loved her Pelosi for Prison campaign where she bravely had a plane fly a giant 80 by 25-foot “Pelosi for Prison” banner in Pelosi’s very liberal district of San Francisco - and she intends to keep flying it throughout the year! DeAnna is also a popular YouTube Host, Conservative Political and Culture commentator, Author of ‘Making Love Great Again!’ and Host of her podcast and Internet show Taking

Melanie Johnson & Jenn Foster, owners of Elite Online Publishing, interview Michael Neely about how to produce your own podcast. Long before Michael took up writing and coaching, he used to be a knight in shining armor. More precisely, he was an actor that spent a good portion of his career on horseback before starring in a couple of soap operas and independent films. While it was quite nice to eventually see the name Michael Neeley in film, stage, and television credits, there was still something missing. Michael felt unfulfilled – not about what he was getting, but about what he was giving. So, while he never became an “A” List actor, his profession was still very fun and rewarding, spanning more than twenty years before he finally decided to shift his purpose.  Michael's son, Tristan, was born in 2002 and he decided to leave the L.A. smog and raise him in clean air and clear skies.  His life was taking on a different meaning, and he began searching for what he was meant to do, who he was meant to be, a