Backstage Business

Sally skyrocketed to the top of the advertising profession in her early 20s. By age 24, she was the most award-winning advertising copywriter in the U.S. Her campaigns for brands such as MINI Cooper, Nike, Godiva, and Coca-Cola have fascinated...

Ross Johnson is the co-founder of Fulltime Freedom, a consultancy that helps online entrepreneurs create more time, income, and mobility in their businesses.   Ross went from living on the fringe with thousands of dollars of debt, to working...

Joy Houston is the Co-Founder at Launchr Inc., the agency that got its start crafting high converting funnels for bestselling authors including Dr. Daniel Amen, Dr. Sara Gottfried, JJ Virgin and more. In partnership with her husband Travis Houston,...

Giovanni Marsico is a talent scout, curator, and connector of superheroes.  He is the founder of Archangel – a private membership community of mission-driven entrepreneurs that are making the world a better place through purpose-driven...

Shawn Collins has been an affiliate marketer since 1997. He is a Co-founder of Affiliate Summit, the leading global conference and tradeshow for the affiliate marketing industry, and Co-Editor-in-Chief of FeedFront Magazine. He has authored the books...

Jason Friedman, founder, and CEO of CXFormula, LLC., helps fast-growing, entrepreneurial companies gain an unfair advantage over their competition through the art and science of designing their “customer experience journey.”  Jason has...

Jeff is the president of International Pacific Seafoods, Inc. – A Specialty Importer, Customer Processor and Trader of Premium Quality, Chef Ready Frozen Seafood to the Foodservice and Retail segments.  He is a trusted advisor to Foodservice...

Rhonda Britten is an Emmy Award-winner, Repeat Oprah guest, Tedx Speaker, Huffington Post Blogger – has changed lives in over 600 episodes of reality television, is the author of four bestsellers including her seminal work “Fearless Living” and...

Abbey Woodcock has been a direct response copywriter since 7th grade when she wrote a 30-page sales letter asking her crush to the dance. Since then, she's converted better... writing sales pages and emails you've probably read from some of the...

Kevin Rogers spent years traveling the country as a dead-broke stand-up comedian until he discovered how a simple joke formula could be used as a powerful marketing hook and began teaching it to marketers.   Kevin’s unique background as a...

Jack Dell’Accio is the CEO and founder of Essentia, makers of the only natural memory foam mattress in the world. Named the world’s healthiest mattress, Essentia produces the only mattress that addresses the 6 key elements of physical and whole...

Scott Duffy is an entrepreneur and business growth expert. He began his career working for best-selling author and speaker, Tony Robbins, and went on to work for several big media brands like CBS Sportsline, NBC Internet, and FOXSports.com. Next, he...

Gary Ware, founder of BreakthroughPlay.com a site that helps professionals level-up their confidence, creativity, and happiness using play. To do this Gary incorporates techniques that professional improvisers use to create amazing experiences with no...

Dr. Sean Stephenson was predicted not to survive at birth because of a rare bone disorder that stunted his growth and caused his bones to be extremely fragile.   Despite his challenges, he took a stand for a quality of life that has inspired...

Connor Blakley is a serial entrepreneur, speaker, and youth brand/marketing strategist.    Connor helps personal brands and companies position themselves to better connect with GenZ in order to create lifelong brand loyal consumers. Connor...

Jamie Turner is an internationally-recognized author and CNN contributor who has helped The Coca-Cola Company, AT&T, CNN and other global brands tackle complex marketing problems. He is the CEO of SIXTY, a marketing optimization firm that has...

Neil Moore is the Founder and Executive Director of Simply Music, the largest playing-based music education institution in the world (www.simplymusic.com). He is also the creator of the Simply Music educational philosophy and methodology.  Neil...

Dr. Angela E. Lauria is the founder of The Author Incubator™ and creator of the Difference Process™ for writing a book that matters. She host of the popular Book Journeys Radio and ^Page UP^ podcasts. Helping people free their inner author since...

Troy Howard’s passion for combining technology and marketing has been a driving force in his life, leading him from selling yellow page ads to an executive of a publically traded company, and ultimately an entrepreneur and champion of small...

Steve Sims is the visionary founder of Bluefish: the world’s first luxury concierge that delivers the highest level of personalized travel, transportation, and cutting-edge entertainment services to corporate executives, celebrities, professional...