BNI is the largest business networking organization in the world. We offer members the opportunity to share ideas, contacts and most importantly, business referrals. Beth Anderson, Mike Macedonio, and Debby Peters contribute to our site. Read more about BNI & Referral Institute >
Brandon Allen is a business coach with The Business Blueprint. He works with business owners and platform builders in creating profitable businesses. Brandon is also a speaker and author of the small business blog, Build Your Soul Purpose. For more help on your business and additional business insight visit http://www.thebizblueprint.com. Read more about Brandon Allen >
Brad Axelrad, Founder of the Law of Attraction Center and Prosper Now events in Newport Beach, CA is a Consultant, Event Producer and Connector of Visionaries Worldwide. He is considered to be a leading expert in the Law of Attraction and joint ventures. His center was founded in January 2007 and has attracted thousands of people to its events, which showcases internationally-known speakers covering various topics including leadership, Entrepreneurialism, publicity, business strategy, effective communication and social consciousness. It has been featured in such notable media outlets as NBC Nightly News, PBS Television, Orange County Register, LA Times, USC/News 21 and CBC Radio. Read more about Brad Axelrad >
Michael R. Drew, a veteran of the book industry, joined Executive Excellence in 1997 as Publicist and Special Sales Coordinator. In 1999, he moved to Bard Press, where he served as Publicity, Special Sales, and Events Coordinator. When Bard Press was sold, he became Marketing Director for Bard Press/Longstreet Press. As Marketing Director, Mike most recently worked for Entrepreneur Press, which is owned by the publisher of Entrepreneur Magazine. Read more about Michael Drew >
Bestselling with The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today, Bryan Eisenberg is the co-author of the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, USA Today and New York Times bestselling books “Call to Action”, “Waiting For Your Cat to Bark?” and “Always Be Testing”. Bryan has been the keynote speaker for Search Engine Strategies, Shop.org, Direct Marketing Association, MarketingSherpa, E-consultancy, Webcom, SEM Konferansen Norway, and the Canadian Marketing Association. He is also the co-founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Web Analytics Association. Bryan serves as an advisory board member of Search Engine Strategies, the eMetrics Marketing Optimization Summit, and several venture capital-backed startup companies (e.g,m Bazaarvoice, iPerceptions, UserTesting.com, ClickEquations, etc.). Read more about Bryan Eisenberg >
Chief Persona Architect for Promote A Book, has been developing and working with the area of individual personas— which help people and companies market themselves and their products better to audiences—and worked as Senior Persuasion Architect for the website marketer FutureNow, Inc. Read more about Anthony Garcia >
Rich German is recognized as one of the most accomplished business and lifestyle coaches in North America. Since 1999, he has conducted over 17,000 individual coaching sessions and has led numerous training seminars for thousands of people. He is also the host of the popular video blog, “Rich in Life.” Read more about Rich German >
Susan M. Goodsell is a referral marketing professional, trainer, and author, based in Southern California. She is Executive Director and owner of BNI Riverside & San Bernardino Counties, CA. Her focus is helping entrepreneurs and business owners reach higher levels of success through word-of-mouth marketing. Read more about Susan Goodsell >
Lydia Hirt has been told she hides her nerdiness well and has been frequently reprimanded for correcting the grammar of superiors. With an obsession of books and the written word (and a secret skill at the Set® game), Lydia renounced the Chicago advertising world to join the publishing realm. Read more about Lydia Hirt >
Robert J. Hughes was a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal for over a decade, specializing in culture reporting. He was the paper's theater reporter, wrote on publishing, the art and auction markets, television, music, film and philanthropy, and reviewed books. Read more about Bob Hughes >
Lynne MacQuarrie is the president of Handler Inc. Public Relations & Marketing. She specializes in leveraging marketing opportunities, public relations and event management or what she calls “event triggers”. She uses humour for “Edutainment” purposes to connect with people when consulting or teaching. Read more about Lynne MacQuarrie >
Chris Maddock is a writer, speaker, writing trainer, and marketing strategist. He cut his teeth at the Roy H. Williams Marketing Firm, the renowned company of advertising guru Roy H. Williams (aka “The Wizard of Ads”). Chris spent years there as its Director of Message Development. Read more about Chris Maddock >
Kyle McNeil was a June 2010 addition to the Promote a Book team, evolving blogger & “thoughtful leader”. Kyle posted his first blog entry in April 2009 as has been honing his writing, message & authentic voice ever since, especially after meeting Michael Drew in October 2009 & attending “Book Publishing 2.0”. Kyle learning style is "sponge-like" and has been absorbing an abundance of insights around authenticity, relationships, communication & social media for nearly 10 years now. His personal blog can be found here: http://kylemcneil.com/ Read more about Kyle McNeil >
Super entrepreneur and CEO of 123Employee Daven Michaels has made a career of living the American Dream. Starting his entrepreneurial career at age 15, Daven never looked back. Best selling music and television producer, author, speaker and entrepreneur, Daven shows the little guy how to play ball with the big corporations and beat them at their own game. Read more about Daven Michaels >
Dr. Ivan Misner is the Founder & Chairman of BNI, the world’s largest business networking organization. BNI was founded in 1985. The organization now has over 4,600 chapters throughout every populated continent of the world. Last year alone, BNI generated over 4.9 million referrals resulting in over $1.9 billion dollars worth of business for its members. Read more about Ivan Misner >
Peter Nevland has traveled a long way from the Masters in Materials Science and Engineering he received from the University of Texas. As frontman for the many incarnations of Spoken Groove, the performance art genre he pioneered, he released 7 albums and one DVD in 5-1/2 years. He’s now taking that creativity back to the business world as a strategist, copywriter, trainer and speaker. His right and left brains unite in The Land of Nev. Read more about Peter Nevland >
Andrea Reindl has spent the last decade building businesses, from jewelry distribution to real estate. Read more about Andrea Reindl >
Dean Rotbart, is a successful entrepreneur, award-winning journalist, tier-one public relations consultant and frequent public speaker. Read more about Dean Rotbart >
Greenleaf Book Group is a publisher and distributor that specializes in the development of independent authors and the growth of small presses. They have a number of contributors on our site. Read more about Greenleaf Team >
Roy H. Williams—owner of Wizard of Ads, Inc., now with nine branch offices in the US, Canada, and Australia— serves the advertising and marketing needs of business owners around the globe. Roy is also shareholder, advisory board member, and strategic partner of Future Now, Inc. Read more about Roy Williams >