Sharon Grace is an inspiring educator, entrepreneur, independent consultant, speaker, and writer.

Find out how listening to the experts, making the right connections, and following through to implement their tools and strategies will change your life forever. What do you do when opportunity knocks? Sharon will share her expertise, knowledge, and life lessons you can’t learn in a classroom, but will most definitely learn at Author 101 University.

She is the author of: "When the Trust is Broken: Just When You Think Your Children are Safe ~ Think Again."

She is an in demand speaker for organizations who care about the protection of children and the prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and Domestic Violence.

Praised as a modern-day Dale Carnegie for how to be influential, Jill Lublin has empowered and inspired over 100,000 people through her best-selling books, national and international speaking tours, and strategic consulting engagements.

An internationally renowned speaker, Jill teaches powerful publicity, networking, and how-to- be-influential techniques. As the CEO of the strategic consulting firm, Promising Promotion, Jill has trained companies in innovative methods to improve bottom line results. Jill's clients range from banks to software companies, and include entrepreneurs, national associations, non-profit organizations, and franchises. She has also created a complete home study system for how to "Be Influential."

In the past twenty years, she has worked with ABC, NBC, CBS, and other national media, and knows what the media wants. Jill has been featured in The New York Times, Women’s Day, Fortune Small Business, Inc, and Entrepreneur Magazine, and on ABC and NBC radio and TV national affiliates.

Deeply committed to public service, Jill founded GoodNews Media, Inc. and hosts the TV program, Messages of Hope, as well as the nationally syndicated radio show, Do the Dream. Jill is thrilled when the stories she shares encourage and inspire people follow their dreams, especially when a crisis has stopped them in their tracks.

Marilyn Horowitz is an award-winning New York University professor, author, producer, and Manhattan-based writing coach. She works with first time and published novelists, new and produced screenwriters, and emerging and award-winning filmmakers. She is also a judge for the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship Program for film and media.

Professor Horowitz has a created a revolutionary system that yields a new, more effective way of writing, and is the author of six books using the method, including editions for college, high school, and middle school. Her textbooks are required text at New York University, and University of California, Long Beach. Her books have been used in the Lights, Camera, Literacy! program taught to over 1,000 children in Maryland’s Montgomery County Public Schools, the recipient of the “Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award” for outstanding scholastic performance). Professor Horowitz has written articles for Movie Maker and Script magazines, and she pens a monthly column for www.MovieOutline.com, an online magazine with 30,000 subscribers. Professor Horowitz’ weekly newsletter reaches 18,000 readers, and her 5,000+ Facebook friends.

Professor Horowitz has taught more than 100 classes, seminars, and workshops across the country for groups including the Writers Guild of America East, Philadelphia Writer’s Conference, Script DC, and Screenwriters World East. She is a frequent speaker and presenter at the Great American PitchFest and the Screenwriting Expo in Los Angeles.

In addition, Professor Horowitz has written several feature-length screenplays. Her production credits include the feature films And Then Came Love (2007), starring Vanessa Williams and distributed by Warner Bros.; Caleb’s Door (2009), distributed by Around the Scenes; Found in Time (2011); Nocturnal Agony (2011); and The One (2011).

Jack James is an ordinary kid. At the age of 10 his mom helped him to start his own business. At 12, he wrote a book to encouragement other kids to start their own business too. Jack’s book is written from one kid to another and explains how to make money, make a difference and have fun doing both. In How to let your parents Raise a Millionaire Jack tells other kids the story of how he started his business, Jack’s Garbage Valet. He explains how easy and fun it can be and explains exactly why other kids should strive to become an entrepreneur.

Dõv was born in the UK in the late 1950's and even as a child he became fascinated with the undercurrent of human psyche. By the time he was twenty-one he had left his home country to travel and study many spiritual philosophies under a variety of spiritual masters.

In June 1990 while free climbing in British Columbia, at approximately 120 feet, Dõv reached for a rock that dislodged a bigger rock. This rock hit him in the face and sent him hurling onto the jagged rocks below. It was a tragic moment, a moment that might have ended his life, and in fact, in some ways it did. Now he describes that moment like this, "On that day I fell 120 feet from a self-imposed pedestal and landed on my ego."

It was the end of the person he had been and in many ways the birth of "The Accidental Guru."

Dõv Baron is a Elite Mind Strategist specializing in the Psychology of High Performance Leadership. He serves as a mentor and adviser to corporate, creative and personal leaders. His company Baron Mastery is the only resource for training tomorrow’s leaders in the implementation of “The C.O.R.E Affluence System for Leadership”.

Dõv Baron is the original developer of Quantum-Meta-Psychology. He has created the ground breaking EFM Audio Technology. He is the author of many bestselling books including: “Don’t Read This…Your Ego Won’t Like It!", "Getting What You Want To Want You", "What The Bleep Does It Mean?" and his new book: "Don’t Read This…Unless You Want More Money."

Loral Langemeier is one of todays most visible and innovative money experts. She continues to expand her horizons, even through the challenging obstacles of today’s economy. Because of her tenacity and absolute confidence in what she teaches, Langemeier is one of only a handful of women in the world today who can claim the title of “expert” when it comes to financial matters and the making of millionaires. She accelerates the conversation about money, sharing how to, not just survive this tough economic climate, but how to succeed and thrive.

The Millionaire Master Series.

Loral will reveal the 7 biggest mistakes authors make when writing and launching their own book and how to overcome them and create a million dollar business. Some of the key learning will revolve around:
* The importance of databases and how to use them effectively
* What you need to know about technology as it relates to your book
* Who is the team you need for a successful launch
* How to convert online sales
* How to do bulk sales off line
* How to build a solid platform for your business

A New York Times, USA Today and Amazon bestselling author and a leading entrepreneurial speaker, Langemeier has coached thousands of success stories around the world by giving them the simple tools to generate cash and build wealth. As a single working mother, dynamic speaker/motivator and owner of a business (Live Out Loud, Inc); Langemeier lights up the room and illicits change for the better.

Langemeier started her first business at 17, and by age 34, had established a multi-million-dollar portfolio. As one of the most notable national and international entrepreneurs, Langemeier has built a number of businesses in a variety of industries, including projects in real-estate, green-recycled glass, and online marketing firms - several of which have grossed millions.

As Founder and CEO of Live Out Loud, Langemeier has shared her high value strategies at seminars all over the world, teaching people her simple recipe for capitalizing on their skills and talents to make new money. She is author of four national best-selling books; The Millionaire Maker, The Millionaire Maker’s Guide to Wealth Cycle Investing and The Millionaire Maker’s Guide to Creating a Cash Machine for Life and her just-released book Put More Cash In Your Pocket. Her highly anticipated, fifth book Yes! Energy: The Equation to Do Less, Make More hits book stores in February 2012.

Langemeier has appeared frequently on CNN, CNBC, The Street TV, Fox News Channel, Fox Business Channel-America’s Nightly Scoreboard, The Dr. Phil Show and The View. Langemeier has been featured in articles and appeared in USA Today, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, and on the web at ABCNews.com, Forbes.com and as a regular online contributor with the Huffington Post, The Bottom Line, Yahoo7Finance, and BusinessWeek.com. She was recognized by Forbes Magazine, in September 2011, as a standout woman in business. She also appeared in and contributed to The Secret. Loral has spoken in-person in front of tens-of-thousands of people and helped create hundreds of new millionaires.

Loral constantly strives to give back to her community and society as a whole. She is a frequent donor to charitable groups including, the Boys and Girls Club of America, The Lake Tahoe Bear League, An Empowered Woman Foundation, Life School and Family Resource Centers. She has developed special programs for women and for children, as well as entrepreneurs. Most recently she has formed Serve Out Loud aimed at providing discount education to United States Veterans.

Dr. Judith Briles is the author of 27 books. Her latest is Show Me About Book Publishing co-authored with Rick Frishman and John Kremer. Judith is known as The Book Shepherd and has an active practice working with and coaching with beginning and experienced authors as they create their books.

Judith is the Founder of Author U, an author-centric association of authors who desire to create, strategize, develop, publish and achieve success with their books.

She's a past president of the Colorado Authors League, the Colorado Independent Publishers Association and several other associations and presents Advanced Book Marketing workshops with Dan Poynter and Brian Jud.

Her books have been sold to 16 countries; sold in excess of 1,000,000 copies; she's been featured on everything from the local TV and radio outlets to Oprah, Good Morning America and CNN; and featured in Time, Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal, People and the National Enquirer.

Demiya Miller is 12 years old and she just completed the 6th grade. She is an avid reader and a great student! She knows what it takes to "Get Good Grades, Get Good Friends, & Get Your Parents to Say 'YES' to Almost Everything!" As a 5 time contributing author for "Playmeter Magazine," an amusement game trade magazine, she regularly attends conferences & reviews commercial-sized coin operated gaming equipment for players, route operators, and manufacturers. Demiya has appeared in two movies: "Randomocity" & "The Dead 2." She enjoys working at haunted houses during the Halloween season and has been scaring people for over 6 years! For fun, she reads, plays softball (catcher for her junior league winning the Season Championship), and loves to travel to Trade Shows with her dad, Tom Miller, or travel to conferences with her mom, Andrea Adams-Miller. She has two big sisters, Devony 13 & Destiny 20, 9 cats, 2 dogs, & a motorcycle. Demiya loves cars so, she has a corvette and a Camaro on her goal sheet!

Ellen Reid uses her talent for taking an author's vision, expanding it and producing books of excellent quality.Growing up in a Los Angeles family involved with motion picture distribution, her background is deeply rooted in entertainment, advertising, promotion and sales. As one of the industry’s premier “book shepherds,” she propels many self-published authors to success with award-winning books that meet mainstream standards. Today, Ellen and her visionary creative team improve the self-publishing experience with a one-stop, “we do it all” service that lifts the publishing work from authors and produces a book that exceeds their expectations.

Clint Arthur is one of the world's leading experts on how to use local TV publicity to create a national platform. The numbers speak for themselves. He has done more than 33 local TV interviews in cities all across the country, captured well over $1,000,000.00 in free TV airtime, become a bestselling author, and generated 18 straight months of RECORD SALES for his company without spending a DIME on advertising.

Here's what you'll learn from local TV publicity expert and best-selling author Clint Arthur, veteran of 33 local TV interviews, 2 appearances in Time Magazine, countless radio interviews, and over $1,000,000 per year in business to business sales:

She is a highly sought after Marketing Consultant in the industry as she contributed to the increased revenue of $4.3 million dollars in just 24 months for 1 of her clients. If you can get on her client list or be mentored by her, you should jump at the chance as one entrepreneur that she has worked with has sold more than a million dollars worth of on-going training from his seminars in a single weekend, a strategy and duplicable system that she loves to teach NEW entrepreneurs.

Often referred to as "The Game Changer," International Speaker and Consultant, Stefanie Hartman is a highly sought after Behind the Scenes Marketing Strategist for highly profitable entrepreneurs, authors, speakers, coaches and experts throughout North America, Europe, and Australia.

For over 30 years Aaron has been starting and building companies. He has presided over several multi-million dollar corporations in addition to Laughlin and created business development, marketing and sales strategies that have brought exponential growth to his projects even though difficult economic times. Aaron is known for quickly cutting through the pervasive clutter of complex issues, identifying key elements and setting focused goals that will achieve success. He is well versed in business strategy and has advised literally thousands of entrepreneurs over the course of his career. Aaron is a charismatic presenter and has spoken to thousands of business owners in countries across three continents on topics of asset protection, business growth strategies, and international commerce.

For over 25 years, Hobie Hobart and his partner Kathi Dunn (known as one of the country's top book cover designers) have created success tools like bestselling book covers and information products that authors, speakers and experts use to build their brands and business empires. Hobie is a respected book coach who helps authors through the maze of self-publishing seamlessly and cost-effectively. Hobie's company, Dunn+Associates, worked for six years with Tony Robbins, developing seminar promotional materials and products including Tony's legendary PowerTalk infommercial series. They also produced the branded marketing materials for Mark Victor Hansen's Mega events for over five years. Their prestigious list of clients also includes Deepak Chopra, Ken Blanchard, Jack Canfield, John Edward, and Sylvia Browne, as well as HarperCollins, Simon and Schuster, Prentice Hall, Hay House, and a host of publishing giants.

10 Mistakes That Will Absolutely Kill Your Book!

If you're serious about your success, if you truly want to sell a ton of books, attract more customers, establish yourself as the leading expert in your industry, land more speaking and consulting engagements, solidify your brand, and build a profitable business empire, this presentation is for you!

In this one-of-a-kind session, Hobie Hobart will reveal:

Ursula Mentjes is the founder of Sales Coach Now, as well as a Sales Expert, Inspirational Speaker, Author and Certified Sales Coach who specializes in NLP to help her clients double and triple their sales.

Ursula is passionate about helping individuals and businesses reach their greatest sales goals, so in 2004 she founded her own Professional Sales Coaching and Training firm. www.salescoachnow.com Ursula is also the author of Selling with Intention, Past-President of NAWBO-IE, Past President of NAWBO-U (Education Foundation), Vice-President of Corporate Partners for NAWBO-CA, founding member of BRC, a 2006 Graduate of Leadership California, 2007 Spirit of the Entrepreneur Awards Finalist, named one of951 Magazine's 51 to watch in 2008 and recipient of the 2009 NAWBO-IE A.N.I.T.A Award.

Geek, surfer, marketer, video producer and didgeridoo player, Mike Koenigs is best known as the guy who created the Web 2.0 syndication service, Traffic Geyser that distributes over a million videos per week and generates top ranking, web traffic and leads in minutes by sending video content to over 70 video sites, social bookmarking, social media, blog and podcasting directories.

Mike grew up in Eagle Lake, Minnesota (pop. 763) where he taught himself how to program at age 14. He wrote video games for the first Mac game company, PCAI. In 1991, he co-founded Digital Caf, one of the first interactive multimedia agencies that produced the world's first branded CD-ROM game, "Chex Quest" and shipped in more than six-million boxes of General Mills cereal. Digital Caf produced many of the world's first movie web sites, promotional screen savers and games for Sony, Columbia-Tristar and 20th Century Fox. He sold the company during the dotcom boom to publicly-held IPG and billion-dollar agency Campbell-Mithun in 1999.

He's credited for making "Infomercial Toolkit" and inventing the "Internet Infomercial" for marketing and selling products or services with video on the web.

Michael has served as a producer, marketer and consultant for Sony Entertainment, 20th Century Fox, 3M, General Mills, Dominos Pizza, Ralston, Mazda Motors and New York Times bestselling authors including Deepak Chopra, Debbie Ford and Tony Robbins. He's created over 300 web sites and more than 30 products.

Mike's "Digital Caf" studio is located in San Diego, CA.

Jim Kwik (pronounced "quick," his real name) has taught speed-reading, memory improvement, and accelerated learning for over 15 years. He has addressed international audiences from over 60 countries, with clients that include Marriott Hotel, Million Dollar Roundtable, MetLife and Harvard University. Jim has shared the speaking stage with global thought leaders, from Richard Branson to the Dalai Lama, and has been interviewed and featured in various media, with multiple segments on Wall Street Journal/CBS business radio. As an internet marketing strategist for many of the world's top personal development authors, he creates 'unforgettable' promotions for his high profile clients that sell millions of dollars of their life changing products online.

Carol transformed herself and her business using social media. A former senior level corporate executive for Realogy, she launched her own consulting, coaching and training business in 2008. She did it without a marketing budget and through the systematic use of social media including LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter and more.

As a writer herself, she has been tutored by some of the greats, including Gary Braver, William Martin, John Lescroart, Jacquelyn Mitchard, and James Rollins. She has consulted with Gary, William and Jacquelyn on their own use of social media to stay in touch with current fans and attract new readers.

Her down to earth business approach to using social media is guaranteed to grow your network and get you in front of the public, the press, and the publishers who are looking to connect with rising stars.

Carol hosts two different radio shows; one in Greenwich, CT on 1490-WGCH which airs Wednesday mornings at 9:00 am EST and the other on www.toginet.com which airs Wednesdays from 5 to 6 pm EST. On the LinkedIn Lady shows Carol interviews Internet and social media experts, business owners and entrepreneurs. Her lively, engaging style draws out tips about their business as well as the creative ways they are using social media. Archived shows can be heard on www.linkedinlady.com.

Carol is the author of Ten Traits for Top Performers, published exclusively for the 125,000 sales associates and brokers in the Realogy family of companies. She is currently working on the new updated edition of that book. Her most anticipated work will be coming out in late 2011, which was inspired by her coaching and consulting practice. Reinvent Yourself at Any Age will be a must-read for anyone going through transition and seeking inspiration from others who have totally changed their lives and their careers by following their passions.

Dr. Dave Magrogan is a goal setting expert. He built two of the largest chiropractic practices in the country before switching careers to build a 35 million dollar restaurant empire stretching from Chapel Hill, North Carolina to Notre Dame University in Indiana. Dave was named a finalist in the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year competition, as well as a recipient of the Forty Under Forty award. His company was named as one of the Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies in the Philadelphia Business Journal and his Irish Pub Chain, Kildare's, was named 7th Best Irish Pub in the World. Dave reaches 100,000 people weekly with his Rhino Living motivational training and speaking company. His book, 'Do It Rhino Style,' has sold around the world and is quickly becoming a cult classic among entrepreneurs. Dave will share the keys to successful goal setting, branding, and building an profitable business faster than you thought possible!

Personal finance author, speaker and teacher Melissa Tosetti is the founder of the online magazine The Savvy Life and is author of the international best seller, Living The Savvy Life. Melissa's passion is to help people step off the pendulum that swings from overspending to extreme frugality creating a balanced, fiscally secure lifestyle. Melissa believes in creating a strong financial foundation through easy to implement habits and routines that make managing your money effortless. From there, she introduces The Savvy Life Philosophy of saving money on the things that are not as important to you so you can afford to spend money on the things that are important to you. Understanding the fear and emotions surrounding money, Melissa presents her material in a positive, upbeat and even humorous manner. Her goal is to encourage people for the future rather than making them feel guilty about their past financial decisions and actions.

Melissa regularly speaks at community and service clubs such as Kiwanis and Rotary. Her corporate speaking resume includes Bayer Healthcare LLC, PG&E and International Paper among others. She was the keynote speaker at the FFIT Fearless & Savvy Woman Event in July 2011. She has appeared on five episodes of Pocket the Difference on the Fine Living Network, The Real Deal with Jeanette Pavini and on Eye on the Bay. She is frequently quoted in U.S. News & World Report, TodayShow.com, Chicago Tribune and Detroit News among other publications. She has chaired panels on savvy living at the Professional Businesswomen of California conferences in San Francisco and Sacramento. She also teaches courses on budget living at Chabot College in Hayward, CA as well as running her own Savvy Living seminars.

Author, speaker, strategic consultant, master storyteller and celebrated Hollywood film producer, Gary has produced some of Hollywood's biggest box-office hits, including among others 'Pretty Woman', 'The Mothman Prophecies' and 'Under Siege' and its sequel.

His films have generated well over a billion dollars in worldwide revenue, receiving multiple Academy Award nominations, People's Choice Awards, a Golden Globe and various other awards.

ENTERTAINING BEGINNINGS

Having spent his early years living a stone's throw from the homes and hangouts of Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin and others, music was an early passion.

Gary became the youngest A&R rep for Columbia Records while still an undergraduate at UC Berkeley, responsible for hosting the touring stars of the Columbia family of recording artists.

Doing double duty as UC's Music Chairman, Gary produced all concerts and cabarets on and for the Berkeley campu, promoting dozens of concerts, including Chuck Berry's revival concert with the Steve Miller Band as his backup, Joni Mitchell (surprising her with then-boyfriend Graham Nash coming out on stage to duet with her), Jon Sebastian, Hoyt Axton, Phil Ochs, and dozens more.

The impact and possibility of music during the political heydey of upheaval left an indelible impression and love for the power of entertainment and story, be it through music, film and beyond. Later attracted to the film business, Gary's early experience in the music trade was amazing preparation for producing, marketing and promotion, budgeting events, and working with top tier talent of the day.

CURRENT VISTAS

The skills Gary brought to bear in climbing the ladder from newcomer to up-and-comer to mega-success in a fiercely competitive film industry can be used to empower any business. His experience and strategies, developed over the recent 25 years, have empowered him to consistently and successfully reinvent and energize other people's marketing and messages, products and services, businesses and bottom lines.

Brendon Burchard is the author of the life-changing book from HarperCollins entitled Life's Golden Ticket. He is also an in-demand life coach, leadership speaker and business consultant who is revolutionizing the way entrepreneurs do business by teaching them how to partner with nonprofits and major corporations.

By creating and leveraging innovative nonprofit and corporate partnerships, Brendon has sold three major books, quadrupled his speaking engagements, doubled his product sales, launched a half-million-dollar seminar series, tripled his client list, won corporate sponsorships, and appeared on ABC World News, CBS, NPR, Oprah & Friends and over 65 major radio stations across the country. His sponsors and promotional partners have included Wachovia, Sony Pictures, Wal-Mart, Coca-Cola, Kiwanis, Junior Achievement and other major Fortune 500 companies and global nonprofit organizations. And now he's doing to teach YOU his secret partnership strategies for selling your books, growing your business and giving back in ways you've never even imagined.

"How to Explode Your Business through Nonprofit and Corporate Partnerships"

Brendon's presentations are known for two things: energy and content. Be prepared toss out your old business model as you learn:

This is your chance to learn from the leading authority on major organizational partnerships in the world today. Brendon simply owns this topic and he walks his talk. As a lifelong volunteer, he has served as an advisory board member to several nonprofit organizations and he donates a portion of his royalties to three of the largest nonprofits in the world serving our children and communities: YMCA, Kiwanis and Junior Achievement. As a former corporate executive, his clients have included Accenture, JC Penney, eBay, Best Buy, Nordstrom, Levis, Walgreens, Gateway and Federal Mogul. Now, for the first time, he's sharing his partnership strategies with YOU at this must-attend event!

Rick is a sought after lecturer on publishing and public relations and is a member of PRSA and the National Speakers Association. Rick is the co-author of Guerrilla Marketing For Writers: 100 Weapons for Selling Your Work with Jay Conrad Levinson and literary agent Michael Larsen (Writers Digest Books), as well as co-author of Guerrilla Publicity: Hundreds of Sure-Fire Tactics to Get Maximum Sales for Minimum Dollars.

Rick is also the co-author of National Bestseller Networking Magic and his latest books, Bestselling Book Proposals and Bestselling Secrets from Top Agents, part of the Author101 Series.

Rick will reveal ...

Rick has also appeared on hundreds of radio shows and more than a dozen TV shows nationwide including OPRAH and Bloomberg TV. He has also been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Selling Power Magazine, New York Post and scores of other publications.

Tom has a very simple "Three Prong Attack" on Internet marketing, which is extremely simple and easy to understand. Tom is no "techie" . All he cares about is where to click to make money and he teaches his students the exact techniques he uses to pull in $75,000.00 to $220,000.00 in a month from his home office. These consistent high profit / low overhead Internet sales have made Tom an Internet Multi Millionaire in a very short period of time.

Since Tom consistently makes large sums of money while sitting in front of his computer this gave him the idea for his infamous "Butt Camp" Seminars where you learn to make more money sitting on your "rear" than going out and working for a living.

Tom has students in his mentor program who are e-millionaires and many are making 5, 10, 15 or $20,000.00 US per month.

Tom has the largest Internet magazine in his industry with over 130,000 subscribers in 80 countries.

Dr. Barbara De Angelis is one of the most influential teachers of our time in the field of personal and spiritual development, and the author of fourteen bestselling books which have sold over ten million copies and been published throughout the world in twenty languagesincluding an amazing FOUR #1 New York Times Bestsellers. For the past thirty-five years, she has reached tens of millions of people throughout the world with her positive messages about purpose, fulfillment the search for meaning in our lives. Barbara is legendary in the field of personal transformation as one of the first people to popularize the idea of self-help in the 1980's, and as the first female motivational teacher on television. Through her sold-out seminars, books, TV and radio shows, speakers trainings and coaching programs, she has created her own BARBARA De ANGELIS BRAND and brought in over $200 million in revenue.

Barbara is known not only for being a riveting and inspirational speaker, but for helping her audiences make instant and profound shifts. Her presentation will include:

How to Achieve RockStar Status in Your Industry By Writing a Book in 30 Days and Thinking Outside the Box like Axl Rose, Pat Benatar, Mick Jagger, and Paul McCartney. Not exactly the people you would look to for marketing advice. But look at what they have done. Each one of them rose from complete obscurity to become a music icon. Just saying their names invokes certain images Axl, the Guns N' Roses bad boy. Benatar, the lady rocker who could kick your butt eight ways to Sunday, and you'd like it. Jagger's lips. McCartney, the "cute" Beatle.

They became wildly successful in music because they made their own way. They made their own rules as they went along and in the process, developed world-wide celebrity.

Craig will personally share...

Bottom line Craig teaches how to work as little as possible, how to love what you do, and how to generate massive income, so you too, can enjoy the lifestyle of your choice

A refugee from the world of politics, Scott Hoffman is one of the founding partners of Folio Literary Management, LLC. Prior to starting Folio, Scott was at PMA Literary and Film Management, Inc.

He has served as Vice-chairman of the Board of Directors of SEARAC (the only nationwide advocacy agency for Southeast Asian-Americans), a Board Member of Fill Their Shelves, Inc. (a charitable foundation that provides books to children in sub-Saharan Africa) and a member of the Metropolitan Opera's Young Associates Steering Committee.

Before entering the world of publishing, he was one of the founding partners of Janus-Merritt Strategies, a Washington, DC strategic consulting firm. He holds an MBA from New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business, and a BA from the College of William and Mary.

Bruce R Barbour has been active in book publishing for thirty years. He has held executive positions at several publishing houses including Fleming H Revell Company (family owned-business sold in 1979), Barbour and Company (co-founded and Exec VP in 1983-1986), Thomas Nelson (VP, Publisher, 1986-1993), and Random House (VP, Publisher 1994-1996). In 1997, Bruce founded Literary Management Group, Inc., a full service literary agency and publishing consulting firm that has represented best-selling authors and properties including Zig Ziglar, Sandra Felton and The Beginner's Bible and consulted with publishing houses including Thomas Nelson, Zondervan, Gospel Light, Pneuma Life, Legacy, New Hope, White Stone Books and others.

David L. Hancock, Morgan James founder, was named a Finalist in the Best Chairman category in The 2006 American Business Awards. Hailed as "the business world's own Oscars" by the New York Post, The American Business Awards are the only national, all-encompassing business awards program honoring great performances in the workplace.

David was selected for Fast Company Magazine's Fast 50 for 2006 for his leading creative thinking, significant accomplishments and stands to have a significant impact on the next 10 years. He has revolutionized book publishing from the author's standpoint. His Entrepreneurial Publishing model enriches authors as well as his company.

Actively working with his authors to help them not only maximize revenue from their book royalties, David also builds new business and increases their revenue substantially through follow-on sales to their readers.

One of David's core values is having strong and mutually beneficial relationships. "We've spent years developing many of the key business relationships that allows us to get our books in bookstores and the widespread web coverage we've been able to achieve. We intend to stay constant in our pursuit of positive relationships with people in all facets of our business, and we see that as a strategic advantage."

David will be teaching us Guerrilla Marketing for Writers.

As an author, you are an entrepreneur. Every book you write is a separate enterprise with its own fate and its own reckoning that balances income against expenditures. For guerrillas, the only business criterion that counts is profits.

Marketing is anything done to sell a product or service and maintain relationships with the people who make the business possible. Fortune 500 companies spend millions to market their products.

But like most entrepreneurs, authors don't have millions to spend. They have to be guerrilla marketers. They have to use unconventional weapons and tactics that substitute time, energy and imagination for money.

Bestselling author Alex Carroll is one of the world's leading experts on radio publicity. The numbers speak for themselves. He has done more than ONE THOUSAND radio interviews, captured well over $4,000,000.00 in free radio airtime, and generated $1,291,000.00 in orders directly from listeners all without spending a DIME on advertising and rarely leaving the comfort of his own home.

Here's what you'll learn from radio publicity expert and best-selling author Alex Carroll veteran of 1,031 radio interviews and $1,291,000.00 in direct-to-consumer book sales

Wendy brings an all-new twist to business acceleration with her proven strategies to increase your impact and your income - through speaking. In every industry from health care to hair care, she has proven time and again, "Your most powerful business asset is your voice!"

From intimate gatherings to auditoriums of thousands, Wendy's signature combination of practicality, passion and panache yields significant results for her audiences. In fact, 93% of Wendy’s surveyed trainees report successful implementation of her strategies and positive changes for their businesses.

Wendy is the author of the bestselling books, Shatter Your Speed Limits, and M.A.D. Leadership for Healthcare. President of Professional Impact, Inc. and founder of the Move People To Action System for Experts and Entrepreneurs^TM, she serves as a trusted advisor, trainer, consultant and coach for doctors, executive leaders and top influencers worldwide.

Crowned the "female Zig Ziglar" and the "new direction in the selling industry," Wendy is an internationally recognized authority in personal and organizational change and the psychosocial factors that move people to action. She’s a highly sought-after keynote speaker at healthcare, corporate and non-profit conferences and was once paid $150,000 for a single speech!

Wendy has helped hundreds of thousands of people get what they truly want - in business and in life. And now it's your turn! In 90 content-packed minutes, she’ll reveal her Millionaire Speaker Map and show you how you can:

Wendy has spent 30 years developing and honing her expertise and now she’s pulling back her curtains to show you how you can accelerate your business and amplify your message – through speaking!

Gary holds a bachelor’s degree in Literature from New York University graduating magna cum laude, and an MBA in Finance from Columbia University.

Gary began his career at the prestigious investment banking firm Lazard Freres, where he worked at their real estate affiliate. Subsequently, Gary founded his own real estate company, Capital Hill Realty. In real estate Gary has developed, syndicated and invested in properties that in today’s value, aggregate over $500 million. Gary has raised over $60 million dollars from individuals and small funds.

Gary founded Capital Hill Group, Inc, a boutique investment banking firm, in 1981. Capital Hill Group, Inc. is a member of FINRA and is governed by the SEC. Gary continues to provide investment banking services for emerging growth companies, and is one of the leading experts in raising capital, building businesses, real estate and marketing, especially on the Internet.

Gary has been involved in the entertainment world, film, and is currently finishing a Wall Street thriller.

Greg is an internationally known and sought after speaker. He’s known as the Master Negotiator. Greg has an extensive background in management and business, having been a business owner since 1993. He is an author and presenter, who has mastered the art of negotiation and reading body language.

Greg is a recognized public speaker who has trained individuals, and a countless number of people in corporations, on how to negotiate better deals and increase their assets in the process.

Greg not only speaks and trains on the subject of negotiation, throughout his career, he has negotiated many multi-million dollar deals, on behalf of his clients.

Greg has appeared on numerous TV and radio programs and... is the author of the highly acclaimed book titled, "Negotiate: Afraid, 'Know' More", the video DVD titled, "How to Read and Use Body Language", and a countless number of self-paced products related to becoming a better negotiator, while reading body language to enhance the process.

Greg's next book, "Negotiate and Read Body Language: Negotiation Strategies to Get What You Want", will be coming to a bookstore near you real soon..

Peter Hoppenfeld is widely recognized as the "go to" attorney and advisor in the representation of direct marketers, speakers, authors, information marketers, "thought leaders," entrepreneurs and domestic and international training companies and their founders in all aspects of their legal and business affairs

His firm seeks to:

If you want to discover how to build profit-centers in your books you're not going to want to miss Daniel Hall. Daniel is an author, speaker and book marketing consultant. One of his books "Speak on Cruise Ships: 8 Easy Steps to a Lifetime of Luxury Cruises" revolutionized the cruise speaking industry and opened the door to allow authors, speakers, coaches and consultants to direct book cruises by speaking through on board enrichment programs.

In working with coaching clients he helped speakers write and publish books and other information products FAST. That work would eventually develop into the training program and author community called Real Fast Book. Daniel loves books and helping authors get their message out to a wider audience while still helping them to be wildly profitable. Don't miss this chance to come and "pick his brain" as one of our panelist.

Considered a pioneer in the world of celebrity gifting, Jane Ubell-Meyer a former television & film producer is the author of "52 Things U want to Know, So U Don't End Up on Your Parents' Couch" and "How to Make Money with Gift Bags". Jane is the founder of Madison & Mulholland, Inc, one of the world's leaders in celebrity & VIP gifting and leads MasterMind Groups for entrepreneurs in New York and Los Angeles. Her clients (past and present) United Airlines, Entrepreneur Magazine, Virgin America, American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival, Grammy Foundation, Academy for Television Arts & Sciences, Major League Baseball, Hearst Publications, Conde Nast, etc. She is an instructor at New York's Fashion Institute of Technology where she teaches students the art of product placement, creating successful relationships with clients and joint ventures. Jane is a well-known television producer, her credits include: Good Morning America, WABC-TV, Entertainment Tonight and she was the creator of a daily two hour talk show for Dow Jones' WBIS-TV. She is the producer of two feature films, and the CBS TV movie, "Leona Helmsley, The Queen of Mean".

Jane's appearances as an expert and authority in the world of product placement and celebrities include national and international broadcasts: Fox, CNN, CBS, ABC, BBC, Hong Kong TV, Japan TV, Canadian TV, German TV, etc. Madison & Mulholland featured in over 100 print and online news and entertainment publications including: The New York Times, Variety, Hollywood Reporter, New York Post, Huffington Post, Entrepreneur Magazine, among others. Madison & Mulholland's 9th Annual "Ultimate Nominee Gift Bag" which is being gifted to ten top leading Hollywood actresses will be featured in the March 2 issue of Life & Style magazine. Beginning, March 15, 2011 Jane will be a contributing columnist for BusinessMarketingDaily.com.

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