Holly Hamann
http://www.TheBlogFrog.com
@TheBlogFrog
Holly is co-founder of BlogFrog, a web-based company offering community-building tools for bloggers. She has spent her career launching start-ups in the internet, multimedia, entertainment, video, and other high-tech industries. She is a public speaker, contributing writer on technology and marketing to various publications, is an American Marketing Association “Marketer of the Year” recipient, and a guest blogger for The Huffington Post.
She holds a degree in Mathematics and Computer Science and when she’s not working or driving kids to hockey, band, and guitar, you can find her hiding with a book, blogging, or swimming laps. Holly lives in Colorado and blogs about technology, triathlons, entrepreneurship, and life with teenagers at www.LoveandMath.com.
Amy Bellgardt
http://www.MomSpark.net
@MomSpark
Amy is a work-at-home mom of two boys and wife to an insanely handsome jingle writer. (no, seriously) In 2008, She started a blog, MomSpark.net, as a way to connect with fellow moms who were experiencing the same joys and challenges of parenting as she was. Amy was looking for an outlet as a stay-at-home mom and quickly found the community she needed in the social media and blogging world.
Mom Spark now consists of three writers and has a wide range of articles for moms that include recipes, product reviews, arts & crafts, travel, blogging advice, and an active community forum. Mom Spark also works with several brands that include Rayovac, Popsicle, Hewlett Packard, Foodily and more.
In 2009, Amy founded the successful MomMadeThat.com, an online listing registry for mom businesses to promote and advertise their goods and services. Mom Made That! currently has over 200 business listings and was recommended by Etsy.com as an economical method of advertising.
Most recently, she launched a social media company, Mom Spark Media, which helps mom bloggers further their blogging paths by offering instructional blogging and social media courses, as well as unique opportunities to work with brands. Mom Spark Media has worked on large online campaigns with Jockey International, Pop Secret, Dell, VTech Communications and more.
Lara Galloway
http://www.MomBizCoach.com
@MomBizCoach
Lara Galloway is The Mom Biz Coach – a certified life coach dedicated to helping mom entrepreneurs blend work and family while finding freedom, flexibility and fulfillment. Her extensive online influence and unique approach to coaching mompreneurs to success has won her the attention of national and international media, including Forbes.com, which named her one of “30 Women Entrepreneurs to Follow on Twitter” as well as one of the “25 Most Influential Women Tweeting About Entrepreneurship,” and Hubspot, which called her one of the “100 Most Powerful Women on Twitter.”
Galloway is a thought leader and frequent speaker on critical developments and insights into the mompreneur industry and has coached thousands of successful mom entrepreneurs through her radio program, teleseminars, private coaching, The Mom Biz Academy, and her Mom Biz Retreats. A successful sales executive at IBM, Galloway holds a Masters Degree and completed The Life Coach & Leadership Training Program. She lives in suburban Detroit with her husband and three children.
Annabel Candy
http://www.SuccessfulBlogging.com
@BloggingMentor
Annabel Candy is a writer, web designer and travel fiend with an MA in Design for Interactive Media and 16 years experience in online marketing. She owns web design agency Mucho.
Annabel moved to Australia in 2009 and set up a travel blog called Get In the Hot Spot to improve her writing and learn about blogging.
Get In the Hot Spot grew and now attracts a global audience of engaged readers. In the last 12 months over 138,000 people visited and, in 2010, Annabel was chosen by Coca-Cola as one of four Australian Live Positively ambassadors and flown to Shanghai business class for a social media conference with bloggers from all over Asia.
Annabel wrote a book called Successful Blogging in 12 Simple Steps and set up Successful Blogging.com to help other writers and small business owners tap into the power of blogging.
Annabel believes blogging is a cost-effective, sustainable and powerful tool which allows small business owners and creatives to market themselves to a global audience.
Her secret dream is to empower more people to market and sell themselves through blogging.
J from J’s Everyday Fashion
http://www.JsEverydayFashion.com
@JEveryDayFashion
The hit blog J’s Everyday Fashion has taken the Internet by storm. In just over a year, she has gained a following of more than 14,000 Facebook fans and receives more than half a million hits to her websites per month. She has combined her passion for journalism, social media and fashion into a brand that seeks to do one thing – provide women with practical and free fashion advice. The self-proclaimed “Rachael Ray of fashion,” J is also a freelance writer, social media specialist and marketing expert. She lives in Orlando, FL.
Michele Scism
http://www.DecisiveMinds.com
@TheResultsLady
Michele Scism is a leading authority on social media and online marketing and the Founder of both DecisiveMinds.com and The Global Social Media Managers Association. Her clients call her “The Results Lady” because as a business strategist she uses her signature “Take Action Get Profits” system to help entrepreneurs turn their passion into expert status and then profits. Michele’s knowledge in the areas of online marketing and social media marketing have been recognized during recent interviews on several web TV shows, including being interviewed by Kristi Frank from Donald Trump’s The Apprentice, as well as multiple Talk Radio shows and tele-classes. Whether you want freedom and flexibility, more time to be with your family, more money, or the feeling of satisfaction you get from creating a successful business, Michele is there with her expert business knowledge, strategies and accountability skills to help you get the results of your dreams.
Christie Crowder
http://www.ChristieCrowder.com
@ChatterboxCGC
Christie is a published author, blogger, lifecaster, and social media consultant. Through writing, speaking, and consulting, she helps others discover their true passions and entrepreneurial spirit. The success of her coaching, blogs, online shows, her passion for marketing, and relentless creativity allows her to help businesses tell their story through social media.
Kaitlyn Pierce
http://SocialMediaConnoisseurs.com
@DigitalKaitlyn
Kaitlyn was born and raised about 3 hours outside of New York City in the Berkshire’s of western Massachusetts. Growing up she developed a love for creating websites and graphics which began the journey into the blogging world. She also discovered her passion for taking photos as a teenager and has gone on to work professionally as a photographer before shifting her attention to social media.
Kaitlyn’s years of experience with blogging, web design, photography, and evolving social media led her to Studio Two, a branding and design firm in the Berkshires, where she is the social media manager. Her love of marketing, branding, and social media drives her to help her clients find their voice in the digital world.
Kaitlyn maintains a variety of blogs including Social Media Connoisseurs and Eidetic Fashion. She is the founder of #BlogTrends, a weekly Twitter chat, where topics are discussed to help bloggers, and more specifically fashion bloggers, grow and network.
Denise Quashie
http://www.SociallyPlanned.com
@DQTweets
As founder and social media strategist for Socially Planned, a social media agency, Denise helps companies and event organizers integrate social media through event marketing, attendee interactions, community building and sponsorship acquisition.
Denise is an award-winning event producer with over a decade of experience in executing successful events and sponsorship development for brands like Deloitte, AT Kearney, GMC, HP, Oracle, AT&T, RIM BlackBerry and State Farm.
When Denise is not consulting with clients, she runs a hands-on social media bootcamp specifically built for event organizers, is a committee member of the Social Media Club Atlanta Chapter, and spends time with her twitter-savvy dog, Frankie Beans.
Beyond being a trailblazer for all things social and events, she’s also the founder of multiple nationally recognized social media events, including BarkWorld Conference & Expo – the pet social media conference, founder of a mobile app, co-chair of IAEE’s Social Media Task Force, co-wrote IAEE’s Best Practices for Social Media and is currently working on a book, Confessions of an Event Organizer™.
Amy Bayliss
http://www.AmyBayliss.com
@AmyGBayliss
Amy Bayliss has been a part of the online social scene for more than 7 years. As a blogger she has helped to build a handful of blogs that are at the top of their niche, and recently rebranded her own blog and has watched it grow tremendously in just four months time. As a writer she has been featured on the cover of CWO magazine, had a featured in Woman’s Day magazine, and has been cited or guest posted at some of the most popular sites in her niche.
After several years of blog designing and consulting she decided to collaborate her efforts with Lisa Boyd to create a one of a kind resource for Christians online. Amy is the co-owner and founder of DIYministry.org, a site that teaches ministries, organizations, authors, speakers, bloggers, and small business owners how to start and grow a platform online.
Christina Linnell
http://www.LinnellMedia.com
@C_Linnell
Christina is a an up and coming speaker & entrepreneur.
Her company, Linnell Media Group was formed in 2011. After teaching herself how to create & promote her own blogs and web sites she subsequently became an an active member of social media. She believes that the beauty of social media is in the relationships. Being able to connect, share ideas & inspire companies or people that you would offline never have the opportunity to meet. Christina loves to teach and consult with businesses. Her expertise is in freelance writing, social media consulting, SEO advising, brand promotion, Facebook & Twitter marketing as well as a whole other host of services.
She considers herself a social media aficionado and loves to keep her brain fresh with new and inspiring ideas.
Since Linnell Media is a a woman-owned and sole-operated business, she’s able to offer you that personal touch you’ve been looking for. She really cares about the brands & clients she represents. After all she is here to Blah, Blah, Blah just for you.
Jaime Palmucci
http://www.DebutanteMedia.com
@DebutanteMedia
Jaime Palmucci is the Founder/Owner of Debutante Media (http://www.debutantemedia.com) as well as the Owner/Author of the popular fashion blog Denim Debutante (http://www.denimdebutante.com). Working on both sides of the fence as both a marketer and blogger has given her a unique outlook in the world of digital marketing.
In her work as a Denver-based digital media consultant/denim blogger, Jaime has worked with some of the most-recognizable brands in the industry and has helped make new lines household names thanks to her loyal following and her fun and informative writing style.
Jaime has been featured as a blogging and social media expert as well as a denim specialist in multiple outlets, including Glamour, Wall Street Journal, Womens Wear Daily, TheStreet.com as well as a handful of speaking engagements and syndicated news interviews.
Angie Nelson
http://www.TheWorkatHomeWife.com
@TheWAHWife
Angie Nelson is a Virtual Assistant and founder of http://theworkathomewife.com. After receiving numerous emails each week through her Virtual Assistant site asking for help in starting a home business, Angie started blogging her journey to online success on The Work at Home Wife.
Though she didn’t have a clue what she was doing when she started blogging, she is now frequently referenced by her blogging peers as a great source of information (and inspiration) for starting a home business, becoming a successful service provider and making this blogging thing successful, profitable and enjoyable.
Sonia Winland
http://www.LogAllot.com
@LogAllot
Sonia Winland is a Marketing Manager and Executive Admin at an IT Consulting Firm in California where she works with technology companies like VMware, Microsoft, Dell and Novell. She has 6 years of experience with Trade Show events, Corporate Events, Seminars, and Corporate Marketing Campaigns.
Outside of her job she serves as Founder and Creator of LogAllot.com and CriteekMyBlog.com, where she blogs about WordPress, Web Design, Blogging, Travel and Life Tips. You can follow her on Twitter, Google plus and Facebook.
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