Here's how to listen to the show. First click on the title of the show you are interested in. Then left click one time on the POD button which is to the immediate left of the show title. This should cause your default media player to appear and you now just have to hit the play button in order for the show to begin. You can also download the show to listen on your mp3 player. Now you can also find us on iTunes by clicking on this link.Elizabeth Gordon and Lee Kantor host each show. Elizabeth is the author of the Amazon Bestselling book The Chic Entrepreneur: Put Your Business In Higher Heels and owner of Flourishing Business, an advisory firm for entrepreneurs. Lee Kantor is also the host of the popular Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy show and several other Atlanta-based radio shows on Atlanta Business Radio X. Today we go to talk with Steve McKee Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} the president and co-founder of McKee Wallwork Cleveland, a full service marketing communications firm that has twice been awarded the American Marketing Association's EFFIE Award, one of the industry's highest honors.Steve has received numerous advertising awards and honors throughout his career, both while learning his craft working at some of the best-known advertising agencies in the world, including NW Ayer, Della Femina, and a division of McCann-Erickson Worldwide, and as president of McKee Wallwork Cleveland. He has pioneered his agency's Charrette® planning process, a formalized methodology that serves as the foundation for client marketing programs.Steve has been published or quoted in The New York Times, USA Today, Advertising Age, Adweek, Investor's Business Daily and The Los Angeles Times, as well as in dozens of regional and local newspapers and magazines throughout the U.S. He has appeared on CNBC, ESPNII, CNNfn, Bloomberg radio and network television affiliates in two dozen cities across America.Steve currently writes a monthly advertising advice column for BusinessWeek Online, and is the author of the upcoming book, When Growth Stalls, to be published by Jossey-Bass, an imprint of Wiley, in March, 2009. Based on years of extensive research and first-hand experience, When Growth Stalls presents compelling insights into how companies lose their way, exposes the destructive (and often hidden) internal dynamics that hinder successful turnarounds, and reveals active measures leaders can take to avoid or reverse stalled growth. To learn more please go to his website www.whengrowthstalls.comAlso, if you know of a Public Relations professional anywhere in the world that we should know about, please email Elizabeth Gordon at EGordon @ FlourishingBusiness.com. We will try to get them on the show.

Here's how to listen to the show. First click on the title of the show you are interested in. Then left click one time on the POD button which is to the immediate left of the show title. This should cause your default media player to appear and you now just have to hit the play button in order for the show to begin. You can also download the show to listen on your mp3 player. Now you can also find us on iTunes by clicking on this link.Elizabeth Gordon and Lee Kantor host each show. Elizabeth is the author of the Amazon Bestselling book The Chic Entrepreneur: Put Your Business In Higher Heels and owner of Flourishing Business, an advisory firm for entrepreneurs. Lee Kantor is also the host of the popular Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy show and several other Atlanta-based radio shows. Today we go to talk with Sharon Williams, Founder and CEO of Taurus Marketing, one of the fastest growing marketing, PR and creative consultancies in Australia.Sharon is a pioneer in the Australian marketing agency. One of comparatively few females entrepreneurs in this male dominated field. She founded Taurus Marketing in 1995 after a successful career in marketing and management working in England, Asia and Europe.Sharon's vision for Taurus is to provide practical and smart marketing experience to international companies looking to break into the Australian marketplace.  She speaks about marketing internationally and is just getting started on a Business Builders television show. For more information about Sharon and her firm please go to her website www.taurusmarketing.com.au Also, if you know of a Public Relations professional anywhere in the world that we should know about, please email Elizabeth Gordon at EGordon @ FlourishingBusiness.com. We will try to get them on the show.

Here's how to listen to the show. First click on the title of the show you are interested in. Then left click one time on the POD button which is to the immediate left of the show title. This should cause your default media player to appear and you now just have to hit the play button in order for the show to begin. You can also download the show to listen on your mp3 player. Now you can also find us on iTunes by clicking on this link.Elizabeth Gordon and Lee Kantor host each show. Elizabeth is the author of the Amazon Bestselling book The Chic Entrepreneur: Put Your Business In Higher Heels and owner of Flourishing Business, an advisory firm for entrepreneurs. Lee Kantor is also the host of the popular Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy show and several other Atlanta-based radio shows. Today we go to talk with Ariel Hyatt who founded Ariel Publicity 12 years ago in Colorado. Her company has since publicized thousands of dates for touring bands, hosted hundreds of special events, launched countless record release campaigns and served as the PR director to several live music venues and festivals. An aggressive cheerleader for independent musicians, Ariel Publicity built its reputation by working primarily with indie artists. They give back to the independent music community by educating artists through their website, and Ariel has been honored to speak at music conferences such as SXSW, NEMO & The PMC.Ariel explained her decision to stop doing "traditional PR" and focus exclusively on "Cyber PR." This means that she is only going for placements online for her clients. To learn all about Ariel and her innovative firm (which has expanded beyond the music industry by the way) please check out her website www.arielpublicity.comAlso, if you know of a Public Relations professional anywhere in the world that we should know about, please email Elizabeth Gordon at EGordon @ FlourishingBusiness.com. We will try to get them on the show.

Here's how to listen to the show. First click on the title of the show you are interested in. Then left click one time on the POD button which is to the immediate left of the show title. This should cause your default media player to appear and you now just have to hit the play button in order for the show to begin. You can also download the show to listen on your mp3 player. Now you can also find us on iTunes by clicking on this link.Elizabeth Gordon and Lee Kantor host each show. Elizabeth is the author of the Amazon Bestselling book The Chic Entrepreneur: Put Your Business In Higher Heels and owner of Flourishing Business, an advisory firm for entrepreneurs. Lee Kantor is also the host of the popular Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy show and several other Atlanta-based radio shows. Today we got to talk with Rick Frishman,  the founder of Planned Television Arts, has been one of the leading book publicists in America for over 30 years.  Working with many of the top book editors, literary agents and publishers in America, including Simon and Schuster, Random House, Wiley, Harper Collins, Pocket Books, Penguin Putnam, and Hyperion Books, he has worked with best-selling authors including Mitch Albom, Bill Moyers, Stephen King, Caroline Kennedy, Howard Stern, President Jimmy Carter, Mark Victor Hansen, Nelson DeMille, John Grisham, Hugh Downs, Henry Kissinger, Jack Canfield, Alan Deshowitz, Arnold Palmer, and Harvey Mackay. In addition to his work at "PTA" Rick has now taken on the new role as Publisher at Morgan James Publishing in New York. David Hancock founded Morgan James in 2003 and in 2007 "MJ" published over 130 books.  Morgan James only publishes non fiction books and looks for authors with a platform who believe in giving back. Morgan James gives a portion of every book sold to Habitat for Humanity. (http://www.morganjamespublishing.com) 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 publications. He is the co-author of ten books, including national best-sellers GUERRILLA PUBLICITY and NETWORKING MAGIC.  Along with media personality Robyn Freedman Spizman, Rick also co-wrote the popular four-book series AUTHOR 101 TM and recently they teamed up for their highly acclaimed book entitled WHERE'S YOUR WOW?  16 Ways To Make Your Competitors Wish They Were You! (McGraw Hill, March, 2008).  Rick's 10th book "Guerrilla Publicity" 2nd edition was published in October 2008.( Adams Media) He is the co-host (with attorney Richard Solomon) of the radio show Taking Care of Business, which airs every Thursday from 2:00-3:00 pm on WCWP-Radio in Long Island, New York. (www.tcbradio.com) Rick has a B.F.A. in acting and directing and a B.S. from Ithaca College School of Communications and is a sought after lecturer on publishing and public relations and a member of PRSA and the National Speakers Association. Go to www.rickfrishman.com or www.author101.com for more information and to get Rick's  "Million Dollar Rolodex."Also, if you know of a Public Relations professional anywhere in the world that we should know about, please email Elizabeth Gordon at EGordon @ FlourishingBusiness.com. We will try to get them on the show.

Here's how to listen to the show. First click on the title of the show you are interested in. Then left click one time on the POD button which is to the immediate left of the show title. This should cause your default media player to appear and you now just have to hit the play button in order for the show to begin. You can also download the show to listen on your mp3 player. Now you can also find us on iTunes by clicking on this link.Elizabeth Gordon and Lee Kantor host each show. Elizabeth is the author of the upcoming book The Chic Entrepreneur: Put Your Business In Higher Heels and owner of Flourishing Business, an advisory firm for entrepreneurs. Lee Kantor is also the host of the popular Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy show and several other Atlanta-based radio shows. This afternoon we spoke with John Eckberg, a career journalist with 28 years of experience in the challenging field of daily newspaper reporting. A graduate of Ohio University, he has been a business reporter at The Cincinnati Enquirer for more than a decade, where he has covered numerous beats including federal courts, investigative reporter, feature writing, neighborhood columns and urban development. He currently covers the topics of retail and marketing and is charged with following developments at Macy's Inc., Scripps Networks Interactive, the E.W. Scripps Co., and the Kroger Co. Widely published, his work has appeared in The New York Times, Newsweek, USA Today and many other American print and Web publications. A former weekly newspaper managing editor at the Canal Fulton Signal News, he is the author of The Success Effect: Uncommon Conversations with America's Business Trailblazers (Sterling & Ross; 2008). He explained his BIG JIVE theory. And he told us the 3 things that make a good story. 1- Be Dramatically Different 2- Have Overt Appeal to Reader 3- Be Credible.  Other projects he has under development include The Mud Daddy Chronicles, a 265-page recipe book and fishing memoir of 25 years of annual fishing trips; and Pot of Gold, a best-practices business book and page-a-day calendar.Also, if you know of a Public Relations professional anywhere in the world that we should know about, please email Elizabeth Gordon at EGordon @ FlourishingBusiness.com. We will try to get them on the show.

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4   Here's how to listen to the show. First click on the title of the show you are interested in. Then left click one time on the POD button which is to the immediate left of the show title. This should cause your default media player to appear and you now just have to hit the play button in order for the show to begin. You can also download the show to listen on your mp3 player. Now you can also find us on iTunes by clicking on this link.Elizabeth Gordon and Lee Kantor host each show. Elizabeth is the author of the upcoming book The Chic Entrepreneur: Put Your Business In Higher Heels and owner of Flourishing Business, an advisory firm for entrepreneurs. Lee Kantor is also the host of the popular Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy show and several other Atlanta-based radio shows. This afternoon we spoke with Janet Christy who has spent the majority of her professional career in marketing, sales and public relations positions.  She has also worked on several economic development and technology initiatives in the Southeast.   In 2003 Janet formed Leverage & Development, LLC, a consulting firm focused on helping Small and Woman/Minority Owned businesses and government/education entities.  The firm has several service offerings that assist businesses and governments in evaluating their assets and then developing plans to improve them and/or use them to accomplish specific goals. Janet currently works with Women and Minority owned businesses to develop plans that will help them maximize their certification as a Woman or Minority Owned Business.  She prepares a customized manual for her clients that includes: Market Assessment, Key Prospects, Prospecting Strategy, and a Step-by-Step Marketing Plan.  Janet also conducts seminars on marketing and certification for Small and Woman/Minority Owned Businesses. She conducts the seminars for Chamber of Commerce memberships, private businesses, education institutions and municipal/county governments.  These workshops provide attendees with practical instruction, resources and experience-based advice.  In 2006 Career Press (Franklin NJ) published Janet's book Capitalizing On Being Woman Owned.  Janet has also written articles for several magazines and blogs including "Home Business Magazine."  She has made more than 30 radio appearances to discuss the advantages and opportunities for woman owned businesses.  Janet was selected as part of the "Brain Trust" for the Small Business Advocate and has been appointed to the Board of Business Credit Success.  Janet was named as "Communicator of the Year" by the Greenville SC Chapter of the Association for Women in Communications. She continues to speak and conduct workshops related to Women and Minority Owned Businesses.   "One of my main goals is to help women understand that they have choices in life.  Helping them be successful in their business choices is one of the ways I can do this," says Janet.  That is why she often speaks to women"s groups and mentors other women. Since early 2000, Janet has aided several East Coast municipalities and counties in determining strategies and developing plans for improving the entrepreneurial culture and services as part of their Economic Development efforts.  She has helped them obtain grants, develop small business incubators and establish entrepreneurial development programs. Janet has worked on both sides of the procurement process.  Her experience includes both preparing RFPs (Request for Proposal) and RFIs (Request for Information) and responding to them.   She currently works as a consultant for Small and Woman/Minority Owned Businesses to aid them in marketing to government and education entities.  She also assists government and education entities in the development of RFPs and the evaluation of responses.   Janet's firm, Leverage & Development, LLC offers a workshop to help businesses understand the culture behind government purchasing, the workshop is titled "I Want A Government Contract - I Think." For more information about Janet, her bok or her firm please go to her website www.leverageanddevelopment.com Also, if you know of a Public Relations professional anywhere in the world that we should know about, please email Elizabeth Gordon at EGordon @ FlourishingBusiness.com. We will try to get them on the show.

Here's how to listen to the show. First click on the title of the show you are interested in. Then left click one time on the POD button which is to the immediate left of the show title. This should cause your default media player to appear and you now just have to hit the play button in order for the show to begin. You can also download the show to listen on your mp3 player. Now you can also find us on iTunes by clicking on this link.Elizabeth Gordon and Lee Kantor host each show. Elizabeth is the author of the upcoming book The Chic Entrepreneur: Put Your Business In Higher Heels and owner of Flourishing Business, an advisory firm for entrepreneurs. Lee Kantor is also the host of the popular Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy show and several other Atlanta-based radio shows. This afternoon we spoke with Stacy Francis, founder and president of Francis Financial, an independent, fee‐only wealth and finance advisory firm In New York City. Her company specializes in a holistic, consultative approach to exploring, educating and providing guidance to clients so they can make wise and prudent financial decisions resulting in their financial freedom.Stacy possesses a broad range of expertise, competencies andexperience unique to the financial planning business world. She is also a published writer of several articles on Women & Biz (www.womenandbiz.com), appears frequently on major television programs such as the Nightly Business Report on PBS, The Today Show and CNBC, and she is often asked to contribute her expert opinion on various subject matters dealing with financial planning for articles in leading business and industry publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The Daily News, Investment News, Money Magazine, BusinessWeek, CNN Money, Dow Jones Newswires, Reuters and many others.Stacy shared a lot of great information about how to get media placements and speaking engagements. For more information about Stacy or her firm please go to her website www.francisfinancial.comAlso, if you know of a Public Relations professional anywhere in the world that we should know about, please email Elizabeth Gordon at EGordon @ FlourishingBusiness.com. We will try to get them on the show.

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Here's how to listen to the show. First click on the title of the show you are interested in. Then left click one time on the POD button which is to the immediate left of the show title. This should cause your default media player to appear and you now just have to hit the play button in order for the show to begin. You can also download the show to listen on your mp3 player. Now you can also find us on iTunes by clicking on this link.Elizabeth Gordon and Lee Kantor host each show. Elizabeth is the author of the upcoming book The Chic Entrepreneur: Put Your Business In Higher Heels and owner of Flourishing Business, an advisory firm for entrepreneurs. Lee Kantor is also the host of the popular Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy show and several other Atlanta-based radio shows. This afternoon we spoke with Jill Elizabeth Westfall, a 14-year bylined Contributor to Money magazine and she has shared real estate, finance and cost-cutting tips with HGTV's The Front Door, Glamour magazine, Woman's Day Online, and BobVila.com. Her career highlights include reporting on cover and second-cover stories for People Weekly, Money, and MORE magazines in addition to work for Fortune, Essence, Real Simple, Newsweek, Time, The New York Times, CNN International, Catalyst, Atlanta Woman Magazine, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's "Perspective" section, and WCNN Radio. She now has over 1,000 articles in print and her work has also been featured in newspapers across the country. She was a weekly Contributing Writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Homefinder section for eight years, has reported on hundreds of communities throughout Atlanta, and has frequently contributed real estate reporting to Money for the annual "Best Places to Live" and "Best Places to Retire" features. Her original reporting has been subsequently picked up by The Today Show, CNN, The Discovery Channel, German television, radio stations (from Canada to South America), the BBC, and talk shows nationwide. She's also been interviewed by MediaBistro.com, Yoga Journal, the authors of Celebrate Green!, and has been invited to speak around the coun try. She is now working on "Green Matters: The Residential Builders, Visionaries, Communities & Lifestyles Shaping Atlanta's Landscape," which features interviews with Mindspring Founder and real estate developer Charles Brewer, Laura Turner Seydel, Martin Melaver, Serenbe Founder Steve Nygren, Carolyn O'Neil, Cindy Crawford, Will Scruggs, Carl Seville, Frank Wickstead, Hedgewood Homes, Nathalie Dupree, and Cinda Boomershine, which debuts this December. Details on the book are available at www.GreenMattersToday.com The book will debut at a book signing this December featuring myriad well-known authors including Robyn Spizman, Melissa Libby, Alexis Abramson, and also Karen Quinn, the author of the best-selling "The Ivy Chronicles," which is being made into a movie starring Sarah Jessica Parker. Also, if you know of a Public Relations professional anywhere in the world that we should know about, please email Elizabeth Gordon at EGordon @ FlourishingBusiness.com. We will try to get them on the show.

Here's how to listen to the show. First click on the title of the show you are interested in. Then left click one time on the POD button which is to the immediate left of the show title. This should cause your default media player to appear and you now just have to hit the play button in order for the show to begin. You can also download the show to listen on your mp3 player. Now you can also find us on iTunes by clicking on this link.Elizabeth Gordon and Lee Kantor host each show. Elizabeth is the author of the upcoming book The Chic Entrepreneur: Put Your Business In Higher Heels and owner of Flourishing Business, an advisory firm for entrepreneurs. Lee Kantor is also the host of the popular Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy show and several other Atlanta-based radio shows. This afternoon we spoke with Gina DeMillo Wagner. A versatile writer and editor, Gina has written for (and held staff positions at) national consumer magazines, Web sites, and regional newspapers. Her specialties: adventure and lifestyle travel, fitness, health, outdoor sports, feature packages, profiles (especially professional athletes), product reviews, hotels & spas, personal essays, science, technology, and religion. Gina is not afraid to get her hands dirty for a story. Recent assignments have taken her mountain biking in Utah with an Olympic athlete, sea kayaking in Baja, backpacking in New Zealand, skiing moguls in Colorado, and glacier trekking in the Swiss Alps. Through the years, Gina has traveled to five continents and 47 US states and has worked with top photographers and editors while on assignment. For more information about Gina and lots of samples of her work please go to her website www.ginademillo.comAlso, if you know of a Public Relations professional anywhere in the world that we should know about, please email Elizabeth Gordon at EGordon @ FlourishingBusiness.com. We will try to get them on the show.