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A Call to Arms for Decent Bloggers: What Carnies Want to Tell the A-Listers

A Call to Arms for Decent Bloggers: What Carnies Want to Tell the A-Listers

Love ’em or hate ’em, the topic of A-Listers will not go quietly into the night. For the first time in carnie history we had people submitting nearly two weeks in advance. The sideshow is taking over center stage, and it’s going to be better than the bearded lady, fortune teller and strong man all rolled into one. Over the past few months the carnies have noticed that the big tent of blogging has not practiced what they preach. The main acts aren’t always delivering as advertised, A-Listers giving advice they clearly don’t follow themselves. This month’s carnival will give the fire breather a run for his money! Read all 10, and weigh in with your thoughts, opinions, rants, pet peeves and solutions. Sharon Hurley Hall of Get Paid to Write Online: 10 Reasons Why I Spend Zero Time Thinking About A-Listers @SHurleyHall https://www.facebook.com/SharonHurleyHall Annie Sisk of Stage Presence Marketing: Caveat Emptor & the “A-List” @AnnieSisk https://www.facebook.com/StagePresenceMarketing Carol Lynn Rivera of Web Search Social The Myth Of The A-Lister: A Musing On Celebrity Status And Succeeding As A Business Blogger @CarolLynnRivera https://www.facebook.com/WebSearchSocial Nick Armstrong, WTF Marketing The Plumber’s Not So Leaky House @WTFMarketing https://plus.google.com/+NickArmstrongWTF/ Sandy McDonald of Why You Must Blog: An Appeal to You, The A-Lister @whyyoumustblog https://www.facebook.com/whyyoumustblog Sandi Amorim of Deva Coaching The Truth About One Size Fits All @SandiAmorim https://www.facebook.com/devacoaching  Nicole Fende, The Numbers Whisperer® The Grateful Dead’s Lessons for Future A-Lister’s @NicoleAFende https://www.facebook.com/SmallBizFinance Tea Silvestre, aka the Word Chef Warning! May be Hazardous to Your Business: Heroes, Gurus and Other A-Listers @teasilvestre http://facebook.com/mywordchef Melanie Kissell of Solo Mompreneur Straight A’s And Not A Snowball’s Chance In Hell Of Making the A-List Online @melaniekissell http://facebook.com/solomompreneur Michelle Nickolaisen of Bombchelle We notice when you don’t do as you say @_chelleshock http://www.facebook.com/bombchellebiz Eugene Farber of Reality Burst Blind Leading the Blind; Or Following A-Lister Advice @EugeneFarber www.facebook.com/RealityBurst Honorary October Carnie Illana Burk of Makeness.com Why you have a responsibility to not be an a#$* when you’re in the business of selling your expertise @illanaburk http://facebook.com/makeness photo credit: ‘Playingwithbrushes’ via photopin...

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Nicole Fende, The Numbers Whisperer (R)

Nicole Fende, The Numbers Whisperer (R)

Nicole Fende is The Numbers Whisperer® and President of Small Business Finance Forum. As a credentialed actuary with experience as a former Chief Financial Officer, Investment Banker, and successful entrepreneur, Fende helps her clients reach their profit goals and learn how to effectively and enjoyably run the financial side of their business. As host of the well acclaimed SmallBizFinance Show on Blog Talk Radio, Nicole shares tips, tricks and expert interviews to help small businesses operate more efficiently and improve their bottom line. She broadcasts live every Wednesday at 11 a.m. Central Standard Time. In her book, How to be a Finance Rock Star, Nicole shares the same strategies she uses for her profit coaching clients to help them reach multi-platinum profits. It is an easy, practical go-to reference guide for mastering small business finance. Despite Ms. Fende’s endless list of impressive credentials, her true claim to fame is her ability to make finance fun. From her LOL blog posts, such as “How College Keggers Teach Complex Expense Analysis”, to the endearing finance mascot Fluffy, she entertains entrepreneurs while helping them grown their bottom line. This definitely isn’t the finance you slept through in college. Find her on twitter...

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