Janice Schwarz of GeekArtist Web Solutions

Janice Schwarz of GeekArtist Web Solutions

Hi, my name is Janice Schwarz and I am the owner of GeekArtist Web Solutions, LLC. My focus isn’t just on great websites, but great, personalized customer service too! I have been: 21 years in the Tech Industry 19 years in the Internet Industry 15 years making websites professionally Both enterprise-level and small business experience Bachelor of Science in Business/e-Business Member of the Guild of Accessible Web Designers Around 5 to 10% of the people in my industry have been making sites as long as I have! My business is one-stop shopping: from web hosting, to training, copy writing, and more. Due to my love of writing and teaching, I finally write an e-book, available on my site (geekartist.com) as PDF, and on Kindle and Nook: Website Wonders Made Easy: Websites Unwoven – A Guide to Creating a PROFESSIONAL Website, in Plain English. This is NOT a “how to make a website book”. This book covers all the things those don’t: laws, terminology, checklists, what to do when things go wrong, site promotion, how to find a web designer and a few pointers on the DIY route. This book is written to help everyone avoid the mistakes I’ve seen countless website owners make for the past 15 years. I am a mother of twins (toddlers, right now). My husband and I also have a tortoise shell calico cat, a rottweiler mix dog, and an aquarium of fish. For fun, I play video games, I’m a bookworm, I have a background in dance (including bellydance!). I used to spin fire staves, but am now working on learning Poi. Connect with me on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+.  You can view me, or my business, or LinkedIn too! I also have a Reddit group, WebSiteOwners101: a great place to find a collection of helpful articles, and visitors can post questions. And because of the book I wrote, I’ve got another Q&A area on Goodreads. I have a personal site too, that you may enjoy just to get to know me better. Sometimes its funny. Sometimes thoughtful. Sometimes ranty. Sometimes political, but it’s the real me:...

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Molly McCowan of Inkbot Editing

Molly McCowan of Inkbot Editing

Molly McCowan is the toy robot-collecting, funk bass-playing owner of Inkbot Editing, LLC in Fort Collins, Colorado. Molly helps writers make their writing shine, and she also provides expert copywriting services for businesses of all shapes and sizes. She has held jobs as a journalist, editor in chief of a popular Northern Colorado magazine, social media marketer, professional blogger, managing editor at a non-profit publishing house, and more. She loves to edit and write, and she has truly made a career out of working with words. Connect with Molly on Twitter, Facebook, and...

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Laura Petrolino

Laura Petrolino

Laura Petrolino is Founder and Managing Director of Flying Pig Consulting, A full service communications, business consulting, brand development and digital media firm. Petrolino has spearheaded communications and development programs for U.S. Senators, leading consumer brands and national non-profit organizations ranging from healthcare to the fine arts. Her ability to help brands and organizations successful tell their story,  develop vibrant and engaged brand ambassadors and communities, create effective and far reaching communications strategies and resolve complex business challenges has earned her a reputation as a leading authority in the branding, digital marketing and communications arenas. Although Laura works with companies and individuals across multiple industries, she specializes in finding successful solutions for new and developing businesses and non-profits. You can find more of her work on Flying Pig Consulting, Wiggles and Zoomies (focused on communications strategies for animal advocates) and Call a Biz Hero (an online business talk...

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Ashley Welton – Creative Copywriter, Marketing Mistress & Avid Adventuress

Ashley Welton – Creative Copywriter, Marketing Mistress & Avid Adventuress

Ashley Welton is the chief Adventure Copywriter and Brand Anthropologist at Miniskirt Ninja. She hails from Hawaii and delights in working with businesses to uncover and translate their brand through action inducing copy that inspires, converts, and ignites a sense of adventure in all who come across it. Ashley is an expert story-teller, connection creator, and exalts in helping companies succeed. When she’s not having an intimate dinner with her thesaurus, she dedicates time to surfing, traveling, exploring, and the general outdoors. Connect with her on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn....

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Michelle Nickolaisen

Michelle Nickolaisen

Michelle Nickolaisen has been working for herself for three years now, but has always had an entrepreneurial spirit. As an online business manager, she helps creative business owners who are overwhelmed and overworked take back  control of their business and spend more time doing what they love. She also works with business owners who aren’t large enough to need an OBM yet as a project strategist or work systems coach. On any given day, you can find her at Let’s Radiate, writing about productivity, organization, and other issues that come along with running a business; she also loves to hang out on Twitter and Pinterest. She lives in Austin, TX and her non-business loves include dark chocolate, Joss Whedon, and cute shoes. Social media: Twitter | Facebook |...

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Carol Lynn Rivera, Marketer and Author/Editor of Web.Search.Social

Carol Lynn Rivera, Marketer and Author/Editor of Web.Search.Social

Carol Lynn Rivera began her career as a kindergarten teacher and program developer for several private and startup schools in New York and New Jersey. For more than ten years she immersed herself in developing unique, exciting and memorable curricula usually involving a lot of spilled paint and many, many recycled kitchen appliance boxes. When the winds of change blew in 1999, she joined her husband in his new business venture and thus began Life, Part 2: The Marketing Career. In the 13 years since, Carol Lynn has managed and run Rahvalor Interactive, a creative services and marketing company, with her husband Ralph and a collection of dedicated minions. As owner and project manager of Rahvalor, Carol Lynn wears many hats. On any given day she will be responsible for building websites, writing for blogs, managing clients’ social media accounts, making sandwiches, meeting with prospects, providing TLC for clients and dealing with one of the cats that will inevitably crawl up on someone’s keyboard to nap. Carol Lynn’s philosophy is guided by her passion for education, one that’s reflected in her online marketing magazine, Web.Search.Social where she helps to educate business owners and marketers lest they be enticed and lured by scammers, spammers and otherwise bad-eggs. As a writer, Carol Lynn aims to educate, entertain and help small businesses succeed in a very noisy and often convoluted marketing world. You can connect with her everywhere: Facebook, Twitter, Google+,...

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