Meet the Teachers

Michelle Hummel

Michelle is the CEO of Web Media Expert LLC a social media agency. Her soon to be published book, “The Social Media Magnet”, will provide in depth techniques showing how to attract the right customers with social media. Her success has made her a highly sought after speaker and trainer for many companies. With her knowledge she has successfully increased her Facebook Fanbase organically to over 19,000+ followers. Michelle has a strong ten-year background in internet technology, marketing, sales and business development. She also holds a degree in Internet Marketing.

Crystal L. Thies

A.K.A. The LinkedIn Ninja, Crystal is a social media strategist that specializes in helping companies and sales professionals utilize LinkedIn to find prospects, build relationships and grow revenues. She founded Crystal Clear Buzz in 2009 to provide comprehensive social media strategies and services to small business owners. In January 2011, Crystal reorganized Crystal Clear Buzz to focus exclusively on providing LinkedIn training, LinkedIn consulting and LinkedIn coaching. She recently launched “LinkedIn Ninja Black Belt for Sales” a cutting edge, interactive training program that gives individuals all of the tools they need to maximize their use of LinkedIn. Currently it is known as the only online training program that combines self-paced, pre-recorded training with personal, customized feedback and coaching so that you know if you’re doing it right.

Don Talbert

Don is the CEO and Founder of Centurion Business Coach. His specialty is in networking and sales coaching. He leverages his 30+ years of business experience to help others network more efficiently, build stronger relationships and make more sales. Don’s listening skills, intuition and in depth questioning skills, enable his clients to break through to new levels of success. Don helps others through individual and group coaching, interactive education and publications like “The Networking Success Kit”.

Chenney Chen

Chenney is the Founder and Managing Partner of Plum Street Productions, LLC — a full service video and film production company. Chenney has over seven years of experience in brand storytelling and media strategy. Her passion and success is creating targeted stories for multimedia solutions for product launches and services where consumers can connect to brands in organic, engaging ways. With her creative team and customized media strategies, she has helped local organizations reach over 15,000 views on YouTube within a week and more than double the attendance numbers for live events through video marketing. She reminds her clients constantly– it’s truly your story. Plum Street is just the storytellers.

Chenney is also the producer of Plum Street’s short films, Turn and Call Me, which are now being distributed throughout festival circuits. Currently, she serves as a board member of the Southern Ohio Filmmakers Association.

Mike Nail

Mike has been working with small and medium sized businesses since 2002 in the Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati area to develop and manage their print and digital media advertising. He is an expert in local and national marketing strategies and has partnered with a number of local and national companies to bring our clients the latest in technology and tools for driving new customers and business.  He can help you set up these tools and train you to use them.

Darla LeDoux

Darla LeDoux CPC, ACC spent much of her corporate life doing all the things she was “supposed” to do to be successful.  She made sure to always “look smart,” always had the “right answers” and promptly went into a “respectable career” as a consumer researcher and product development engineer.  When she began to feel that all the “supposedly right” things were actually wrong, she was terrified. She wondered, “What will people think of me if I quit my good career and become an entrepreneur and coach?  And what if I’m wrong?”

After 10+ years of resisting this calling, (and adding other interesting professional experiences to her resume), she made a decision to step into her Truth and follow her heart.  She now uses her natural gifts and professional experience in consumer insights, product development, marketing, teaching, and coaching to guide aligned entrepreneurs in transforming their results and day-to-day experience in business.

Darla believes that we can each earn the money we want without ever having to “put on a hat” to go to work. She teaches that freedom, profit, and fun go hand in hand.  Her clients courageously align with the business model and marketing approach that is ideal for them. By aligning with their unique genius and powerful mission they create maximum freedom… and profit!

Darla, and her free audio download “Align Your Nine: The Big 9 causes of misalignment that steal time, energy and money.  How to get them back in place and profit now.” can be found at http://www.AlignandProfit.com .

Tim Frisch

Tim has been helping companies grow their business for over 25 years with both on-line and off-line strategies and implementation. In 1995 he had the idea that SEO and the Internet was going to be the biggest tool to successfully help companies grow leaps and bounds. In 1997 he started Internet Marketing Group. Staying 100% focused on SEO and search marketing strategies he’s been able to assist mom & pop to Fortune 100 companies successfully build business.

With marketing needs and technology ever changing, he saw the huge need for mobile marketing and addressed that area as well. In early 2011 he founded MobileFusion.biz, a full service mobile marketing company. The need for mobile marketing is growing faster than imagined. This allows very targeted, permission based customer to buyer connections, building more business for the seller and providing a better way for the consumer to find and buy just what they need, when and where they need it.

Marcelina Robledo

Marcelina is a Producer, Director, Teaching Artist and Entrepreneur.  For the last 10 years, Marcelina has been in the sales/marketing and community engagement in the arts community, and a freelance video producer.   While working in the arts community, Marcelina was in sales and marketing for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Playhouse in the Park.  For two years Marcelina produced art events, which connected the community with the arts, while working at ArtsWave, formally the Fine Arts Fund.

All the while working in the arts community, Marcelina also transitioned into video production.  She has produced videos for Cincinnati Art Museum, Xavier University and LULAC (League of Latin American Countries) featuring Los Lobos.  Additionally, Marcelina is producing a series of how-to videos, which are posted on YouTube and used to generate sales, for a local business.

Marcelina is also teaching artists with the Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center and the Center for Great Neighborhoods.  Marcelina teaches the youth who are in grades 5 to 12 the basics of video production, acting and storytelling.

Lori Culwell

CEO of Get Creative LLC, Lori is a writer and creative director who has created top-ranking websites for companies ranging from Johnson & Johnson to Apple Computer to SEGA as well as major financial institutions, government agencies, nonprofits, and startups. Ms. Culwell is the author of the “Million Dollar Website: Simple Steps to Help You Compete with the Big Boys–Even on a Small Business Budget” from Prentice Hall Press.  She has written for the Huffington Post, Technorati, Salon, BlogHer, and other publications, and her work has received the Big Apple Award for Communication as well as the Ron L. Brown Award for Corporate Leadership issued by the White House.

Daniel J. Lewis

Daniel J. Lewis is a designer with advanced production skills in multiple fields, presentation design specialist with proficiency on all presentation platforms, creative marketer accustomed to pushing technology to provide a superior visual presentation. He also hosts three podcasts covering a variety of topics: comedy (“the Ramen Noodle”), podcasting and Audacity (“The Audacity to Podcast”), and Christian critical thinking on entertainment (“Are You Just Watching?”). He is also owner of D. Joseph Designs. He two main passions for his business and helping others is: sharing a message, and creativity. These two are such a part of his missions that he thrives on them. It gives Daniel great joy to help someone else share their unique message in a creative way.

Rob Bunting

Since 2004 Rob Bunting, “the Internet Marketing Czar of Cincinnati & Dayton”, has run his consulting business the Cincinnati I-marketing Group (http://www.CallTheCzar.com), an Internet marketing agency serving firms looking to generate more sales or sales leads from their websites but not large enough to take on a full-time Internet marketing manager.

The Cincinnati I-marketing Group offers online marketing strategy and campaign management for pay-per-click (PPC) search engine advertising, search engine optimization (SEO), email and banner campaigns along with website traffic reporting and analysis.   Rob, who has managed PPC programs since 2000, is a Google AdWords Certified Partner for search advertising and a member of the Microsoft AdExcellence program.

With a passion for Internet marketing and over thirteen years of Internet industry experience, Rob Bunting has earned a reputation as a knowledgeable Internet marketer and honest consultant who gets tangible results for his clients.

John Durso

John Durso is a residential Realtor specializing in the Greater Cincinnati area Real Estate market. With over 1000 real estate transactions over his career you can see his success. He offers a vast wealth of real estate experience when it comes to buying or selling single families or 2-4 family properties. He has become a leader in his field for utilizing social media marketing in his business of selling real estate. His additional areas of expertise includes listing, marketing homes and negotiating real estate transactions while providing a smooth Real Estate transition!

Peg Stookey

Peg Stookey founded Legacy Connection, LLC  a community of entrepreneurs and resources to help accelerate the success of small business owners in the Exploration…Start-up….Growth….or Exit stage of their business. She customizes her clients entrepreneurial development experience by offering individual and small & large group programs. Her mission is to ensure accelerated success AND enjoy long-term profitability and value from their business.

Vickie Sceifers

Vickie Sceifers has over 15 years experience in video and web design. She really enjoys helping small businesses and entrepreneurs learn how online video marketing can help them grow their businesses without breaking the bank. Her focus is helping you leverage your online presence through video on your website, online video marketing and social networking to the degree that you wish to grow your business.