Eric Olsen is the founder, editor-in-chief and publisher of broad-based online critical magazine Blogcritics and author of local Cleveland blog Cleve-blog. He is a widely read and influential blogger. His primary site, Blogcritics has gathered together over 1500 authors on a wide variety of topics and is a widely read news/information site with over 64,000 unique visits per day, and 50 new articles and reviews posted daily on a variety of topics. Based on the same model of editor-influenced citizen journalism, Desicritics was started by Aaman Lamba, under the guidance of Eric Olsen.



Olsen was named a Trendsetter on the AlwaysOn/Technorati Open Media 100—a "power list of bloggers, social networkers, tool smiths, and investors leading the Open Media Revolution," in 2005.

Tom Webster is Vice President, Strategy and Marketing of Edison Media Research with nearly 20 years of experience in media research, marketing strategy and product development. Webster’s duties at Edison include radio research, strategic development, and also leading Edison’s talent research efforts. An expert in qualitative and quantitative research techniques, Webster has directed hundreds of studies in nearly every major U.S. market and worldwide.



Webster has developed several innovative new research products and applications, including a pioneering digital focus group methodology for testing and evaluating talent.

Jeremy Wright is a serial entrepreneur, some have even said "blogpreneur" for his focus on communications-oriented ventures. He is an internationally recognized authority on blogging who has helped hundreds of people and many high profile companies develop strategies to incorporate blogs into their business plans.


Jeremy also consults on blogging, communication, IT and time management and is the author of the book Blog Marketing, which is designed to help businesses come to grips with blogs and really start engaging with their audience, customers and consumers on a 1-1 basis.



Jeremy is one of b5media’s co-founders and a well-known blogger, consultant and speaker. He began contributing to his first blog in 2003, and has helped hundreds of people and many high profile companies develop strategies to incorporate blogs into their business plans.

Lorelle VanFossen, of Lorelle on WordPress, is known as a "blog evangelist" and number one fan of WordPress. A public speaker, instructor, writer, and consultant on web strategies, content generation, community building, web design, and blogging, she's known for her dynamic presentations that deliver the facts in a "kick-ass" fashion. Blogging and web publishing since 1994, Lorelle shows businesses and educational institutions how they can tweak and focus their technology to make their business more efficient, more profitable, and more user-friendly.

Adam Ostrow joined Mashable in April 2007 and is Editor-in-Chief, responsible for our day-to-day editorial coverage and direction. Prior to joining Mashable, Adam was co-founder of MindSay, one of the earliest hosted blogging communities which boasts more than 175,000 users as of August, 2008.


Additionally, Adam is CEO of ReadBurner, a news aggregator that analyzes what people are sharing with their networks on a variety of RSS readers to determine the best content across the Web. Adam is a graduate of The University of Maryland, from which he holds a B.A. in Journalism.

Jonathon Olson, CEO & Founder of MyCausetv.com

JOE KLEIN is a multiple award-winning producer, director, writer and voice-over artist who has voiced and produced thousands of audio elements over the last three decades. Formerly the president of Los Angeles based production company L.A. Trax, Inc, Joe is best known for the “bigger than life” sound he achieves. In 2005, he launched The Podcast Voice Guys, which quickly became a leading provider of voice-overs for podcasters, video bloggers and new media networks.


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Marissa Louie, Founder and CEO of Ad-Village.com



To Marissa, bloggers deserve 100% ad revenue and 100% creative control over their ad space.



She is a passionate entrepreneur.



Marissa is a lifelong expert in building and managing organizations. She was a strategy and technology consultant to the C-suite executives of several of the world's largest corporations at Deloitte Consulting and Accenture Consulting. As an Associate Partner for a private San Francisco-based real estate investment business, she led multimillion dollar property acquisitions. At Number Networks and Slideshare Inc., she held leadership positions in online marketing, product management, social media, and viral marketing. She is an expert in online auction systems (1 patent pending). In her spare time, she provides advisory to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors through a special citizen-led committee.



Drop her a line if you're interested in advertising, partnerships, or have a press inquiry.

Deborah Micek of RPM Success Group & Blog i360



Featured in the Wall Street Journal, columnist for Entrepreneur Magazine and Honolulu Star Bulletin, Radio Show guest for the TV Reality series, The Apprentice, and Life Coach for the award winning TV reality show, Dream Makeover Hawaii, getting free publicity has become a specialty for Deborah Micek, the highly sought after new media marketing consultant.



Author of the first published book on New Media Marketing, “Secrets of Online Persuasion” Coach Deb ranks among bleeding edge experts and trend setters – all while keeping things simple for her clients.



Co-creator of the world’s premiere new media marketing software system, Blogi360.com allowed Coach Deb the ability to give her clients the unfair advantage to level the playing field with large corporations with big budgets.



Now, Coach Deb is living the ultimate business owner’s lifestyle; leveraging new media to work with clients from 13 countries - all from the most remote island chain in the world. Enjoying life in tropical paradise on the island of Oahu is a dream come true for Coach Deb.

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