My guest today is a well-known personality knitting world. Gwen Bortner has been a figure in the scene since the early '80s. Gwen is an idea generator, confidence builder and momentum creator in a variety of roles including consultant, coach, and teacher. This is her second appearance on our podcast having done Episode 12 on Organizational Optimization. We're thrilled to have her do an encore episode on habits.

My guests today are Jane Patrick and Barry Schacht of Schacht Spindle Company located in Boulder, Colorado. Jane and Barry have not only had a successful marriage for 37 years, but they've also been successful business partners running Schacht Spindle for 50 years. They discuss different recessions, the shift of business over the years, and key components to running a successful business.

My guest today is Otto Strauch, owner of Strauch Fiber Equipment. This episode is about the ups and downs of selling a business. Listen to Otto explain why it's a good idea to hire a broker, and how to make sure you are selling a business and not just a job.

Rohit Bhargava is an innovation and marketing expert and the founder of the Non-Obvious Company. He spent 15 years as a marketing strategist for Ogilvy and Leo Burnett, is the Wall Street Journal best-selling author of six business books and also teaches marketing and innovation at Georgetown University. He has a new book out, The Non-Obvious Guide to Small Business Marketing (without a big budget), and we're going to chat about his insights on marketing today.

Today's short and sweet episode is about 2019 trends!

My guest Jen Geigley is a graphic designer by trade but also she's a prolific knitwear designer and has published several design books including Weekend, Everyday, Visions, Visions Kids, Luna, and Chroma. She's also been published in several magazines including Simple Magazine, Noro Magazine, Knitsy, and Rowan's online publications. She lives in Des Moines Iowa. Jen is one of our influencers in our blogger outreach program and she's got a lot to teach our listeners about how to be a good marketing influencer.

My guest today Brian Edman works as an account executive with our friends over at predictive ROI. He has spent his career thus far focusing on search and optimization strategies and he has a lot of new insights about how to do SEO well that I wanted our listeners to know about.

My guest today Nancy Marshall is an award-winning Public Relations expert and the CEO of Marshall Communications, a marketing firm headquartered in Augusta, Maine. Also affectionately known as the "PR Maven", Nancy recently launched a new public relations podcast.

Today we tackle listener questions we've notice come up time and time again in email, conversations, and online forums.

Today our guest is Denise Ackert, owner of Innerlight Healthworks located in Salida, Colorado. I wanted to have Denise on the show because I've personally learned so much from her in the realm of mindfulness and self-care and I know that during the holiday season, we could all use a little reminder about all those things.