Enterprise Podcast Network

Doug Morneau, serial entrepreneur, e-mail marketing authority and author of his first book, “Three Big Lies: The Real Truth About Renting Email Lists to Generate Targeted Leads and Sales” joins Enterprise Radio.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is working in conjunction with the Author Channel.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Doug Morneau discuss the following:

* Some are saying email marketing is dead. Why did you write a book about renting email lists?* How does email list rental and sponsored email work?* Why is it effective? How does it scale?* What impact does technology and social media have?* How can email marketing benefit entrepreneurs and/or small business owners?

Doug Morneau is a serial entrepreneur who founded his first company more than 32 years ago.

Doug is the international best-selling author of his first book, “Three Big Lies: The Real Truth About Renting Email Lists to Generate Targeted Leads and Sales.”

He is a passionate lifelong learner and expert marketer with significant experience in email marketing.

Doug has the ability to quickly understand concepts, adapt to new technologies and new media, making him a valuable contributor to any sales and marketing problem-solving conversation, or marketing strategy session.

Doug has served as a past member of both the Data & Marketing Association (formerly the Direct Marketing Association – DMA), and their Technology Council, as well as the Email Experience Council – EEC.

He recently launched his podcast, REAL MARKETING REAL FAST.

Doug has made his clients in excess of $100 million dollars, leveraging email marketing and renting third-party email permission-based lists making him the nation’s largest media buyer of email lists.

Doug has a deep understanding of the venture capital and public companies’ need to execute both investor awareness marketing and marketing for the public companies products and services to drive new revenue.

Life is very rarely always sunshine and roses. Doug has made it big, lost it all, and started over a few times. 

Doug and his companies have always been significant contributors to the community, charities, and those in need.

As a volunteer and director of several charities, corporate and government boards, he has taken the same focused, driven, hard work ethic to these efforts as well. “To whom much is given, much is expected”.

Website: www.dougmorneau.com

Social Media Links:Facebook: facebook.com/dougmorneauTwitter: @DougMorneau

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Jessica Zimmerman, Founder of Zimmerman Events, who helps creative entrepreneurs build a profitable, scalable business they are passionate about joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Jessica Zimmerman discuss the following:

* Why is it so important to choose…is this a business or a hobby?* What are some common mistakes people make in the first five years of their new floral business?* How do you price yourself for profit, including design, setup and delivery fees?* How do you create healthy boundaries with your prospects and with your existing clients?* How do you keep your business and home life (truly) separate?*

Jessica Zimmerman is a floral designer, business educator, and owner of Zimmerman Events out of Conway, Arkansas. Jessica’s wedding work has been featured in publications including Martha Stewart Weddings, People, and Southern Living. Jessica has helped hundreds of wedding professionals and creatives through her course, The Business Behind the Blooms, which shares her personal business journey and equips entrepreneurs to run profitable, balanced businesses.

Website: zimmermanevents.com

Social Media Links:Facebook: facebook.com/zimmermaneventsInstagram: @jessicazimmerman_

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Suki Sohn is a feminine leadership and relationship coach, author, and intuitive healer and joins Enterprise Radio. In her follow up a best-selling book, Alpha Bitch to Enchantress: A Path to Awaken Your Feminine Superpowers, Suki brings a holistic view of leadership for a woman and empowers women to embrace their divine femininity to create a new paradigm for feminine leadership.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is working in conjunction with the Author Channel.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Suki Sohn discuss the following:

* How do you define feminine?* Is there a place for femininity in the workplace?* What do you see as the biggest challenge for women at the work place?* What is the difference between feminine and masculine styles of leadership?* What your thoughts on gender inclusion policies and initiatives?

Suki Sohn is a feminine leadership and relationship advisor, author, and intuitive healer. Her passion is to empower women to embrace their divine femininity to create a new paradigm for feminine leadership.

As work stress mounted, Suki found herself with chronic back pain, insomnia, migraines, and depression that made her determined to regain her emotional and physical health. When MRIs, CT scans, and western medical approaches did not provide satisfactory long-term answers or solutions, she looked to holistic mind-body-spirit approaches. This led her to study many esoteric and spiritual paths. The exploration of these various paths led to her deep appreciation and fascination of the subtle energies that influence our daily lives. Through various energy modalities, Suki helps clients reclaim their awareness and connection to the Universal energy to optimize mental and physical health. 

Previously, Suki worked in finance and media withFortune 100 companies such as the Walt Disney Company, News Corporation, Lehman Brothers, andFortress Investment Group. She holds a B.A. in history from Bryn Mawr College and a Masters in business Administration from INSEAD, France. Her first best-selling book Happily Ever After helped single women let go of their past heartbreak and open themselves to love again. She lives in Irvington, New York with her husband John O’Connor and her two sons.

Website: www.sukisohn.com

Social Media Links:Facebook: facebook.com/sukisohnTwitter: @SukiSohn

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Adriana Albritton, author of the book “28 Days to a New Life, A Holistic Program to Get Fit, Delay Aging, and Enhance Your Mindset” and Founder of the blog FitnAll.com and AFit Wellness, a coaching service to help people get fitter and healthier joins Enterprise Fit Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Adriana Albritton discuss the following:

* How did you star merging fitness and mindset?* What is FitnAll?* In regards to nutrition and diet, what should people be concentrating on?* How can people start changing their mindset* You have a new book, 28 Days to a New Life, tell us a little bit about it. * There is so much information about fitness and fat loss on the internet and everywhere else, what are the 3 tips you would give to people who want to start their fitness journey or want to validate their current regimen?

Adriana Albritton is the Founder of AFit Wellness and the blog FitNAll.com. This Colombian native is a Fitness Wellness Mentor, holds a Master’s degree in Forensic Psychology, certifications in Personal Training & Fitness Nutrition, and has participated nationally with the National Physique Committee in Figure competitions.

Additionally, Adriana is a co-author in The Better Business Book Volumes 2 and 3 and author in the book 28 Days to a New Life, A Holistic Program to Get Fit, Delay Aging, and Enhance Your Mindset.

Website: http://afitwellness.com

Social Media Links: Facebook: facebook.com/FitnAllTwitter: @adrianafitnallInstagram: @adrianafitnall

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Ronak Patel, CEO of Sunflower Lab, a Custom Software Development Company joins Enterprise Radio to share how Sunflower Lab transforms companies through digital solutions.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Ronak Patel discuss the following:

* Why did you start Sunflower Lab?* You talk a lot about creating impact for your customers. Can you give me an example of that?* What technologies do you see making a big impact in the next 5 years?* What’s the key to building a successful SaaS application?* Why should companies build custom CRM applications?

Ronak Patel is the CEO and Co-Founder of Sunflower Lab, a Custom Software Development company with offices in Ohio and New Jersey.

Started on Sunflower Road in New Jersey, we saw an opportunity to create products that help companies transform how they do business. Founded in 2010, we are a fast-growing, award-winning digital product and innovations agency with offices across North America and India.

With over 75+ talented engineers & designers around the world, we help growing startups and global brands build innovative, beautiful custom technology solutions. We believe in building products that make an impact. Sunflower Lab makes better technology today for an organization’s tomorrow.

Website: thesunflowerlab.com

Social Media Links:Facebook: facebook.com/sunflowerlabLinkedin: linkedin.com/company/sunflower-lab

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Kerry Wekelo, COO at Actualize Consulting, a financial services consulting firm joins Enterprise Radio. Kerry’s award-winning book and program entitled Culture Infusion help organizations create a thriving organizational culture.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is working in conjunction with the Author Channel.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Kerry Wekelo discuss the following:

* How is Planning for Vacation an important part of creating a thriving organization?* Many people try to “unplug” when they go on vacation. Is it feasible in today’s word?* How do you actually unplug if you are a manager or in your case the Chief Operating Officer?* Do you think it is possible to have a “planning for vacation” company-wide strategy?* Have you seen positive outcomes within your company when these planning strategies are implemented?

Kerry Wekelo, MBA, is the Chief Operating Officer at Actualize Consulting, a financial services consulting firm, and Founder of Zendoway, a company that encourages holistic wellness. In her leadership, Kerry blends her experiences as an executive coach, consultant, award-winning author, mindfulness expert, and entrepreneur. Her book and program Culture Infusion: 9 Principles for Creating and Maintaining a Thriving Organizational Culture is the impetus behind Actualize Consulting being named a Top Company Culture by Entrepreneur Magazine. Kerry has authored multiple children’s books, including her award-winning title If It Does Not Grow, Say No, and herZendoway Cubes received the Parents’ Picks Award. She has been featured on ABC, NBC, NPR, The New York Times, SHRM, Thrive Global, and Corporate Wellness Magazine.

Website: actualizeconsulting.com

Social Media Links:Facebook: facebook.com/actualizeconsultingTwitter: @kerrywekelo

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Ines Temple is a successful entrepreneur, a career transition expert and a best-selling author joins Enterprise Radio. Her latest book is called: You, Incorporated: Your Career Is Your Business. Her companies, LHH Peru & LHH Chile, are the leading career transition and talent-development organizations in both countries and LHH is the world’s leader in outplacement.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is working in conjunction with the Author Channel.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Ines Temple discuss the following:

* Why do today’s workers need to continually cultivate themselves?* Why is it important that we consider ourselves entrepreneurs who provide professional services — even to our boss?* What’s the most important thing to consider in creating our personal brand?* How does the act of defining our individual idea of success make us more likely to achieve it? * How can we best position ourselves to be competitive in the global market?

Ines Temple is President of LHH Peru and Chile, the leading career transition and talent-development organizations in both countries, and she has provided outplacement services and HR consulting to executives and other workers throughout the world. She has published over 800 articles and videos on topics such as the new world of work, personal branding and employability. Her book, You, Incorporated: Your Career Is Your Business (Usted S.A.), has been a top bestseller among business books in Peru since 2012 and is now available in English.

Website: www.inestemple.com

Social Media Links:Facebook: facebook.com/InesTemple.OficialTwitter: linkedin.com/in/inestemple

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Alan Bock, VP of Corporate Development at Vapor IO that is deploying a national edge computing platform which consists of highly distributed colocation and networking joins Enterprise Radio. This platform is marketed under the name Kinetic Edge.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Alan Bock discuss the following:

* Tell us who you are and what is Vapor IO?* What is “Edge Computing” and why is it important?* Can you tell us about the problem you’re solving in edge computing?* How are you approaching this differently than your competitors?* What is the most challenging part of selling edge computing?* Can you tell us what is usually the turning point for your customers/partners when they realize they need a solution like yours?* Any other interesting facts about your company, the market and/or your customers?

Vapor IO is building the foundation for the next-generation internet. It was founded by industry veterans with deep domain expertise in edge computing, data centers and infrastructure management.

Vapor IO provides the industry’s first infrastructure edge computing solution. The Kinetic Edge enables new and innovative edge-driven applications at unprecedented levels of performance, and reduces the CAPEX and OPEX requirements for CDN, cloud and network operators through its innovative edge colocation capabilities.

As the world moves towards a new era of applications dominated by AR, VR and autonomous driving, our current centralized internet infrastructure can’t keep up. To make these applications practical, not just possible, we knew we needed the Kinetic Edge. Vapor IO is dedicated to building out the Kinetic Edge as a nationwide network of edge data centers, using our purpose-built technologies and products to create the foundation for the next-generation internet.

Website: www.vapor.io

Social Media Links:Twitter: @vaporioLinkedin: linkedin.com/company/vaporio

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Mark Rickmeier, CEO of Table XI, a UX research, design, and software development company based in Chicago joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Mark Rickmeier discuss the following:

* How do you use employee offsites to build company culture?* Why does TableXI have a dedicated chef & kitchen in the office?* How do you believe building company culture leads to company growth?* You often say busy is the new stupid. Why is that? And how do you protect your employees from being too busy.* You often meet with your competitors which goes against traditional thinking. Why do you do that?

Mark Rickmeier is the Chief Executive Officer at Table XI, a UX research, design, and software development company based in Chicago. Over the past 18 years, he has created more than 100 mobile apps, custom-built web applications, and intuitive user experiences for clients like the Field Museum, Roger Ebert, AccuWeather, and Tyson Foods. He has been quoted by the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Fast Company and had a global presentation of the day on the PechaKucha platform. 

Website: tablexi.com

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Layne Kertamus, Founder of AsperianNation.com that provides Strategic Neurodiversity Business Consulting to companies that want a competitive advantage in their market joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Layne Kertamus discuss the following:

* What does Asperian Nation provide to companies and what are the results?* You have an interesting, company name, what is an Asperian?* It seems that everyone is talking about diversity and inclusion, but it can be so confusing.  How to you help customers to make sense of it and profit.* Do you think that we could be working closely with Asperians in our job and not even know it?* What are some myths associated with “talent management” that are hurting companies today?

Layne Kertamus, is the Founder of AsperianNation.com which provides neurodiverse business strategies to winning companies.  He is relied upon by C-Suite executives and entrepreneurs to build thriving human capital systems with his unique approach to diversity and inclusion that everyone can get behind.

He has created valuable stakeholder outcomes for 20+ years in a variety of industries.   Of his clients, Layne says, “A company should always be more diverse if it wants to stay relevant and remain a leader.  My clients know how to make the systemic and people changes so that neurodiversity is a core strength.”    

His business experience includes providing strategic leadership to a $250M company where is was responsible for six profit centers and a staff over 100 employees.  Layne has been a Presidential appointee, and he has been honored by the US Small Business Administration for his consulting work.  He completed Harvard Kennedy School’s Master Course in the Art and Practice of Leadership Development.  He is a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR).

Website: AsperianNation.com 800-237-4168 [email protected]

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