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Today on Purse Strings we are joined by Faith Erin Hicks. Faith is a Canadian writer and artist. She worked in the animation industry for several years before transitioning into writing and drawing comics full time in 2008. She started making comics “for fun” and putting them on the web when she was in college. Her first published work was Zombies Calling in 2007. Since then, she has published a number of other graphic novels, including The War at Ellsmere, Brain Camp Friends with Boys, Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong, The Adventures of Superhero Girl, The Last of Us: American Dreams, and the Bigfoot Boy series. She won an Eisner Award in 2014 for The Adventures of Superhero Girl.

Faith Erin Hicks is a Canadian writer and artist. She started making comics “for fun” and putting them on the web when she was in college. She worked in the animation industry for several years before transitioning into writing and drawing comics full time in 2008. Since then, she has published a number of other graphic novels. In 2014, Erin Hicks won the Eisner Award for The Adventures of Superhero Girl (Dark Horse Books), which went through four printings and has recently been re-released in an expanded version, featuring two new stories, and new art from creators including Tyler Crook, Ron Chan, Jake Wyatt, Paulina Ganucheau, and more! Publisher’s Weekly writes, “The perfect laugh-filled tonic for heavier angst-filled superhero series."

Anne quizzes Gillian on funding options for startups. They discuss traditional equity. Debt. Convertible notes. Convertible securities, also known as SAFE’s. Even self-funding. Which is best for you? Gillian explains the differences among all of them, and pros and cons for each illustrate. This is Part 1 of 2, because there was so much to say!

Ross Dunn and guest Joy Hawkins discuss the latest in local SEO on Google. Some topics discussed: the ridiculous power that business titles have, to Yext’s new vertical push, to JSON-LD, street address formatting, home service ads, Google Posts API, and much more.

You're Fired, and So Are You! Life in the Trenches, and Lessons Learned! deals with the many runarounds James and Arlene have had at times with outsourcing projects. They discuss some past experiences and offer some solutions on how to find the right people to hire for your projects.

The Plot to Hack America is the thrilling true story of how Putin’s spy agency, run by the Russian billionaire class, used the promise of power and influence to cultivate Trump as well as his closest aides, the Kremlin Crew, to become unwitting assets of the Russian government. The goal? To put an end to 240 years of free and fair American democratic elections.

Dave Davies returns from the MERGE Conference 2017 in Orlando and welcomes aboard alongside co-host Jim Hedger:

Mary Davies (President of Beanstalk Internet Marketing, Inc.) who spoke on a panel about how to get traffic from Facebook, why you should boost posts, and how to properly manage Facebook campaigns.

Michelle Stinson-Ross (Gruen Digital Marketing Agency, VP of Marketing & Sales)who spokeabout integrating social media into your online marketing campaigns to get more traffic and sales. 

Dave spoke about responsive web design, AMP, and how to rank in search on mobile devices.

David Goldfield is the Robert Lee Bailey Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. He is the author of many works on Southern history, including Still Fighting the Civil War, Black, White, and Southern, and, most recently, America Aflame. In The Gifted Generation: When Government Was Good (Bloomsbury), a sweeping history of the post-World War II decades, Goldfield examines the generation immediately after WWII and argues that the federal government was instrumental in the great economic, social, and environmental progress of the era. Goldfield brings this unprecedented surge in American legislative and cultural history to life as he explores the presidencies of Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Lyndon Baines Johnson. He brilliantly shows how the nation’s leaders persevered to create the conditions for the most gifted generation in U.S. history.

CallerSmart, an award-winning iPhone app and website - and the brainchild of successful entrepreneur Brian David Crane(aka BDC) - uses gamification and game mechanics to grow its community of app fans and users and reward them for their efforts to keep over 600 million U.S. phone book listings accurate and up-to-date for everyone. Our host Peggy Anne Salz catches up with BDC to discuss the details of his growth strategy, which helped CallerSmart - dubbed "turned up caller ID" by BuzzFeed - build a massive brand and audience without paid user acquisition.

Women and The Digital Evolution 10 Years Later as Purse Strings concludes its 6-part series looking back at how digital media and digital marketing has evolved in the past decade. Maria's extensive look back includes women and gaming, the global female perspective, the evolution of digital interaction between parents and their children and more.