Sharon Zapata is the founder of the Zapata Group.

She is the author of books, The Little Book of Start-Up Inspiration and Middle Finger Happiness.

Her blog is very popular because of her authenticity.

LinkedIn: Sharon Zapata

This episode is the beginning of season two of this show.

I took an unexpected hiatus because it was needed.

I will share about the upcoming episodes which will begin next week.

Melonie Dodaro is the founder of Top Dog Social Media, employs four channels to help sales and marketing professionals achieve digital success.

Melonie is Canada's top leading expert in LinkedIn and is also:

Top 50 Trustworthy Digital Marketing ExpertsTop 65 Women Business InfluencersTop 100 Marketing InfluencersTop 50 Sales InfluencersSocial Selling: Top 100 Influencers and BrandsTop 75 Digital Marketing Experts in 2018Top 10 Social Media Blogs 2017 by Social Media Examiner

Her newest book, "LinkedIn Unlocked" hit No. 1 Amazon Bestselling status in seven countries around the world.

Melonie has made appearances on various media outlets including ABC, The Toronto Star, CBC and The New York Post.

Website: www.topdogsocialmedia.com

Twitter: @meloniedodaro

Mitchell Levy returns to What's The Word? to share about why entrepreneurs should write a book.

Levy is an accomplished Entrepreneur who has created 20 businesses in Silicon Valley including 4 publishing companies that have published over 800 books.

Currently, Mr. Levy is The AHA Guy at AHAthat & CEO of THiNKaha.

He is a bestselling author with fifty six business books and a contributor at Entrepreneur Magazine.

In addition to these accomplishments, Mr. Levy has provided strategic consulting to over one hundred companies, advised over five hundred CEOs on critical business issues, and has been chairman of the board of a NASDAQ-listed company.

Daniel Addyson is a data science and analytics consultant in the healthcare space for Aetna. 

He has over 10 years of data analysis experience in social media start-ups, small enterprises, large pharma and insurance companies, and the US Military.

His work straddles two areas: working with clients to develop evidence-based and data-driven strategies, and solving business problems through advanced data modeling and analysis

Mr. Addyson recently spoke at a conference in Singapore.

LinkedIn: Daniel Addyson

Meghan Monaghan is the founder of Smart Bird Social, a company which provides content marketing, social media marketing, twitter marketing, etc.

Smart Bird Social helps small businesses, non-profits, associations, and large corporations achieve their digital and traditional marketing success stories

Meghan spent 20 years in the marketing industry before launching the company in 2016.

Website: www.smartbird.net

Facebook: Smart Bird Social

Twitter: @MeghanMonaghan1

Dr. Ai Zhang returns to What's The Word? to share about how live video can help brands to stand out in the midst of the noise.

Dr. Zhang is the host of the popular facebook live show, "Classroom Without Walls," where she interviews educational professionals, business owners and social media professionals.

She taught at Stockton University for many years about public relations and social media before moving to South Korea on academic leave.

It was there in South Korea that she began blogging and started her facebook live show.

Website: www.aiaddysonzhang.com

Facebook: Ai Addyson-Zhang Digital Learning Consultant

Twitter: @AiAddysonZhang

Hear about Alex Tachalova here on What's The Word?

Sarah Stahl is a digital media strategist at Avant Creative, a collective of artists and engineers who balance functionality and style seamlessly, and can serve as a cost-effective alternative to in-house departments in Marketing, Advertising, Creative, and Information Technology.

Sarah is also an Army veteran and has many years of marketing experience.

Website: www.avant-creative.com

Twitter: @mrsdstahl

Twitter Chats are very important because it brings like minded people together around a hashtag.

Hear how participating in a twitter chat prepared me for an unexpected error with my business website.