Category Archives: Interviews

Career Mentoring – Interview with Andrea Rice, from Gotta Mentor

Andrea Rice is the President and co-founder of Gotta Mentor. This social networking platform is different from other web 2.0 sites because it specialises in career mentoring for students and professionals. Members don’t focus on popularity, but rather on offering and/or seeking good advice.
You can view Andrea’s profile at Gotta Mentor here.
She kindly agreed to [...]

Marketing Agency – Interview with Virginia Ginsburg

Virginia Ginsburg is a marketing executive, coach and blogger. Her company Accordion Marketing offers coaching/consulting and writing/design services, with a peculiarity: unlike several competitors, Virginia keeps an up-front pricing policy.
She publishes well-being tips for business owners at her blog Body>Mind>Business.
In our first 2009 interview, you will read Virginia’s thoughts on rejected advice, up-front prices and [...]

Small Business Conversation Consultant – Interview with Stephen Smith

Stephen Smith is a small business conversation consultant and public speaker. He helps business owners develop a social media presence and use web 2.0 tools to their own companies’ advantage.
Stephen blogs about marketing, networking and leadership at Business Development In Context. You can find his posts about productivity at Productivity in Context. As you must [...]

Educational Book Publisher – Interview with Stacey Kannenberg

Stacey Kannenberg’s story is pretty impressive. Despite the fact that she’s never been a teacher, she publishes her own educational books Let’s Get Ready For Kindergarten! and Let’s Get Ready For First Grade!, both used in hundreds of schools in the USA. They have even gotten state approval. And to think that she started her [...]

Business Development, Strategy – Interview with Joe Sobieck

Joe Sobieck is a management consultant specialised in business development, sales management and training, marketing planning and social media marketing. He blogs at Joe Sobieck and you can also meet him at LinkedIn and Twitter.
Below he answers questions on business strategy/development and client relationship.
- What’s the most common strategic mistake that business owners make?
I have [...]