Tyler J. McCall

FOUNDER, Follower to Fan Society

Tyler J. McCall is a business and Instagram marketing strategist for online business owners and digital entrepreneurs. He focuses on using Instagram and social media to tell stories, build relationships, and convert followers to fans, drawing from his 10 years of experience in non-profit marketing and community organizing.

Since 2015, Tyler has taught thousands of entrepreneurs how to start, grow, and scale their online businesses. He is the founder of the Follower to Fan Society - an online Instagram marketing training program - and of the Online Business Association - the first and only professional association for online business owners and digital entrepreneurs.

Tyler is based in Chicago where he lives with his husband Eric. When he’s not coaching or teaching, Tyler enjoys Target runs and road trips…that he documents on his Instagram Stories.

Ericka Dukes

Instagram strategist & Coach, Social Ink Co

Ericka Dukes is an Instagram Strategist and Coach for businesses and entrepreneurs who seek to attract, connect + convert their followers on Instagram. She specializes in customized Instagram strategy for businesses who lack know-how on executing an Instagram strategy properly for their own business.

Through knowledge-based Accelerators, online courses, and her signature coaching services, she’s helped businesses and entrepreneurs convert followers to high paying clients, become more engaged, and propel them to grow in confidence on Instagram.

To put it plainly - she helps people understand Instagram in a way that makes sense.

Blair Kaplan Venables

Co-host of the Dissecting Success Podcast

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Nikki Takahashi

host of Square Peg Entrepreneur Podcast

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Michelle Abraham

founder of Amplifyou, podcast management company

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Erika Peter

The foundation for an effective content strategy

Erika Peter is the founder of the GrindD, an online learning platform for creatives, marketers and service-based entrepreneurs. 

Before launching the GrindD, she worked for over ten years as a journalist, notably at La Presse, and then moved on to become the head of content of a major Canadian marketing agency, handling brands such as Hennessy, Veuve Clicquot, Del Monte, among others. 

With the GrindD, she's on a mission to help as many creatives, marketers and service-based entrepreneurs grow successful businesses with classes taught by real experts with significant years of experience.

You can connect with Erika on Instagram @thegrinddofficial.

Tedi Bezna

Harnessing your customer voice through seo research

Tedi Bezna is a digital marketing and SEO professional who is passionate about helping businesses achieve new levels of online exposure and scalable growth. As the founder of Tedi Bezna Digital Marketing, she has extensive knowledge in search engine optimization & content and helps develop customized digital marketing strategies that improve a business’s online presence.

As a passionate professional, nothing makes Tedi happier than helping organizations thrive and become noticed within the online world. When she’s not working, you can find Tedi out exploring the beauty of Vancouver Island, spending time with her husband and child, and excitedly waiting for the arrival of baby #2. This session will uncover identifying your target audiences online, keyword research, and creating content to address common searches.

Shannon Matson

Using Content Looping to Create Omnipresence

With comprehensive experience in marketing and advertising, Shannon prides herself on helping others structure and market their businesses for exceptional growth.

Her journey began in the corporate world where she held titles such as V.P. of Marketing for a global publishing company and National Director of Sales & Marketing for a fitness franchise.

These roles brought her to opportunities with L’Oréal, Access Hollywood and The Ellen DeGeneres Show, with marketing access to Kendra Wilkinson, Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez.

Now, she’s the CEO and Founder of The Social Bungalow, an education + media company that helps entrepreneurs structure ingenious online businesses, as well as Bungalow Coffee, a 2,500 sq ft coffee café’ in the Downtown Las Vegas Arts District.

Janice Porter

Developing your LinkedIN Strategy for 2022

For Janice, it’s all about relationships! First and foremost is her family – she is very proud of her two daughters, and appreciates the support of her husband through all that she does. 

Having an innate curiosity, she has leveraged that into building business relationships and teaches others how to do the same.  Connecting people is a skill that Janice uses, when needed – and in particular, when she feels that it will be managed most professionally - as she holds her relationships very dearly.

Her passion is working with people who want to build their businesses through relationship marketing and networking – and she does that using online and offline strategies.

LinkedIn training is a huge part of Janice’s business.  She believes anyone in business needs to have a professional LinkedIn profile, and that LinkedIn is a powerful, under-utilized online platform for attracting new clients, new referral partners, or being found by recruiters.

Sharon L. Hadden

Value > Noise: Breaking Through the Social Clutter

Sharon L. Hadden is the founder and Chief Idea Officer of Content Planning Company, a marketing education consultancy that helps entrepreneurs reduce social media overwhelm and become confident content creators. 

For the last decade, Sharon has helped small businesses and organizations leverage the power of digital marketing, including work as a public affairs specialist for the FBI and corporate marketing roles in Silicon Valley tech. 

Sharon holds a master's in Integrated Marketing Communications and finds that companies come to her when they’re at a point of growth in their company and need to establish or pivot their content strategy. 

She's an advocate for womxn's economic empowerment and is deeply passionate about supporting entrepreneurs on their journey to build businesses that impact economic growth, on a local and global scale. Connect with Sharon on Instagram (@contentplanningcompany) or visit her website at contentplanningcompany.com to learn more .

Theresa Lambert

Creating Content that Converts: 3 tips to help you increase sales for your online biz

Theresa Lambert is a Business & Success Coach with an impressive hotelier background in luxury Hospitality in the #1 Ski Resort in North America. She supports ambitious Women Entrepreneurs and Coaches to redefine success with elegance and create the Impact, Income and Freedom they desire in Business and in Life. 

In 2020 Theresa became the Bestselling Author of her book  Achieve with Grace: A guide to elegance and effectiveness in intense workplaces. She is also a Speaker and the Podcast co-host of Dissecting Success. 

Theresa has been recognized as a business leader in Whistler’s Profiles of Excellence, and is being featured in publications such as Hotelier Magazine, Thrive Global and Authority Magazine. 

Nikki Takahashi

Brand Messaging That Sells

Nikki Takahashi is a Digital Media Designer and brand strategist who has helped over 300 entrepreneurs embrace and amplify what makes them unique. Nikki is founder and CEO of a multi six-figure agency that gets clients noticed in person, online, and in print. She is host of Square Peg Entrepreneur, a podcast featuring industry disruptors and mavericks in business.

Nikki’s graphic and website design achievements earned her a Governor General’s Medal and the position as spokesperson for Tech 2000. With over twenty years in digital media, she has been featured in marketing articles and on podcasts such as Dissecting Success and Fearless and Successful. Her keynotes on brand design and strategy have reached audiences around the globe. She’s also a StoryBrand Certified Guide under New York Times best-selling author Donald Miller.

Nikki’s an aspiring videographer and avid traveler who has spent over a quarter century mastering and teaching the art of karate. Her most recent adventures include skydiving over the Canadian Rockies and flying to Berlin for a tattoo. She resides in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Kary Perry

How to Build an Authentic and Profitable Social Brand

Kary Perry is a Social Brand Coach who flipped the script on her 15 years of marketing experience into multiple six-figure businesses, all by harnessing the power of social media. Her vast experience in attraction marketing and social selling is backed by her MBA from Georgia Tech, years of consumer insights for billion-dollar brands at Procter & Gamble, and nearly a decade as a successful serial entrepreneur.

However, success did not come easily for her. She believes that it wasn't until she stopped marketing her business and started building her brand that she truly began growing. Now she's dedicated to helping women entrepreneurs build intentionally authentic social brands that lead with value and close with trust. Her goal is to help you attract, connect and convert your followers to clients by connecting versus selling, so you can work less, live more, and have fun doing it.

And to prove it, she recently closed her 13k follower account to start from scratch and teach women entrepreneurs exactly what it takes to grow a profitable social brand in 2021.

Kimberley Day

Kim is the Award Winning Author of "Write and Grow Rich: How to Use a Book to Supersize Your Brand, Your Business, and Your Bank Account"

Kim helps coaches, consultants, and service-based entrepreneurs overcome the daily struggle of finding their next client, stand out from the crowd in their industry, & increase visibility, credibility & authority by publishing a book.

For 13 years she was one of usually a dozen financial advisors at every networking event, struggling to compete for clients in an overcrowded and skeptical market. After publishing her first book, the "Financial Fitness Playbook: The Ultimate Guide to Winning the Money Game", she was able to double her income in less than 12 months using the same strategies she now teaches in her new book and signature program.

If you want to attract an endless stream of ideal clients, speaking engagements, referral partners, & media coverage into your business then a book might be the right marketing strategy for you.