Contributors

• Becky McCray www.smallbizsurvival.com
  Becky is our host. She is a small business owner and cattle rancher, with quite a bit of public speaking experience. Her blog focuses on small town small business.
• Laura Allen www.15secondpitch.com
  Laura is an experienced public speaker. Her focus is on social networking and making your pitch in 15 seconds or less.
• Chris Brogan www.chrisbrogan.com
  Chris is the media mogul in the making, head of Grasshopper New Media (our umbrella organization). He’s an experienced podcaster, blogger, and a talented visual artist.
• Ted Demopoulos www.demop.com
  Ted is a published author (Blogging for Business and What Nobody Ever Tells You About Blogging and Podcasting) and is currently featured in three podcasts. He has a love of small business and technology.
  
• Phil Gerbyshak Make It Great!
  Phil Gerbyshak is a published author (10 Ways to Make It Great!) and writes a variety of articles about personal and small business branding, relationship geeking, lifelong learning and personal growth.
  
• Bill Gregory www.nwosu.edu/osbdc
  Bill is an expert in patents and intellectual property, and he counsels small business people for a living. He is also a great public speaker.
  
• Heidi Miller www.heidimillerpresents.com
  Heidi is both an expert in podcasting and an expert speaker. She is a specialist in presentation skills and trade shows.
• Steve Rucinski www.smbceo.com - For Small Business CEO’s, www.smbtrendwire.com - For All Small Businesses.
  Steve is an expert podcaster and small business leader. He’s been podcasting for over two years, and is working on launching a new radio channel.
• Jon Swanson Levite Chronicles
  Jon consumes small business products and services in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He has been an administrative pastor for 6 years, following 15 years in higher education. He used to teach communication and organizational management. He now knows how little he knew then. He lives with his wife, college-age son and high school-age daughter.
  
• Colleen Wainwright Communicatrix.com
  Colleen is an L.A.-based designer-writer-speaker who started calling herself “the communicatrix” when she hit three hyphens.
  
• Benjamin Yoskovitz www.instigatorblog.com
  Ben is an experienced entrepreneur with over 10 years experience in web and software development businesses. He’s passionate about customer support, running a well-oiled machine, and humor.