I’m happy to announce that Barbara Weaver Smith, CEO of The Whale Hunters, is joining the Women On Business writing team. Barbara brings a diverse background with her, and I am excited to read the content she writes for the Women On Business audience. Please join me in welcoming Barbara to Women On Business.
About Barbara Weaver Smith
Barbara Weaver Smith is president and CEO of The Whale Hunters and an author, consultant, speaker, and coach who helps leaders achieve exceptional growth in their companies. Barbara had been a professor, a college dean, and a nonprofit president before founding her first company 13 years ago. She blogs at Whale Hunting with Barbara Weaver Smith . She writes Whale Hunters Wisdom, a free biweekly newsletter focused on growing your business.
The Whale Hunters® deliver explosive growth–from the big sale for a privately held company to the big plan for a university to the big venture for a nonprofit. The company provides training, consulting, and coaching services to entrepreneurs, executive teams, and sales teams. Barbara has a special affinity for small business and woman-owned businesses and frequently helps teams prepare a winning response to a Request for Proposals.
Barbara is co-author of Whale Hunting: How to Land Big Sales and Transform Your Company and author of Winning Whales with an RFP and Whale Hunters Wisdom. Whale Hunting Women will be out soon. She offers workshops around the US on several whale hunting topics and speaks on business development and women’s entrepreneurial gifts.
Barbara’s LinkedIn profile is http://www.linkedin.com/in/barbaraweaversmith, and you can follow her on Twitter at http://twitter.com/whalehunters.
Susan Gunelius
Susan Gunelius is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Women on Business. She is a 30-year veteran of the marketing field and has authored a dozen books about marketing, branding, and social media, including the highly popular Ultimate Guide to Email Marketing, 30-Minute Social Media Marketing, Content Marketing for Dummies, Blogging All-in-One for Dummies and Kick-ass Copywriting in 10 Easy Steps. Susan’s marketing-related content can be found on Entrepreneur.com, Forbes.com, MSNBC.com, BusinessWeek.com, and more. Susan is President & CEO of KeySplash Creative, Inc., a marketing communications company. She has worked in corporate marketing roles and through client relationships with AT&T, HSBC, Citibank, Intuit, The New York Times, Cox Communications, and many more large and small companies around the world. Susan also speaks about marketing, branding and social media at events around the world and is frequently interviewed by television, online, radio, and print media organizations about these topics. She holds an MBA in Management and Strategy and a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and is a Certified Professional Career Coach (CPCC).
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