Nancy Michaels

Nancy has spoken in 42 states to more than 60,000 entrepreneurs on behalf of such clients as Xerox, Office Depot, AT&T, Staples, Cendant (Avis and Budget Rental Cars), Constant Contact, among many others. Nancy acts as Lead Consultant and host of Office Depot.com’s Web Café Series of on-line seminars geared toward small business owners, and is Inc.com’s Solo Business Expert on sales, marketing and business development issues for the solo entrepreneur. She has served as Small Business Editor at US News & World Report, and the Small Business Marketing Expert for Entrepreneur Magazine. She is a regular contributor to Franchise Update and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Fortune Small Business (FSB), Success Magazine, The New York Post, Franchising Magazine, among numerous other publications. Nancy was also a nationally syndicated newspaper small business columnist for Scripps-Howard News Service (1999 – 2000) and was also was the publicist for Matt Lauer (currently co-host of the Today show). Nancy is the author of five books on marketing for small businesses, including "Perfecting Your Pitch", "Off The Wall Marketing Ideas", "How To Be A Big Fish In Any Pond", "Media Madness", and "A to Z to Visibility". In the spring of 2005, Nancy became very ill and underwent a liver transplant due to liver failure. She is the grateful recipient of a donor liver. Find out how you can become a donor at www.organdonor.gov.