Meet Your Hosts
Jessica Evans
Owner & CEO
Jessica Evans is the Owner of Ultimate Bundles. Before that, she was an affiliate and customer as well as the Customer Happiness Manager, so her roots run deep with UB. Her blog, Follow My Arrow, sparked the entrepreneur bug she now has, and it only seems to be growing with her new role as Chief Inspiration Officer. When she’s not working, you can find her getting into mischief with her husband D.J. and their daughters Hayden and Taylor somewhere outdoors.
Samantha Schmiege
Director of Partnership Engagement
Samantha lives in Grand Rapids with her husband and son. When she’s not obsessing over her six month old you can find her (trying) to relax at her family cottage, hiding Amazon boxes from her husband, enjoying the occasional glass of Prosecco, or supporting her coffee obsession at a local coffee shop!!
Kyle Young
Director of Marketing
Kyle Young is the Director of Marketing for Ultimate Bundles. When he’s not working he’s usually out and about doing fun things with his wife Haley and his daughter Sage. Occasionally you’ll find him at the golf course.
Meet Your Speakers
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Sophie Konop
Personal Branding – The Importance of Humanizing Your Brand
Sophie is the illustrator and designer behind Simply Sophie Designs, an art + design business that serves clients across the country and overseas to create eye catching visuals that help brands and businesses tell their unique story in a creative, visual fashion. Simply Sophie Designs started with Sophie selling custom portraits from her college dorm room to roommates and sorority sisters in 2019. Her business has since grown and evolved into a primarily service based business, which allowed her to quit corporate and pursue her own dreams full time at the age of 24. When she’s not creating beautiful illustrations for her clients’ marketing materials and social media, she can also be found conducting social media coaching calls for clients or creating a new print design for her online shop. Sophie is also the co-host of creative entrepreneurship podcast, The Art of Small, and has had her illustration work published in magazine spreads and books alike. She currently lives in Indianapolis (but considers Florida to be her second home) with her husband and their bernedoodle, Dolly (affectionately named after Dolly Parton). You can find more from Sophie by visiting simplysophiedesigns.com or checking out her Instagram @simplysophiedesigns
Mike Michalowicz
Build Your Personal Brand – Intensive Workshop and Create Your Own Strategy to Optimize Your Brand to Increase Sales and Profitability.
Deemed the top contender for the patron saint of entrepreneurs, Mike Michalowicz is a bestselling author and keynote speaker with one mission – to eradicate entrepreneurial poverty. Mike has devoted his life to the research and delivery of innovative, impactful entrepreneurial strategies to you. Mike is the creator of Profit First, which is used by hundreds of thousands of companies across the globe to drive profit. He is the creator of Clockwork, a powerful method to make any business run on automatic. In his 2020 release Fix This Next, Mike details the strategy businesses can use to determine what to do, in what order, to ensure healthy, fast, permanent growth (and avoid debilitating distractions). His latest book Get Different (released September 21, 2021) will give you the tools to stand out in any market. Today, Mike leads two new multi-million-dollar ventures, as he tests his latest business research for his books. He is a former small business columnist for The Wall Street Journal and business makeover specialist on MSNBC. Mike is a popular main stage keynote speaker on innovative entrepreneurial topics; and is the author of Get Different, Fix This Next, Clockwork, Profit First, Surge, The Pumpkin Plan and The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur.
Ruth Soukup
Earn Dollars, Not Likes
New York Times bestselling author Ruth Soukup is dedicated to helping women everywhere create a life they love. She is the founder of several successful brands, including Living Well Spending Less®, Elite Blog Academy®, and her newest endeavor, Thinlicious™, created to make getting healthy taste and feel good. Her practical advice has been featured all over, including Good Morning America, the Today Show, Family Circle, Entrepreneur, TIME and Fox News.
Kevin Harrington
Xponential Insider – Building Your Personal Brand
As an original “shark” on the hit TV show Shark Tank, the creator of the infomercial, pioneer of the As Seen on TV brand, and co-founding board member of the Entrepreneur’s Organization, Kevin Harrington has pushed past all the questions and excuses to repeatedly enjoy 100X success. His legendary work behind the scenes of business ventures has produced more than $6 billion in global sales, the launch of more than 500 products, and the making of dozens of millionaires. He’s launched massively successful products like The Food Saver, Ginsu Knives, The Great Wok of China, The Flying Lure, and many more. He has worked with amazing celebrities turned entrepreneurs including, like Billie Mays, Tony Little, Jack LaLanne, and George Foreman to name a few. Kevin’s been called the Entrepreneur’s Entrepreneur and the Entrepreneur Answer Man, because he knows the challenges unique to start-ups and has a special passion for helping entrepreneurs succeed. kevinharrington.tv
Katie Kimball, CSME
Personal Branding – The Importance of Humanizing Your Brand
A 2x TEDx speaker and accidental entrepreneur who has grown a 6-figure business and incubated another entre-business with her husband, Katie has become an expert at mitigating business risk and making decisions at “medium speed” while exploding her impact. She’s a business coach for family-minded entrepreneurs who seek balance while pursuing dramatic personal and professional growth. She’s passionate about connecting entrepreneurs together to network and mastermind and uses her decade-plus experience in masterminds of every size and flavor to help others find their tribe.
Paula Pwul
Standing Out In A Sea Of Professionals
Paula Pwul is a personal brand Strategist and social media marketing expert. She is the host of She’s the brand Podcast and her mission is to empower female professionals, creatives and online entrepreneurs to build profitable brands and position themselves as impactful industry leaders in the digital space. When she’s not working, she’s reading fiction, hanging out with her family or trying out new restaurants.
Amira Irfan
3 Costly Legal Mistakes to Avoid as an Influencer
Internationally renowned Amira Irfan is the business lawyer, blogger, and coach behind A Self Guru, an online company that has been featured around the world for helping entrepreneurs legally protect their businesses through its affordable legal templates and services. Amira has had the honor of helping over 50,000 entrepreneurs comply with the laws and safeguard their businesses. Her work has been featured in 200 media outlets such as Ticker News, Yahoo Finance, International Business Times, Business Digest Magazine, Authority Magazine, Thrive Global, US Times Now, and more!
Julie DeLucca-Collins
How To Create A Personal Brand Confidently
Julie DeLucca-Collins is the Founder and CEO of Go Confidently Services, the host of the popular Casa DeConfidence Podcast®, and her weekly Radio Show Confident You featured on a global talk radio network. As a Business and Life Strategist Coach, Julie helps women business owners launch or grow their businesses, get clients, be productive, and achieve their dreams. Julie helps her clients create simple habits to achieve goals and change their lives. Julie is a sought-after public speaker, author, trainer, and course creator. She is certified as a coach in Cognitive Behavioral Techniques, Holistic Coach, Tiny Habits, and a Thrive Global Coach. She is also certified as a Social Emotional Learning Facilitator and has completed her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Certification. Julie enjoys helping her clients build mental fitness and improve their mindset to be at peace and improve peak performance. Julie is also the #1 best-selling author of the book Confident You (simple habits to live the life you’ve imagined). Julie has been honored with the “25 Most Powerful Minority Women in Business Award.” by the Minority Enterprise Executive Council in Washington, DC. Julie and her Podcast co-host/producer husband Dan reside in Vernon, CT, with their fur babies, Yogi Bear, Junior, and Simba.
Kimberly DeCarrera
Hot Button Legal Topics for Influencers
Kimberly DeCarrera is a business lawyer based in Atlanta, Georgia (when she’s not traveling in her RV), serving startup and fast growing mid-market companies. As a blogger and influencer herself, she knows what you need to protect your business in the online world.
Melissa Mittelstaedt
Reimagining Yourself: Entering a New Playing Field
Melissa Mittelstaedt is a Money Coach working toward her Accredited Financial Counselor® designation. She is an expert in financial organization and overcoming sabotaging behaviors. Her three-month program, The Break Free Method, features a combination of practical & simple tools and a touch of woo-woo. Melissa has been featured in online articles such as U.S. News, MSN, The Motley Fool, and various personal finance blogs. She is on a mission to help irregular income earners get dialed in with their money.
Mikaela Walker
Too Old To Be An Influencer? Not At All
Mikaela is a lifelong marketer with over 20 years of Marketing experience. She has worked with a broad range of clients across industries including pharmaceuticals, luxury goods, retail, finance and professional services helping them to develop marketing and strategic plans, conduct market research and generate insights. Mikaela’s current area of focus is social media marketing. She works with clients to create and implement a social media strategy. Mikaela takes a holistic view of the company and ensures that the social media strategy fits within the overall marketing plan and business goals. Mikaela holds an MBA from the University of Oxford and a BA from Princeton University.
Deasha Waddup
Managing Facebook Groups to Build Relationships With Your Ideal Clients
Deasha Waddup has worked in marketing for over 9 years. Deasha is accredited by Facebook as a Lead Trainer, has helped businesses scale to 6 and 7 figures since launching Social Treats in 2016. Deasha has perfected an organic marketing system that she now teaches through her coaching programs.
Jav Sid
3 Ways To Drive Sales Via Instagram
Jav is a Research Assistant/SVG Business Coach who loves all things passive income. Her mission is help crafters with full time jobs make extra income through digital products especially SVG cut files.
Brandi Mahon
Cash In With A Sponsor Demo Day
Brandi Mahon is the creative owner of Stamp Me Some Love Blog, Shop, and Academy. The, host of the highly successful 4 day Card Maker Success Summit, and the course creator of Craft Biz in a Box. Card making is her hobby, but her passion is bringing creators together and helping them build their creative businesses. She loves throwing parties and is a master networker. Hailing from Kentucky, she lives with her wife and 3 fur babies.
Jenna Dancy
Micro-Influencing: Creating and Growing a Community without a Massive Amount of Followers
Jenna is passionate about living a life that leaves an impact. With a B.A. in Advertising from Penn State, and a M.B.A. specializing in Marketing, Jenna has always had a love of marketing and advertising. Having spent the last decade-plus in PR, sales, marketing, and coaching, Jenna has been in the online space since long before digital downloads and evergreen masterclasses–I’m talking since coaches were printing and mailing binders as infoproducts! After a health scare of her own and reprioritizing slow-living, she love to create multiple streams of income that are mostly hands off. Sure, it feels great to get paid while you sleep, but even better when you’re working in the garden on a beautiful sunny day and see sales rolling in from your digital sales! She’s also a mom of three, raising her barefoot littles on a 119-acre homestead in New Hampshire, loves gardening, is an aspiring beekeeper, and loves making animal shaped pancakes for her kids on Saturday mornings.
Shay Wheat
17 Ways To Gain Leads NOW Using Events, Which Is Right For You?
Shay Wheat is a Certified Event Producer™ & Creator of popular programs such as “The Powerful Event Process”, “The Ultimate Event Planner Certification Program”, and CEO of Grace & Ease Productions, Inc. Grace & Ease Productions, Inc supports our clients in creating Powerful and Profitable events. Producing In-Person and Live-Virtual events from 50 to 4,000+ attendees and collaborating with many well-known celebrities such as Dr. Oz, Lisa Nichols, Dr. Claire Zammit, Bill Baren, Alison J. Prince, Josh Turner, and many others. Shay and team assist Speak-to-Sell clients to be highly profitable with their events: just recently, one of their clients generated over $2.1 Million dollars in one Virtual Live 3-day event. Their clients have made over $25 Million in revenue, gaining over 3,700 NEW clients and changing the lives of over 29,000 attendees. Their team handles all the planning, speaker & sponsor support, and the production of Virtual Live and In-person events to create experiential, revenue-generating, and exciting events for attendees.
Megan Porta
Future Proof Your Business by Starting a Podcast
Megan Porta is the founder of the podcast and community Eat Blog Talk, the #1 resource for food bloggers who desire clarity and focus to achieve rapid transformation and personal freedom. Over the span of 400+ episodes, Megan consistently provides valuable insight and tools to guide listeners along their unique paths to success. Her popular Eat Blog Talk mastermind is the go-to place for entrepreneurs who want to break through their limiting beliefs and achieve amazing results within a supportive group. In every area of her life and business, Megan loves bringing people together to form lasting connections and friendships.
Faith Mariah
Overcoming Fear of Visibility/Being on Camera For Anxious Introverts
Faith Mariah, a no-BS business coach and the host of the Blogging Breakthroughs podcast, is on a mission to teach women how to start earning a 6-figure income online ASAP. Through tough-love coaching and an incredibly supportive community, her Blogging Breakthroughs Mastermind has quickly become one of the blogging community’s fastest-growing & most affordable business coaching memberships for profitable blogs, coaches, and personal brands.
Gael Wood
How Being A Published Author Elevates Your Opportunities and Expert Status
Gael Wood – Coach, Entrepreneur and Author Gael Wood is a massage and spa professional with over 28 years’ of experience. She opened a day spa and massage center in 2003, and launched her first online business in 2013, then in 2016 she retired from hands-on massage to concentrate on writing, creating online training, coaching, and courses. She is co-host and co-founder of the Global Wellness Professionals Marketing Summits and The Work Freedom Summit. She was inducted into the World Massage Hall of Fame and featured as a Massage Magazine All-Star in 2019. Gael has created 60+ online courses, Massage and Spa Marketing Content Clubs, Massage and Spa Resource Bundles, and over 15l eBooks. .
Abigail King
How To Learn To Love To Talk On Camera
Abigail King is an award-winning writer and broadcaster who has worked with the BBC, UNESCO, the EU, NASA and more. She’s the founder of Inside the Travel Lab, described by National Geographic Traveler as “Essential Reading” and Lonely Planet as “one of the best travel blogs in the world.” Abigail King has broadcast live for Lonely Planet on more than 50 occasions in more than 15 countries. Locations include the chambers of Marie Antoinette in the Palace of Versailles, the highest mountain on the Arabian Peninsula, the darkness of the Arctic Circle and the twilight of the Book of Kells in Dublin. Abigail King spoke at the High Level EU-China Summit on Sustainable Tourism at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris and joined a panel to talk about responsible tourism for NASA-Hybrid CoE in Helsinki.
Heather Ritchie
Smart Tips for Using Content Marketing to Grow Your Brand
Heather Ritchie is a Certified Content Marketing Strategist, coach for content creators, and the blogger behind Writer’s Life for You. As a content marketing strategist, it’s her goal to make content creation and understanding your audience easier so you can make more money with the content you create. It’s her mission to help women ditch their 9-5s for good so they can work from home as bloggers or writers. Heather has been writing SEO-optimized content for bloggers for over six years and has created several digital products and courses for content creators.
Danielle Levy
Stop Being The Chief Everything Officer and Start Being The CEO
Danielle Levy is a sought-after business coach who helps six and seven-figure business owners expand with clarity and efficiency. Danielle is also the Founder and CEO of The Boardroom League™. With a background in agency work, Danielle has experience in the traditional business world, as well as the online entrepreneurial space. A problem solver at heart, she believes in helping business owners build a trustworthy ecosystem of professional resources, so that they can focus on their vision, instead of being distracted by day-to-day business obligations. She holds an MBA, is certified as a Project Management Professional, and is a Certified Online Business Manager. In 2021, Danielle founded The Boardroom League™ to give other entrepreneurs a little black book of trusted industry professionals to help them implement and scale their businesses. The Boardroom League consists of experts in a variety of fields; including metrics, design, copywriting, strategic pricing, funnels, social media, and more. Danielle’s vision came to life when she realized that she was taking this team of experts with her from project to project, and recognized that other entrepreneurs could benefit from her one-on-one support and trusted team as well. In her personal life, Danielle is an energetic mother of two boys, who understands the balance of being both a hockey Mom AND a successful entrepreneur.
Jamie Palmer
Business Design with Human Design
Jamie is a Human Design expert with a difference. With a unique ability to take a hawk-eye view and her fearless need to explore the depths and evolve, Jamie is on a mission to innovate and liberate you from false beliefs and obstacles that hold you back in your life and biz.
Cherelle German
How To Build Your Brand and Present It Like A 5-Star Restaurant
Cherelle German is a past wedding designer now turned “make all the things pretty” digital designer who loves to serve and help female entrepreneurs with creative designs that will showcase their visual brands. She understands that most entrepreneurs would rather focus on letting their creativity and passion take the lead in their businesses, instead of spending hours trying to craft the perfect design to actually present their products to the world. This is one of the reasons why Cherelle has shifted her passion for designing floral arrangements and tablescapes, to creating aesthetically pleasing and beautiful digital templates for women to use in their businesses.
Jessie Festa
How To Land Paid Press Trips
Jessie Festa is the creator of the travel blogs Jessie on a Journey and Epicure & Culture. She is also the founder of Travel Blog Prosperity – a membership community for bloggers wanting to grow their traffic, community & income – as well as NYC Photo Journeys, a New York-based photography company. Her work has appeared in publications like USA Today, CNN, Business Insider, Thrillist, and WestJet Magazine.
Jenny Melrose
How To Build Your Brand and Present It Like A 5-Star Restaurant
Jenny is a former reading specialist who “retired” from her teaching career when her blogging income far exceeded her salary. Through hard work and dedication, her lifestyle blog, The Melrose Family, became regularly sought out by nationally recognized brands such as Neutrogena, Smuckers, Glad, Costco, Stanley Steamer, Sara Lee, and many more. She is a content strategist that helps entrepreneurs better understand their messaging and unique position in the online space. Now, she’s combining her passion for teaching with her extensive experience of creating strategic content for online business owners via JennyMelrose.com and her podcast, Influencer Entrepreneurs with Jenny Melrose as well as her first book Influencer Entrepreneurs: The 4-Step Framework to Building Your Audience, Growing Your Business, and Making More Money Online.
Kathy Stowell
Creating a Simple Sales Uterus
Kathy Stowell is a business coach for mom coaches. She helps her clients make more money doing what they love – coaching moms – by helping them discover their IT factor, create an irresistible line of offers that leads to an epic signature private coaching package, and design an organic marketing plan that creates consistent clients. She works with her clients one on one inside her six month container as well as inside her monthly membership Mom Coach Club. She also teaches moms how to coach moms inside her three month coaching training program – Mom Coach School. She lives in Nelson, BC with her husband, two teens and their wiener dogs Angel and Wilbur.
Hailey Rowe
The Business Equation to Double Your Sales & Standout as an Online Business Owner
Hailey Rowe is a Marketing & Sales Coach, as well as a Linkedin Lead Generation Service Provider. She helps coaches get clients consistently, develop their no brainer offers, & grow their income & impact. She shares her F.A.S.T. framework, marketing, and business tips in her Health Coach Nation Podcast & in the Health Coach Nation Facebook Group. She’s been named as one of the Top 25 Coaches in Chicago & one of the Top 6 business podcasts for health coaches. Since 2010, Hailey has worked in the coaching industry & in business development/marketing for startups. Hailey’s philosophy: You can have an amazing service and impact to make, but without a strong mindset, and sales and marketing plan, your business will remain a hobby.
Diana Hughes
Creating income through Affiliate Marketing as a Travel Influencer
Diana Hughes is the content creator of Being Mommy with Style. A lifestyle brand created for moms to connect and learn from each other. She started out on YouTube sharing their lives and travels, and now has expanded to sharing across other social media platforms and blog at beingmommywithstyle.com. Often sharing her family’s travel experiences, travel tips, and more with her audience.
Blaire Brown
How to Create a Full-Time Income with a Service-Based Business
Serial entrepreneur and marketing expert, Blaire Brown is obsessed with all things entrepreneurship and helping others start their businesses. Host of the Curate Your Success Podcast and featured in Forbes, ESPN Radio, and Yahoo! Finance, Blaire is the founder of her digital marketing group, Visionary Advantages, which helps businesses elevate their brand presence online. She has also created the Business Launch Lab, part digital course/part cohort program, to teach aspiring entrepreneurs how to become actual business owners so that they can achieve the freedom-filled lifestyle of being their own boss. Prior to starting her marketing agency and launching the course, her career has been focused on operating entrepreneurial ventures, managing marketing and PR efforts across major contemporary fashion brands.
Alison Reeves
6 Figure Aligned Wealth Roadmap
Blogging since 2011, and business coaching since 2017, Alison Reeves helps creators and experts scale their income by combining business coaching with mindset restoration. Alison managed marketing teams for several multi-million dollar companies before becoming a full time business coach, and has since helped thousands of entrepreneurs worldwide grow their visibility and their income through coaching, courses, membership and free training. Her business is to help people make more money, but her mission is to help people love their lives.
Becky Kopitzke
How to Scale Your Income and Influence with Digital Products and Sales Funnels
Becky Kopitzke is a multi-published author and founder of The Inspired Business, a coaching hub dedicated to helping writers, communicators and creatives monetize their passion work in order to keep it sustainable. A veteran blogger, freelance writer and writing coach, Becky’s sweet spot is in digital product sales funnels, an ideal method for growing and serving an audience while generating recurring income. Becky and her husband Chad live the crazy blessed life from home offices in northeast Wisconsin, where they share precious space with their two teen daughters, tables stacked with homework, and two devoted office dogs. Beyond work and family, Becky’s second home is her church, where she leads women’s Bible studies, sings on the worship team, and is a regularly featured speaker for special events. She’s a big fan of matcha lattes, family game night, historical fiction and pretty much anything chocolate. Find Becky online at theinspiredbusiness.co and beckykopitzke.com.
