Monica Samuels is the Founder of MomsNextMove.com (www.MomsNextMove.com).

MomsNextMove.com educates women in successfully leaving and then returning to the workforce. The networking site includes a newsletter, blog, forums where women can share their ideas and experiences, and product reviews.

Monica is a trained environmental and immigration attorney, and a fundraiser who earned her J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law.

She has held several leadership positions in the Young Republicans organization, including national co-chairwoman.

Although she had the opportunity to work within the Bush administration, Samuels elected to stay in Austin and raise her two sons.

In 2002, President Bush appointed her to the Board of Directors of the Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research Center on which she still serves as Treasurer.

She lives in Austin with her husband and two sons.

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Denise Imbesi decided to combine both her talents of Aerobic instructor and DJ by creating Muscle Mixes Music (www.musclemixes.com) in 1988.

Muscle Mixes Music, Inc., headquartered in Orlando, FL, ignited the pre-mixed fitness music compilation revolution in 1988 and has become one of the most recognized music brands for group fitness classes and personal work-outs worldwide.

Today, 20 years later, Denise Imbesi is the Visionary behind iSweat Music ® (www.isweatfitness.com), a line of Digitally downloadable music albums for the exercise enthusiast.

Muscle Mixes Music is committed to bringing the best fitness music experience to educators, students, creative professionals and consumers around the world through its innovative music albums.

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Nicki Anderson of Reality Fitness (www.realityfitness.com) spent the last 25 years trying to shift the way people view diet and exercise.

Nicki believes that exercise has become punishment for an imperfect body. It seems that exercise is perceived to be for the elite athlete or thin person. As a fitness professional, she feels that it is her responsibility to introduce exercise as something that is positive and life enhancing. More often than not people view exercise and sound nutrition as an all or nothing proposition.

Nicki Anderson, IDEA Master Trainer is the author of "Reality Fitness; Inspiration for Your Health and Well-being". She is the health and fitness columnist for Suburban Chicago Newspapers as well as a family fitness contributor for eDiets. She is a certified personal trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM). Nicki sits on the IHRSA Entrepreneurial Advisory Board, the Personal Training Committee for IDEA and USA Today’s Entrepreneurial Advisory Board.  

Nicki speaks all over the country, teaching other health and fitness professionals about the value of customer service, an art she feels has been overlooked far too long by the health and fitness industry. Nicki says, “If we are to inspire others to become fit, we have to present the opportunity as an equal opportunity endeavor!”

“Often times we turn away the exact people that we need to attract. Health clubs can be intimidating and that is why I’ve created an environment that is conducive to all levels of fitness, either the athlete in training or the senior citizen seeking proper strength training advice.”

In addition to her industry seminars, Nicki also presents seminars to corporations and various groups seeking practical health and fitness advice. As an avid voice against fad-diets and overzealous exercise programs, her seminars have garnered rave reviews. Her humor and passion about health and wellness help to create seminars that leave people wanting more! 

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Starting as a dead broke landscaper living in a one bedroom apartment, Dave Lindahl started buying and selling multi-unit properties to create a better life for himself. With no real estate experience, he created systems that allowed him to create enough monthly positive cash flow to retire with in 3 ½ years.

Lindahl is now considered the nation’s leading expert in buying and selling multi-family properties. Also known as the “Apartment King,” he has been successfully investing in single-family homes and apartments for the last ten years and currently owns more than 4,500 units around the U.S.

He is the author of six popular, money making home study courses “Apartment House Riches”, “How To Estimate And Renovate House For Huge Profits”, “Managing For Maximum Profits”, “The Real Estate Investors Marketing Tool Kit”, “Single Family Riches” and “Condo Conversion Boot Camp in a Box”.

Lindahl has been featured in Reader’s Digest, Creative Real Estate Lifestyles, Kiplinger Magazine and on AOL, among others. He regularly shares the same stage as Robert Kiyosaki, Tony Robbins and Donald Trump.

In October 2007 David’s book Emerging Real Estate Markets debuted at #1 overall on Amazon.com. For more information, please go to www.rementor.com.

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Ted Vickey is one of the nation’s top fitness management consultants. Ted is the former Executive Director of the White House Athletic Center under the Bush, Clinton and Bush administrations.  

Presently he is President of FitWell LLC (www.fitwellinc.com), a fitness consulting company to Corporate America and the golf industry.  He is the Fitness Contributor on Tee Time Radio (www.teetimeradio.com) heard around the world, a Board of Director for the American Council on Exercise – America’s Exercise Watchdog, and founder of myfitnesscaddy.com serving the fitness needs of golfers worldwide. 

He is a speaker at industry conferences on a wide range of fitness business topics, writes fitness and wellness industry articles and has authored three books.  

Ted received his degree in Exercise and Sport Science from Penn State and has been an ACE Personal Trainer since 1992.  Over his career, Ted has helped countless numbers of people achieve their goal of “better health through better fitness”. 

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Steve Cotter draws from an extensive and diverse background as a champion athlete and cutting-edge trainer to develop the most complete programs in strength and conditioning today.

Throughout his lifelong study, Steve continues to research and implement the most effective training methods in the martial arts, chi gong, strength and conditioning, athletics and human performance fields. He constantly improves his skills and abilities to benefit, teach and motivate you.

• Has onsulted for several professional sport teams, including NFL’s San Francisco 49ers and San Diego Chargers
• Hired to teach kettlebell strength & conditioning  courses to the US Navy SEALs at Virginia Beach and the US Marines at the Martial Arts Center for Excellence (MACE) in Quantico, VA
• Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) - National Strength & Conditioning Assoc. (NSCA)
• Creator of the authoritative Encyclopedia of Kettlebell Lifting DVD series
• Creator of Full KOntact Kettlebells System and best-selling DVD series

Steve conducts training seminars throughout North American, Europe, Asia and Australia; he can be reached at info@fullkontact.com  

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Frank Mastromattei aka The Gourmet Trainer (www.gourmettrainer.com) started his passion of cooking at the age of 18. Frank graduated at the top of his class in cooking school at Humber College and started to work in the banquet and restaurant industry.

At the age of 24 Frank got into a serious car accident. Frank spent one year at home recovering from the ordeal. Since working in a kitchen requires a lot of time on your feet, it was highly unlikely that Frank was going to return to his normal duty.

Frank decided to put both food and exercise together and that’s where The Gourmet Trainer came from. Frank now is a certified Advanced Personal Trainer, Strength and Conditioning Coach, Nutrition Consultant and a Certified Chef.

Frank helps others achieve their goals by combining his two passions.

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Joy R. Butler is a business attorney whose areas of expertise include copyright, trademark, and entertainment law.

In her entertainment practice, she works with clients developing projects in film, television, music, book publishing and new media. She has helped authors and producers with licensing issues, business entity formation, collaboration arrangements, and contract negotiation.

A frequent speaker and writer on business and media issues, Ms. Butler is the author of The Permission Seeker’s Guide Through the Legal Jungle: Clearing Copyrights, Trademarks and Other Rights for Entertainment and Media Productions.

She is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School. You can find more information on her law firm practice at (www.joybutler.com).

Joy answered the following questions:

What are some of the most important legal issues for a fitness professional who wants to produce an informational product such as a book or DVD?

The subtitle of your book is “clearing copyrights, trademarks and other rights for entertainment and media productions”. What does it mean to “clear rights”?

How can fitness professionals obtain copyright protection for their books, videos, and DVD’s?

What steps does a producer need to take before using music in a DVD or video production?

The process of music licensing sounds complicated. Are there any easy methods for a video producer to obtain good music at an affordable price?

When does a DVD producer need a location release?

Should a fitness professional use a contract when retaining a ghostwriter, co-producer, or other collaborator for development of an informational product?

Let’s say a fitness professional wants to use case studies, personal stories, or images of clients in a book or DVD about diet or personal training. Does the fitness professional need to get the clients’ permission?

Are there other situations in which a fitness professional needs to get a release from people involved with the information product?

What other steps can a fitness professional take to reduce the risk of legal problems with an informational product?

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Trish Jones (www.trishjones.com) aka "The Blogging Queen" is a Coach and Mentor.

Trish helps entrepreneurs, independent professionals and small business owners get online, get more clients and bring more traffic to their site, using nothing more than a simple yet powerful blog.

Trish has been coaching and mentoring for 13 years, initially as a manager in a large Blue Chip organization in the UK and, business professionals for the past 5 years.

In 2001 Trish earned her MBA at the University of the West of England, UK and says her focus when coaching and mentoring business professionals is on the practical application of business building that keeps people in business and these are not necessarily what many business professionals learnt through their academic studies.

Trish is also an Inspirational Speaker at women’s conferences and corporate events.

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Tom Perkins is the Founder, Producer, and Host of Fitness Business Radio as well as Chief Fitness Business Coach/Advisor and Certified Personal Trainer of Fitness Business Resources (www.www.FitnessBusinessResources.com).

With a degree in Accounting, certified as a personal trainer, and primary function as a Fitness Business Coach/Advisor; Tom works with fitness professionals, personal training departments, management of health clubs, as well as fitness product and sports nutrition companies in the areas of sales, marketing, and promotion; operations and administration, and staffing and human resource management.

With 6 startups since 1990 and over 30 years of working with the fitness industry as a consumer, personal trainer, and business advisor Tom leads fitness businesses to profitability by providing them with the systems, tools and support to get to the next level and beyond in their business, and the freedom and income to enjoy a unique quality of life.

Contact Tom for business coaching/advice and speaking engagements; or just to say hello.

Tom answered the following questions:

What are some of the pressing issues you see in the fitness industry?

What words of wisdom do you have for people entering the fitness industry?

What is your take on the future of the health club industry?

What are your predictions for 2008?

What does your company actually offer for products and services?

What type of clients do you work with?

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