MeetEdgar.com founder Laura Roeder talks about how she started her consulting, online training and software businesses, and how she decided to move on from earlier efforts.

Laura also discusses:

• How to connect with thought leaders online
• How she got her own panel at SXSW when she was just 29
• How she got clients for her consulting business

And much more.

In this week’s show:

• Building awareness of a growing medium
• Systematization
• The intake process is all about the business owner
• Planning isn’t sexy
• Interrogating a problem
• Keeping it simple
• Ben’s top 3 quick tests for your website

Author and productivity consultant Maura Thomas talks about how she got into the field (by accident), working with David Allen, where she agrees (and disagrees) with Getting Things Done (GTD), why time management is outdated, and how to manage your attention.

Best selling author and sales guru Jill Konrath details her own struggles with digital distractions and how to sell more in less time.