Founder and Creator, BusinessBurrito.com As a veteran creative director, copywriter, and broadcast producer, as well as a former corporate advertising / marketing executive, I bring 25 years of expertise to all things advertising marketing, creative, and small business oriented. One of my passion is helping small businesses grow to their full potential. Which is why I started BusinessBurrito.com I began my career as an advertising agency copywriter and radio/television producer in the Tulsa area back in the early 80s, soon taking on the role of creative director. In 1999, I became one of the founding partners of ThompsonMurray - a Fayetteville, Arkansas-based advertising / retail marketing firm - heading up the company's creative department and building a tremendous base of talented art directors, copywriters, and graphic designers. As executive vice president / creative director, I helped take TM from a start-up with 18 employees to one of the region's largest ad agencies with over 160 employees and some of the world's biggest brands, including Procter & Gamble, Wal-Mart, and Coca-Cola. When Saatchi & Saatchi bought us in 2004, I left to work on freelance advertising and marketing projects, consult with businesses and non-profit organizations, and to work on my first novel. In addition to well over 200 industry awards, including local, regional, and national Addy Awards, my work has also appeared in Print's Regional Design Annual, and the New York Art Directors' Club Annual. One of the things that gives me a unique perspective and expertise in small business is that my husband and I currently own or co-own four of our own: Pink Fuzzy Slippers, Inc.,my freelance writing and consulting business; OneEighty Coaching & Consultancy, Inc, an executive, business, and life coaching company; Engine Joe’s, LLC, a motorcycle arts company selling apparel, accessories, and sundry; and Hawg City Choppers, LLC, a bricks and mortar motorcycle repair, service and custom-build shop located in Fayetteville, AR. And in my “spare time,� I also serve as Board President for the Communication Arts Institute in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. My goal in building BusinessBurrito.com is to give my readers one central internet hub geared to small businesses where they can go to get all the information they need to grow and prosper.