Press, Coverage, and Media Appearances

2019

July 2019

July 17, 2019 Yahoo Finance - 30 Things You Should Never Buy Without a Coupon

July 16, 2019 Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) - Training First-Time Employees? Don’t Forget Soft Skills

July 10, 2019 Fit Small Business - Tips on How to Get Twitter Followers From the Pros

July 9, 2019 Databox - How Do You Craft a Successful Media Pitch that Actually Lands Coverage?

July 9, 2019 Carol Roth - Tips for Getting and Using Testimonials in Business

July 5, 2019 Reader's Digest - 14 Major Brands That Will Actually Send You Coupons for Free

July 3, 2019 Teach A CEO / CEO Blognation - 17 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Book on Leadership

July 1, 2019 Modern Retail - Choosing The Right Retail Promotion

June 2019

June 30, 2019 CEO Blognation - 16 Entrepreneurs Explain the CEO Hack They Use to be Effective and Efficient

June 14, 2019 Business News Daily - What is Fiscal Policy?

June 11, 2019 Uptime - Stop Focusing on Time to First Byte and Do This Instead

June 5, 2019 Channel Futures - Endpoint Security: Could CMSs Pose Problems?

May 2019

May 31, 2019 Template Monster - Google Slides or PowerPoint?

May 30, 2019 Databox - 18 Lead Generation KPIs Every Marketing & Sales Team Should Track

May 26, 2019 Forbes - After Its Public Shutdown, Google+ Users Continue To Mourn

May 24, 2019 UpJourney - How to Deal with Irrational People

May 16, 2019 - Cheat Sheet: The Best Productivity Advice I Ever Received

April 2019

April 11, 2019 Carol Roth - The Best Perks Small Businesses Can Offer Employees

March 2019

March 21, 2019 GO Banking Rates - 30 Things You Should Never Buy Without A Coupon

March 11, 2019 GO Banking Rates - Saving Hacks You Need To Know

March 10, 2019 GO Banking Rates - How to Piggyback Your Vacation on Your Next Business Trip

March 7, 2019 Devrix - Social Selling Tips from Industry Leaders [Expert Roundup]

February 2019

February 12, 2019 Fundera - 20 Entrepreneurs Spill on the Worst Business Advice They’ve Ever Received

February 11, 2019 Taste of Home - Expert Tips for a Well-Organized Grocery List

January 2019

January 26, 2019 Reader's Digest - Smart Ways to Save at the Supermarket

2018

Academia

NYSED/CUNY CareerKit for HSE & ESL Learners (2018) • Retail

University of Florida & The Miami Times - Familes Can't Wait For Thanksgiving

December 2018

December 12, 2018 Business News Daily - 12 Ways to Prepare Your Small Business for Holiday Sales

November 2018

November 14, 2018 The Today Show - Black Friday 2018

October 2018

October 30, 2018 VendHQ - 10 Black Friday and Cyber Monday Tips to Help You Boost Sales

October 25, 2018 PopupMadrid - Ideas para vender más un Black Friday / Cybermonday

September 2018

September 14, 2018 Carol Roth - Success Habits of Entrepreneurs

August 2018

August 28, 2018 Gearhead Software - Breach Response Plans

August 21, 2018 Carol Roth - 4th Quarter Business Marketing Tips

July 2018

July 17, 2018 Cheat Sheet - Secrets Costco Shoppers Need to Know

May 2018

May 10, 2018 Cheat Sheet - The No. 1 Worst Part About Shopping at Costco

February 2018

February 26, 2018 Dalhousie University - EContent Magazine - The State of Content Marketing 2018

February 6, 2019 Reader's Digest - Smart Ways to Save at the Supermarket

January 2018

January 18, 2018 Website Magazine - Favorite Tools for Web Design

January 10, 2018 MRC's Cup of Joe - Is your business falling behind? 5 technologies you should already be using in 2018

January 10, 2018 Hearpreneur - CEO BlogNation - 21 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

2017

December 2017

December 20, 2017 Forbes - Fighting Internet Crime: Protecting Your Small Business From Cyberattacks

December 11, 2017 Inc.com - Best Travel Tips: 21 Travel Hacks That Experienced Business Travelers Say to Use When You Hit the Road

December 11, 2017 NFIB (National Federation of Independent Business) - 8 Ways to Prepare Your Small Business for 2018

December 4, 2017 WiseBread (National Federation of Independent Business) - How to Master These 10 Shopping Skills Before You Hit 30

November 2017

November 22, 2017 VendHQ - 5 Types of Sales Promotions in Retail (and How to Implement Them)

November 22, 2017 Marketwatch - 7 Black Friday shopping hacks to get even bigger deals

November 21, 2017 Fatherly - 10 Tools and Tricks to Help You Find the Best Black Friday Prices

November 21, 2017 AARP - Best Black Friday Deals We Know About So Far

November 20, 2017 Today Show - 8 things to know about finding the best Black Friday deals

November 16, 2017 - LA Times via Nerd Wallet - Win Black Friday With These Shopping Hacks

November 7, 2017 - USA Today - 7 ways to save money on Thanksgiving dinner

November 6, 2017 - Valpak - The Ultimate Black Friday and Cyber Monday Guide: What You Should and Shouldn’t Buy

November 6, 2017 - ScribbleLive - Ready for Black Friday 2017? Here’s a 13-Step Checklist

November 6, 2017 - VendHQ - 7 Black Friday and Cyber Monday Tips to Help You Boost Sales and Stand Out

November 2, 2017 - Quicken Loans - What Americans Are Overspending On

November 1, 2017 - Atlanta Black Star - Through Advisories or Boycotts, Can Companies Be Shamed into Change?

October 2017

October 30, 2017 - Business News Daily: Holiday Sales: What Your Business Needs to Do Now

October 25, 2017 - Carol Roth: Biggest Business Lessons Learned

October 17, 2017 - Wonolo: How to Reduce Expenses and Operating Costs

October 12, 2017 - NG Data: 37 Marketing Pros Reveal How Real-time Marketing Impacts And Benefits Brands

September 2017

September 20, 2017 - Fit Small Business: Top 29 Coupon Advertising Ideas From the Pros

September 18, 2017 - American Express Small Business: Disaster Relief - 3 Ways Businesses Help Other Businesses After A Catastrophe

June 2017

June 9, 2017 - Realtor.com: 6 Shocking Money Pits Hiding in Your Home

April 2017

April 2017 Issue - Inc. Magazine / Inc.com: Why Zero Experience Can Be a Good Thing in a Hire

April 13, 2017 - Tech.co: How to Manage Workplace Stress in Tech

April 13, 2017 - Inc.com: The Best Way to Grow Your Business: Create These Partnerships

April 10, 2017 - Glassdoor: 9 Ways You Are Guaranteed To Ruin A Salary Negotiation

April 9, 2017 - The Penny Hoarder: 17 Simple Tricks for Saving Money on Your Next Trip to Six Flags

April 8, 2017 - Cheatsheet: 11 Secrets Costco Shoppers Need to Know

April 5, 2017 - Oncampus Advertising: It’s Time to Start Preparing Your Back to College Marketing Promotional Strategies

March 2017

March 29, 2017 - Grasshopper: 4 People Share Their Favorite Mom & Pop Businesses

March 29, 2017 - CIO: How to fend off cyberattacks and data breaches

March 27, 2017 - Webopedia: 65 Password Security Tips: How to Create and Secure Accounts

March 14, 2017 - NBC News: Got $3.14? Celebrate Pi Day With Deals on Pizzas, Pies — and Chicken?

March 8, 2017- AOL: 9 spending habits that are making you broke

March 7, 2017- GOBankingRates: 35 Ways To Save Hundreds On Groceries

March 7, 2017- The Hartford's SmallBizAhead: How Your Small Business Can Effectively Use a Virtual Assistant

March 3, 2017- Excite: Why Employers Should Stop Looking At Degrees

March 3, 2017- BravoTV: Jetset - 6 Easy Things to Do That Could Score You a Last-Minute Flight Upgrade

February 2017

February 27, 2017 - Huffington Post via Elliott.org: Yes, you can win the coupon game. But do you really want to?

February 14, 2017 - Carol Roth: 80 of the Best Entrepreneurship Quotes

February 9, 2017 - Fit Small Business: 35 Local Marketing Ideas & Resources From The Pros

January 2017

January 30, 2017 - Rasmussen College: Business Pros Expose the Important Lessons They Learned From Their Very First Jobs

January 23, 2017 - ClearPoint: What Should You Do When You Can’t Pay Rent?

January 23, 2017 - NFIB: Small Business Technology: Should You Still Have a Landline?

January 19, 2017 - Website Magazine: 13 Techies Share Must-Have Website Tech

January 18, 2017 - Cheat Sheet: 12 Secrets Target Shoppers Need to Know

January 13, 2017 - Philly.com /AOL via GOBankingRates: 6 Banking Trends That Will Affect Your Wallet in 2017

January 12, 2017 - Software Advice: Email Blasts vs. Drip Marketing: Which Is Better for You?

January 8, 2017 - Riweb: The Ultimate Guide To Digital Marketing Trends 2017

January 6, 2017 - Fundera: Entrepreneurs Spill on the Worst Business Advice They've Ever Received

January 4, 2017 - Glassdoor: Bosses Reveal: 7 Things That Will Get You Promoted This Year

January 3, 2017 - Harvard Business Review: How to Get an Employee to Work Faster

January 2, 2017 - Carol Roth: New Year's Business Resolutions for 2017

2016

December 2016

December 22, 2016 - Fox News: House of Guards: Keep Your Home Safe At Any Budget

December 21, 2016 - Carol Roth: Business Preparation Tips for 2017

December 21, 2016 - MyCorporation: Experts Weigh In: What’s on your holiday wish list?

December 19, 2016 - Staples: Hiring College Students During the Holidays can Boost Your Business

December 12, 2016 - Fox News: Hide and Don't Peek: 10 Places to Stash Holiday Presents

December 9, 2016 - US News & World: The Financial Perks of Not Celebrating Christmas

December 6, 2016 - Refinery29: How To Save Money During The Holidays

December 3, 2016 - Newsday: What Not To Buy Until After The Holidays

December 1, 2016 - Refinery29: 20 Easy Ways To Save When You Have NO $$$

December 1, 2016 - NAV: How This Musician Turned a Hobby Into a Wildly Successful Website

December 1, 2016 - PYMNTS: Millennials Vs. Baby Boomers: When Does The "Cashless Society" Begin?

December 1, 2016 - CreditCards.com: How Four Families Rein In Their Holiday Spending

November 2016

November 23, 2016 - The Oregonian / Oregon Live: Hot holiday trends: Personal tech, fitness trackers, all things red

November 23, 2016 - GO Banking Rates: Be Patient: 6 Reasons You Should Wait for Cyber Monday

November 23, 2016 - WiseBread: 7 Things Not to Buy on Black Friday

November 22, 2016 - MyCorporation: How are you celebrating Small Business Saturday?

November 22, 2016 - Shopify: No—It's Not too Late to Make Your Black Friday Optimizations

November 22, 2016 - GO Banking Rates: 31 Ways to Avoid Overspending on Black Friday

November 17, 2016 - Business Insider: America has the technology to go cashless, but nobody trusts it enough to use it

November 17, 2016 - NG Data: 37 Marketing Pros Reveal How Real-Time Marketing Impacts and Benefits Brands

November 16, 2016 - NBC News: Easy Ways to Avoid Online Shopping Stress? Just Follow the Rules

November 15, 2016 - Business 2 Community: 103 Tweetable Entrepreneurial Tips for National Entrepreneurs Day

November 15, 2016 - My Corporation: Experts Weigh In: What's Your Best Advice For Entrepreneurs?

November 14, 2016 - FitSmallBusinesss: Top 20 Christmas Promotion Ideas from the Pros

November 10, 2016 - Scraping Hub: How you can use Web Data to accelerate your Startup

November 10, 2016 - GO Banking Rates: 30 Things You Should Never Buy Without a Coupon

November 9, 2016 - Carol Roth: 50 Great Black Friday and Holiday Offer Tips

November 8, 2016 - 42Hire: Recruitment Strategies to Scale Seasonal Hiring Programs

November 8, 2016 - MSN via GO Banking Rates: 10 Items That Will Sell Out Fast This Christmas

November 7, 2016 - Ignite Spot: 23 Ways To Invest In Your Business With $1,000 Or Less

November 7, 2016 - Business News Daily: 5 Business Fads That Are on Their Way Out

November 4, 2016 - Recruiter.com: Ways to Stay Productive When You're Unemployed

November 3, 2016 - Bankrate: 1 + 1 = Big Savings for Couponing Couples

November 2, 2016 - Mighty Recruiter: Holiday Hiring Tips for SMBs: How to Staff Up in a Tight Market

November 2, 2016 - GO Banking Rates: 50 Ways to Save Money on Your Thanksgiving Dinner

October 2016

October 25, 2016 - VendHQ: Retail Tips for SMBs Participating in Black Friday and Cyber Monday

October 24, 2016 - Player.fm [Stacy Alcorn Podcast]: Establish Yourself as a Leader | A Conversation with Mike Catania

October 21, 2016 - GO Banking Rates: How Target, Costco and Other Stores Can Help You Afford Christmas

October 19, 2016 - GO Banking Rates: 11 Money Lies You Should Stop Telling Yourself

October 18, 2016 - Las Vegas Review Journal via GO Banking Rates: How You Can Save Over $1,000 by Not Getting Sick

October 10, 2016 - My Corporation: Experts Weigh In: What are you reading right now?

October 4, 2016 - Weebly: How Your Small Business Can Stand Out on Black Friday and All Season

October 4, 2016 - Nerd Wallet: Are you owed money from a forgotten bank account?

October 3, 2016 - Time Magazine via GO Banking Rates: 15 Best Things to Buy on Columbus Day

September 2016

September 30, 2016 - Parents.com: 11 Ways to Save on After-School Activities

September 29, 2016 - Associated Press Big Story: Are you owed money from a forgotten bank account?

September 20, 2016 - Fast Company: How Music Can Make Your Office More (Or Less) Productive

September 13, 2016 - MyCorporation.com: Experts Weigh In: How are you getting "back to work" after a summer of fun?

September 11, 2016 - BusinessTown: 4 Amazing New Business Ideas for Millennials

September 2, 2016 - Huffington Post: 6 Experts Share Tips to Promote a Giveaway

September 2, 2016 - Inc.com: For Labor Day: 39 Things People Hate at Work, Ranked in Descending Order of Pure Hell

August 2016

August 31, 2016 - US News & World Report: It Pays to Procrastinate: 5 Ways to Score Big on Last-Minute Purchases

August 28, 2016 - Jim Cramer's The Street: What Ticks Off U.S. Consumers the Most

August 19, 2016 - Jim Cramer's The Street: Back-to-School Shopping? Take These Student Discounts Along For the Ride

August 18, 2016 - Houston Chronicle / GO Banking Rates: The Best and Worst Things To Buy On Labor Day

August 15, 2016 - Time Magazine / GO Banking Rates: Labor Day 2016

August 12, 2016 - Omaha World Herald / MSN / GO Banking Rates: 6 Banking Services That Will Be Obsolete in 10 Years

August 12, 2016 - BuildFire: 39 Mobile Marketing Strategies To Boost Adoption

August 10, 2016 - Small Business Computing: Back-To-School Promotion Ideas for Small Businesses

August 10, 2016 - Stacey Alcorn: Establish Yourself as a Leader - A Conversation with Mike Catania

August 9, 2016 - Carol Roth: 20+ Small Businesses You Should Know

August 6, 2016 - GO Banking Rates: 20 Money Hacks That People Swear By

August 4, 2016 - Wise Bread: 8 Financial Wake-up Calls and How to Deal with Them

August 2, 2016 - GO Banking Rates: How to Piggyback Your Vacation on Your Next Business Trip

August 1, 2016 - Wise Bread: Everybody Saves During Back-to-School

July 2016

July 22, 2016 - AOL: Spending Triggers That Can Leave You Poor

July 22, 2016 - GO Banking Rates: Spending Triggers That Can Leave You Poor

July 21, 2016 - NBC News: Global Tourism Takes Massive Hit After Spike in Terror Attacks

July 21, 2016 - Kim Komando Podcast: Is Tech Support getting worse on purpose?

July 14, 2016 - Business Insider: 20 Things That Cost More During The Summer

July 12, 2016 - MSN: 20 Items You Will Regret Buying This Summer

July 11, 2016 - Small Business Computing: DIY Email Marketing

July 5, 2016 - Everup: Fake It 'Til You Make It: How to Pass As a Oenophile

July 5, 2016 - Wise Bread: Moves to Make Before Cutting Up Your Credit Cards

July 3, 2016 - Las Vegas Review-Journal: 20 Items You Will Regret Buying This Summer

July 1, 2016 - Kiplinger: Make an Extra $1,000 This Summer

June 2016

June 29, 2016 - Small Business Computing: Productivity Tips By and For Small Business Owners

June 22, 2016 - Wise Bread: Make an Extra $1,000 This Summer

June 21, 2016 - Fiscal Times & Yahoo Finance: 7 Tips for Saving Big on Your Summer Vacation

June 18, 2016 - Hearpreneur: 15 Entrepreneurs Discuss Whether or Not Twitter Is Dying

June 17, 2016 - Philadelphia Inquirer: 16 Luxury Hotels That Offer Free Perks

June 16, 2016 - Fit Small Business: Coupon Advertising: The Ultimate Guide For Small Businesses

June 15, 2016 - US News and World Report: Set Yourself Up for In-State Tuition as a Grad Student

June 14, 2016 - Fit Small Business: 35 Coupon Advertising Ideas From The Pros

June 6, 2016 - American Family Insurance: Rebounding From A Social Media Blunder

June 3, 2016 - Jim Cramer's The Street: What To Buy In June

June 2, 2016 - Nanorep: 83 Experts Share Their Tips for the "Age of Customer"

May 2016

May 25, 2016 - Huffington Post: The Science of Personalization

May 18, 2016 - Miss Moneybee: Extreme Couponing Isn't All That Extreme

May 12, 2016 - MSN - 9 Savings Hacks For Your First Cruise

May 11, 2016 - Jim Cramer's The Street: Slaying Household Energy Hogs

April 2016

April 9, 2016 - WBNW 1120 BOSTON Radio: Get Real with Bob and Stacey

April 6, 2016 - Motley Fool: 9 Ways To Save Money at Bed, Bath & Beyond

April 4, 2016 - Jim Cramer's The Street - Retailer Tricks Can Trap Your Cash: Here Are the Worst Offenders

April 4, 2016 - CBS News: 9 Ways To Save Money at Bed, Bath & Beyond

April 1, 2016 - Cheapism.com: Busines Owners Stress Reduction

Spring 2016 - USA Today Magazine: Getting The Most From The Big Box

March 2016

March 25, 2016 - American Express Open: Should Your Business Create An App?

March 23, 2016 - Huffington Post: 30 Items to Avoid at WalMart

March 23, 2016 - Wisebread: 5 Things You Should Never Buy on Groupon

March 21, 2016 - Business.com: How Retailers are Using Online Promotions to Dominate Sales

March 9, 2016 - Jim Cramer's The Street: Why the Pink Tax Is Here for the Foreseeable Future

March 8, 2016 - Las Vegas Review Journal: 35 ways to save hundreds on groceries

March 5, 2016 - Castle Ink - An Interview with Mike Catania, PromotionCode.org

March 4, 2016 - Huffington Post: 35 Ways to Save Hundreds on Groceries

March 3, 2016 - Jim Cramer's The Street - Is Your City Stocked With Smart Or Dumb Financial Consumers?

February 2016

February 24, 2016 - Jim Cramer's The Street - Why Is This Snapshot of American Personal Savings So Murky?

February 23, 2016 - US News & World Report: Don’t Ignore These 7 Financial Time Bombs

February 19, 2016 - Stratford University: Tasks Your Small Business Should Definitely Automate

February 18, 2016 - Jim Cramer's The Street: A Game Plan for Thwarting Unwanted Credit Card Charges

January 2016

January 12, 2016 - Yahoo Finance: How To Put Yourself On A Money Diet

2015

December 13, 2015 - Martinsville (WV) Journal: Coupon Craze

December 6, 2015 - Martinsville (WV) Journal: Coupon Craze

Pending Patents

System and Method for the Obfuscation, Non-Obfuscation, and De-Obfuscation of Online Text and Images

System and Method for Providing an Online Discount

Previous Experiences

University of Massachusetts-Lowell

Adjunct professor

Unbelievable.com

Co-Founder. I advised on media production and content creation. Exited.

Comparable

Co-Founder. I was the system architect for the comparison engine that ran the site. Exited.

License Plates Lookup (2009)

LicensePlatesLookup.com does exactly what you might expect--look up the owner of a license plate. This is now a site only accessible to law enforcement and private investigators.