Hidden Gems

As a small business owner myself, I am always looking for ways to save money and improve my productivity. Below, are some of the products, services, and websites I use on a regular basis that you may find useful in your business. Each one has literally saved me either money or time.


Scottie Spurzem is an amazing Accent Management Specialist. She can coach you to sound more credible in how you speak, especially if you have an accent!

Scottie works with business professionals who speak English as a Second Language (ESL) and who can benefit from accent reduction, increased vocabulary in their field of expertise, as well as improved grammar and mastery of American English. Scottie's goal is to help ESL professionals gain more confidence when presenting and conversing in English. She is a trained ESL teacher and has the Cambridge CELTA certificate, which is accepted around the world for teaching ESL to Adults.

If you have an accent and want more people to understand what you are saying, reach out to Scottie for coaching. I promise you will notice a difference after the first session.


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Mad Creative Beanstalk will help you create winning presentations that'll get you funding for your startup. Having helped 100’s of businesses varying from startups to multinational conglomerates with their pitch design, expect agency-level quality comparable to the top design agencies of the world. The best part of all? We're startup-friendly. We get that startups tend to need tight turnarounds with even tighter budgets and that's okay. Keeping it lean, you can rest assured that we have affordable pricing. After all, we'd rather you spend your money getting your startup idea off the ground. If you're ready to take your pitch deck to the next level, get in touch with Jack at jack@madcreativebeanstalk.com to book a free and quick 15-minute discovery call.


One of the proven and most effective ways you can catapult your speaking abilities is to become more comfortable with your body and voice. Improv is the key and one way you can literally achieve overnight success. I personally promise you if you go to 1, 2, or 3 Improv meetups, workshops, classes, or club events, you will learn how to use your voice and body in ways you never thought possible. Then, you can integrate those discoveries about yourself into your very next talk, speech, or job interview.


Score.org is one of the best kept secrets on the internet for finding highly qualified people (for free) who can help you with your business challenges.

It's one thing to speak to your mentor. It's another thing to talk with a complete stranger who just might be able to give you some insights into what you are doing based on their lifelong experience. I highly recommend using this site to find people who can affect your future.


sli.do is one of the most amazing audience interaction tools I have ever come in contact with. Using this product, any speaker can instantly give every audience member a voice.

sli.do allows the speaker to have people in the audience ask questions anytime without raising their hands using their smartphones, tablets or computers! It even allows other audience members to vote on the questions being asked by the audience so the most important ones get answered first!

In addition, sli.do instantly allows you to poll the audience for a real time response either anonymously or by name! By using the polling features of sli.do, presenters can engage their audiences more effectively and adjust based on the results of the poll. I highly recommend using sli.do, especially if you are a Prezi presenter.


Need a beautifully designed and professionally written brochure or flyer for your business, product, service, or event in a hurry? The people at Tweak.com have done 95% of the work for you.

All you need to do is choose the template for the resulting output you want to begin the process. Then, because the formatting, pictures, AND copy are already done, all you need to do is "tweak" it with your logo, company name, and contact information.

Finally, tweak the copy a bit to match more closely what you want and you are done in minutes rather than hours or days. Please let the good people in Ireland know that Nathan sent you their way.


When you find a tool or service that gives you an added advantage when presenting, please let me know. I am always looking for new and interesting ways to captivate an audience. If you offer a cool service and want it listed here, let me know. Feel free contact me anytime.


DISCLAIMER: This is a hand-picked directory and the experts have not paid me to appear on this page. I do not receive a commission or other compensation if you hire one of these experts to help you. As always, do your own due diligence before hiring a coach or consultant to help you with a specific part of your business. I am not responsible for the services provided or the results of their advice.