Steven Laurvick is a Marketing Consultant, small business owner, real estate broker, and father. In 2002 he chose to end his career as a mortgage broker to build an online business which he continues to run and now uses as a laboratory to test market software systems, marketing applications, and online advertising methods. He is certified to teach software systems including Author Expert Marketing Machines, Instant Customer and Traffic Geyser. He is also a Google Engage specialist.
LAURENCE PARENT is a freelance photographer and writer in Austin, Texas, specializing in landscape, nature, and travel subjects. His work has appeared in Texas Highways, Texas Monthly, Texas Parks and Wildlife, National Geographic Traveler, Sierra, Natural History, Outside, Backpacker, Men's Journal, Travel and Leisure, Newsweek, and the New York Times. Additionally, he has been the photographer and/or author of more than twenty-five books, including Official Guide to Texas State Parks.