About Ann marie Houghtailing
Ann marie Houghtailing is Principal of The Houghtailing Group, a boutique Sales Consulting and Business Development firm dedicated to empowering its clients to create opportunities and generate revenue in every economic climate. The firm’s philosophy is that while selling is the only revenue-generating activity in a business, it is not a talent, but rather a measurable, teachable skill that can be conducted with integrity and elegance.
Houghtailing launched her company in January 2009 despite the economic downturn with nothing more than a Macbook, a budget of zero dollars, infinite passion, boundless energy, and unabashed conviction with which to purchase both her business license and future. The Houghtailing Group collaborated to launch the Institute for Sales and Business Development at the University of San Diego and was the program’s Corporate Alliance Partner from 2010-2011.
Houghtailing is Harvard and real-world educated and attributes her success to creating instead of waiting for opportunity, a sense of humor, and the fearless pursuit of pursuing her passion. Ann marie is an international Sales Trainer, training in both the United States and Mexico, and has trained thousands of professionals in a variety of industries.
Houghtailing speaks at events and conferences around the country and is currently writing a book entitled, “Blazing Your Own Trail,” along with a companion piece for parents entitled, “How to Raise a Trailblazer.”
Ann marie is the proud mother of 12 year old Austin and 14 year old Jackson.
NBC coverage of the Blaze My Trail Program
Linh Tang
Marketing Director
Linh Tang is an eMarketing Junkie and has been the GO TO guy for Digital Marketing Strategies for over a decade integrating social media, social ecommerce, online marketing and lead generation. He is an award winning web strategist, emarketing expert and author of Que Publishing Launching Your Yahoo! Business and Succeeding with Your Yahoo! Business.
His clients include fortune 1000 companies and government organizations. Linh has been a coach of digital marketing for over 10 years, and not just a coach, he “Walks the Walk”. He’s in the “trenches” and owns several successful ecommerce stores generating over 7 figures per year. You don’t have to take the plunge into the world of Digital marketing alone! Linh stays on the cutting edge of technology and leaves “no rock unturned” when it comes to implementing and exploring new digital marketing channels.
Michelle Baker
Director of Educational Outreach
Michelle Baker holds a BA in Philosophy and Mathematics from St. John’s College, Santa Fe, NM, and has also studied photography and sculpture at Studio Arts Center International (SACI) in Florence, Italy. Michelle has spent most of her adult life creating her own opportunities and working as an artist and coaching others to do the same. Michelle’s experience as a successful working visual and performing artist has informed her practical education about marketing,networking, and the extraordinary power of creating one’s own luck.
Baker is now blazing her own trail with The Houghtailing Group as Director of Educational Outreach expanding the Blaze My Trail program to empower the next generation to have the competence and confidence to build a life of their choosing. Michelle is passionate about the program’s mission and its impact to change the world through self-advocacy and critical and creative thinking.
