About Alison

Alison Elliott recently appeared on CNBC's "The Big Idea" and is a featured writer in the International Magazine, The Glow Project, which is being released in October 2008.  She is founder and CEO of Corner Your Market LLC, which owns and runs web sites such as CYM Tahoe, AllieTV.com, QueenofPassiveIncome.com, AlisonAnswers.com, AlisonInc.com, just to name a few.  She is also a continuous blogger and works on web sites to promote her home town and promote local and web based eco-friendly products and services.

She has been involved in the internet and web-based marketing and sales for over eleven years. She earned a B.A. in Economics and a B.A. in Music Performance from Mills College. It is this perfect blend of the artistic with the practical that makes her uniquely qualified for such a creative industry.

Her first job out of college was a four-year stint with an internet marketing company that helped utilities market themselves online. She was hired into the Finance Department but was quickly moved to Sales when her obvious talents became apparent. During that time she experienced finding first, second and third rounds of funding and going public, with all that it entails.  She considers this first job the stage for her entire business career.

She moved on to manage territories in Outside Sales for 18 companies involved in the construction industry. During that time, she also completed several web design and web application courses at UNLV and worked on her MBA.   Being a woman among mostly men, this job was essential for grasping the inner workings of different industries and styles of management as well as social interactions in business.  “I had a lot of fun working in this industry.  It was a lot lunches, dinners and in-person relationship building – totally different from my internet experience before”.

Alison left her job to start a family and worked for a few years part time, just for adult conversation.  As the mother of two young children, she decided to open a business that would allow her more time with her family.  She opened her own business developing business directories – both online and on paper – and established close relationships with many of her customers.

Soon, many of them began to come to her for branding, web marketing advice, web site design, internet assistance and other marketing and advertising ideas. Over time, Alison cultivated her growing knowledge in this arena and decided to share her knowledge base with others.

“I finally realized how much I could help other people with what I had gained from my own experience and study,” she says. “So rather than hire people to go to towns and cities all over the country, I decided to give them the tools they need to do it themselves.” Thus Corner Your Market was born.

Alison is currently the Founder of Corner Your Market, President of CYM Tahoe and educator to entrepreneurs and business owners on marketing themselves online, finding their ideal clientele and solidifying their presence on the web.  She is the eternal entrepreneur, full of energy, excited about new innovations and fascinated by all the amazing jobs and businesses in the world. 

She has now started or assisted in starting four businesses, finding funding and taking one business public. Currently, she is working on an Internet TV project called Allie TV, along with growing the Corner Your Market business opportunity. 

She is married with two children and two dogs (words cannot express the gratitude for these remarkable beings), loves the freedom that a work from home job provides and lives in beautiful Truckee, California.   You can find out more about Alison and her businesses on these web sites, www.AlisonInc.com, www.CornerYourMarket.biz, www.CYMTahoe.com and www.AllieTV.com.

A Special Thank You to an amazing photographer - Nicole Tatro at Nicole Tatro Photography.