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Hit It and Quit It with Edward Jones, Teri Ijeoma, and Linda Hunt

E375 • Nov 11, 2026 • 12 mins

What helps a small business stay efficient, memorable, and ready to scale? Melinda Emerson, Edward Jones, and Teri Ijeoma, and Linda Hunt share practical ideas, including using AI and scheduling apps, sending newsletters and handwritten notes, studying competitors’ ads, earning attention on social media, learning from classic business books, clarifying your message, and taking consistent action.

Key Points

  • Use a mix of modern tools and old school tactics, from AI apps and scheduling platforms to newsletters and handwritten notes, to stay efficient and memorable.
  • Study what competitors are doing, borrow proven ideas, and focus on attention as the first step to turning marketing into sales.
  • Build a business that can scale by learning from classic books and frameworks, keeping your messaging clear, and taking consistent action.

Connect with Edward Jones:

Edward Jones is a longevity expert, natural health practitioner, and founder of Nutrition World, a wellness company he launched in 1979. For more than 40 years, he has helped people improve their health through practical, sustainable lifestyle habits rooted in nutrition, movement, and mindfulness. At 68, Jones embodies the principles he teaches, maintaining exceptional physical fitness while inspiring more than 95,000 followers on TikTok. As host of The Holistic Navigator podcast and co-author of 101 Great Ways to Improve Your Health, he is dedicated to helping people live longer, healthier, and more vibrant lives. https://www.theholisticnavigator.com

Website: https://www.theholisticnavigator.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theholisticnavigator
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theholisticnavigator
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIndOxdIF1D4bqbCkd5hbOwSbcsWuZj_4
TikTok: @nutritionworldtennessee

Connect with Teri Ijeoma:

Teri Ijeoma is an MIT-trained financial educator dedicated to helping everyday people build wealth through smart investing and risk management. Featured on Good Morning America, The New York Times, Bloomberg, and TIME, she is the author of The Risk Worth Taking, a compelling story of corporate burnout, reinvention, and financial independence that makes investing principles accessible, practical, and empowering. For more information: https://www.theriskworthtaking.com

Website: https://www.theriskworthtaking.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tradeandtravel

Connect with Linda Hunt:

Linda Hunt is the founder of SumSolutions and the author of The Money Conversation: Speak the Truth. Set the Standard. Get Paid Without Apology. Linda helps service-based entrepreneurs build the financial and operational structure that sustains their brilliance. With a background in corporate and as an early pioneer of remote accounting services, she brings decades of financial and operational expertise, paired with a deep understanding of how structure, clarity, and nervous system capacity shape sustainable business success. For more information: https://www.sumsolutions.com

Website: https://www.sumsolutions.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindaahunt
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sumsolutionsllc
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LindaHunt-Sumsolutions

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Speakers

Linda Hunt

Guest • 24%

Melinda Emerson

Host • 57%

Edward Jones

Guest • 11%

Teri Ijeoma

Guest • 7%

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