ERICA’S BIOGRAPHY:

With 18 years sales experience, and 14 years marketing experience, Erica Diamond is a born entrepreneur. Using a small savings from her first job as a Marketing Manager at a large corporation, Erica built her Promotional Products Company, Unique Corporate Giftsfrom scratch in 1999 at 24 years old.

After enjoying seven years of great financial success with her Company, Erica sold her business in 2006 for a six figure amount to Canada’s Largest Bag Retail Chain. Her business journey along the way has awarded her a ProMontreal Young Entrepreneur Award, Top 30 under 30 Entrepreneur Award, Top 40 under 40 Entrepreneur Award nomination, among numerous others, and finally, The Profit Hot 50 Award – One of Canada’s 50 Emerging Growth Companies. She was the only female CEO on this list. Erica has also been featured on the cover of the Business section of multiple newspapers, amongst other publications and TV appearances.

Fast forward to September 2009, the birth of Women On The Fence. This is the Blog that Erica was only dreaming of creating, and is now finally a reality. The women come from all around the world by the thousands to feel connected and inspired, to better understand their own life experiences, to laugh, to cry.

In a short while with her Blog, Erica has been featured on Blogher.com, Wordpress.com, Woman.ca, and TwitterMoms.com. She Blogs for celebrity mom Brooke Burke’s ModernMom.com. Her Blog was recently monetized by one of the world’s largest Media Companies, Glam Media. Erica was also recently appointed a Brand Ambassador for ABC’s The View to represent the Mom community.

Beside her successful Blog, Erica gives Sales and Marketing Conferences for Entrepreneurs and young businesses, speaks publicly, and mentors other entrepreneurs.
Erica has written three children’s books, and recently completed a television show. She is a board member of her son’s school and a serial volunteer, whose ongoing work with various charities never tires her. Erica loves everything women, business and entrepreneurship related. She is also a die hard music lover.

Erica is currently writing a book, which is part of the first ever to be launched 10-Book Women’s Series of Self-Help Guides, The 99 Things Women Wish They Knew… Before Starting Their Own Business.

Erica Diamond, 35, holds a BA in Psychology and Marketing from McGill University and completed the Canadian Securities Course. Erica is a wife and mother of two young boys.

 

 

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