Author, speaker, coach, impresario, world-traveler, Reality Networker and internet TV show host, these are just a few words that describe the life that Tim Houston has lead (so far).

Tim owned and operated three successful businesses by the time he was 25. For more than a decade, he has dedicated himself to helping businesses of all sizes to become more productive, profitable and prosperous through referral-based marketing and business and social networking.

As a speaker,impresario and coach, Tim has positively impacted thousands of business people through his high-energy workshops, motivational presentations, and mentoring sessions on strategic business networking, public speaking, and word-of-mouth marketing strategies, across the United States.  He has made more than 4,000 presentations to companies and organizations across the US in the past 13 years.

As an author, his work appeared in The New York Times Best Seller and multiple #1 Best Seller,  Masters of Sales, the latest book written by New York Times & Wall Street Journal authors, Dr. Ivan Misner and Don Morgan. His articles on the topic of business networking and word-of-mouth marketing have been translated and published in magazines, newspapers and blogs around the world  His first book, Level Up Networking: Produce, Profit and Prosper From Your Everyday Business Relationships, will be debut in May 2010.

Over the years, Tim has been interviewed on many local TV and radio shows and has been featured in many articles in local newspapers such as the Staten Island Advance, The New York Times, The New York Post, New York Daily News and Westchester People Magazine.  In March, 2010, he was named as one of the Top 15 Trendsetters by It's Queens Magazine, and shares that honor with others including famous shoe designer Steve Madden and celebrity chef/restauranter, Lidia Bastianich.

  In his spare time, Tim loves to travel and has been to 16 countries, and 35 US States.  He’s also an amateur magician. He resides in New York City.