In the past 30 days, commercials featuring Oprah Winfrey have had 155,594 airings.

Although Oprah's Lifeclass doesn't have too much formal marketing, it relies mostly on word-of-mouth marketing. It invites a traveling blogger corp. to its live shows to tweet during each episode and feature behind-the-scenes commentary.

Harpo Productions Winfrey founded and is chair and CEO of a multimedia production company, Harpo Productions, and founder of O, The Oprah Magazine.

The Oprah Effect was a boost in sales for companies and individuals featured by Oprah Winfrey, queen of daytime talk shows, on her TV program. Several well-known individuals with talk shows, such as Dr. Phil and health-expert Dr. Oz, received an initial boost to their careers from Oprah.

In 1986, she became the first African American woman to own her own production company. She named the multi-level corporation with several subsidiaries Harpo Productions after her character in The Color Purple. “Harpo” also happens to be “Oprah” spelled backward.

Harpo Productions (also referred to as Harpo Studios) is a multimedia production company founded by Oprah Winfrey and is based in Chicago, Illinois. It is the most successful production company in daytime talk, producing The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Dr.

In the late 1990s, Oprah launched her own production company, Harpo Productions. Through Harpo, Oprah produced her own television shows, films, and books. She also launched her own magazine, O, The Oprah Magazine, which was one of the most successful magazines in the world.

“Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.”

Don't be afraid to fail: Oprah faced failure many times, but she never let it stop her from pursuing her goals. Give back: Oprah has used her success to help others and donated millions of dollars to charitable causes. Stay focused: Oprah stayed focused on her goals despite her obstacles.

She wanted control over media representations of her character, her appearance and her life story. The most important factors behind Oprah's success were these: From a very early age, she had the irrepressible will to become rich and famous - and she was convinced that she would achieve her goals.

Kosciusko, Mississippi, U.S. Winfrey was born into poverty in rural Mississippi to a single teenage mother and later raised in inner-city Milwaukee. She has stated that she was molested during her childhood and early teenage years and became pregnant at 14; her son was born prematurely and died in infancy.

Oprah Winfrey is considered a role model to many individuals because of her tough childhood, wonderful charity work, her schools, and the true relationships with her fans. Oprah stands out among many people on her ability to feel others' pain and help those people get through their troubling times.