078: Build a Buyer Persona – Market Research – Fred McClimans

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Fred McClimans

The big guys often use market research to feed their marketing machine. One great use of market data is building a buyer persona.

Fred McClimans is a business and market advisor, with a diverse background and experience that ranges from startups to executive board rooms and from small businesses to global enterprises.

Fred McClimans is the Managing Director of the McClimans Group, a firm helps businesses uncover and understand the voice of their customers, their competitors and their market, developing business, product and digital marketing strategies that strengthen their brand and market position. Fred is also a Principle in the Intelligist Group, a consultancy that helps develop brands through advocacy and community engagement.

Over the course of his career, Fred has worked within a number of different industries, and helped guide a wide range of organizations, from local businesses to global enterprises. In addition to his work at firms such as Gartner and Ernst & Young, Fred is also a start-up veteran, including the global market intelligence and analyst firm Current Analysis, which he founded in the late 1990’s to provide real-time analysis and insights on trends and events in the digital technology and services markets.

Some of his recent clients include ESPN, where he assisted with social fan engagement strategies, and Clarabridge, a leader in the Customer Experience Management market, where he helped infuse an element of customer-centric understanding into their business and marketing strategy.

Build A Buyer Persona – Market Research – Fred McClimans

Also mentioned on this Episode is Hubspot

You can reach Fred at his blog-site, fredmcclimans.com and follow him on Twitter @fredmcclimans

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077: Guerrilla Publicity Crash Course – Jill Lublin

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Jill Lublin

You’re getting a Guerrilla Publicity Crash Course today with guest Jill Lublin. Jill is an international speaker on the topics of Radical Influence, Publicity, Networking and referrals. She is the author of 3 Best Selling books including Get Noticed…Get Referral” (McGraw Hill) and co-author of Guerrilla Publicity (Adams Media) and Networking Magic (Morgan James). Jill is a master strategist on how to position your business for more profitability and more visibility in the marketplace. She is CEO of a strategic consulting firm and has over 20 years experience working with over 100,000 people plus national and international media. Jill teaches Crash Course in Publicity as both live events and live webinars and consults and speaks all over the world. To learn more about Jill and her work, visit: jilllublin.com

Episode 077: Guerrilla Publicity Crash Course with Jill Lublin

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076: Mobile Technology & Small Business – Patrick Goodman

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Patrick Goodman

The Wall Street Journal recently reported that mobile technology is saving U.S. Small Businesses over $65 Billion a year. If that sounds like something your small business needs a piece of, then you want to meet today’s mobile technology guest on ACT LOCAL Marketing.

Mastering the art of communication has been a progressive journey for Patrick. With a degree in engineering, a Masters Degree in theology and philosophy, and international business experience in Eastern Europe, Patrick possesses the ability to communicate clearly with multiple audiences and in various languages. Patrick’s diverse experience as well as hands-on mobile app development background make him a perfect fit to lead the Product team and Client Engagement efforts at Red e App. To learn more about Patrick and his work, visit: http://about.me/patrickgoodman

Mobile Technology & Small Business – Patrick Goodman

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075: Local Business Marketing In The Trenches – Vicky Lyashenko

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Vicky Lyashenko

Local Business Marketing in the trenches is changing every day (and sometimes seems like every hour). Small business and local business marketing professionals like Vicky Lyashenko know what’s working and what’s passé which saves you time and money chasing the wrong white rabbit.

Vicky Lyashenko is a wife, mom, speaker, and trainer. She helps and empowers local business owners to implement social media, email marketing, and word of mouth marketing to stand out online and create a raving customer base. Vicky has built a successful consulting business – Small Business Gal, based on the principals she teaches. To learn more about Vicky and her work, visit: SmallBusinessGal.com

Local Business Marketing In The Trenches

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074: Social Media Marketing on LinkedIn with Melonie Dodaro

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Melonie Dodaro

Social Media Marketing on LinkedIn can be a natural extension of your professional networking efforts when you know the inside tricks from Melonie Dodaro.

Melonie Dodaro is the founder of Top Dog Social Media, a company that helps businesses, professionals and sales teams leverage social media and social selling to boost their visibility, attract more leads and clients and put more revenue in their pipeline.

She has trained sales teams all across North America on LinkedIn and advanced social selling techniques. These are the same tactics being used by the biggest companies on the planet that have implemented social selling practices with outstanding results.

She is regarded by the media as Canada’s #1 LinkedIn expert and Social Media Examiner has listed her blog as one of Top 10 Social Media Blogs of 2014. Melonie travels internationally to speak at both industry and corporate conferences.

Slideshare of great LinkedIn profiles as mentioned in the Podcast:

Melonie on LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/meloniedodaro

Melonie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/meloniedodaro

Social Media Marketing on LinkedIn with Melonie Dodaro

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073: PR Truths from Marketing Pro Shannon Cherry

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Shannon Cherry

Chances are you are working far too hard for too little income and according to our guest Shannon Cherry that has to stop RIGHT NOW!

All you have to do is find the ‘money trees in your business forest.’ And that’s where Shannon comes in. Her background as a PR and marketing pro, as well as a TV reporter and anchor, combined with a unique ability to see through the clutter, gives her the expertise to help you connect with your market, grow your brand, and make more money without adding more time.

For more than 20 years, she has helped businesses increase their traffic, fill seats in programs and get more profits. She founded her business, ShannonCherry.com, in 2002 to help experienced and ambitious, entrepreneurs, coaches and consultants create and grow the business they desire– without compromising on their sincerity and principles.
An award-winning publicist and published author of four books – three of which are Amazon bestsellers, Shannon was named BusinessWeek’s top 60 business bloggers in the world & top 30 PR bloggers, as well as Fast Company’s top 101 women to watch in social media.

She proudly walks her talk: Shannon’s business has been debt-free since its inception and she consistently works only 15 hours per week to spend more time with her family in the the San Francisco area.

And to get you started, she is offering a free training on how you can get free publicity at http://ReadySetPublicity.com

If you want to work less while making more money, grab a pen to take notes and more importantly –commit to take action, because I’m pleased to introduce the innovative and savvy Shannon Cherry as our featured interview today.

PR Truths from Marketing Pro Shannon Cherry

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