Inspiring Greatness

Sam is a communications strategist, she is the founder and CEO of DGC that specializes in representing the marketing, media and advertising industries. Opening the agency in 2006 with consistent year-over-year growth now has locations in New York LA, Austin Texas, Miami Florida, Australia, UK and India.  DGC has been awarded, The New York Observer's PR Power 50 List, Top 10 Great Places to work, Inc. 500 fastest growing private companies three years in a row and best women in business company two consecutive years.

Sam holds degrees from The University of Chicago and has studied etching at The School of Visual Arts.

She also sits on a few boards including:  Board of Poly Prep Country Day School and the Art Directors Club. & one of my favourites Entrepreneur's Organization (EO), New York Chapter.

Welcome to Golden nugget Friday episode 40 where we will be covering the benefits off marketing automation. Before I begin I would like to provide insight into next weeks’ guest. Samantha Digennaro she’s the CEO of DGC that specialized in Marketing, media & advertising she has landed a spot on the Inc. 500 fastest growing company 3 years in a row. You will not want to miss this episode! Onto Today episode where we will talk about exactly what is it Marketing automation, provide a tool to find the right software provider for your company. highlight a case study from “Me Undies” and review Best Practices for Success with Marketing Automation Software. Lastly provide some awesome free resources Including a Content Creation ebook and a ROI calculator. So make sure to check out our show notes page to get the links. let’s dive in!

Self-taught software developer and businessman, Jeff Gayle graduated from Columbia University with a Bachelor of Drama, Theatre and Arts comladay. Co-founding “Nylon Designs” in Brooklyn, he went on to create the successful “Ticket Biscuit”, the worlds smartest and most user friendly ticketing program. Ticket biscuit continued to grow and expanded with the launching of mobile interfaces, IOS apps, cloud based technology and other remarkable progressions. A quiet nod toward his drama and theatre degree was also subtly recognised with “ticket biscuit” launching a program specifically for dance studios. The software is expected to double in size come 2016 in Canada and the US. Gayle has gone on to win the Alabama Technology Competition of the year, as well as becoming the recipient of the Inc. 5000 fastest growing private companies in the US in 2010 and 2015. The top it off, Gayle was also awarded with the “Best Place to Work” award in 2013 and 2015 respectively.

Welcome to Golden nugget Friday episode 38 today is all about importance to have a social media strategy. Before I begin I would like to provide insight into next weeks’ guest. Jeff Gale from Ticket biscuit a two-time recipient on the Inc. 5000 fastest growing companies in USA. Jeff will share his story and lesson learned during his journey as an entrepreneur over the past two decades.

Consider these statistics: • One billion people actively use Facebook every month • 500,000 people use Twitter every month • Google’s +1 button is used 2+ billion times each day • 5 million photos are uploaded to Instagram every hour • 3,600 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every hour

That is an eye opener for me and should be for you and your business also that is why today’s episode we will talk about the importance of having a social media strategy. The positive impact it has had on a successful company in Brisbane. We will share some awesome free resources from one of the best social media Social Media Strategist who has a passion for helping businesses grow using the power of social media in conjunction with life-cycle marketing automation.

“Ridiculous yachts and private planes and big limousines won’t make people enjoy life more, and it sends out terrible messages to the people who work for them. It would be so much better if that money was spent in Africa – and it’s about getting a balance.” – Richard Branson

Welcome to Golden nugget Friday on The importance for balanced lifestyle episode. Today’s episode was inspired by my last guest Anneke van den Broek we she shares how a bit on her personal life and how many hats she wears. In case you missed Anneke’s episode I strongly suggest you have a listen to episode 35.

Sue Ellen Watts is the CEO and founder of “wattsnext”, the leading firm in human resources and consultation company in Australia. With 17 years’ experience across a range of industries and businesses, Sue Ellen is known as the “disrupter of the HR industry”. With clients in Australia, the UK and the United Sates, she has recently opened an office in Sydney, and plans for internationally growth in the near future.

Watts has achieved a bounty of awards, with the likes of being a finalist for the Telstra Queensland Businesswoman’s Award and winner for the Commonwealth Bank Business Owner Award, the Marie-Clare Young Businesswoman’s Award and the Youth Australian Institute of Management Award.

With an “eye on the future”, Watts is sure to make a big impact on overseas approaches to modern HR management.

In 2008 Anneke Van Den Broek began the extraordinary journey of founding the pet care brand, “Rufus & Coco”. The journey has since instilled here into the Australian Businesswoman Hall of fame and earnt here the award of Australia’s Fastest Growing Pet Brand.

With her eyes set on growth and ambition, Rufus & Coco now exports to 6 different countries with the incredible market of North America being the company’s most recent target.

Anneke’s brand also support’s over 70 charities with money raised from their brand, bringing a whole new definition to the term “pet care”.

Welcome to GNF Episode 32 where we will be talking about the globalisation of people talent and the growth opportunities available for businesses of all sizes. I’ve partnered with Beepo to offer the Inspiring Greatness Podcast community a fantastic free consultation that will highlight which areas of your business will benefit best from offshoring. Plus you’ll also receive 250 leads to boost your business.