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Katherine Ramirez, Founder and CEO

With nearly three decades of career and entrepreneurial experience focused in Marketing, Advertising & Sales Management, Kat offers expertise as a sought-after Consultant, Mentor, Sales Trainer, Podcaster, Speaker and Community Leader.

Kat's Key Take Aways:

• Over Communicate It's Ok
• LinkedIn vs Facebook
• Go where your tribe lives
• How often should I be posting on
• Watch out for Scammers

Kat currently serves as CEO of adBidtise, which she founded in 2014. adBidtise provides business owners with strategic ways to find affordable advertising options for their business needs, budgets, goals, and expectations so they can Stand Out and Grow.

adBidtise was created to address the ongoing need for businesses to have access to a resource for education, advocacy, accountability and an advertising company that would have their backs so they can make good business decisions when it comes to Marketing. Marketing is a necessary Investment just like paying rent, paying your car payment and so on.

“Marketing & Advertising to a business is just like Air food and water for us to survive.”

The Statics for Failure is STAGGERING:

FACT: 50% will fail in the 1st year

FACT: 95% will fail within 5 year

Yet over 80% of Businesses don’t advertise at all!

adBidtise mission is that no business will be left behind.

Previously, Kat’s advertising sales experience has covered five major markets with high-profile broadcast television companies. Her previous Sales Management stops included: WDJT CBS Milwaukee, WYTU Telemundo WI Milwaukee, KETV ABC Omaha, WBUW Madison’s CW, KWBQ/KASY CW Albuquerque and WBXX-TV CW of East TN Knoxville. She launched her career as an Account Manager with Roberts and Russell, Inc. Advertising Agency, in Knoxville, TN working along-side Leo Burnett and McCann Erickson.

Kat is a woman-owned, veteran-owned and minority-owned business leader in the advertising and marketing marketplace. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management with a minor in Advertising and Marketing from the University of Central Missouri.

With over 30 years of experience - Kat has proudly served our country with the United States Air Force.

Connect with Kat:

www.katherineramirez.net

www.adbidtise.com

www.calendly.com/adbidtise

866-607-0767

KATHERINE RAMIREZ LINKEDIN

https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherineramirez

https://www.instagram.com/katherine.kat.ramirez/

https://instagram.com/adbidtise/

https://www.facebook.com/katherineKatRamirez/

https://www.facebook.com/adbidtise

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Julie Anne Eason helps business people write and publish world-changing books that Inspire, Educate, and Sell.

She is an author, speaker, and CEO of Thanet House Books—a boutique book production company that helps people through the entire process from early book development through writing, publishing, and distribution.

She has ghostwritten multimillion-dollar books for thought leaders and influencers

in a wide variety of industries, including New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today best sellers.

Julie Anne’s passion is helping mission-driven entrepreneurs and subject matter experts change the world through the written word.

Learn more about Julie Anne at ThanetHouseBooks.com.

Julie's Key Take Aways:

• How a book can help grow your business (even if you give it away)
• How to get started writing (and how to actually finish)
• How to use brain chemistry to get people addicted to your message, products, or services
• Why is writing a book one of the best investments a person can make in their business?
• Where do you start when you have a million ideas for books you could write?
• How do you overcome writer’s block?

Some of My Favorites:

• Sword fighting (my favorite hobby)
• Belly dance (I was a professional dancer for 10 years)
• Living in the woods in Maine

Connect with Julie:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bizbookwriter

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julieanneeason

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThanetHouseBooks

Website: 

Thanet House Books

Nonfiction Book Academy

Julie's Author Profile: 

Julie Anne Eason has written dozens of books for prominent leaders in a wide variety of industries. She is also the author of The Profitable Business Author: How To Write A Book That Attracts Clients And Customers, which lays out a proven system for writing, publishing, and marketing a lead-generating book for your business.

PDF Copy of My Book for Your Preview: 

The Profitable Business Author

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Storylane Properties - where a priceless life takes place - 16 years experience in residential real estate, especially new construction in Middleton, Madison, Waunakee and Verona. Other areas by personal request. About to provide worldwide brokerage services through eXP.

I use my voice on behalf of millions who are too unsafe to do so in order to change societies’ perception of abuse, and see it end in my lifetime. I support targets (victims) and former targets in their personal growth journeys. I also speak on DAIS Survivor Panel at their advocate training sessions and serve as a court escort.

Sheri's key take aways

• Disrupt yourself
• My Monkey Mind
• Practice - Practice - Practice
• You Have Real Impact
• You have a unique story
• Give without any expectations of return

Connect with Sheri

LinkedIn

Storylane Properties

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Nathan Sroor is the current Sales/Business Development Lead at Interflight Parking, which manages and maintains all of the on-sight parking at MKE airport.

While still in high school, Nathan began with Interflight, working a full-time role at the inception of its valet service, where he was recognized by upper-level management for his hard work ethic and outspoken nature.

Feeling his skills could benefit the company in a bigger role, the Executive Vice President gave Nathan an opportunity of a lifetime.

Fast forward through high school graduation and to the following Monday, where Nathan’s first day in the corporate world began.

After a few months of working Corporate Sales, the company realized that the management of the valet service was seriously lacking and who better to run it than the employee who had been there since day one!

In addition to his sales and marketing efforts, Nathan now also manages MKE Valet. In less than a year of his efforts, the average inventory count has nearly tripled and revenue has increased over 80%.

Though he bypassed higher education to gain valuable work experience, Nathan is still is an avid learner and plans on perusing his real estate license this Spring.

Nate's key take-aways

• 365 days of depression
• Something special in everyone
• Strong work ethics needed
• The Grind
• The mirror doesn't lie
• Personal finance education
• Why not go to college
• Information is everywhere you just need to look

Connect with Nate:

LinkedIn

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Hey, it's Jeff Van Kampen (#JeffVKay ❤️), and I want to “officially” welcome you to my world.

About 7 years ago, I started my first online business while I was in college (selling clothes), and this little hobby I picked up quickly became my obsession.

I started selling all sorts of things online and have become what I like to call a student of marketing.

My other business ventures are where I test and try stuff out…

And my Facebook Group (Chiropractic Marketing Secrets) is where I share what I’ve learned (with my favorite group of people to work with :-) )

My goal is always to give away better stuff for FREE than what other people charge for...

Key take aways:

CHIROPRACTORS - I give away daily free tips and tricks that you can take a run with for your own business 👇

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1257137254489095/

Don't want to join the group? Check out the podcast instead!

https://anchor.fm/chiromarketingsecrets

B2B Sales and Marketing professional. Enabling companies to build brand awareness, generate leads and nurture opportunities by navigating the complexities of digital marketing and web design. Strengths lie in helping industrial firms understand their customers, their buying process & driving customer engagement that generates a high return on investment.

Experienced ice hockey Head Coach. Passionate about player and team development. Educating, training, and coaching players from developmental youth to competitive collegiate levels.

On and off ice one on one training

Direct and facilitate hockey camps

Key Take Aways From Will:

• Do you know your buyer's journey
• How to identify your perfect customer
• Create your digital marketing strategy & execution
• Website Design & Development
• Inbound Marketing & Digital Customer Engagement

Connect with Will:

LinkedIn

[email protected]

KeyStone Click

Schedule Your Website Marketing Audit

Marquette Hockey

Pat Helmers is an international business consultant and technology startup coach. He is the author of the Selling With Confidence sales system and host of the award winning Sales Babble sales podcast. Pat has been in the tech world his entire professional career.

Key Take Ways:

• Know how to ask the right questions
• Fact tell Stories Sell
• How to connect on LinkedIn and Build relationships
• How to build relationships on LinkedIn
• How to leverage a podcast to promote your business
• The power of podcasting for your business
• The GaryVee content model
• And so much more

Connect with Pat:

• www.salesbabble.com
• www.habaneromedia.net
• Habanero on LinkedIn
• [email protected]
• www.linkedin.com/in/patrickhelmers
• www.facebook.com/SalesBabble/
• @pathelmers on Twitter
• @pathelmers on WeChat
• 630.768.3134
• Sales Babble Studio
• 13725 E. Main St.
• Plano, IL 60545  USA

Pat Helmers is an international business consultant and technology startup coach. He is the author of the Selling With Confidence sales system and host of the award winning Sales Babble sales podcast. Pat has been in the tech world his entire professional career.

Pat started his career as a software engineer for Bell Laboratories. It was there he became an inventor in GSM wireless technologies, earning two patents. He leveraged his expertise and became a trainer for emerging software Object Oriented methodologies, training 1000s of engineers in the USA and Europe. He was promoted and managed various training groups and a technology adoption organization promoting technology transfer.

He then entered the software start-up arena, pursuing a career in business development for software startups, enrolling and selling early adopters on new technologies. Eventually Pat was promoted to the Vice President of Sales for an enterprise SaaS start-up, building from scratch an inside and outside sales team that generated 8 figure revenues.

Still having the start-up bug, Pat created the Sales Babble brand with the Sales Babble Podcast. Sales Babble was created to stop the babble on the myth that you must be pushy to be successful in sales. He believes anyone can become skilled in sales if they adopt an attitude of “helping” clients and adding “value” to their lives and businesses. From the sales podcast sprung his consulting and coaching practice as well as authoring the Selling With Confidence sales system. Today Pat is an business consultant focusing on technology startups and founder of Habanero Media podcast production services

Pat enjoys golf, bicycling, history, and world travel. He is an avid father, husband and loyal friend.

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I believe that everything in an organization rises and falls on the quality of its leadership. Whether its a household, sports team, business, or boy scout troop, the leader dictates the success of the organization.

 I've worked diligently to fine-tune and hone this skill. Although I am a work in progress, I have been fortunate to lead great people and great teams in both sports and business. 

I would love to share my insights and hopefully be of value to your listeners.

Have you ever thought about how important your personal brand is? Stacy Kaat is a personal brand coach, author, and photographer, and I am excited to share my conversation with her.

In this episode, Stacy shares her personal journey from cosmetologists to how she fell in love with photography, and what she has learned along the way that has made her a coach to help others with their personal brands.

She is also a number one best-selling business author who has been published in Brilliant Breakthroughs for the Small Business Owner, Volume 1, which can be found here: on Amazon Brilliant-Breakthroughs-Small-Business

Topics in this episode:

●     3:37 - Why Stacy loves photography

●     5:14 - What inspired her to dig into personal branding

●     13:19 - Interesting projects she’s created

●     16:48 - What does it mean to have a personal brand?

●     18:01 - What three things do you want people to know about you?

●     19:09 - Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

●     21:35 - The challenges people face when they’re trying to promote their personal brand

●     28:35 Stacy asks me: What is your favorite podcast besides Local First, and why?

Connect with Stacy:

●     Website: https://www.stacykaat.com/

●     Email: [email protected]

David J.P. Fisher, AKA D. Fish, is a sales and entrepreneurial professional, author, speaker, and coach, and has owned his own consulting firm, Rock Star Consulting, for over 14 years. David got his start by selling Cutco Knives, which helped him pay his way through college, and worked his way up to running the Chicago office and training over 1,500 salespeople.

In our conversation, we focus on LinkedIn as a way to network and how to get the most out of it. Using LinkedIn is an important way to make a positive impression on people in your profession. As David says, even if you don’t like social media, other people do. In our discussion, he shares his tips on how to make an impact, the biggest mistake people make on LinkedIn, and we even talk about our shared love of old school hip hop.

Topics in this episode:

●     4:34 - Technology’s role in changing the way we interact with each other

●     6:03 - You can’t control what someone thinks about you, but you can influence it

●     7:20 - Proper etiquette to reach out to someone

●     12:57 - Find a way to be on LinkedIn consistently and regularly

●     18:08 - Using photos with people as a way to drive engagement on LinkedIn

●     21:29 - LinkedIn Premium, yes or no?

●     29:16 - Top 3 tips for using LinkedIn

Ask yourself: What am I trying to accomplish?

Look at your profile and ask yourself: Would I want to do business with me?

Be present consistently

32:02 - David asks me: What is your favorite bar in Milwaukee?

Connect with Dave:

●     Website: https://davidjpfisher.com/about/

●     Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamdfish

5:52 “I’m going to go and see a profile, and based on that profile, I’m going to decide one of two things: I’m going to decide to do business with you, or at least to move the relationship forward, or I’m going to go find someone else.”