Experience

Maher Publications

• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Publisher at Music Inc & UpBeat Daily Magazines

  • Dec 2013 - Present



Maher Publications: Music Inc, UpBeat Daily and DownBeat Magazines

• Greater Chicago Area

• Advertising Sales & Circulation Director

  • Dec 2013 - May 2022

  Music Inc Magazine: For Successful Music Retailers Music Inc. is the only award-winning trade magazine for musical products retailers. It has been named one of the top 10 trade magazines in the nation three times by the American Society of Business Publication Editors. With a reach of 7,400-plus musical products retailers, Music Inc. is a must-read for retail professionals with idea-generating articles, a new Gear section, and insights from some of the best retailing minds in the nation. It's all highly focused to help you keep up with best practices and deliver ideas that work. In every issue, Music Inc. delivers news, strategies, and insights on how to succeed in music retailing from the industry's sharpest retail minds. You'll get great ideas on everything from motivating your sales team, effective marketing techniques, and controlling inventory to bolstering the bottom line. UpBeat Daily - The Official Daily Magazine of the NAMM Show. Combined with its sister publication, Music Inc. — which is North America’s leading magazine for musical products retailers — the tandem provides the perfect 1-2 marketing punch at NAMM shows. DownBeat Magazine - Jazz, Blues & Beyond With a keen focus on the art, lives, and music of its artists, DownBeat is read in over 120 nations. The Magazine became synonymous with Jazz, delivering a front-row view into some of the greatest musical minds. Many of these artists were interviewed, but also wrote articles for the magazine themselves. That tradition continues as DownBeat discusses music from the musician's viewpoint.



Supdog Marketing

• Chicago, IL

• Digital Marketing, Web and Social Media Services Chicago

  • Sep 2008 - Apr 2016

  Get Your Business Found on the Web and Social Media.... "Online Marketing Firm by trade, Business' Best Friend by Nature." In today's competitive world, unless you rely solely on word-of-mouth advertising, it is essential to find the resources that help your business expand seamlessly. One thing about getting new potential customers... it's crucial that we also accommodate the way people prefer finding the businesses they plan on buying their products or services from. Online is where almost 80% of consumers start their search/research on who they will choose to give their money according to multiple sources. That's where you can get a boost in sales and also where we fit in this equation. Our goal is to get you found and contacted by pre-interested customers, and they didn't previously know your business name or website. Unless your business is something way out there, people are looking for your business right now. Let's see how much of an opportunity is waiting for you by growing your business' web presence. Give me a call. (708) 9-SUPDOG or message me. I won't bite, and it doesn't cost you anything but a couple of minutes of our time to decide if there is an opportunity and that we would be a good fit to work together. From driving traffic to your website and converting that traffic into paying customers (traffic from all of the major search engines) along with your Social Media Presence, Supdog Marketing is helping businesses attract, gain, and keep more customers through creative and strategic online marketing, Social Media, and mobile marketing.



MarketStar

• United States
• Outsourcing and Offshoring Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Google Specialist

  • 2012 - 2014

  Educating clients on Google Chrome OS, and other Google products relating to cloud services (i.e. Google Drive, Hangouts, Google+, etc... fielding questions about each product's features and explaining benefits. • Engage and excite customers by showing them how the products can enrich their lives. • Deliver product demonstrations that are relevant and memorable, and which increase sales and brand advocacy. • Report daily metrics and feedback as directed • Robust responsiveness and aggressive follow up skills and highest attention to value-added reporting skills. Share observations, concerns, and potential solutions: what works well, what could work better (inventory, sell-in, pricing deviations, sales techniques).



BookwormMe.com

• Barrington, IL

• Director of Online Advertising Sales & Sales Manager

  • May 2006 - Oct 2008

  Director of Local Advertising & Sales Manager: Offered a position with a startup company to help steer Local and national sales, local advertising, and recruitment of representatives. Guided strategic and business planning while leading by example to train and motivate our sales team. Team Building. Recruited, hired, and developed a high-performance sales team to ensure attainment of challenging sales goals. Organizational Leadership. Promoted to serve as one of the company's top four executive leaders. Strategic Planning. Combined vision, leadership, and execution to position company for long-term growth.



Ameridream Mortgage, Inc.

• Branch Manager

  • Feb 2004 - Feb 2006

  Launched new wholesale brokerage office and grew it into a thriving business unit for the company. Hired and trained all staff, and directed all core business functions: sales, training, human resources, compliance, finance/accounting, and management. Organizational Leadership. Built new mortgage lending office into one of the company's top performers by engaging employees to set the office's strategic direction. Sales Performance. Generated millions of dollars in new business volume through team leadership and "self generated" marketing, producing record number of sales in a down economy.



NEIGHBORHOOD LENDING, INC

• Senior Loan Advisor

  • Jan 2001 - Jan 2004

  Recognized as the youngest person in company history to achieve record setting sales results and doing so within the shortest time from starting employment. * grew a broad network of business contacts through consistent relationship building, networking, and referral generation. * consistently exceeded sales targets by gaining a reputation as a trusted client advisor and by swiftly completing all underwriting and processing requirements for a strong client experience. Sales Performance. Delivered extraordinary return on investment by having achieved ranking among the top 5% of all sales team within four months of hire.