Allison Bliss

Current

• Owner at Allison Bliss Consulting

Past

• Location Scout at Here Comes The Guide
• Committee Chair, Outreach at SF Chamber of Commerce
• Marketing Consultant at EnterChange, Inc.

• Marketing Director & Board of Directors member at Lighting & Shadows
• Director, Producer, UPM, AD at Allison Bliss Productions
• Director & Stage Manager at KGO-TV Channel 7

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Education

• University of Utah

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Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Allison Bliss’s Summary

Allison Bliss is a Marketing & Communications Agency & Marketing Coach for corporations or business owners requiring an outsourced marketing department; creating branding, strategies and promotional materials that aren’t just visually appealing, but actually bring you business.

Marketing Coaching (http://www.allisonbliss.com/services.htm#speed) rescues business owners who are completely bogged down with their day-to-day survival, and often lack the knowledge or perspective needed to reach their target market: Resources, Websites, Optimizing, Promotional Material, Connections, Sales training, & total support.

Allison, a Marketing & Communications Consultant created a tool that helps companies worldwide write a company profile for any industry- you fill out a questionnaire about your company and the tool delivers a comprehensive company profile that can be used for the media, for customers, or financiers.http://www.allisonbliss.com/resources.htm.

www.allisonbliss.com. 510-879-7600. abliss@allisonbliss.com

Allison Bliss’s Specialties:

marketing coach & full service marketing and communications agency with experts in branding, advertising, promotional design, copywriting, competitive analysis, event and television production, graphic and web design & search engine optimization.

Allison Bliss’s Experience

• Owner

  Allison Bliss Consulting

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  January 1992 — Present (18 years 7 months)

  Allison Bliss Consulting is a Marketing & Communications Agency for corporations and business owners requiring an outsourced marketing department, creating branding, strategies and promotional materials that aren’t just visually appealing, but actually bring you business.
  
  Marketing Coaching rescues business owners who are completely bogged down with their day-to-day survival, and often lack the knowledge or perspective needed to reach their target market: Resources, Websites, Optimizing, Promotional Material,Connections, Sales training, & total support.

• Location Scout

  Here Comes The Guide

  (Publishing industry)

  January 1998 — October 2008 (10 years 10 months)

  currently still helping this client, I find great event and wedding locations for this publisher: California's most comprehensive wedding resource: www.herecomestheguide.com.

• Committee Chair, Outreach

  SF Chamber of Commerce

  (Non-Profit; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  January 2000 — January 2001 (1 year 1 month)

  Chair Outreach for Women in Business, SF Chamber of Commerce

• Marketing Consultant

  EnterChange, Inc.

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  August 1987 — October 1988 (1 year 3 months)

  Created marketing plan with full implementation to get this Change Management corporation on the map: developed all marketing systems, materials, events, marketing communications working directly with the company's Director.

• Marketing Director & Board of Directors member

  Lighting & Shadows

  (Media Production industry)

  September 1984 — July 1986 (1 year 11 months)

  Complete responsibility for marketing strategies, tactical plans, budgets, publicity, advertising, events and building markets plus awareness to get this company on the map and recognized as a leader in the industry. Acomplishments: helped to win the company it's Board of Directors award.

• Director, Producer, UPM, AD

  Allison Bliss Productions

  (Media Production industry)

  1979 — 1985 (6 years )

  leadership position in production of major feature film and broadcast television productions, tv commercials, industrials, comedy and music concerts for Bill Graham and others, live events, telethons, teleconferences, Emmy Awards, staff position ABC-TV, work on over 5,000 productions.

• Director & Stage Manager

  KGO-TV Channel 7

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  1979 — 1985 (6 years )

  all television programming from news to children's shows

Allison Bliss’s Education

• University of Utah

  BFA , Theatre , 1974 — 1978

  Activities and Societies:

  professional work on campus as stage manager, electrician, carpenter. also served on Student Senate representing Fine Arts Departments. Graduate work at San Jose State University in theatre, and at San Francisco State University gaining Marketing Certificate.

Additional Information

Allison Bliss’s Interests:

biking, swimming, hiking, my nieces and nephews.

Allison Bliss’s Groups:

San Francisco Chamber (former co-Chair of Outreach: women in business); Oakland Chamber of Commerce (former co-Chair of Outreach & Publicity: women in business); Directors Guild of America (AD/UPM/TC elected Council member); Alameda Chamber of Commerce (Ambassador)

•    Women 2.0
•    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
•    Leadership Think Tank
•    eMarketing Association Network
•    Women's Network of Entrepreneurs
•    Marketing Communication
•    Public Speaking Bloggers
•    East Bay 510 Connect
•    min Media Group
•    Professional BusinessWomen of California (PBWC)
•    Bay Area Alumni Chapter

Allison Bliss’s Honors:

-contributed to Emmy, Clio and Iris Award-winning productions for film and television.
- Awarded by Directors Guild of America for founding and chairing 'commercials' committee of the Guild.
- won Board of Directors award for Lighting & Shadows

Allison Bliss’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• reference requests
• getting back in touch