Gil Gerretsen

Current

• Managing Member at Shining Star Agency, LLC
• Marketing Speaker at GilSpeaks.com
• President and CEO at BizTrek International, Inc.

Education

• The University of Calgary

Recommended

26 people have recommended Gil

Connections

405 connections

Industry

Professional Training & Coaching

Websites

• BizTrek.com (Marketing Mentors
• GilSpeaks.com (Event Speaker)
• BizBullet.com (My Blog)

Gil Gerretsen’s Summary

Gil Gerretsen is a marketing revolutionary! He formed BizTrek in 1994 after nearly 20 years as a specialist in turning around financially troubled businesses. During that experience he developed, tested and refined 12 Marketing Triggers that ALWAYS produce more customers for small businesses.

At the same time, he recognized that the only way for a business owner to achieve sustained success and economic freedom was for them to define and master their own marketing efforts, rather than rely on outside consultants or ad agencies.

He also recognized that business owners had few places where they could turn to become proficient in the real world of marketing a small business.

This insight led to the formation of BizTrek. By providing seminars about the 12 Triggers and mastermind-style Marketing Guilds for mentoring, BizTrek helps small business owners gain competitive advantage to reach their full business capacity and potential.

BizTrek's goal is to introduce it's programs across the U.S. and Canada through a network of local mentors.

Gil Gerretsen’s Specialties:

Branding, Word of Mouth, Publicity, Advertising, Self-Promotion, Networking, Referrals, Sales Training, Marketing Speaker

Additional Information

Gil Gerretsen’s Websites:

• BizTrek.com (Marketing Mentors
• GilSpeaks.com (Event Speaker)
• BizBullet.com (My Blog)

Gil Gerretsen’s Interests:

small business, marketing, branding, word of mouth, publicity, advertising, self-promotion, networking, marketing speaker, Christian studies, Greenville, SC

Gil Gerretsen’s Groups:

Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, Clemson Small Business Development Center Advisory Board, Special Olympics, Christian Business Committee, Chamber of Commerce, Small Business of the Month Committee, Junior Achievement, Redeemer Presbyterian Church

•    Professional and Amateur Mentoring Group
•    Professional Speakers and Seminar Leaders
•    Guerrilla Marketing Tips for Small Businesses
•    Speakers and Panelists
•    GSA Technology Council
•    SpeakerMatch
•    PR Professionals
•    Public Speaking Network
•    Media Professionals Worldwide
•    Training Professionals
•    University of Calgary Students, Alumni and Professors
•    Haskayne School of Business Alumni (University of Calgary)
•    Greenville Chamber
•    Upstate Entrepreneurs Network
•    Linking The Upstate
•    Social Media Club Greenville
•    BizTrek
•    Greenville Business Strategy and Networking Meetup Group
•    Business Black Box
•    Brookwood Business Network
•    THEUEF.com - Upstate Entrepreneur Forum (UEF)
•    NEXTSTART

Gil Gerretsen’s Honors:

Greenville Chamber Small Business of the Month in July of 2000 and again in March of 2004.

Gil Gerretsen’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch