Bob Andelman

Current

Radio Show Host and Producer at BlogTalkRadio.com
Girls Soccer and Softball Coach, Middle School at Shorecrest Preparatory School
Co-Author with Vernon W. Hill II at FANS! Not Customers: How Commerce Bank Created a Super-Growth Business in a No-Growth Industry (Self-employed)

Blogger and Podcaster at Mr. Media (Self-employed)
Contributing Editor and Frequent Writer at Corporate Meetings & Incentives Magazine (Penton)
Contributing writer at Maddux Business Report
Writer/Author at Andelman.com (Self-employed)

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Past

Co-author with Vernon W. Hill at Commerce Bank
Field Interviewer at "Creature Comforts USA" TV Show (CBS/Aardman Studios) (Self-employed)
Freelance Writer at The Poynter Institute

Author at Will Eisner: A Spirited Life (M Press/Dark Horse) (Self-employed)
Co-Author at The Profit Zone (Self-employed)
Pop Music and Radio Beat Reporter at The Tampa Tribune

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Education

University of Florida
University of Miami

Recommended

14 people have recommended Bob

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Writing and Editing

Websites

Bob Andelman’s Summary

Bob Andelman is the host and producer of "Mr. Media Interviews" on BlogTalkRadio.com. He is also the author or co-author of 9 biographical, business, management and sports books. These include: "Will Eisner: A Spirited Life" (Dark Horse/M Press; October 2005); "Built From Scratch" (with Bernie Marcus & Arthur Blank, co-founders of The Home Depot; Crown Business, 1999); "The Profit Zone" (with Adrian Slywotzky; Crown Business); "Mean Business" (with Albert J. Dunlap; Crown Business, 1996); "The Corporate Athlete" (with Jack Groppel; John Wiley, 2000); Stadium For Rent (McFarland and Company, 1993). He most recently wrote "Fans Not Customers" with former Commerce Bank founder and CEO Vernon W. Hill II; the book would have been published by Portfolio/Penguin in September 2007 but Mr. Hill stepped down from the bank in June 2007 after the book was completed but not yet published.

Bob Andelman’s Specialties:

Collaborating with CEOs and entrepreneurs who have expertise in their field but need assistance telling their story or sharing their wisdom in book form. I work with title credit or without.

Bob Andelman’s Experience

Radio Show Host and Producer

BlogTalkRadio.com

(Media Production industry)

December 2007 — Present (2 years )

I host the Mr. Media podcast on BlogTalkRadio.com, where I interview celebrities and media newsmakers several times a week. Check it out: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/mrmedia
Girls Soccer and Softball Coach, Middle School

Shorecrest Preparatory School

(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Education Management industry)

2007 — Present (2 years )

Working with the kids is the most fun I have all week. I coached soccer at the rec level for five years before being hired to coach soccer part-time at the school. Best job of my life.
Co-Author with Vernon W. Hill II
FANS! Not Customers: How Commerce Bank Created a Super-Growth Business in a No-Growth Industry (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Writing and Editing industry)

February 2006 — Present (3 years 10 months)

Co-author of the Portfolio/Penguin book from the founder and chairman of New Jersey-based Commerce Bank, Vernon W. Hill II. Scheduled publication date was October 2007, but the book - completed - was cancelled when Mr. Hill stepped down from the bank.
Blogger and Podcaster
Mr. Media (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Entertainment industry)

1994 — Present (15 years )

So much media, so little time! Who keeps track of it all? MR. MEDIA! One of the world's first print/Internet hybrid columns is back from the dead after an 8-year hiatus at the site where the fun started in 1994, http://www.mrmedia.com. At least once a week, I interview celebrities and newsmakers live on BlogTalkRadio.com (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/mrmedia )
Contributing Editor and Frequent Writer

Corporate Meetings & Incentives Magazine (Penton)

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Publishing industry)

1993 — Present (16 years )

I write cover stories and inside features for Corporate Meetings and Incentives, and occasionally contribute to its sister magazines, including Association Meetings, Medical Meetings, Financial & Insurance Meetings, and Religious Conference Manager. I also provide daily reporting, photography and editing at the annual RCMA Convention.
Contributing writer

Maddux Business Report

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)

1988 — Present (21 years )

I write many of the monthly's cover stories, Tampa Bay area regional reports and have for more than 20 years.
Writer/Author
Andelman.com (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Writing and Editing industry)

May 1982 — Present (27 years 7 months)

Author or co-author of biographies (Will Eisner: A Spirited Life), business (Built From Scratch; Mean Business; The Profit Zone; Bankers As Brokers; Profit Drivers) and sports books (The Corporate Athlete; Stadium For Rent; Why Men Watch Football), as well as magazine and newspaper articles.
Co-author with Vernon W. Hill

Commerce Bank

(Writing and Editing industry)

2006 — 2007 (1 year )
Field Interviewer
"Creature Comforts USA" TV Show (CBS/Aardman Studios) (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Broadcast Media industry)

January 2006 — June 2007 (1 year 6 months)

Conducted a number of field interviews for the animated CBS-TV summer series "Creature Comforts," which is produced by Aardman Studios. At least two made it to air in the series' initial run.
Freelance Writer

The Poynter Institute

(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)

2001 — 2007 (6 years )
Author
Will Eisner: A Spirited Life (M Press/Dark Horse) (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Writing and Editing industry)

November 2005 — December 2006 (1 year 2 months)

Will Eisner: A Spirited Life (Dark Horse/M Press) is the biography of the legendary artist and writer who is often credited with taking comic books out of the ghetto in the 1940s and establishing the market for adult, long-form comics – graphic novels – in the 1970s
Starlog magazine wrote: “The late Will Eisner was a comics legend – and he has been honored with a biography to match.”
The Miami Herald review said, “Eisner was an innovative and influential artist, but Bob Andelman's new biography also correctly focuses on Will as a groundbreaking businessman.”
“Andelman's most significant achievement is his seamless tying together of the multiple threads in Eisner's long and ever-changing career,” according to a review in the Roanoke Times.
Publishers Weekly called Will Eisner: A Spirited Life “an intimate albeit sprawling biography of the legendary comics author and comics innovator.”
Co-Author
The Profit Zone (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Writing and Editing industry)

September 1997 — September 1998 (1 year 1 month)

The Profit Zone: Lessons of Strategic Genius from the People Who Created the World’s Most Valued Companies (Times Books/Random House), with Adrian Slywotzky and David Morrison, partners in Boston-based Mercer Management.
The Profit Zone is Andelman’s best selling book overall. More than 100,000 hardcover copies in print after 10 printings. After five years in hardcover, Three Rivers Press published the paperback edition on February 26, 2002.
The New York Times ranked The Profit Zone as No. 10 on its best-selling business books list on April 5, 1998.
Business Week’s John Byrne wrote that The Profit Zone “provides insights and lessons aplenty... It makes practical and usable some compelling theories for how to win in today’s marketplace.”
The Boston Globe’s David Warsh wrote “The Profit Zone is better than most strategy books... more coherent than a business magazine, more helpful - and more fun.”
Pop Music and Radio Beat Reporter

The Tampa Tribune

(Writing and Editing industry)

1986 — 1986 (less than a year)