
Business Builder
Charleston, South Carolina Area

Business Builder
Charleston, South Carolina Area
An entreprenuer with a broad background from hospitality management with large corporations to marketing services and consulting. Technologically savvy, passionate about sales & marketing.
Success Factors, Sales & Marketing plans and implementation, website development and Search Engine Opimization, Spanish language and culture, effective management
(Sole Proprietorship; Marketing and Advertising industry)
May 2009 — Present (7 months)
Referral networking group. May 20 Launch date at Beef O'Brady's in Mt. Pleasant, Belle Hall - Long Point Road. RSVP to bryan.froning@fmgaccess.com. First meeting educational topic: Using Social Media to Build Relationships, Improve Search Engine Ranking & Grow Your Business
Learn how to make the most effective use of your time with Twitter, Facebook, WordPress and online news releases.
You’ll walk away with the know-how to position your business, develop a strategy and implement your own social media campaign.
(Religious Institutions industry)
April 2009 — Present (8 months)
Serving on the Board of Directors as V.P. Programming for the congregation.
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
February 2009 — Present (10 months)
Technically Savvy Sales & Marketing: a fresh set of eyes to review your sales & marketing activities for efficiency and provide counsel; oversee in-house implementation or recommend outsourced solutions and serve as liaison; assume project work (website development, event planning, PowerPoint presentation, search engine optimization).
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)
Youth Endowment of the Arts (YEA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization helping to educate, expose and enhance the lives of youth through the arts. YEA serves all youth under the age of 18 in Charleston county regardless of race, gender, religious beliefs and socio-economic background.
The 2010 Charleston Marathon will benefit YEA.
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Religious Institutions industry)
2004 — Present (5 years )
Teach 2nd level Hebrew - reading prayers, understanding meaning and vocabulary.
(Non-Profit; Religious Institutions industry)
2001 — Present (8 years )
Volunteer choir
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
2006 — February 2009 (3 years )
Help businesses that rely on advertising, public relations, publicity and interactive marketing.
Develop strategic marketing plans and provide most services in-house: Advertising strategies & plans, Brands - naming, building, re-building, positioning & repositioning; distribution plans, franchising, licensing, new product development, testing & introduction, design and illustration, website design, copywriting - scripts, lyrics; SEO, SEM, media buying and placement, interactive programming and flash, point-of-sale, trade booth displays, develop television and radio commercials, packaging, Web 2.0/social media strategies
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
December 2002 — May 2007 (4 years 6 months)
Bi-lingual (Spanish and English) capabilities, logo design, printed collateral and website design and programming. Strength in new business start-ups. Public speaking.
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Recreational Facilities and Services industry)
May 2001 — December 2002 (1 year 8 months)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Marketing and Advertising industry)
1988 — 2001 (13 years )
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Hospitality industry)
November 1986 — December 1988 (2 years 2 months)
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Hospitality industry)
August 1983 — November 1986 (3 years 4 months)
Food and Beverage Management Trainee, Beverage Manager, Conference Services Manager, Restaurant Manager
BS , Hotel Restaurant and Travel Administration, Spanish Minor , 1978 — 1983
Year abroad in Madrid Spain
1975 — 1978
business building, coaching for success, public speaking, interactive marketing and social networking, singing, outdoor activities
American Marketing Association, AMA, Youth Endowment of the Arts-Board Member, Mt. Pleasant Business Assoc., BBYO, SCWTC, Charleston Chamber of Commerce, Berkeley Chamber of Commerce, Daniel Island Business Assoc., Toastmasters, Little Black Book, Women@Work, Hispanic American Business Council
Distinguished Toastmaster