Owner, Alternative Marketing Experts
Greater Seattle Area
- Current
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- Owner/President at Alternative Marketing Experts
- Owner, Mac Computer Consultant at Alternative Marketing Experts
- Past
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- Instructor at Lane Community College
- Education
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- Michigan State University
- Western Michigan University
- Menominee Area High School
- Rockford High School
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Russ Alman’s Summary
* 15 years of experience as a Macintosh computer support specialist in Eugene, Oregon; Sarasota, Florida; and Olympia, Washington. My specialty is implementing customer management and marketing systems for small businesses using Macintosh hardware and software, featuring Marketcircle Daylite (www.marketcircle.com). I also have previous experience building databases using ProVue Panorama and Filemaker Pro. I am a certified member of the Apple Consultants Network, and a certified trainer for Marketcircle Daylite.
* College-level teaching experience in mass communications, business information systems and technology, and Macintosh applications, marketing systems and operating systems.
• Extensive entrepreneurial experience:
- In college, to help pay for expenses, offered professional word processing services
- Started computer support business soon after finishing graduate school.
- Developed a unique marketing product called Keep$ake Cards, a line of high-quality, die-cut laminated business cards.
- Founded the South Sound Barter Alliance, an independent barter exchange organization in the South Puget Sound region.
- Became an independent distributor for SendOutCards greeting card service (www.givegreetingcards.com)
My goal is the continued professional transition from providing Macintosh computer support to offering unique, referral and relationship marketing tools for small businesses, independent sales professionals, and entrepreneurs. By leveraging my combination of technology experience, teaching and training experience, and communications and marketing skills, I can help these types of professionals develop powerful referral networks to grow their business and customer base without heavy reliance on expensive mass marketing.
Russ Alman’s Specialties:
Extensive Macintosh computer support experience. Strong creative, idea generation and out-of-the-box thinking. Teaching and training experience for individual, small groups, and all sizes of formal course instruction. Leadership experience through involvement as an ambassador in the Thurston County Chamber of Commerce, and as a youth soccer coach for the South Sound YMCA.
Russ Alman’s Experience
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Owner/President
Alternative Marketing Experts
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
August 2006 — Present (3 years)
Provide products and services tailored to help small businesses and sales professionals build their business through word of mouth and referrals.
Includes:
- Keep$ake Cards (laminated business cards & bookmarks, plus other useful promotional tools to build referral business, www.lamcards.com)
- SendOutCards independent distributor (greeting card services, www.givegreetingcards.com)
- The South Sound Barter Alliance (a local barter exchange company, www.ssbarter.com) -
Owner, Mac Computer Consultant
Alternative Marketing Experts
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 1994 — Present (15 years 5 months)
Provide Mac computer support in the Olympia, Washington area. Specialize in Marketcircle Daylite sales management systems.
I have cut back on my Mac support business to focus on my referral marketing business. -
Instructor
Lane Community College
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)
July 1994 — June 1997 (3 years)
Adjunct faculty in the Computer Information Technology program.
Courses Includes:
Introduction to DOS
Introduction to Macintosh
Business Information Systems
Enrollment ranged from 20 students in hands-on operating systems courses to over 50 students in lecture format classes.
Russ Alman’s Education
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Michigan State University
1991 — 1992
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Western Michigan University
BA , Communications , 1987 — 1990
Minor in Russian. Active in theater program.
- Activities and Societies:
- Graduate of Honors College, University Chorale, Western Student Television
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Menominee Area High School
1985 — 1987
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Rockford High School
1984 — 1985
moved from Rockford in 1985 to Menominee
- Activities and Societies:
- Football, Wrestling
Additional Information
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Russ Alman’s Interests:
Macintosh computers, soccer, photography, social networking, new business idea development
Russ Alman’s Honors:
Ambassador of the month, Thurston County Chamber of Commerce (4 times)
Russ Alman’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
