Featured in the Awake in the Network podcast discussing my networking tips for professionals and business owners
The episode focuses on building authentic connections through social media to boost customer relationships and foster meaningful online communities, drawing on my extensive experience as a business owner, marketer and social media strategist for the past 12…
How AI is helping my business for the holidays 2024
“Holiday retail sales are likely to increase between 2.3% and 3.3% in 2024, according to Deloitte’s annual holiday retail forecast,” according a Deloitte study. In addition, they forecast that “e-commerce will likely grow between 7% and 9%,…
Upcoming LinkedIn Workshop
Click on Image to Register for my next LinkedIn workshop that will be held in Kingsport, TN. You don’t want to miss this opportunity to learn how to grow your presence is his active social media platform.…
Upcoming Panelist for Spark Women: Making an Impact Through Connections and Building Community
Experience firsthand how strong connections within your network can open doors to new opportunities and collaborations. Wednesday, August 21 · 12 – 1pm EDT Description: Join us for an empowering panel discussion featuring inspiring business women from…
How AI has made my life easier – personally and professionally
I started presenting about AI since last summer (2023 – see featured picture) and while we are not face to face, I want you to see how I use it with visuals. Here are a few screenshots…
Replay: Two Instagram Workshop for Farmers and Food Vendors
You can STILL boost sales and customer engagement this summer season! You can replay the virtual workshops specifically for local food vendors and farmers that I did for Appalachian Resource Conservation & Development Council. If you sell…
Why I visit customers at their businesses
Small Data: discover clues about customer Back in 2016 I read the book: Small Data: The Tiny Clues That Uncover Huge Trend by Martin Lindstrom and it was transformational. Lindstrom would spend 300 days out of the…
Insights from visiting my grandma in Texas
I visited my grandma in Texas last week. Its been 20+ years since I went to Houston and San Antonio when she had a stroke back in 2004. With my marketing hat on, I noticed a problem…
Social media/Instagram for Local Food vendors
You can boost sales and customer engagement this summer season! Attend one or two fun, free, virtual workshops with Valentina Escobar-Gonzalez, MBA, specifically for local food vendors and producers. If you sell directly to the public and…
Unlocking Marketing Mastery: Insights and True Inspiration from My Uprising Experience with Mega Industry Leaders
I was mind blown and enlightened. Just wrapped up attending Mark Schaefer’s Uprising Event where 30 top marketers and myself stayed in a beautiful lodge nestled in the woods of Northeast Tennessee. We all shared meals together,…
