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Decoding Your Branding: Lock Down Your Pitch and Unlock Positive Reviews
Decoding Your Branding: Lock Down Your Pitch and Unlock Positive Reviews
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How many times have you tried to explain what your brand is about and you can see the deer in the headlights or the glaze over even before you get to the interesting part?
What does your brand stand for? How are you portraying it — from networking to pitch decks to bios and grant applications — and ultimately reviews?
Join the Newport Interactive Marketing networking-learning community and hear from expert Terry Wildemann as she helps us sort through what is meaningful to you so you can articulate how you can help your client, boss, or yourself in your unique ways.
Unlock how to align your brand — whether your business or your career — to your personal goals with best-selling author and serial entrepreneur Terry Wildemann, who rocked a recent Open Mic Tips Night — many attendees have requested this talk!
This is the NIM talk for you if you’re
- Confused about your branding?
- Stuck on your mission statement?
- Feeling lackluster about your work and professional relationships?
- Seeing negative review?
Making that pitch feel comfortable and easy to articulate will carry through to your entire brand experience. Ultimately it will deliver in brand value, quality customer experience and will generate Positive reviews, which we learned from SEO expert Mark Collins is crucial when it comes to getting found on Google.
This is the NIM talk for you if you’re
- Confused about your branding?
- Stuck on your mission statement?
- Feeling lackluster about your work and professional relationships?
- Seeing negative reviews?
Overcome these blocks and be inspired to move your branding to bring you growth, professionally, personally, or both.
Join #NIMRI for Decoding your branding: lock down your pitch and unlock positive reviews Thursday, April 2, 2020, 7-9 P.M. via Zoom.
UPDATE:
With recommendations from RI Gov Raimondo, #NIMRI events will be online-only until further notice. The good news is we are all pretty tech-savvy. So grab your favorite beverage, and we’ll see you online at 7 PM on Thursday, April 2nd for a deep dive into branding with best-selling author Terry Wildemann.
As you know, the Newport Interactive Marketing community welcomes all. But you may not know some members are older and some immuno-compromised.
Now is a great time to reflect and think longer-term about your brand in this new world.
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Meet Terry Wildemann
Best-selling author and multi-time entrepreneur Terry Wildemann integrates the practical, tactical, logical, physical, energetic, spiritual, and emotional for clients.
Terry’s careers include founding and owning the Winds of Change Holistic Education and Leadership Center, Image Plus… Associates. She was a partner and CEO of a small manufacturing company, Anaco.
Clients include universities, financial institutions, healthcare institutions, railroad companies, nonprofits, and small businesses.
Learn A Quick Trick to Getting Your Local Business Found Online
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Worried about being found on Google? Don’t have a lot of time nor money? Have you lost control of your Google My Business listing? Join the Newport Interactive Marketing networking-learning community to hear fast-track your way to getting found with Google’s version of the Yellow Pages. Mr. Local SEO Mark Collins will walk you through how to get found online by creating your Google My Business Page or tuning up your existing one.
Did you know that 4 in 5 consumers use search engines to find local information? In fact, 97% of people learn more about a local company online than anywhere else. Today more than ever consumers are turning towards search engines like Google to guide their purchasing decisions.
50 years ago, if a business didn’t exist in a phone book, consumers wouldn’t even know that your business existed– In a modern world… if you don’t exist on Google, you’re missing out on an entire local audience of motivated buyers.
Other things you’re missing out on:
- Use Google My Business to increase traffic and conversions
- Monitor how customers search for your business
- Learn how to take advantage of key Google tools
NIM is here to help make sure that for local businesses there is no barrier to enter and ways that you can make Google work harder for you. Taking advantage of online tools will give you an edge over your competitors, both online and local, and connect you with potential customers.
Join #NIMRI for Learn A Quick Trick to Getting Your Local Business Found Online on Thursday, February 20, 6-8 P.M. at Parlor Bar & Kitchen.
Meet Mark Collins
OnWebLocal (DBA Advisortech.biz) was founded by Mark Collins, a UMASS Marketing graduate with over 4 decades of sales, marketing, and technology experience. During this time, Mark found his transition to digital media (from traditional sales management and marketing) and Search Engine Optimization to be a natural process. Based on his affinity for both technology and content writing, Mark provides SEO services to small to medium-sized regional businesses and national firms. His key to success has been to develop a constantly updated local SEO formula that incorporates original content creation on the website as well as the publication of the site into reputable, high authority domain websites. Services range from ongoing organic SEO campaigns to ongoing blogging support.
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Spend Wisely: Big-Brand Insights to Move YOUR Needle
June 2019
As we enter the 2020s, it is now undeniable that digital marketing and social media are going to be at the forefront of business. Actually, that’s already the case, and if you’re not already optimizing your digital marketing strategies, then that means you are getting left behind.
But it’s not too late!
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NIM’s panel of marketing experts are here to demystify the social media age and help you understand how to take advantage of digital marketing and SEO to make your business more successful.
At this NIMRI event, you will learn about:
- Current successful digital and social strategies, and what to focus on going into 2020
- How big brands apply the fundamentals – which affordable tools can inform personas and solve customer problems
- Affordable tools and achievable tactics
- Overlooked opportunities
- The power of Facebook and ads and local SEO
- Utilizing influencers – what lessons can we learn about connection and messaging?
- And, of course, get your answers!
Top experts are here to answer your questions and provide New Media insights – and since it is always evolving, there is always more to learn! Join #NIMRI at Spend Wisely: Big-Brand Insights to Move YOUR Needle on June 20th from 6-8 PM at Innovate Newport, the former Sheffield School on Broadway is open!
Meet Ronni Kenoian
Ronni Kenoian is the marketing manager for leading travel insurance comparison site InsureMyTrip. She oversees the digital marketing of the InsureMyTrip brand, including consumer insights, content strategy, paid search/social advertising, social outreach, and earned media strategy. She also has been intimately involved in a number of new product ideas and development efforts and has been closely aligned with customer needs. Given the demonstrated power of big data, Ronni also leverages the company’s current capabilities to help reinforce the brand. Ronni believes merging creative and technology into cross-functional teams and roles is essential to better executing a winning marketing strategy with long-lasting results.
Meet Kevin Vine
Kevin Vine is a digital marketing strategist and he is currently Director of Marketing for Level Ex, a start-up that creates mobile, AR and VR games for physician training using state-of-the-art video game technology and cognitive neuroscience. Previously, he was head of Customer Experience at Collette Tours, and prior to that he led the web, social and mobile teams at Dunkin’ Brands. His experience also extends to consumer insights, content strategy, communications development and, of course, he is always keeping his fingers on the pulse of new and emerging trends and platforms.
Meet Ana Raynes
Ana Raynes is a thought-leader in the fields of social media and content marketing. Her creative mind led her to study at the London College of Fashion, after which she co-founded the Internet fashion startup Smart is Cool. Raynes has been a motivational speaker as well as an expert in e-marketing, including social media, content marketing, and information technology. She is currently the Vice President of Content Marketing at Didit. She oversees the content marketing needs of agencies and clients across multiple platforms. Raynes also does strategic planning, business development, and strategic growth for social media and SEO. She maintains relationships with bloggers and influencers to keep up with current trends, and to help with her own campaigns.
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Web marketing specialists welcome traditional marketers, small businesses, and beyond for quality education and great networking … right here in Newport!
Newport Interactive Marketing is
sponsored by Angles & Insights & Designated Editor
Battling Back Digital Distraction: Gain Growth With a Time Management Expert
May 2019
Are you tired of looking at the clock every day at 5:00, or 6:00, or even 11:00 pm, wondering, “what on earth did I accomplish today?” Got a bunch of projects that have lingered, unfinished, for months, or even years? Does your to-do list never get done?
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Whether you struggle with procrastination or just too much to do in too little time, sometimes your day can slip away with nothing to show for it. In this presentation, you will discover a productivity consultant’s five favorite time management tips to boost your productivity and get that to-do list DONE.
At this FREE #NIMRI talk you learn:
- How to figure out your most productive time & use it wisely
- Ways to set deadlines for yourself and stick to them
- Tips to avoid procrastination
- The best project management tools
- How to prioritize your tasks
Don’t let time be what’s stopping you from completing all the work you want to accomplish. While some people may be natural productivity-masters, join us to hear 5 tips that can help you reach your highest productivity potential! Join #NIMRI for Battling Back Digital Distraction: Gain Growth With a Time Management Expert on Thursday, May 30, 6-8 P.M. at Parlor Bar & Kitchen.
Meet Lisa Griffith
Lisa S. Griffith, Speaker and Certified Professional Organizer® and Productivity consultant, began her career as a teacher and director of musical performing groups and administrator of performing arts in schools, churches, and community organizations. In 2008, she decided to put over thirty years of organizational and teaching skills to work and established The Organized Way. Her specialties are business and home office organizing and time management coaching. Also, She offers one-on-one coaching, both virtually and on-site, workshops on both home and office organizing topics, and seminars for group settings. Speaking to groups of all sizes and persuasions about the strategies and benefits of organization and productivity is a particular joy for Lisa, and she is an experienced and motivating presenter. In addition to her certification as a Professional Organizer, she also holds a certificate in Time Management and Productivity from the Institute for Challenging Disorganization.
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Web marketing specialists welcome traditional marketers, small businesses, and beyond for quality education and great networking … right here in Newport!
Newport Interactive Marketing is
sponsored by Angles & Insights & Designated Editor
100% Networking- The Ever-Popular Annual NIM Event
Don’t miss the most popular NIM of the year!! Joining in once again is Newport County Chamber Connections — the folks with the awesome door prizes, AMP-RI, PRSA, & more!
AMP-RI, founded in 2009, stands for advertising, marketing, and PR. The monthly meetings that are held, vary from highlighting expert speakers, to members of AMP-RI to sharing their thoughts and create concepts with the help of one another.
The Newport County Chamber of Commerce is a nonprofit organization. It encompasses over 1,100 member companies, and more than 50,000 workers throughout the surrounding Rhode Island areas. It is known as one of the largest business advocacy organizations. This nonprofit is designed to enhance the business, civic and economic vitality of Newport County and greater Rhode Island.
PRSA stands for Public Relations Society of America. The society is committed to helping its membership stay ahead of industry trends. This includes thought, leadership, career-enhancing initiatives, and providing networking opportunities for their members.
Whether you’re a start-up company or the oldest nonprofit in the area, meeting new people can be key. You may find that one person who can build a partnership with your brand, offer essential marketing intel, or connect you to the biggest name in your field.
Come on out for a fun night with NIM! Meet some fantastic professionals and entrepreneurs & gather some tips to help your brand thrive.
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