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Advance, Nc, Us

Colfax, North Carolina, United States

Spearhead marketing strategies for multi-franchise commercial truck dealerships across North Carolina and South Dakota.Oversee website content, inventory management, CRM integration, and ROI tracking.Manage social media accounts, producing engaging content and collaborating with OEMs for cross-promotion.Analyze customer engagement data to refine marketing efforts and enhance ROI.Produce and edit photo/video content, and train sales teams on social media best practices.Lead corporate communications for marketing and promotional campaigns.

Advance Nc

I Specialize in commercial and project photography, with a focus on aviation, industrial, and real estate imagery.Proficient in drone/aerial videography and ground-based photography.Create content for social media, blogs, and restoration-themed projects.Contract photographer for automotive, architecture, and Americana themes, delivering storytelling through visuals.Content creator for social media, reconstruction and restoration themed projects, museums,airports, and blog/ content writing. I enjoy presenting the client's story in a conversational tone.Contract and enthusist Photographer for Automotive, Architecture, Americana Themes, Rusty Gold. I enjoy producing thought producing imagery that tells a story.

Claremont Nc

Website Content Creation, Social Media Management, Marketing AutomationCollects, analyzes, and audits customer data services and demographics Manages PPC campaigns, evaluates SEO and SEM efforts and reporting Expanded marketing programs - print, web, video, and special events Tracks and evaluates existing lead sources and recommends new sources Advertising manager, traditional and digitalWebsite administrator, Commercial Photographer, Videographer, Content Creator

Manage Web Traffic/ Analytics, paid and organic adwords/ SEO campaigns. Coordinate Ecommerce efforts, Social Media and Sales Process creation and implementation. Customer service and satisfaction specialist. Website design/ implementation, artwork and photography.Finance Manager: Work with lenders and customers on financing arrangements for purchases. Handle sensitive data and arrange proper paperwork for lenders and DMV.

Coordinate E-Commerce efforts for Import Brands and satellite locations. Manage salespeople, CRM, reporting and statistics, training and IT liason. Built and staffed the first centralized ecom efforts for the company. Set up and resolved logistical "challenges" while increasing sales and lowering response times and improving followup with customers.

Team leader of sales dept, set goals, train staff and sell/ deliver autos and finance opportunities.Sales and Marketing of Flow Honda's vehicle inventory in the virtual sales environment. Exceed customer expectations and extend the viable sales floor to the rest of the Triad, North Carolina, Nationally and Internationally. Recent clients in UAE and Poland.Website development/ stragety implementation with corporate site and individual store websites.

-Highly successful Finance Manager with an excellent relationship with BMW Financial Services, Newbridge Bank, BB&T, and other local lenders. Finance penetration, product penetration, and customer satisfaction in the top 90% of the company. Experienced in reading CBI reports, and compliance issues. Excellent negotiator with lenders and customers. Detail oriented with both internal and DMV paperwork, Notary Public, North Carolina-Built an Internet presence from the ground up to a $400,000/ year profit center while maintaining exceptional customer satisfaction and manufacturer website compliance. -Expanded Internet presence of dealerships by Search Engine Optimization and proper Internet Marketing-Developed and maintained relationships with third party vendors and maintained web-based technology -Corporate consultant for website layout and CRM/ Lead Management development and training for 32 individual dealerships

E-Commerce Manager, Internet Sales and Marketing, Technology integration, Website management and development. Lead management, CRM management, Customer followup management.

Managed Electronic Commerce operations for multifranchised dealer group, one of the first large Internet Sales groups in the Southeast, specialized in start to finish electronic sales of vehicles across the country.

Entrepreneurial venture into web-based international sales and marketing of salvage Corvette automotive parts and accessories. Pioneers in automotive e-commerce. Export specialist (Europe).Project manager for restoration of former Lotus Engineering Corvette prototypes for ZR-1/ LT5 project. Five year project to rebuild a "crushed" car back to the only running example in existence.Speaker/ Consultant for seminarsBloomington Gold workshop instructorPublished Author, Corvette Fever and Trader Publications

Installation and support, computer hardware/ software, training. Supported equipment and personnel for damaged grocery reclamation/ salvage industry. Set up scan lines and software to debit/ credit damaged goods for credits or donation to charity, supported base station software and trained/ supported operators remotely and on site.

Installation and Support, Computer hardware/ software, worked with some of the earliest versions of GPS tracking and Satellite communications hardware/ software.

Installed/ Maintained/ Repaired RADAR and associated equipment necessary for safe flight operations (including Space Shuttle support) Expert at corrosion control and antenna climbing.