My name is Fred Small and I help small businesses think big!I am an entrepreneurial business operations professional that has continually taken start-up or businesses and pulled them up into success by their bootstraps. From my start as a sales rep. When I started as a sales rep for Valpak, I knew I wanted to own my own Valpak business. Every decision I made from that day was with that goal in mind. And, in 4 years, I bought the business from my employer.After purchasing Valpak of VA, I reengineered the business, training the management and sales departments, implementing more effective marketing strategies, and reinforcing the business operations infrastructure by implementing networking technologies and publishing applications. I took a business and turned it into a multi-million dollar small business advertising solutions empire.With the shift in consumer retail towards mobile devices and applications, I am involved in the creation of mobile apps to help consumers find local businesses. Only by harnessing this technology can we allow customers to see the multitude of great choices that is geographically close to them.★ Mobile technology is the future.★ So is knowing more about your customers.My other interest is a company called Net Data Direct. Net Data Direct helps B2B businesses gather information about other businesses and B2C companies find out more and verify information about their customers. With Net Data Direct, we're tapping into the data-abundant world of social media to give small businesses the information they need to find their customers.If you would like to learn more about my Valpak franchises or Net Data Direct, please connect with me. I am on LinkedIn to create exciting relationships with small businesses that have that drive to find their customers and engage them. Connect with me!