Kim Merritt

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Transforming dull corporate training materials into engaging and entertaining e-learning courses | Award-winning @ The URL Dr.
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, United States
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About Kim Merritt

As “The URL dr,” I’ve been helping clients develop entertaining and engaging e-learning courses, animation, video, LMS systems, and e-commerce platforms to teach, train, and sell online courses, for more than 16 years. Whether I’m creating custom training or offering off-the-shelf business soft skill courses from our KnowledgeBank© e-learning library, I focus on engaging learners and providing content that is entertaining and never boring! I was born an entrepreneur. I started my first company, Kim’s Khocolate, at age 11. My hobby of candy making turned into a business when I handmade 18,000 candy bars for my high school fundraiser. Guy Kawasaki “discovered” me at 18, when he read about me using an Apple IIC, to run my business. He invited me to make Khocolate for Apple, and the rest is history.I went on to work with The Rolling Stones, AT&T, Range Rover, Bausch & Lomb, and Fortune 500 companies around the world. My entrepreneurial antics were featured in “People,” “USA Today,” “Newsweek,” and “Barron’s.” My second company, an e-commerce play that sold over 50,000 skus in the dinnerware category, taught me how to win at online marketing and e-commerce.Since my early days as a teenage entrepreneur to my more recent days as a more “mature” entrepreneur, I’ve always been passionate about teaching and being a leader. Twenty-five years of in-person speaking and training for groups such as the ASBDC, YPO, and NFIB, came full circle as I discovered e-learning and how I could help companies teach and train online.Along with e-learning, my other passion is dogs and dog bite prevention. I founded Dogsurance© which offers online occupational dog bite prevention training for companies with employees that come into contact with dogs, as a way to reduce employee dog bites and help lower the risk of expensive law suits. The same training for children, is offered under the Good Dog in a Box© brand, and has been used around the world by educators, shelters, veterinarians, professional dog trainers, and parents for more than six years. Always teaching. Always learning. Forever growing. Forever young at heart. Consistently making my two young adult children roll their eyes. LET’S CONNECT: If you’re responsible for teaching or training, I’d love to show you how to make programs that learners are excited to take. If you want to sell courses, I have your prescription for online success. Or if you just feel like reaching out, that’s ok too. Feel free to email me at kimmerritt@theurldr.com or send me a LinkedIn message and let’s chat.

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Transforming dull corporate training materials into engaging and entertaining e-learning courses | Award-winning
Kim Merritt Work Experience Details
  • The Url Dr.
    Founder | Saving The World From Courses That Suck! We Help Companies Create Engaging & Fun Elearning
    The Url Dr. Nov 2007 - Present
    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Us
    Life is too short to sit through dull training courses. E-learning should be engaging and fun! We help companies transform their dull, stuffy L&D efforts, into entertaining training solutions that your audience wants to take.Our team is handpicked from Hollywood and the movie industry. They are master storytellers who know how to bring course material and curriculums to life. We use animation, video production, gamification, and instructional design to teach in an engaging way.There’s a reason clients like AT&T, Johnson & Johnson, Denny’s, Pepsi, and the University of IL trust us to train their employees, leadership teams, and customers. We’ve built a reputation on working collaboratively with in-house L&D teams, providing them with reliable, flexible support and amazing creativity. For mid-sized organizations, small companies, and startups we act as an outsourced training department. We offer end-to-end e-learning and learning management system development services, in addition to consulting to keep our smaller clients from making costly mistakes.Speaking of mistakes, if you tried to make an online course to sell and it didn’t turn out so hot, we can help with that too. From membership sites, subscription based courses, B2B course sales, and using your knowledge to create a passive income stream, we help course authors make money. KnowledgeBANK, our off-the-shelf line of business soft skill micro courses, features 700 titles that can be added to any LMS system, at a fraction of the cost of custom development. Add KnowledgeTEST, a skill based recommendation engine paired with LMS platforms, to help direct learners to only the training they need. From developing a custom e-learning course to acting as an outsourced L&D department, our team is here to help you take your training from boring to award-winning. Visit theurldr.com to test drive a course, watch a sample video, or book a free consultation with me, The URL dr.
  • Dogsurance
    Founder | Online Training To Teach Your Employees How To Avoid Dog Bites
    Dogsurance Feb 2019 - Present
    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Us
    In 30 minutes, your employees learn how to be SAFE around dogs. Dogsurance™ provides occupational dog bite prevention and safety training to anyone who comes into contact with dogs as part of their workday. There are eight different online training programs for the following industries: delivery/shipping, retail, foodservice, travel, airlines, hotel, home services, public service, real estate, and the general public. Avoid workman's comp claims, lost time, employee injury, and potential lawsuits by providing Dogsurance™ training to your employees.Dogsurance™ has been used by PetValu, Bosley's Pet FoodPlus, Paulmac's Pets, Kris Lindahl Real Estate, and the Housing Authority of Portland.
  • Good Dog In A Box
    Cofounder | Online Reward Based Family Friendly Dog Training & Dog Bite Prevention Courses/Products
    Good Dog In A Box Jan 2016 - Present
    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Us
    We help dog owners and dog professionals learn how to be safe and smart around dogs through dog bite prevention training and products. Our programs are family friendly and reward based. GoodDogInABox.com is our retail brand for dog owners that features our unique reward based dog training program for families with kids and dogs and a variety of dog bite prevention products. The Dog Smart Card Game features an online and offline version that teaches dog body language and safety through a fun series of picture card games. Our free public service program "SAFE,"​ is a dog bite prevention and safety program exclusively for children and available at www.gooddoginabox.com/safe.GoodDogPro.com is our brand for dog professionals. Dog trainers, veterinarians, shelters, groomers, retailers, and anyone that works with dogs, can access our complete reward based dog training program for families and our dog bite prevention curriculums and materials as a subscription. Educators can choose from the "Reach & Teach Humane Education Program" and "SAFE Dog Bite Prevention Program" to teach children how to be gentle, kind, and responsible with pets. The Good Dog brands were developed with my sister, Jenn Merritt, CPDT-KA, BS, a professional dog trainer for more than 15 years. We exist to promote positive reward based training, actively reduce the number of family dogs surrendered to animal shelters, and lower the number of dog bite incidents, especially with children. Join our dog loving community and help us to get the word out about dog bite prevention, dog safety, and the joy of owning a dog.
  • Dishes Decor And More
    President / Founder
    Dishes Decor And More Oct 1999 - Dec 2007
    I started Dishes Decor And More with one line of china and quickly grew the company to one of the leading independent, online dinnerware retailers in the US. I managed the strategic growth of the company through product line development and aggressive online marketing practices including affiliate programming, pay per click campaigns, and natural search engine optimization. I was in charge of brand development and all facets of the company's web site. I designed and was in charge of the management of the database and migration from Stone Edge Order Manager to the SQL based Ecometry system.
  • Kim'S Khocolate
    President / Founder
    Kim'S Khocolate Sep 1979 - Jun 1996
    Kim's Khocolate began as a candy making hobby when I was eleven years old when my grandmother gave me three molds and a bag of chocolate. I hand made 18,000 candy bars for a school fund raiser, as a senior at Bishop Walsh High School, and life was never the same.I transitioned my hobby to a business at the age of 18. Guy Kawasaki discovered me in a magazine article about using an Apple computer to run my growing enterprise and invited me to make Khocolate for Apple. Apple became my largest client and led to contracts with The Rolling Stones, AT&T, MCI, Land Rover, Bausch & Lomb, Becton Dickinson, IBM, Sheetz, and Fortune 500 companies around the globe.I created new products from the recipe stage through packaging to production. I headed sales to wholesale accounts, to the general public through a retail store, through mail order, and to corporate customers. My entrepreneurial activities were documented in numerous publications and television programs such as USA Today, The Washington Post, Inc, People, Barron's, Success, Ms, Nation's Business Today, Hour Magazine, and PM Magazine.

Kim Merritt Skills

Online Marketing Seo Marketing Social Media E Commerce Email Marketing Sem Social Media Marketing Google Adwords Social Networking Marketing Strategy Ppc Entrepreneurship Facebook Brand Development Management Public Speaking Web Design Training Online Advertising Start Ups Web Analytics Wordpress Google Analytics Digital Marketing Web Development Keyword Research Organic Search Local Search Managed Hosting Conference Speaking Webmaster Services Newsletters Cms B2b Database Management Web Services Website Management Inbound Marketing Website Redesign B2b Ecommerce E Commerce Consulting Search Engine Positioning Google Maps E Commerce Solutions Msn Adcenter Comparison Shopping Engines Web Marketing Mobile Marketing Constant Contact

Kim Merritt Education Details

  • School Of Hard Knocks
    School Of Hard Knocks
    Sales
  • Bishop Walsh High School
    Bishop Walsh High School

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