Michael Brinkman Email & Phone Number

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Focused on connecting sports leagues and teams with their fans via multi-channel elements in order to drive incremental revenue and engagement.digitalticketconsulting.comTwitter: @digitalsportsbzPodcast: tenminutetixtalks.buzzsprout.comCurrent projects include Vice President of Sales for The Ultimate Toolkit Company, Sales & Marketing Consultant for Partake Technologies & Full House Solutions.theultimatetoolkit.comcourses.theultimatetoolkit.compartakefans.com/teamsfillthehouse.com

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- A full-service agency that assists 1,000+ sports & entertainment companies in reaching new clients. Building crowds, together. fillthehouse.com

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Offering a variety of training services to assist sports teams/leagues with increasing revenue.- Online courses include Group Sales, B2B, Inside Sales and Sponsorships.- Used in a number of Sports Management curriculums. courses.theultimatetoolkit.com

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

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Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Assisted Target vendors with their multi-channel strategies via Target digital platforms. Planned strategic initiatives with internal and external partners in Grocery, Health & Beauty.

St. Paul, Mn

- Senior Manager of the Digital & Interactive Group from 2008-2011 with the Minnesota Wild and spearheaded projects such as online renewals, digital season ticket efforts, group collateral, corporate partner efforts, CRM management and text campaigns.- Successfully orchestrated over 1 million outbound emails during each of the past two seasons that led to a large growth in sales- Helped generate Social Media revenue during the 2010-11 season for ticket sales, merchandise and corporate partnerships- Developed our CRM in Microsoft Dynamics and our SharePoint intranet- Developed a number of micro-sites to drive revenue, establishing our loyalty program, managed text and Social Media campaigns- Grew our text message and Social Media databases - Manage all digital vendor relationships and opportunities

St. Paul

- Successfully developed, hired and trained a new Inside Sales department to a 185% ROI and an overall profit for non-Wild events in five months. - Exceeded managing/personal sales budget during each of my sales seasons- Initiated and executed dozens of collateral projects-pocket schedules, renewal pieces and other business-to-business sales presentations - Continued growth in group and season ticket sales numbers in consecutive hockey seasons while in New Business Development - Led sales staff in group and season ticket sales for the inaugural season of the Minnesota Swarm lacrosse team - Exceeded sales goals for a number of events including the NHL All Star Weekend, the World Cup of Hockey and the WCHA Final Five

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

- Responsibilities included corporate ticket sales for the purpose of client entertainment and employee reward programs - Marketed a new brand image and team name/logo for the Las Vegas franchise - Delivered customer service and satisfaction of accounts throughout the season