Southgate Podcast Consulting works with non-profits, for-profits, and individuals about digital marketing, social media marketing, creating a podcast, consumer behavior, content marketing, and the various aspects of recording and distributing podcast content.

I help established podcasters with digital marketing and social media marketing. I figured there are a million people helping launch shows, so why not do something different and help with my specialty.

Courses taught or teaching: Digital Marketing, Business Communications, and Consumer Behavior.

Southgate Media Group is a media production and content marketing company with an emphasis on podcasting. Rob developed and launched SMG in July 2013 with his wife, Martha. Rob executive produced over 100 separate podcast titles which included editing, marketing, finding talent, show development, graphic design, branding, and hosting podcasts himself. Rob also oversees SMG’s live productions (e.g. The Women in Podcasting Festival, The Annual SMG Podcast Marathon, and the Independent Podcast Project Touring Podcast Festivals), various YouTube Channels, and blogs under the SMG banner. • Co-Host of multiple shows• Creation and development of new projects• Social media manager• Website design and maintenance• PR and Marketing director• Podcast production/editing• Logo and Artwork design• Event Coordinator• Project Management• Brand Management

EDGE of Orion is a theater company and acting school that uses the theatre arts to educate and entertain. Rob was an on staff stage director and teacher with the home school program. During his time with EDGE, he was lead director or part of the directing team for a number of productions. Rob taught a wide variety of classes including Advanced Acting, Beginning Acting, Improv, Commercial Writing, On-Camera Acting, Radio Play/Voice Acting, and more.

DVMPE is a podcasting network. In 2013, DVMPE reached 1 Million downloads spread across 20 original podcast programs. Rob was co-host of two shows for DVMPE, The Falling Skies Podcast and The Zero Hour Podcast. As co-host his responsibilities included podcasting, managing social media (e.g., Facebook and Twitter), editing, and engineering. • Co-Host of multiple shows• Manage social media • Marketing

• Cold Calling• Helped students complete enrollment and financial paperwork• Student academic support• Member of Leadership Development team• Member of community giving/outreach team

Tweeter was founded in 1972 and is a leading national specialty consumer electronics retailer providing home and car entertainment solutions. Products include higher end consumer video and audio equipment, custom in-home installations, after market car head units, speakers, amps and subs, as well as, custom car installations. Headquartered in Canton, MA, they employ more than 2,400 employees and operate over 100 stores. Began as Sales, was promoted to Sales Manager and promoted again to Store Manager.* Promoted from Sales Manager to Store Manager • Responsible for motivating and coaching salespeople in order to hit budgets• Review P&L and maintain profitability over COB• Responsible for customer service, training, staffing, sales, display and maintaining store appearance

Cella For Baby was a high-end juvenile retail store in Lincoln Park that my wife and I started in 2000. We specialized in furniture, strollers, clothing, toys, gifts, bedding, and custom decor. The retail space was 3600 square feet across 2 store fronts and averaged $3 million annually. Cella made Chicago Magazine's "Best of Chicago" list 5 years in a row and was nationally recognized by trade publications as one of the best juvenile retailers in the market. Our store was named “Best Kids Clothing Store” by Citysearch in 2003. Cella closed in April, 2005.• Hired, trained and coached staff of 17• Designed and implemented marketing and PR campaigns• Created and maintained an e-commerce website.• Negotiated with vendors• Established relationships with other retailers/organizations and developed programs and events with them• Responsible for customer service, training, staffing, sales, display and maintaining store appearance

Founded in 1987, the Minneapolis-based company delivers total sales of $691 million annually. Better known as “The Sleep Number Store”, the company was recently ranked by Furniture/Today as the number-one bedding retailer in the nation for the seventh consecutive year. Select Comfort employs more than 2,500 people nationally. * Achieved Personal annual average sales of $750,000 out of a single store.* Received “Bright Ideas Award” – one of four in 20 year company history.* Selected as a liaison between retail and corporate, one of 4 retail employees asked to represent the entire retail staff in regards to operations and marketing.* Succeeded in being in the top 3% of sales people, out of approximately 2000, for all but 3 months.

Chuckwagon catering is a full-service catering kitchen that specializes in outdoor events and pig roasts. Responsibilities included preparing food, cooking, serving, on site grilling and upkeep.Grill Chef• Head carver outside of the kitchen• Head grill jockey• Mange on-sight events