Ted Bauer Email & Phone Number

Columbia, Sc

As an Account Executive, I am passionately engaged in the establishment and fostering of mutually beneficial relationships within the consultant / broker, GA & HR partner communities in SC, NC, FL & GA. Conducting engagement events, I enhance their VBA product knowledge to help them adopt ancillary benefit solutions that best meet the needs of all constituents. To achieve that end, I engage in:• Cultivating strong consultant, broker, GA and HR relationships through effective communication and providing service that exceeds expectations. At all times.• Creating custom vision & dental plan designs that match the specific needs of groups as shared by brokers / benefit administrators and illustrated by census data & claims experience.• Educating brokers, GA's & HR partners on the critical need for proper vision care, innovations in the optical industry, and products / services available in the VBA suite.• Creating & delivering proposals while maintaining a high level of engagement and effective communication in the RFP response.• Acting as a “concierge” for our broker, HR & GA partners by the timely addressing of eligibility, billing and implementation inquiries to ensure a “no-noise” culture for our brokers.• Prospecting regularly to engage potential brokers, GA's and group administrators.• Utilizing Salesforce for all activities to ensure outstanding follow-up & continuity of benefit services.

Columbia, South Carolina Metropolitan Area

Responsible for planning & implementing strategic marketing efforts. Lead business development initiatives that support the mission and vision of RMHC by expanding awareness, engaging the public, attracting new audiences, developing marketing and PR strategies, creating echo chambers, and increasing overall contributions made to the organization.

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For venture capital org, managed comprehensive online marketing strategies and execution, consisting of website development & maintenance, content development, optimization & curation, SEO, PPC, link building, reputation management and social community marketing,

Columbia, South Carolina Metropolitan Area

For venture capital org, presented autonomous AI-based logistics operational efficiency optimization platform to C-Suite supply chain stakeholders.

Columbia, South Carolina Area

Bronze Award Winner 2018, 2019, 2020 - $250,000 + net marginMost Improved Sales Representative - 2019Silver Award Winner 2017 - $1,000,000 revenueRookie of the Year 2016Sell and direct asset & third party logistics to move freight from its point of origin to its final destination. Assume responsibility for every aspect of shipments using sophisticated computer systems to track multiple customers using a variety of transportation modes.Prospect for new clients, schedule and track shipments, negotiate with freight carriers and customers, secure transportation, prepare marketing materials, match carriers with customers and maintain positive customer and carrier relations.

Lexington, Sc

Responsible for all aspects of launching a University of SC - Darla Moore School of Business SBA Incubator approved start-up that will produce, distribute and market products that have been shown to dramatically improve an infant’s abilities to focus, engage, contemplate and learn.Executive Summary, Business Plan and other collateral available for download with non-disclosure agreement.

Lexington, Sc

• Launched and lead a boutique marketing consulting and training company that provided exponential improvement of client’s digital marketing collateral and processes, including SEO, SEM, digital loyalty, content development & optimization, and social media marketing.

Lexington, Sc

• Managed the production and delivery of optimized, offshored digital content, while serving as manager and mentor to a 34-member digital content production team.• Produced multi-format, search engine optimized website content on a daily basis for an average of 475 website pages.• Ensured full compliance with client Service Level Agreements for an average of 95 websites daily.

Columbia, Sc

• Digital Marketing Manager 2010 - 2012, Sales Representative 2012 - 2013• Managed comprehensive online marketing strategies and execution, consisting of website development & maintenance, content development, SEO, PPC, link building, reputation management, social community marketing, email campaigns, and lead development.• Achieved a 54% increase in organic website traffic, and 92% improvement in website lead submissions throughout tenure in position. • Assumed responsibility for Sales and Leasing in 2012, and won Sales Representative of the Month in July, September, and October of 2012.

Columbia, Sc

Developed full-service marketing consulting and training company to provide hands-on, real-world seminars to identify and mitigate local businesses’ Web2.0 knowledge gaps as well asproviding SEO, eContent development, website design and social media integration servicesKey AccomplishmentNamed "Midlands Media Mogul Rockstart" by Engenuity SC, an SCRA think tank incubator for startups.You can call us teachers, consultants, inbound marketers, tweetaholics, or anything else you like. We like to call ourselves average people with uncommon insight.

Columbia Sc

Strategically grew revenue from the SC Employment Security Commission’s Workforce Investment Act technology training and certification programs.Key AccomplishmentsAchieved consistent company profit through aggressive sales of IT consulting, IT certification programs, and end-user computer training.Exceeded all sales records with over $1Million in sales, 2006, and 2007.

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Marketing/Marketing Management, General, 3.0

Bachelor'S Degree, Marketing

Activities and Societies: Dual marketing internship participant. VPBE for the International Business Fraternity of Delta Sigma Pi.