• Must be able to rock php and mysql, and if you can jam HTML 5 and CSS 3, that’s a bonus.
• Would dig an open office that has highly energetic people who enjoy dogs, coffee, basketball, and a good sense of humor.
• When you hear “loop” you think WordPress and not Delmar. (must be comfortable inside WordPress and its core functionality)
• Enjoy a team atmosphere and troubleshooting with others to find smart solutions.
• Must have a minimum of 2 years programming experience.

Another huge win was getting to hang out at the State of St. Louis event, Friday morning.  Where Mayor Francis Slay, County Executive Charlie Dooley, County Executive Steve Ehlman, and County Executive Mark Kern all discussed how St Louis is doing as a region overall.  I go to this event every year and this was definitely the most positive it has been in the last 3 years.  All signs are looking to a great economy here locally and we are optimistic about St. Louis’ future.  When asked for questions from the audience, Derek boldy raised his hand and asked, “Would you all please talk about what you are doing to support young entrepreneurship in your respect counties and city’s?”  This question launched the panel into a large discussion that took the rest of the event.  The win for this was that goBRANDgo! was announced to quite a few people and a voice for young entrepreneurship reached out.  Subsequent meetings have been set up with Mayor Slay’s office and we hope to meet with the other executives as well.

Lastly, we received a great referral from an awesome client, Skeleton Key (custom application developers) for another company looking for SEO help.  I was able to book the meeting and am excited at working with more great people like them!

You are invited to an educational gathering of serious go!-getters to learn how to build an online following, better attract online prospects, and increase conversion to customers.

Wednesday, January 25th 5:30pm – 7:00pm

 Build a Tribe: How to Attract, Capture and Convert Prospects Online  

Takeaways:

•  Learn How To Build a Tribe of Friends, Fans and Followers Online
• Attract More of Your Ideal Prospects and Turn Them Into Customers
• Establish Your Credibility and Increase Demand for What You Offer

Benefits:

• Create additional sales and opportunities, even while you sleep 
• Get paid more for what you do
• Learn more about your ideal prospects so you can make better decisions, faster and avoid unnecessary mistakes

About the Speaker:

Mason Duchatschek is the co-author of the book Sales Utopia. His ideas have been featured in Selling Power, Fox News, Newsweek, Entrepreneur magazine and the

New York Times.

He is an advocate for social media, video marketing, mobile marketing and integratedemail marketing. He is the founder of Buildatribe.com and has developed Twitter accounts ranking in the top 1% in the world and Youtube channels with more subscribers and contacts than those created by traditional media powerhouses such as Inc. magazine and Entrepreneur magazine.

  For More Information and Registration

 

All proceeds from this event support Club Red: Young Professionals of the Red Cross who’s mission is to engage St. Louis area young professionals in support of the American Red Cross through social networking, fundraising and mission- related activities.

Great wins: BNI Cross Chapter Cocktail Event went fantastically.  A good chance to network outside of your normal circles, and a lot of fun seeing all your professional peers wrap each other in toilet paper, make a gigantic tissue mess, and try to stack apples.

New intern, Connor, doing some temp work with us, also kicking ass. No name taking, but we will teach him.

Had a meeting at Jilly’s Cupcake bar with Dan and Risa from V-Kool.

Brandon and Derek were finally accepted into EO ( Entrepreneurs Organization).  Huge win, like world series win.  That was like the world series of entrepreneurship.  A lot of people play, we win. Just a little bit empowergizing.

Katie, Krystyna, Tim and I prepared him a monster french toast breakfast with mimosas .  Then we fed him throughout the day.  Sometime during the lunch hour, Camron, being the overjoyed bday workaholic saw that Katie was having a down moment.  The Solution:

Sexy Domo Photo Shoot!

Happy Bday to us, and to you, Cam.  We thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

Brandon is also growing older.  Celebratory bday cookies all around and then we overbooked his calendar, yeah for bday meetings!  I don’t know if his heart stops beating if he isn’t doing business of some type.  I hope he goes home late, emails until midnight then parties hardcore for 30 minutes before getting 6 hours of sleep every night.

If your birthdays are near the holidays, that sucks, but happy bday anyways.  You will most likely only get one present with a card that says merry xmas and happy bday from everyone.

]]> http://www.gobrandgo.com/2011/12/do-you-domo-wins-for-the-week-12511/feed/ 0 http://www.gobrandgo.com/2011/12/1214-event-branding-for-results-go-get-creative/ http://www.gobrandgo.com/2011/12/1214-event-branding-for-results-go-get-creative/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:55:16 +0000 LKuntz http://www.gobrandgo.com/?p=3536 An Exercise in Personal Branding

Featuring Brand Specialist, Bill Ellis

As someone in the creative field or as a business owner, you understand the power of a brand… But do you focus on your personal brand?

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Your brand is your greatest asset.

In this event, learn how to:

1. Discover what your personal brand is. Why are you unique? What makes you go!?
2. Manage your personal brand & how you are perceived
3. Develop clarity & embrace your value

Meet the Speaker: Bill Ellis

For 25 years he was engaged at Anheuser-Busch including various positions in sales, brand management and branded merchandise. His experience includes numerous branding and marketing initiatives, brand rollouts and introductions (notably the NA category), development of advertising and marketing campaigns directed at the trade, distributors and consumers.

Bill brings his unique experience and perspective, leveraging his branding and marketing background, to help his clients “Move the Flashlight”. This means that Bill brings fresh perspective and new thinking to his clients which allows them to realize new possibilities, identify road blocks and validate successes.

You can read more about Bill at BrandingForResults.com

Beer, wine, & light snacks will be served. We look forward to seeing you!

A big thanks to Steve Giegerich from the Post Dispatch for taking an interest in the go! Team and writing a really cool article on us that is on the front page of the business section in today’s St Louis Post Dispatch and on STLToday.com; If you haven’t seen it yet, take a gander: “Young, hip and hiring”

Hope you enjoy the article and….Cheers!!!

What’s the secret?  Simple really.  When presented with a negative thought, problem, or challenge, can you within 60 seconds replace all negative or problem-focused thought with solution-focused thinking.  There are two ways to approach life…with PCT (Problem-Centric Thought) or RSF (Relentless Solution Focus). RSF is about continually pushing yourself to start looking for a solution within 60 seconds of a negative thought or problem popping into your head.  This is most easily be accomplished by asking yourself one question, “What is one thing I can do differently that could make this better?”

It really comes back to the ol’ “whatever you think about, you’ll get more of” or as Dr Selk defined it, Expectancy Theory: “That which you focus on expands.”  If all you think about are problems and what is wrong with the world, then all you will see around you are more problems and more things wrong…same phenomenon that happens when you start car shopping; all of a sudden you see that car you are looking at everywhere.

Dr Selk talked about how mentally tough people are optimistic and focus on the solution rather than the problem.  Optimistic is a word that typically gets a bad wrap, but let’s not confuse blind optimism which depends on a strategy centered around hope and wishes, with what I see as optimism, which is an overwhelming belief that “this too shall pass” and there is a lesson in every challenge if the right perspective is maintained…no matter high high the hill or long the shot.  Mentally tough people, as Dr Selk explained, believe every problem, no matter how big or small, has a solution…you just have to be willing to break it down and put one foot in front of the other in order to make progress toward a solution.

Back to the original claim of what the Secret to Life is?  Studies have shown that people who practice a RSF way of thinking and maintain an optimistic outlook on life have shown in studies to live longer, be happier, healthier, and more successful…which to me, pretty much hits on all the important things in life.

Now, I know simple and easy live miles apart, but are you willing to put this simple advice to work?  The next time your mind gets invaded by a negative thought and you start spiraling down, all you have to do is continually ask yourself one question…

“What is one thing I can do differently that could make this better.”

…and see how your life will change.

With that said, lets talk about all of the friends we have been making here at goBRANDgo!  First and foremost, Scott “The Name Tag Guy” Ginsberg (@nametagscott) volunteered his time, his girlfriend’s time, and a lot of great insights.  He has an amazing story and I highly recommend you meet him, hear him speak, and/or purchase all of his books in triplicate.  Other than his story leading up to his, AHA! moment, he had knowledge to shovel upon our heads.  All about approachability and branding yourself.  Favorite quote: “Anger is the ember of initiative.” If you don’t like something, change it!  Also, “how sticky is your brand?” That was great one, done while looking at his super sticky name tag.  And my favorite little exercise to repeat:

Madlibs:  (fill in the blanks, repost it below!)

My Brand seeks to create _________(blah) in moments of __________(blah)!

Say it to the person next to you, they should smile and nod, or laugh… it’s a madlib!

We already got some great feedback from some current friends: Stan Angelov of REMAX, Dr. Eddie Weller of Atlas Institute of Health, and a great post by our friends over at Abtrakt Marketing (sorry i don’t know how to turn the “k” backwards)

It’s on the internet, you are our friends, we also have some other big wins, started work for Ride on St. Louis! A new friend of goBRANDgo!  They were my friends first.  Also, it was fantastic to get so many of our clients, friends, new friends, and some random people out to our office for our go!Getter Series.  Come on out to the next one too. Friends are WINS!

We are very excited to have Ron Marks coming to our office, to talk about acquiring, training, and motivating your sales team.

When it comes to sales, Ron Marks stands head and shoulders above the rest.  He’s not simply a sales trainer, but a sales leader who’s worked in the trenches and worked his way to the top.  Having 25 years experience, Ron travels the United States and abroad sharing his sales insights with salespeople, sales managers and even non-sales people.

“I have known Ron Marks for many years. He has a reputation as a strong leader and has withstood the test of time in an industry where managers come and go like the seasons.” – Jim Rohn, coauthor of Twelve Pillars and The Five Major Pieces to the Life Puzzle

“There are many speakers and authors who will tell you how to successfully manage a sales force, but how many of them have accomplished that feat for over twenty years? Marks has earned the right to share with you his wisdom, insight, and experience to save you time, money and frustration.” – Colette Carlson, professional speaker and author

Learn how to create and maintain your dream sales team:

BUSINESS OWNERS • Learn what to look for in a sales manager and  sales team.

MANAGERS • Learn how to motivate your salespeople and train them properly.

SALESPEOPLE • Learn tips, tricks, and best practices of top sales performers.

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Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2011   Time: 5:30pm – 7:30pm

click on the above link for more info,directions & registration

{ The go! Getter Seriesare educational events we host to bring together the best and brightest talent of St Louis to engage, learn, and meet other serious go! getters.We host 2 different go! Getter Series events every month with 2 main focuses:

1) Small business owners, Entrepreneurs, independent professionals, and sales reps.  These events are centered around ways to further develop yourself professionally, and learn some tips & tricks to improve your business.

2) Graphic designers, web developers, artists, and all other types of creatives.  These events provide an opportunity to learn new, exciting things, provide professional development, and meet lots of other smart, creative people in the area.  }