Kendra Ramirez, CEO/Founder of Sales Konnect, is able to teach and consult directly from over a decade of experience in networking, sales, recruiting and business improvement. Since 2005, Kendra has shown businesses how to utilize these networking tools to shorten sales cycle, find passive candidates and extend their marketing plans. Kendra is also one of […]
SummitUp Preview Podcast – Kendra Ramirez
SummitUp Podcast Preview – David Esrati

Called the über blogger by the Dayton Daily News, David Esrati leads The Next Wave, a forward thinking advertising agency that has been on the leading edge of utilizing open source content managers for web development. He has been a keynote speaker at national conferences talking about organic SEO/SEM, community building online and the future […]
SummitUp Preview Podcast – Brian LeCount

Brian LeCount is Associate Director of Strategic Planning at Bridge Worldwide – a WPP interactive and relationship marketing agency in Cincinnati, Ohio. Prior to joining Bridge, Brian founded R.O.Why! Marketing, a results-focused marketing communications firm, and previously spent 8 years serving on the client side in marketing leadership roles in healthcare, technology consulting, software and […]
SummitUp Preview Podcast – Jennifer McClure

Jennifer McClure is an Executive Recruiter, Executive Coach and “Talent Geek”. Translation? A Consultant, Advisor and Partner to businesses and business leaders in the areas of attracting, recruiting, developing and retaining Talent in their organizations. She is the Founder/Group Manager of LinkedCincinnati – a networking group of over 10,000 professionals who understand the value of […]
SummitUp Preview Podcast – Steve Phillips

As principal and owner of Purple Trout, LLC Steve Phillips literally lives, eats, breathes and, yes, sleeps Search Engine Optimization (SEO). His passion for SEO is evident in his daily client work; desire to educate clients on the art and science of SEO and his dedication to producing higher rankings in search engines for each and every […]
SummitUp

For my birthday this year, I am getting something really cool – a social media conference right here in Dayton. “Yea, Just what I always wanted, a conference!” No, the conference was not put on for that reason, but it is a nice coincidence. The event is called SummitUp, it will take place on October […]
4 Way Test for Better Blogging
Yesterday, I was given the distinct privilege of speaking to the Dayton Rotary on the topic of blogging. I was joined by emcee Alan Pippenger, who put the program together, and bloggers David Esrati, and Bill Pote. As a member of the organization, I was particularly thrilled to be able to address my fellow Rotarians […]
Voices: Episode 2 – David Esrati
The name of the podcast is Voices, and frankly there are not many people I know more vocal than David Esrati. David, never at a loss for words, sat down to speak with me about what makes Dayton great, the role of the city in the broader region, his run for congress, the impact of […]