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Freelance Research & Event Logistics Associate
Position This is an independent contractor position. This position is responsible for completing ongoing business tradeshow research and events logistics projects potentially across several clients. The ideal person is a detail-oriented, curious, and forward-thinking team player with the ability to turn event, market, and competitor data into insightful strategy maps.
Are Your Leadership Team and Key Personnel Ready?
Today we’re here to tackle another question about the successful expansion of your business to the U.S. Are your leadership team and key personnel ready for your U.S. expansion? This issue is another significant potential pothole in your U.S. expansion journey. Get it wrong and you’ll have greater turnover, internal
Why Are You Expanding Internationally?
One place where internationalizing companies get tripped up is not being clear about the purpose of the international expansion. If you can’t answer or don’t have an answer to the question, “why are you expanding internationally?” then it’s probably something you need to step back and answer. Think about all
5 Reasons You Need to Start Carrying Business Cards Today!
As we all re-enter going to trade shows and events post-COVID, we’re seeing an incredible number of people, as many as 80%, no longer carrying business cards. By not sharing business cards, trade show participants are significantly limiting their ability to make valuable connections and losing lots of opportunities. If
The 5 Rules of U.S. Trade Show Follow-Up
Do you want to stand out? Do you want to begin building credibility and trust? Do you want to convert your trade show participation into new revenue? If you answered YES to any of these, then you need to master follow-up in the U.S. Failure to have meaningful and timely
SelectUSA Pro Tips – Part 3 of 3
There are a little over 2-weeks to go until SelectUSA 2022 and the last elements of your preparation should be coming together. As some have described it, this is the “World Cup” for U.S. market entry. Hundreds of support resources from the federal government, every state, many regions, business investors,
SelectUSA Pro Tips – Part 2 of 3
There is only 1-month to go until SelectUSA 2022 and it’s not too soon to start your preparation. As some have described it, this is the “World Cup” for U.S. market entry. Hundreds of support resources from the federal government, every state, many regions, business investors, and service providers will
SelectUSA Pro Tips – Part 1 of 3
There are only 2-months to go until SelectUSA 2022 and it’s not too soon to start your preparation. As some have described it, this is the “World Cup” for U.S. market entry. Hundreds of support resources from the federal government, every state, many regions, business investors, and service providers will
SelectUSA 2022 Preparation: A Visit with John Bourdeaux, AdvanceCT
Link to podcast found HERE Transcript to podcast found below: Bill : Hi and welcome to the belly to belly podcast and today our focus is the preparation for select USA 2022 And we’re joined by are with John Bordeaux from advanced CT. Hey, welcome John. John : Thank you
SelectUSA 2022 Preparation: A Visit with Jason Hunt Pennsylvania DECD
Link to podcast found HERE Transcript to podcast found below: Bill : Hi and welcome to the next episode of belly to belly and today we’re focused on preparation for select USA 2022. And we’re joined by an from a wonderful friend, Jason hunt from the state of Pennsylvania. He’s
SelectUSA 2022 Preparation: A Visit with Katy Sinnott from Wisconsin Economic Development Corp
Link to podcast found HERE Transcript to podcast found below: Bill : Hi and welcome to the next episode of belly to belly. And today we’re going to talk more about how to prepare best for select USA 2022. And we’re joined by one of our great friends from the
SelectUSA 2022 Preparation: A Visit with Alina Harastasanu from JobsOhio
Link to podcast found HERE Transcript to podcast found below: Bill : Hi, and welcome to the next episode of belly to belly. And today we’re going to be talking about how to best prepare for select the USA. coming up in June and in Washington DC and we’re joined
SelectUSA 2022 Preparation A Visit with Stephen Cheung, Los Angeles County EDC and WTC Los Angeles
Link to podcast found HERE Transcript to podcast found below: Bill : Hi, and welcome to the next episode of belly to belly and today we’re going to talk about preparing for select USA. And we’re joined by Stephen Cheung from the LA Economic Development Corporation. So welcome Steven. Steven
SelectUSA 2022 Preparation: A Visit with Ryan Combs, Research Triangle Regional Partnership
Link to podcast found HERE Transcript to podcast found below: Bill : Hi and welcome to belly to belly and today we are going to talk about Select USA 2022 preparation, and we’re joined by Ryan Coombs from the Research Triangle Regional Partnership, which is a mouthful. Ryan, welcome. How
SelectUSA 2022 Preparation: A Visit with Jessica Reynolds, Maryland Department of Commerce
Link to podcast found HERE Transcript to podcast found below: Bill : Hi and welcome to the next episode of belly2belly and today we’re again talking about Select USA preparation. There’s just so much to do and a lot of excitement is building for this event this year and today,
SelectUSA 2022 Preparation, a Visit with Emily Smith, American Electric Power
Link to podcast found HERE Transcript to podcast found below: Bill : Hi, and welcome to belly to belly. And today we’re continuing in our series to help prepare you for select USA. We’re also welcoming on board, Emily Smith from American Electric Power. Hi Emily. And so it’s really
SelectUSA 2022 Preparation, a Visit with Kirthi Mani, CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen LLP)
Link to podcast found HERE Transcript to podcast found below: Bill : Well Hi and welcome to the next episode of belly to belly and today we’re going to be talking about Select USA and preparations kind of our next in the installment of how to get ready and ramped
SelectUSA 2022 Preparation with Dave Roccio from Lando Anastasi
Link to podcast found HERE Transcript to podcast found below: Bill : Hi and welcome to belly to belly and we’re here with just a kind of a fun installment around the Select USA event, which will be happening in June in the US and it’s a great event for
Mastering Virtual Meetings with Melanie Fox, Founder, Speech Fox
Link to podcast found HERE Transcript to podcast found below: Bill : Hi and good morning Bill Kenny here from meet and this is the belly2belly podcast today we have a fantastic guest, Melanie Fox from Speech Fox, and Melanie, welcome today. Melanie : Thank you so much. Good morning.
Trade Show Exhibitor Preparation with Joel Roy, Creative Dimensions
Link to Podcast Available HERE Transcript to podcast found below: Bill : Hi and welcome to the next episode of belly2belly Bill Kenny here and today we have a really cool topic and it’s all about trade show exhibitor preparation, and I’m joined by Joel Roy from Creative Dimensions. Hi,
Internationalization Strategy: The Difference between Nimble and Random
Link to podcast found HERE Podcast transcript found below: Bill : Hey, and welcome to the belly to belly podcast. In this episode I’m really looking forward to this is a topic that we see quite a bit. And it’s all around the difference between being nimble and random and
A Conversation with Marketing Guru, David Berkowitz, Serial Marketer
Podcast link available HERE. Podcast Transcript below: Bill : Hey and welcome to the belly2belly podcast. This is the podcast that’s focused on Confessions of an in person marketer. So, today it’s a real privilege to welcome David Berkowitz from serial marketer. Welcome David. David : So much. Great to
Marketing: How to Move the Needle with Cindy Zuelsdorf
Link to podcast: HERE Podcast Transcript below: Bill : Hi everybody and welcome to the next episode of belly2belly. And we’re just totally excited today to have Cindy Zuelsdorf. I’m sorry, I said that wrong. Cindy Zuelsdorf with us today from Kokoro Marketing and it’s really great to have you
Responding to YES or NO Questions
Link to Podcast: HERE Transcript found below: Bill : Hi and welcome to the next episode of belly to belly. And we’re here today with Lanie Denslow from Worldwise Inter Cultural Training and Communication and it’s just great to have you here Lanie and welcome today. Lanie : Thank you.
5 Keys for Trade Show Success This Fall
Link to Video: HERE Podcast Transcript below: Bill : Hi there Bill Kenny here with MEET and it’s great to see you today. Welcome. Our topic today is five keys for trade show success this fall. And you know, certainly the last 18 months have been crazy and trade shows.
Myth vs Reality for Life Sciences Companies Entering the US Market with Mark Lesselroth, BioPort USA
Link to video HERE Podcast Transcript Bill : Hi and welcome to the next episode of Belly to Belly. It is great to have you here with us today. So today we’re actually going to spend a little bit of time in the life sciences space and we’re joined by
Ready for SelectUSA? Crush this 12-Step Checklist to Make Sure
SelectUSA is an unrivaled opportunity for international firms looking to scale to the U.S. market, making the event uniquely high stakes for economic development organizations, investors, service providers and the high volumes of mature companies in attendance. At MEET, we like to say that effective preparation is 90% of winning
