Jeff Resnick’s 30-years as a Marketing Business Owner in the national arena afford him the wisdom to understand the Big Picture, and the myriad hands-on skills to implement the Big Picture Vision on a day-to-day basis. Jeff founded a Music Production and Publishing company that grew to become a nationally syndicated Advertising-Marketing-Production agency. His specialty: Increasing market share for business owners, either single-store and local, or those who had banded together for their common good under the banners of their company stores, national franchise companies, co-operative buying groups, manufacturers, and trade associations. He has worked with a wide variety of local, regional and national organizations:
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•CCA Global Partners
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(Carpet One, Flooring America, Stone Mountain Carpet Outlets, and America's Carpet Gallery)
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•Maxim Group (Carpetmax, Rugmax, and Admax)
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•Floors To Go (a division of Abbey Carpets)
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•Kincaid Furniture (a La-Z-Boy Industries company)
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•NADA (National Automobile Dealers Association)
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•TVB (Television Bureau of Advertising)
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•WFCA (World Floor Coverings Association)
Jeff’s skills include:
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•National TV and Radio voice-over artist.
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•Successful operation of in-house video post-production suites, multi-track audio studios, graphic arts studio, and computer-assisted media planning
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and buying department.
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•Successful media negotiations in virtually every United States media market.
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•Recruit, train, and lead a team of full-time employees, and direct the activities of independent contractors on a project basis.
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•Conceptualize, plan, develop, produce, implement and manage all variety of national, regional and local advertising campaigns and marketing programs in virtually every United States media market (and a few in Canada, too!).
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•Instrumental in the successful start-up of a national franchise company, directing its in-house advertising agency and participating in franchise sales.
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•Deliver educational advertising seminars and workshops to 10,000+ business owners and managers at their national trade shows, conventions, and buying markets. (More than a few TV, radio and newspaper executives have been known to sneak in, uninvited!).
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•Syndicated (licensed) his award-winning advertising campaigns to 1,500+ businesses nationally, primarily in the automotive, floor coverings, and home furnishings industries.
After selling his company, Jeff moved to Williamsburg, Virginia, and was recruited as a Professor of Advertising at West Virginia University, where he taught:
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•Advertising Copywriting and Design
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•Introduction to Advertising & Promotion
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•IMC (Integrated Marketing Communications)
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•Advertising Campaigns
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•Introduction to the Electronic Media
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•Beginning Journalistic Writing
His highly acclaimed non-fiction book, Secrets: Unlocking the Mysteries of Successful Advertising, has become "required reading" for business owners, media professionals, and communications students nationwide. He remains an active Advertising/Marketing Consultant.
