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Key business responsibilities

•Strategic planning and leadership: Takes organizations to the next level, leading expansion to new vistas, growing existing client base, or leading major change initiatives and new product launches. An eye for recruiting top talent, mentoring careers and staff development.

•High powered, enterprising sales champion: Sales career characterized by exceeding goals year over year, shattering territory records and winning awards. Brings an owner’s interest to each opportunity, with ten years’ experience running own silver wholesaling business.

•Sales training guru: Employs an “in-the-trenches”, one-on-one mentoring approach. Works with reps individually or in groups to blend their existing strong points with suggested best practices. Experience writing and producing detailed sales training manuals and creating meaningful, interactive training programs resulting in a fresh infusion of enthusiasm and production.

•Branding and marketing-savvy: Develops dynamic company trade show booths and organizes corporate operations for trade shows, corporate sales kickoffs, promotions and award events. Creation of brochures, ads, web and email campaigns, sales/ marketing/ competitive analysis, collateral and sales presentations. Understands how to navigate complex client blends and gear messaging for maximum effectiveness to one or more audiences. Creates and implements innovative approaches enabling cross channel marketing or Ecommerce revenue. Establishes lucrative marketing partnerships.

•Charismatic, magnetic communicator: A natural, unobtrusive ability to inspire and persuade. Conveys genuine enthusiasm for a product or service that translates equally over phone lines or in person. Track record for transforming simple interactions into formidable sales pipelines. Veteran of impactful presentations to clients, employees, executive management and CEOs. Astute in current HR management practices, laws, rules, regulations and guidelines.

Style of current company

Start up

Your company's core business interest(s)

Leadership/ Staff Development, Business Development, Marketing Strategies, Social Networking Expertise

Which industries do you work in now?

• Organizational Development
• Branding/Trade Shows/Job Fairs
• Training/Evaluation
• Social Networking

Online profile/Homepage

http://www.linkedin.com/in/vickibassdebinion

Your core business skills

Staff Development, Training/Evaluation, Recruitment/ Hiring, Personnel Management, Leadership/ Mentoring, Relationship Building, Mediation/Negotiation, Building Sales Pipelines, Business Development, Strategic Planning, Partner/ Vendor Relationships, Competitive Analysis, Needs Assessment, Product Launches, Revenue Growth, Marketing Strategies, Sales Engagement, Key Account Management, Organizational Development, HR principals and applications, Social Networking.

Example of best career or business achievement

•2007 SD Business Journal- Ranked #21 Fastest Growing Private Companies
•2007 SD Regional Chamber Award finalist- Outstanding Emerging Business of the Year Small Business
•2007 Doubling distribution from 450,000 and 11 editions to 910,000 and 20 editions, and more than doubling revenue (2006-2007) from $3,346,074 to $6,604,198
•2006 Number one team ranking in company-wide contest for new account growth, surpassing eight other teams. Exceeded #2 ranked team’s numbers by 30%.
•President’s Club winner in 2002 & 2001, representing top 5% in sales for entire company.
•More than tripling annual sales, from $195,000 to over $650,000, with less than 1% adjustments.
•Breaking 16 Territory Records and receiving Special Recognition Award for first year’s performance

Current job title

Entrepreneurial Business Owner

Which online communities do you actively participate in?

LinkedIn, FaceBook, Plaxo, ECademy, Perfect Networker, Ning, Xing, ZoomInfo, Konnects, Internations, Namyz, Twitter

How did you hear of Future Career Network? Email, invite, search engine etc

email invitation

How do you normally plan for your next career step? Or don't you!

I am a visionary leader and put thoughtful planning and experience behind my business decisions.

I have 32 yrs sales and sales management experience, including 10+ yrs as an entrepreneurial business owner.

How long do you tend to stay with a company. Is there a reason why you move on?

Shortest term: 1 1/2 yrs, longest term 17 yrs- 6 companies in 32 yrs. Move only for personal and professional growth opportunity, if none exists in present company.

What are you looking for in a executive career online community? We are always open minded to add features...

Friendships- locally, nationally and globally, Sharing of best practices, mentoring, thought provoking conversations and sharing of practical advice