Cheri Ruskus Business Victories: Mastering the Moment Cheri Ruskus, entrepreneur, author and business coach has experienced the full spectrum of the business world from working in a hamburger joint as a teenager to the full corporate job, from owning a successful business to watching her efforts crumble into bankruptcy. These experiences, combined with her never-ending dedication to learn from her experiences and mistakes has propelled Cheri into realizing her entrepreneurial goals through her company Business Victories, the creation of her Victory Circles and the penning of her books and Victory Letters. Cheri is very honest as she speaks about her journey to creating Business Victories. It is a quality that pervades her website, her books and her letters. She speaks about her children, her husband, the loss of her mother and the everyday occurrences of life. She also openly admits that post 9-11 she dropped the ball in her business. As she sought to find her way again she discovered Thomas Leonard, author of The Portable Coach: 28 Sure Fire Strategies for Business and Personal Success and leader in the development of the personal coaching industry. Cheri went on to pursue her own certification in coaching through Leonard’s program CoachU. While completing her certification, she finalized her bankruptcy; a seeming paradox, it was in her opinion the completion of her training. Allowing her to speak from experience to tell her clients, “I lost it all. I didn’t die. The worst thing that can happen is that you will lose your money. You won’t die. You will carry on.” This frankness not only helps her clients to trust her, but also allows them the freedom to admit their own failings and fears as they seek to own and operate their own business. Ruskus points out that because entrepreneurs are born with the ‘entrepreneurial spirit,’ they are not necessarily born with the knowledge and experience necessary to effectively run a business. Very often these skills must be learned and encouraged. To help develop skills within her clients, Ruskus spent six years exploring the work of Napoleon Hill’s Law of Success, written in the 1920’s and based around conversations held between the great minds of the time, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, Alexander Graham Bell, and others who had created their own Mastermind Group in which they discussed the challenges facing America and their own entrepreneurial ideas. From his work, Cheri developed a curriculum, which focuses on 11 of Hill’s 17 original principals, with an additional principal added by Cheri. Each month Cheri focuses on one principle in her weekly Victory Letters, encouraging the women and men in their Victory Circles to master the concept. These same principles are the focus of her most recent book, Victory One Moment at a Time: Unlocking the Power of the Master Mind. This book was the culmination of her work on Hill’s principles. It held an added personal note of being edited the summer after the death of her mother, who had previously edited and worked closely with Cheri in the formulation of her ideas. As publication loomed and Cheri struggled to title her work, finally settling on ‘one moment at a time,’ when a poem written by her mother emerged from her papers beginning with the line, “Do not take this moment lightly for it is the most important moment of your life – it is all there is of the present. Live it to the fullest for it will never come again.” Upon reading these words, Cheri, felt her mother’s presence and approval, whispered to her just when she needed to hear it. Today, true to herself, her vision of herself and her pursuit her own definite chief aim, Cheri is living as her mother had hoped - in this moment, a great moment, lived fully and completely, all the while inspiring others to do the same through Business Victories. Watch Cheri’s Story here www.Qittle.com/cheri-ruskus/
Fundamental Financial Academy: A Vision for a Secure Future From the front porch of her childhood home in a small Texas town Holly Novak looked out into the world and saw opportunity. She saw it in her father, who ran three franchise businesses in three different Texas towns. She saw it in her mother who worked as a real estate agent, investor and broker. But most of all she saw it in herself. It was this vision that pushed Holly into seeking a degree in International Business from Colorado University with a minor in Japanese and ultimately into creating the Fundamental Finance Academy. While Holly was on the fast track to a successful career, she saw many of her friends and colleagues struggling with the consequences of poor financial decisions in college and immediately out of high school. She could see that many young people lacked a solid understanding of how the financial world worked, the effects of poor credit scores and the dangers of debt. Fundamental Finance Academy sprang from Holly’s desire to help young people more clearly understand good financial practices. She approached the Rotary Club in Boulder, Colorado with the idea of volunteering her time to help build financial literacy in high school students. Club members were so impressed not only with the idea, but Holly’s execution of the idea that they awarded her Rotarian of the Year in 2007/2008. When she initially began her work within the schools in Boulder and nearby Erie, she was met with such an astounding outpouring of support from the community and requests from professional adults asking for help for themselves in managing their money that she expanded her services to include financial counseling and workshops for adults, young adults and teenagers. In 2008, as the economy crumbled, Holly took a step back from her work with financial counseling. With the level of uncertainty surrounding the world of finance, she felt unqualified to offer advice. However, requests continued to pour in for advice, assistance and guidance. Holly responded by continuing her services and offering workshops, while still maintaining jobs in marketing, real estate and high end executive rentals as well as operating her other business ventures and working as an Arbonne representative. Fundamental Financial Academy remained her favored project, and at last in March of 2013, Holly was able to quit her fulltime job and work at Fundamental Financial Academy as her primary occupation. Surrounded by her loving dogs, Maggie and Rocky, Holly works with individuals and in groups to help people understand the fundamentals of a living within a budget, saving money and to make the most of their income. Likewise she offers businesses the opportunity to bring her into their workplace to guide employees in firm financial management and planning. At the end of the day Holly understands that money is deeply personal. The way people spend their money speaks volumes about an individual. Despite this, Holly is quick to assure her clients or potential clients, there is no judgment in the Fundamental Financial Academy. As Holly tirelessly pursues her vision for a financially secure future for her clients, she is helping them rise above the daily grind - to use their money to work for them, not the other way around.
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The Modern Day Wild Man in The Wild Gym In Medieval Europe the connection between Man and Nature was tangible. Art and Literature from this time reflects that Nature and its characters were dynamic personalities within the context of every day society. The wodewose, or wild man, is one example of the Nature Characters with whom Europeans used to connect and personify Nature. A benevolent character, the wodewose was a strong, independent man who lived within Nature, subsisting off of the Goodness of Nature. In his encounters with Common Man he symbolized and sustained the ‘wilderness’ within Mankind. In the centuries since this connection has faded, as Man has increasingly eradicated Nature and the Natural from his everyday life in Western Culture. However deep within the cultures of Africa this connection and legendary figure have survived. Entrepreneur and co-founder of The Wild Gym, David Hunt, while serving with the Peace Corps in Ethiopia stumbled upon this legend and found the concept of the Wild Man resonated deeply with himself and his business partner and co-founder Dan Vinson. Friends and roommates at Georgetown University, Dan and Dave have for years shared their mutually deep dedication to Nature, serving as a Wilderness Ranger in the Sequoia National Forest, a volunteer firefighter and in the Peace Corps. Independently, Dan and Dave both built or discovered means of exercise that did not include the state-of-the-art gym, but rather resources from Nature or recycled items from within society. Dan built his own gym in the woods of Sequoia National Forest using logs, rocks and tree branches to train for the Georgetown Lacrosse team. Dave had a similar experience in Africa when by chance he stumbled upon a gym made up of old car parts and scrap metal from old buildings. Both men found these ‘gyms’ to have helped them to be in far better shape than either had ever been up to that point. For years, in their spare time these two men sought adventure both together and separately in the great Outdoors trying to experience as much of Nature as possible, including hiking Mt. Kilimanjaro together in 2009. On this trip, as they shared their experiences and enthusiasm for Nature, the idea of using their personal experiences to help reconnect modern, Western Man to back to Nature and fitness emerged, creating Wild Man LLC. In the years since, Dan and Dave have refined their ideas, continued to build on their personal experiences both in Nature and in fitness, waiting for the perfect conditions to emerge. At last David saw poorly designed exercise equipment in a local park in Fort Collins, Colorado, where he was finishing his MBA at Colorado State University. This equipment, hardly used and outdated served as a catalyst through which The Wild Man idea culminated into an outdoor gym where anyone and everyone could exercise easily, safely and effectively - the Wild Man way. Drawing on their own experiences designing and using outdoor and unconventional materials for exercise, this outdoor gym will reconnect modern Man with Nature and uncover a healthier, happier versions of him self. Their ideas have won them support and prize money to help get their company off the ground. At last, in the summer of 2013 in the same park that inspired Dave, the very first The Wild Man Gym will be realized. The community is so enthused about The Wild Man Gym concept they are clamoring for more in neighborhoods throughout Fort Collins. Dan, Dave and their company are proof positive that the spirit of the wodewose is alive and well, continuing to connect Man with Nature, drawing him back to revitalize, rejuvenate and strengthen him.
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Smith Co. Electric Specializing in Excellence On any given day one might wander into Smith Co. Electric to find Dave Smith, his dog Bobo, his two-year old son, Kyle and his father working, playing and living within Smith Co. Electric, the business Dave’s father founded back when Dave was a child. Smith Co. Electric is in the heart of Greeley, Colorado, located on the edge of the Great Plains, deep within the agricultural region of the state. The Smith family has a long history in Greeley, Colorado; Dave’s great grandparents came to Greeley in the late 1930’s and established deep roots within the community. So deep, in fact today the very building that houses Smith Co. Electric was once the depot in which his great grandmother sorted beans from the nearby farms to be shipped from the Bread Basket of America by railway cars to the far corners of America. In this part of the country agriculture and industry touch every aspect of life and are integral to every business. While Smith Co. Electric focuses on supplying new parts and replacement pieces for alternators and starters on all vehicles, from old cars and to trains, they specialize in farming and industrial equipment. Typically when one thinks of agricultural areas rolling fields, barns and tractors come to mind. However behind these picturesque images is the tough reality of running a farm, the cutting of the hard earth, planting row upon row of seeds, and harvesting late into the night before the first frost of the season. The machinery used to run these farms, industries and ranches is the backbone of the farm. When something electrical goes awry in the engines of these huge machines Smith Co. Electric has the knowledge and capability to identify, order or ship from their on-hand stock within one business day. Smith Co. Electric enables these industries to repair their own equipment simply by ordering new parts and replacing them on their own, sometimes with the advice and input from Dave over the phone, via the web or just down the street. Dave has learned from his father’s knee the ins and outs of machines that date back decades and has managed to keep up on new machines entering the market as well. The number of these parts runs into the hundreds of thousands, not including the parts Dave manufactures or fixes by hand. Smith Co. Electric began as a local company servicing Eastern Colorado for an entire generation, however as the global market has expanded the reach of agriculture as well as industry, Dave has expanded his services to cover the entire planet. It is not at all uncommon for farmers, industry workers or car enthusiasts continents away to reach out to Dave via the web to identify and order a new part for their machinery. It is the willingness of the Smith family to specialize in the alternator and starter of these machines that allows them to specifically serve these customers in their specific needs. Dave is proud to continue on the path his father forged. He acknowledges that the depth and breadth of his relationship with suppliers, vendors, farmers and industry owners gives him greater knowledge and better access to parts in turn helping him to build strong relationships with his customers into the future. Dave doesn’t pretend to know the future for his company or his family. However he believes in the values his great grandparents brought to Greeley and passed down to him through the generations, to invest in his community and to specialize in excellence day-in and day-out. Watch Dave’s Story here www.Qittle.com/dave-smith-and-smith-co-electric/
Chalice Springfield on The Juicy Life Upon entering Chalice Springfield’s office at Sears Real Estate in Greeley, Colorado, where Chalice serves as CEO, her colorful personality immediately jumps out at you. Literally, the unusual office decor such as a magic wand, several stuffed Kermit the Frogs, vision boards, commitment boards and soon she hopes a crystal ball so she can more accurately predict the future of the real estate market for her agents and their clients, not only communicate her numerous philosophies in life, but they also lighten the mood. In fact, if you are too glum or too overwhelmed with life – watch out for the flying bricks! Chalice has them, and she is not afraid to use them! After familiarizing guests with her office, Chalice goes on to introduce the people in her life who have mentored her, molded her and prepared her to be a successful businesswoman and person. First and foremost on her list is her very first boss at Sears Real Estate, Joe Whisenand who took Chalice on in the mailroom at Sears while she was a student at UNC. Although Chalice had no intention of pursuing realty at that time, Joe paid for her to go to school and earn her realty license, simply to broaden her horizons and to educate her. Little did Joe know at that time, he had lit a fire in Chalice. Within just three years, Chalice was an owner in the agency and well on her way to a long career in realty. Joe’s philosophy in life to ‘Find the Humanity’ in every situation has been a guiding theme in Chalice’s life. Because real estate is so deeply personal, and people become so emotionally invested, Chalice has, throughout her long years in the business, remembered the humanity in her clients and her agents. It has helped her to resolve conflict, to find solutions and to understand people’s perspectives on a situation. Ray Kroc, CEO of McDonald’s has also been a role model for Chalice. His famous quote, “When you’re green, you’re growing. When you’re ripe, you rot” has become another mantra of Chalice’s. As a result, rather than simply follow the straight line through realty, Chalice left Sears Real Estate and went on to work in a title company to grow in her knowledge of property sales. After learning the ins and outs of title writing, Chalice returned to selling real estate with a partner. Once again, to continue her growth, Chalice left realty and worked in a mortgage company. Just seven years ago Chalice returned to her old stomping grounds of Sears Realty, where she does not sell property, today she supports and oversees the forty agents and other employees within the agency in their work selling and buying property. As the CEO of Sears, Chalice is certainly not ripe; she continues to be green and growing. To ensure herself of this fact, she depends on yet another influential individual in her life, Mr. Kermit the Frog. Indeed, he is not only physically green, but he embraces her perspective on humanity perfectly in his famous quote, I’ve got a dream too, but it’s about singing and dancing and making people happy. That’s the kind of dream that gets better the more people you share it with.” Kermit’s perpetual optimism is contagious, and Chalice works hard to spread it throughout her office and company, but also in the greater world. Married eighteen years and the proud and loving mama to three cats, Chalice and her husband are thrilled to call Greeley their home. With a larger perspective than simply their own backyard, Chalice works hard to impart the wisdom of Kermit the Frog in her various volunteer activities, support organizations and coaching opportunities. Chalice believes opportunity is everywhere, awaiting the brush of a magic wand, the touch of Kermit’s feet or simply a different perspective. At the end of our conversation she imparts one last bit of advice; “Live Juicy! Let’s make life more like biting into a ripe, juicy peach. Let it drip down your chin; get it all over the place. A happy life is a juicy life. Don’t be afraid to get sticky!”
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Amy Ortiz has a motto: to dance & to make a difference You can find her living by that motto four to five days a week in the Zumba classes she teaches, where she connects with other women (and the occasional man) blows off steam and finds balance in her life. She can also be found dancing her way through the day at the Greeley Public Library where she works part time as a librarian in the children’s section. Amy is not your mother’s librarian. Instead she is leading Moving to Music classes with families, stimulating brain growth through movement. She is dancing her heart out in the Hip Hop Madness classes at the library for teens, getting them excited about books, music and wellness all at once. The mother of two boys and a happy wife, Amy can be seen dancing her way through her sons’ various sporting events, helping them with school, supporting them, loving them and role modeling for them. Amy is dancing for hunger, she is dancing for shoes for the needy in Mexico, she is, quite literally, dancing to give back to her community in any way she can for the many blessings she has been given. Because Amy knows she lives a charmed life. Well-loved and guided by her parents, Amy thrived in school and sports. Blessed with the love of her life, her husband and soul mate, Amy has known the happiness of a solid family life. Established in her community, born and raised in Greeley, Colorado, Amy knows the depth and breadth good friends and strong connections make in life. Acknowledging these gifts and accepting the responsibility therein, Amy seeks to pay it forward to those less fortunate than she. Her sons, Alyus and River are a daily inspiration to be a role model within the community, with them in mind; Amy dances to make a difference. However, seven years ago Amy wasn’t quite sure what to do with herself. A young mother of two small children, at home, without friends or companionship, Amy felt depressed, lost and alone. A friend suggested she try Zumba through a low-cost gym. Amy and her mother tried it out, and Amy, who had never danced before, found herself filled with youth and joy, thrilled to meet other women, to bond and to better herself. Through the years she improved her moves and found encouragement from the various instructors she encountered. Eventually, Amy sought her license and has pursued Zumba as more than a way to be healthy, but a lifestyle. Through Zumba, Amy built her confidence; she began to see herself as more than just a mom, but rather as an individual, as Amy. The Amy who bench-pressed with her father in high school. The Amy who tried out for volleyball without having any idea how to play that sport. The Amy who graduated college. The Amy she wanted to share with her children, her family and her community. Amy is not the kind of woman to want it all. Rather, she wants a little bit of everything with enough left over to share. She wants balance for herself and for women and families everywhere. She wants to make a difference. But most of all, Amy wants to dance.
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The Many Hats of Michele Reynolds Like yesterday, Michele Reynolds remembers sitting at the kitchen table in her Colorado apartment staring at the utility bill, wondering how she could possibly pay it with her $8 an hour job, not to mention provide a life for her two small children. Feeling powerless was not a position with which Michele was particularly familiar. As a former marine and woman who had always been very much in control of her life, finding herself suddenly a single parent with a low-paying job, without support or the necessary education to improve her situation was an all time low in her life. It was in this moment that Michele made the decision to change her life. She threw herself into this mission as any good marine would – with her whole self. Michele applied at a temp agency and within 6 months was the boss. Meanwhile she began her first company, Colorado Resume Company, writing resumes for those seeking jobs. She was also enrolled in classes in Lakewood several evenings a week and all day Saturday to earn the education she promised herself. Never once in this time did Michele stop parenting her children, they were her top priority. They were her reason to wake up, her reason to work so hard. After twelve years of working tirelessly to achieve her goals, her body was unable to keep the pace of her life. Michele found herself suddenly quite ill, diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and a blood clot, she was again forced to re-examine her life and re-prioritize. She decided to piece her many skills together in order to continue providing for her family while still preserving her health. And so it was that Michele’s company The Diva Connection came to be. Michele built upon her first business of resume writing, and added three more businesses, Virtual assistants to allow busy companies to contract work to individuals working from home, Random Acts of Cards, a business dedicated to helping people truly reconnect with others and her newest business, Connection Directories, a directory of businesses by town with personal recommendations. A quick glance at the many services Michele’s companies offer gives an idea of how incredibly diverse Michele is as a person. Not one to toot her own horn, Michele insists that her ability to delegate responsibility is the secret to her success. She is reminded of her years in the military where she learned to work as a team to accomplish goals, where the individual was empowered by the effort of the entire group. Today Michele directs ten independent contractors to achieve the many, diverse goals of her companies. Michele may be the most joy-filled woman one could meet. She celebrates her life openly and enthusiastically. She has sacrificed for many years to achieve the life she is able to live today. The mother of two more beautiful children, a happy wife and successful businesswoman, she is quick to say that her highest calling has been Motherhood. She encourages and empowers other women to be home with their children through her companies, because Motherhood is the highest rank.
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Armando Silva ~ In Full Color “Artist” There is a special breed of people who notice green in a red rose, or capture the touches of blue along the rind of a ripe orange that most of us never see. To encounter one of these people is a rare and remarkable treat for most of the population. But for the people of Greeley, Colorado it is an everyday occurrence. Not only does Armando Silva live and work in this Northern Colorado town, he dances, advocates, works, dreams and paints like mad all over town. His murals adorn the University of Northern Colorado walls, his dance routines can be learned at the local dance school, The Dance Factory or the Colorado Dance Collective, which he helped to establish, and his collective artistic vision is shared through the citywide ‘Greeley Unexpected Campaign.’ To find out what drives a man like Armando, it is essential to go back to Sombrerete, Zacatecas, Mexico in the late 1980’s when Armando was just a small child, where Armando’s parents made the difficult decision to leave their successful businesses, their home, their language and everything they knew to come to the United States for the benefit their children. Together they worked tirelessly to create the best life possible for their children. Their long hours of work led to stretches of time in which Armando and his sisters had to entertain themselves after school. Armando would spend this time watching Michael Jackson videos and drawing. He perfected the dance moves he saw on the television and rehearsed them over and over again anywhere and everywhere he could. As he grew older, he continued to turn to dance when life dealt its hard blows, like his parent’s divorce, his mother’s return to Mexico and the everyday trials every child faces. Dance became Armando’s safe place, his release and his passion. Dance also led Armando to his pursuit of art, although perhaps in an unconventional way. After high school Armando applied to, and was accepted to the University of Northern Colorado where he studied Business. However, his heart was never truly in it. During class he would mentally go through the latest dance routine he was learning. He would move his feet along the floor of the classroom practicing his routines while his business professors taught. For anyone who has ever seen Armando dance, it comes as no surprise that he quickly drew attention to himself. His professor kicked him out of class for being a disruption. Pursuing art had been on his mind for some time this incident finally gave him impetus to pursue it with all of his energy. He switched majors that day and graduated with his BA in Fine Arts in 2010. These days it’s hard to separate the dancer from the painter, because they seem to go hand-in-hand. He paints while he dances and he dances while he paints, his subjects seem to dance within the frames of their portraits, bursting forth with energy and life, telling their stories. As Armando seeks to capture the world around him on many canvases, his Art, his dance and his vivacious self are splashed upon the canvas of the world as a rare and true example life lived in full color.
Deanna Martinez ~ All In “Writer”
On my thirtieth birthday I stood backstage at Blue Man Group Las Vegas, watching my co-workers with envy. Because while I loved my job, and felt exceedingly fortunate to work with such incredibly talented people, I could see they were pursuing their dreams. They were, in the Las Vegas sense of the words, “all in.” The truth of the matter was, that while I had an interesting job, was a mother to three awesome children and a happy wife; I was not ‘all in.’ Because only in the shadows of the night could I admit that someday I wanted to be a writer. I pretended that I had no idea what I felt called to be. I hid behind labels and small jobs. I felt oddly confronted by the people brave enough to truly pursue their dreams in whatever capacity that was. At the age of thirty I was no closer to being a writer than I was at the age of eight, when I wrote my first book on pink construction paper with hearts on the cover for illustration. In fact, I had not really written since I had graduated from college and my children were born. As the drums beat in the background and blue men danced, I came face to face with my own personal failure. I went home that night, picked up toys scattered across my living room, sat down at the dark counter and told my husband for the very first time my dreams. Oddly enough, after eight years of marriage, he had already guessed this secret ambition and was ready and waiting with a suggestion to get me started – blog writing. A techie himself he introduced to me the world of blogs, helped me build my first one and then watched as I descended down the rabbit hole. I wrote a personal blog for three years as I homeschooled my children, writing primarily for myself and to practice. Encouraged by the following I acquired, I hatched a plan to work from home, while continuing to homeschool for a few years, gradually transitioning the children to school while building a resume. I began to sift through Craig’s List ads. Almost the first ad I responded to a company called Qittle. While I had never written professionally or for a marketing company, Casey McConnell, owner and CEO of Qittle took me under his wing, coached me gently and encouraged my writing to bloom. For almost three years I have worked with Qittle, while continuing to write the occasional feature piece for websites and blogs across the country on a variety of subjects. I found in Casey and in Qittle the first person who ever believed in me as more than just a mom, or a wild woman with a dream. I found someone who saw me the way I wanted to see myself, as a writer. Because of Qittle, it with great pride that I can now say out loud that I am a writer, and more importantly ~ I’m all in.
Casey McConnell “Interviewer” When Casey McConnell was a senior in high school he fell in love – the kind of love that lasts a lifetime. It began over a keyboard, while designing a local eye doctor’s website when something inside Casey clicked; he had for the very first time helped a company find its voice and tell its story. In hindsight Casey looks back on this moment almost like a first love – a road not taken. But in reality the love he uncovered in that moment followed him and crept up on him no matter where he was or what he did. It burst out of him while he studied engineering. It poured out as he worked at a fitness club and a bed and breakfast. Everywhere Casey has gone in the years since that moment he has sought out businessmen and women and listened to their stories. He has, in a variety of capacities, but primarily through marketing, tried to help companies communicate those stories to their customers in the most effective manner possible. At the end of the day Casey is in love with business. Your business, his business, and the restaurant that just served him a drink – he is hardwired to think business, to sell business and to grow business. However, unlike so many businessmen and women, Casey doesn’t love business for business’ sake. He loves business because business in and of itself is about relationships and people. In 2008 Casey finally achieved his ultimate goal of creating his own business, Qittle, with the specific goal of providing companies with the tools they need to reach their customers with their stories. Mobile marketing had just taken off, and Casey saw an opportunity to move the business conversation to the platform customers were embracing by the thousands – mobile phones. Of course like any good love story, just as he embraced his life calling and true love, the economy dropped out from underneath him. Undaunted, Casey and the Qittle Team pushed on, evolving, adapting, always with the end goal of building relationships, providing value and telling meaningful stories. In 2013, with mobile marketing rapidly evolving and the economy moving toward recovery, Casey has expanded Qittle’s storytelling capabilities and established a relationship with Constant Contact, a small business marketing company. This relationship has enabled Casey and Qittle to reach more businesses, to hear more stories and to help companies realize their story is at the heart of what they do, it is what compels them and ultimately everyone (especially customers) loves a good story. Today, when I sit across the table with Casey at a coffee place, watch him in a workshop or chat with him over the phone about Qittle and Qittle clients, he literally vibrates with passion. His face lights up. His eyes sparkle. His enthusiasm is contagious. He is, literally, a star-struck lover – in love with your company, your story and all the possibilities Qittle has to offer you. Every company, every person and every dream has a story; Casey and the Qittle Team want to know –
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Share your Story “Hi Casey, I received so much love and encouragement from your crew, my family, and friends since our interview. Thank you so much for sharing my story in a very unique and inspiring way. You are a wonderful man! I appreciate your love, vision, and passion for the community. You are doing BIG things. I believe in you…… THANK YOU!!” Amy Ortiz
“I had a really great time sharing my story with the Qittle team. Everyone was professional and did an outstanding job, whether it was Armando with his artwork, the film crew, or Casey guiding our conversation. I shared the video with my colleagues, family, and friends, and it has been a conversation starter with everyone who saw it. I shared the link to the video on my website so viewers can learn more about the “why” of my company and my mission, and I have received a lot of positive feedback from people saying they enjoyed watching the video and it gave them a clearer picture of what Fundamental Finance Academy provides. It was a great experience overall and I would recommend it. 5 stars!” Holly Novak
“Casey and the entire team at Qittle did a spectacular job of making me feel comfortable. They gave me an opportunity, not only to tell others about my business passion and what I want to accomplish for others, but they also helped me see myself in a whole new light. I recommend this experience to anyone who wants the opportunity to tell their story and make a difference in this world of ours. You and your business are in stellar hands with this group of dynamic people.” Carrie Coyne – All Things Volunteers, LLC
“One of the most fun and amazing (and out of the box “let’s get uncomfortable because we already know how to do status quo”) things I’ve done lately! Thanks to Casey McConnell of Qittle for inviting me to share my store and Armando Silva for painting my portrait! This is going in the 365 days of goodness jar for sure! I think the painting is juicy.” Chalice Springfield, CEO of Sears Real Estate
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