Mark Goeke - GMI

Marketing and Business Development Strategy

On paper, Mark has over 20 years of experience in sales, marketing, sponsorship, promotion, licensing, merchandising and advertising. In life, his naturally lucid ability to grasp underlying business requirements, then to map appropriate communications and business systems, appears deceptively easy.

But Mark’s track record speaks for itself, with numerous successes planning and implementing programs, events, media campaigns, promotions, direct marketing, Internet marketing, web/custom software development, and sales programs.

Mark created GMI in February of 2002, to help organizations of all sizes manage their “Marketing Spectrum”, and represents companies that mirror his background and excel in their categories.

Solutions Include:

• Initial Strategic Marketing Planning and Market Assessment, including analysis of target audiences to provide a predictable framework for allocating resources, structuring activities, and measuring ROI
  VALCORT - www.ctcreative.com
• Brand Positioning/Launch and Creative Consumer and Biz-to-Biz Campaigns
  TORQUE – www.torquelaunch.com
• Search engine oprimization services, custom Chicago web 2.0 design solutions, content management system integration, e-commerce, customer extranets, company intranets, technology agnostic custom software development, managed hosting services.
  HEADSTAND MEDIA – www.headstandmedia.com
• On-line training/video production
  CENTRAX – www.centrax.com
• Large Scale Event Planning and Production
  Chicago Scenic Studios – www.chicagoscenic.com

Proven Experience:

His experience with integrating teams and realizing business growth includes work at many prestigious organizations, including:

• Baxter International (National Stay-In-Touch Program for kidney treatment);
• Bell South (Work-At-Home Connections for building home office segment);
• AT&T (Tele-Tools for building relationships with RBOC’s),
• SBC/Ameritech (numerous programs for internal team building, Business to Consumer and Business to Business campaigns for Wireless Data, Cellular, Pay Phone Services, Training, and Wholesale divisions);
• Microsoft (feasibility assessment for new telco industry offering);
• Coors Brewing Co.(Sales/Management of national sponsorships and local market integration);
• Anheuser-Busch (Sales/Management of national sponsorships and local market integration);
• Coca- Cola USA (Sales/Management of local sponsorship and 3rd party promotions with 1,500 Coke retailers);
• Ford Motor Co. (Sales/Management of National Sponsorships and local market integration);
• American Isuzu Motors (Sales/Management of National Sponsorships and local market integration);
• Phonak Hearing Systems (Organized and managed National “Preferred Customer” meal delivery program for ~3,000 meals in 3 days to over 500 audiologists in all 50 states);
• Petersen Automotive Museum (online re-branding and launch of e-commerce and other online tools);
• Amsted Industries (online corporate re-branding, online re-branding for Amsted’s largest division – Amsted Rail Group, and development/management of an HR Benefits System for over10,000 employees across 9 corporately held entities);
• Primedia Communications/HotRod Magazine (Local market promotion);
• National Academy for Local Schools (Online student extranet development and corporate fund-raising); and many other small, medium and large – agencies, corporations and organizations.