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Dennis Sommer

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Any questions around business growth, business development, business coaching, business startups, business planning, business management, strategic planning, sales, marketing.

Experience in the area

25 Years - Advising Business Leaders Dennis Sommer – CEO, Executive Business Advisers – is a business improvement specialist providing the guidance you need to take your business to the next level. He helps companies build world-class organizations delivering a world-class customer experience. Dennis works with a diverse mix of product and professional service companies. His clients include small start-ups, medium sized businesses and large Fortune 100 companies. Dennis is also a highly sought after keynote, seminar speaker and author. His latest bestselling book is “Adviser Secrets – How to Become a Top Performer”. His firm evaluates your business from the customers point of view and provides unbiased assessments, improvement recommendations, action plans, training and coaching focused on improving the company’s business strategy, sales, marketing, financial health and people. More information at www.executivebusinessadvisers.com or www.ebaac.com

Organizations

Sales and Marketing Executives International, SCORE

Publications

Books: Adviser Secrets - How to Become a Top Performer. 49 Marketing Sercrets (That Work) To Grow Sales - Articles and interviews have been published in dozens of national magazines. Published articles can be found at: http://www.dennissommer.com

Education/Credentials

Degree, Computer Science, BA Kent State University Certified: PMP, CTM, ITIL

Past/Present Clients

Accenture, Computer Associates, Jo-Ann Stores, Radio Shack, Progressive Insurance, and over 100 more in the Fortune 1000.

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  • Response Time(hr) 20.0
  • Response Time(hr, last 90 days) 63.1
  • Number of Questions Today 0
  • Max Questions to be Asked in a Day 1
  • Total Questions (since joining AllExperts) 28
  • Volunteer Since 2010-01-12
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Recent Answers from Dennis Sommer

2012-03-09 Accounting and business question?:

For a small startup business you should look at sole proprietorship, LLC or S-Corp.    The one you choice will depend on how much you want to spend on accounting and how much legal protection you want

2010-03-11 Syncing schedules with customers:

Kirk,    Not a bad idea.  You need to consider what kind of cellphones, service and applications they may have and if they would even be able to sync with google calendar.      There is a wealth of information

2010-01-23 http://en.allexperts.com/q/Managing-Business-1088/2009/10/Essentials-management.htm:

Sunderr,    If I understand the question correctly, commercial banks have many marketing opportunities that will be effective.    1. Social media  2. Cold calling past clients, current clients and new

2010-01-18 Writing help and business help please:

Hi Saleh,    If you are sending this directly to a customer I would include their name in the introduction.  Also include an apology note with the product once it is shipped.  You could always offer a

2010-01-15 management:

1.  Getting the input from staff is very important.  However, asking the right questions to the right person is even more important.  Example,  even you are looking to improve office working conditions

 

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