"The range of quality, insight, connections and experience within "social media" is vast and diverse. Considering the history of business communications, even the phrase, as a mainstream idiom, is new. The idea of listening to customers and sharing useful content to attract and retain them is not new...but it has become imperative "Jeff Marmins Senior Consultant, Sales Content Writer, C7groupI have been involved in business online since the internet became public, managing early website, intranet and e-commerce projects. My role in technology has often been a combination of sales, marketing and project management, from an early background in quality assurance and testing in enterprise software.
"Jeff has a keen ability to map business needs to technology solutions." David R. Springett, Ph.D President, Community College Foundation Director, Chordiant Software, IncorporatedIt's not theory. I've been online since 1987. Over the past 22 years I have been involved in several hundred online communities: Underground hacker groups, BBSs, Usenet newsgroups, IRC channels, listservers, online services, packet switched networks, discussion forums... and more recently: wikis, blogs, microblogging, social bookmarking and social networking sites.
"Jeff is a connector of people and ideas. He is a valuable resource when it comes to technology and social media.” Colleen Belcher Managing Editor, The Sacramento PressI have a passion for the convergence of relationship development and social technologies. I'm fortunate to have seen the value of web based applications in sales and marketing early in their history, I participated in some of the first web site, e-commerce and e-learning projects. I invented a customer-centric decision making methodology for customer relationship management (CRM) and sales force automation (SFA) to accelerate relationship development and make sales forecasting more accurate. I began to incorporate online social interaction (now called "social media") into sales and marketing in 2000.
“..."Jeff is an amazing entrepreneur with both operations and business development prowess. Jeff's intellect and wit elevate the experience of doing business while creating confidence and trust in any interaction. Ultimately Jeff brings results making any investment of time and resources well spent."...”Bonnie Browning Co-Founder, AVID Productions
“Jeff offers intelligent solutions to enhance communications and develops unique networking systems and processes. He is quick to understand his clients needs, and applies just in time solutions. Jeff to articulates with clarity; meets his commitments consistently.”Anthony Dury, Ph.D Principal, Dury & Associates