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2020 Business Focus, LLC

Principal: Rick Arthur

 

 

contact details:
  2020 Business Focus, LLC
2020 Normandstone Drive
Midlothian
VA     23113
USA
tel: 804.647.9406
fax: 804.378.7590
mobile: 804.647.9406
email: rickarthur2020@aol.com
web:  

20-09-07  

Key Services Offered:
Marketing Strategy, Product Development & Management, Strategic Planning, Developing Service Strategies, Sales Management, Managing Business Lines and Product Lines.

Core Experience of Principal:
Nearly 20 yrs. - Managing product lines (including new product development) for a $10.5 billion national bank as a Group Product Manager to maximize business profitability (including mkt. research, product analysis & development, competitive analysis, pricing, profitability, advertising & PR plans). Started & managed 50+ person new division for bank to offer mutual funds & annuities to bank customers. Marketing Director for 2 years for an independent stockbrokerage firm. As President & Co-owner, managed all aspects of a health club with heavy emphasis on marketing a small business through efficient channels (implemented sales & mkt tracking and reporting systems in order to track effectiveness of strategies & refine to improve results).

I am highly analytical & can break down a large amount of information into its logical parts. I like the strategic planning process of breaking companies down into their finest parts, optimizing the strategies to make each part as effective as it can be; thereby enhancing the overall effectiveness of the company. With my extensive marketing background, I have been thoroughly conditioned to always start with the "end user" or consumer first and work backwards when developing strategies in order to maximize results. I truly believe that the company that best meets the customer's needs usually wins.

 

Qualifications:
Accredited Associate, Institute for Independent Business (AInstIB).

Industry Sectors worked in:
Extensive Corporate Marketing & Product Development / Mgt. experience with major banks Extensive Personal Financial Planning experience (formally a CFP and General Securities Principal (Series 24) & Gen. Sec. Rep (Series 7); also previously Life & Health licensed. 7 years experience using effective marketing and management strategies learned working in "big business" and applying and refining those strategies to work in "small business."

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