J.M.E. Marketing, Inc. Sends a Team to Texas for Early Expansion

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Top reps from J.M.E. Marketing, Inc. were selected to move to Houston, TX in order to pioneer the systems and techniques to take our telecommunications campaign to the next level. With Houston being the largest city in Texas and the fourth largest city in the United States, the city is ideal to launch a new campaign and a new office.

The direct sales and marketing business thrives from bringing in a much higher volume of customers and revenue than any other sales and marketing technique in this industry. On average, one direct sales company alone will bring in nearly five billion dollars in revenue per year.

J.M.E. Marketing, Inc. head office is located in Chicago, IL the firm has grown every quarter throughout 2013 and has been looking for a new market that offered a large enough audience to further expand their marketing reach. Houston, TX is perfect as it offers a great opportunity to reach the large numbers of potential customers that we have promised our clients and of course some fantastic weather’ says Jamie Shahin CEO of J.M.E. Marketing, Inc.

J.M.E. Marketing prides itself in their ability to take their clients the number one in any market.

“We don’t believe in doing anything halfway so we decided to put the strongest people on this campaign all under one roof and let the results show what we are made of,” says CEO Jamie Shahin.

The expansion team at J.M.E. Marketing, Inc. will also have the opportunity to network with other marketing firms specializing in outsource sales. This will include board meetings, conferences, and client presentations. The team members will also have a chance to receive one-on-one coaching from top-performing managers and CEOs ranging from sales, training, human resources, finance, and management. This opportunity will certainly add momentum to the south-bound team.

Since getting the ball rolling three weeks ago the office is ranked number two in the country and they quadrupled the clients expectations for the first month.

“The goal is to bring a solid team back to Chicago by this summer and at least two other markets which have yet to be determined however Los Angeles is sounding pretty good right about now,” says Shahin.

Chicago based firm, J.M.E. Marketing, attended the International Sales Conference in Barcelona, Spain

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Chicago based firm, J.M.E. Marketing, attended the International Sales Conference in Barcelona, Spain where President/CEO Jamie Shahin was invited to share her experience on Business Development and International Growth.

The International Sales Conference was held at the luxurious Palau de Congresso de Catalunya with over 1000 people in attendance. The Conference was translated into three languages and gave many attendees a chance to network with like minded individuals in order to offer and receive ideas and guidance. The grand establishment is an ideal setting for the event as it provides five flexible public rooms boasting of a 950 sqm (with possible further extension of 190 metres) and the latest technical and audio visual systems.

Jamie Shahin has been invited to the event due to incredible business development within the United States for the past 1.5 years. Her outsourced sales and marketing firm experienced their own growth of 200% within the last fourteen months and also have international expansion projects planned for the upcoming 2 years. Shahin declared that, “I was honored to be asked to come to this event. There are so many successful business owners in the sales industry so it was fantastic to get recognition for our commitment to improving results year after year.”

Originally from Granite City, IL, after graduating with a degree in Communications and Media Studies at The University of Missouri, Saint Louis, Jamie Shahin pursued her dreams of finding a career in the land of opportunities. After some great coaching and training from mentors who already had achieved inspiring success in the New York City business environment, Shahin founded J.M.E. Marketing and moved to Chicago, IL.

Due to J.M.E.’s rapid expansion and sustained successes in the business world, President / CEO has much to share with fellow entrepreneurs in Barcelona, Spain. “It will be a great business trip. The outsourced sales industry is booming in Europe and it is incredible to see the processes involved with developing campaigns across multiple language barriers.” Shahin enthused.

J.M.E. Marketing, Inc. Chicago Employee Reviews

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In this post, J.M.E. Marketing, Inc. employees review what it’s like working at the company. At J.M.E. Marketing, Inc., employees enjoy frequent performance reviews, coaching, one-on-one interactions with management, training, a supportive and nurturing work environment, and management opportunities. This page will explain those benefits in some detail.

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J.M.E. Marketing, Inc. in Chicago Reviews Employee Standards

Zino Tonningen, Operations Manager, explains the company’s standards, “J.M.E. Marketing holds employees accountable for their own performance. If a staff member is under-performing, they are given additional coaching and resources to ensure that they hit standards in the future. All J.M.E. Marketing, Inc. employees have their own future in their own hands at any given time.”

Management at J.M.E. Marketing, Inc. reviews employees’ performance on both a team level and on individual basis. This helps make sure that no one ‘slips through the cracks’ which is prevalent in other sales and marketing companies.

As under-performance get additional training and coaching, top performance get rewarded.

J.M.E. Marketing, Inc. Chicago Employees are Rewarded for Performance

Top performers at J.M.E. Marketing, Inc. are given opportunities to advance into management positions. Zino explains, “Here in Chicago, we have several highly capable staff members who are being groomed to run our next campaigns. While we do have opportunities for every single one of our employees, each must be able to demonstrate competency in a number of areas to be considered for these management spots. In other words, our management spots go to our top performers.”

J.M.E. Marketing, Inc. Chicago Employee Work Environment

Zino, J.M.E. Marketing, Inc. employee, reviews the work environment at the company. “I work with some of the hardest workers I’ve ever met here at J.M.E. I think there might be something in the Chicago water that makes people very ambitious. At the same time, these guys also know when it’s time to have some fun!”

Working at J.M.E. Marketing, Inc. offers individuals the opportunity to engage in team-building events, participate in charity work and philanthropic ventures, and to cut loose a little at company outings. Every week, the team at J.M.E. Marketing does something outside of their daily work activities to strengthen relationships within the team and the community. These activities include, karaoke, attending sporting events (Go Bears!), hitting the local pub to enjoy happy hour, and even just barbecuing to enjoy the awesome Chicago weather!

All-in-all, working at J.M.E. Marketing proves very rewarding for the most ambitious individuals. At J.M.E. Marketing, Inc. there is no such thing as “seniority.” Anyone can pass anyone up for the next promotion, it all depends how dedicated you are to grow to that next level! This makes it a very level playing field for everyone in the company. Employees can rise through the ranks free of the bureaucracy of favoritism and achieve their career goals quicker than other traditional avenues of employment in Chicago.

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J.M.E. Marketing, Inc. Travels From Chicago to Detroit for Leadership Conference

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September 28, 2013 J.M.E. Marketing, Inc. was in attendance at the Mid-West Leaders conference in Detroit, Michigan. CEO’s from all over the country traveled to Detroit with their top leaders to speak and share their stories and best practices at the Holiday Inn Conference Room.

The conference lasted almost four hours in which managers from New York, NY, Columbus, OH, Washington D.C., Detroit, MI, and of course, Chicago, IL, all had about a half hour to speak. Each manager had a designated topic to discuss to a room of one hundred or so attendees. After the conference was a networking mixer and pong tournament to give an opportunity for all attendees to have a chance to get to know each other at the same time learn from certain CEO’s they might get to see very often.

Networking is an integral part of this business as traveling is often involved the more friends someone has the more accommodating each city will be. It is a strong belief of J.M.E. Marketing, Inc. that everyone has something to learn as well as something to each.

The sales and marketing business is unique in the sense that it is in the best interest for everyone to learn and become better. The clients are demanding to have JME Marketing, Inc. in more markets and right now the focus is on learning and improving the foundation in order to put strong teams on different campaigns in Chicago and put strong teams into new markets. Some prospect cities include LA, New Orleans, New York City, Miami, and Atlanta. Once these goals are achieved talks to move international will come to life.

J.M.E. Marketing, Inc. Reviews Innovation as Key to Business Success

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Innovation seems to be the new buzz word of successful entrepreneurs. J.M.E. Marketing, Inc. CEO Jamie Davis insists that innovation is the key to a successful business in order to stand out from the competition; however, being open to new opportunities may seem both ground-breaking and risky.

Sam Hunter, psychologist studying innovation at Penn State University, states: “Innovation pulls leaders in multiple directions.” (http://hunter.psu.edu/Lab/Welcome.html) Nowadays, entrepreneurs are expected to be open to new, even risky ideas while they have to protect their business by evaluating what might work (Entrepreneur.com). Jamie Davis, CEO of J.M.E. Marketing, Inc., explains that our future leaders have to learn how to effectively find the right balance between openness and skepticism by thinking outside the box. In an article by Nadia Goodman published on Entrepreneur.com, Sam Hunter explains how to encourage creative ideas while keeping the business safe.

J.M.E. Marketing, Inc. ReviewsTo begin with, all ideas should be accepted. Sam Hunter explains that every idea has the potential to be great and who knows, a terrible idea could give inspiration for a fantastic suggestion. Jamie Davis at J.M.E. Marketing supports Hunter’s thought and adds: “Great leaders make people feel comfortable to share their ideas.” Such environment of openness creates, according to Sam Hunter, a sense of safety within a team. “The advantage of this approach is obvious,” says CEO Jamie Davis, “the leader creates room for discussion in order to develop and improve a specific idea, rather than criticizing it and discouraging his followers.”

After the initial brainstorm phase, Sam Hunter recommends to pick out some of the most exciting ideas to the team; including some that seem risky. Furthermore, he suggests letting ideas come to life by testing them out through quick and cheap prototypes. “It has to be far enough along in development that a proper evaluation can be made,” says Hunter. “An idea that might sound risky or even silly at first can suddenly turn out to be a great innovation which allows a company to become market leader,” explains J.M.E. Marketing, Inc. CEO Jamie Davis.

Finally, once all relevant information has been gathered and the prototype been tested, it is time to make decisions and bring a great idea into life. Hunter explains that now the moment has arrived to be skeptical and evaluate practical concerns, cost and how well each idea may help reach the company’s goals. Jamie Davis, CEO of J.M.E. Marketing concludes: “Implementing continuously new ideas is crucial for business success. Our future leaders are encouraged to think outside the box and be creative and open minded, but also to calculate risk through testing rather than criticizing.” Jamie Davis insists that only innovative entrepreneurs will continuously find a way to be a step ahead of the competition.

J.M.E. Marketing, Inc. Corporate Office Cares for Chicago

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The corporate office team members at J.M.E. Marketing, Inc. participated in the 20th annual Chicago Cares Serve-A-Thon on Saturday, June 15th which kicked off at Daley Plaza with a rousing speech by Chelsea Clinton. They were among 5,000 other volunteers who came together to work on projects aimed at improving Chicago’s most under-served communities.

The J.M.E. Marketing, Inc. volunteers were assigned to paint various rooms within the Gunsaulus Scholastic Academy. They spent the day refacing the school’s hallways and kitchen in an effort to update the PK-8th grade Brighton Park school.

In addition to their volunteer work, the J.M.E. Marketing, Inc. team also raised $2,750.00 to go towards the Chicago Cares charity. The entire team was excited to give back to the city that is home to the corporate office of their growing national direct sales and marketing company.

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J.M.E. Marketing Reviews Recent National Conference in Philadelphia

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J.M.E. Marketing, Inc. traveled from Chicago to Philadelphia this past weekend for a National Conference to recognize individuals and companies in the outsourced marketing and sales industry for their performance and success over the past year. J.M.E. Marketing took twenty five individuals to the Verizon Center for the the event, and Kimmel Hall was even decorated like a red carpet awards ceremony!

The conference included speakers from all over the country and even international speakers from Australia, South Africa, Canada, Spain, the UK, and several other European countries. Each of these individuals has been extremely successful entrepreneurs in their of fields, and they each shared experiences and gave great advice to the aspiring business leaders in attendance.

The conference concluded with an awards ceremony with several team members from J.M.E. Marketing receiving recognition based on client and customer reviews from the past year. Barry Kilkelly and Nick Kapshuk received an award that recognized their growth and improvement since joining the company. Allison Bartlett and Glenn Knox received awards to recognize their leadership skills, sales ability, and coaching effectiveness. It was an amazing conference, and it seems that everyone from J.M.E. Marketing came back to Chicago with a renewed perspective on their goals to achieve in the near future.

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A Highly Effective Way to Avoid Wasting Your Time

Here’s a simple way to potentially save hours of your time each week, by investing a total of about five minutes.

First thing one morning, take a piece of paper and write a column of numbers representing each hour from the time you wake up until you go to sleep. For me, the list would start 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 1 and go all the way back to 12. (So far, you have invested about fifteen seconds.)

For this single day, at the top of every hour stop for 20 seconds and consider how happy you are with the way you spent your time. Did you invest it wisely? If the answer is yes, don’t write anything.

But if you wouldn’t repeat the way you spent the last hour, next to the number representing that hour write a few words that describes what you did. On one of my lists, for example, at 3 o’clock I wrote “pointless to talk with Ralph; doesn’t listen,” meaning that it was a waste of my time to meet with him.

Stick with this exercise all day; it takes very little time, just the discipline to stop every hour for a few seconds. But at the end of the day, you’ll have a list of activities you wish you avoided. If the list has more than one or two items, you might want to continue the practice for a while.

If you make this a habit, you’ll soon start to spot patterns. It will be easier to recognize ways in which you are wasting time and effort, and you’ll do a better job of avoiding these.

Save time for everyone

You can also use this technique across an entire department to help all involved make better use of their time. To avoid offending people, I wouldn’t suggest pooling the results. You can simply introduce the test and allow people to draw their own conclusions.

Encourage people to not only list the problems that wasted their time, but to also write down solutions for using their time more wisely. For example, at the end of a long meeting, you might realize that while your initial strategy of barking out orders did not work, that once you took the time to listen to others, they became more willing to listen to you.

You might then write, “Listen first, talk second.”

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J.M.E. Marketing, Inc. States Promoting Ethical Practices Leads to Greater Productivity

 

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Chicago-based marketing and sales company J.M.E. Marketing reviews its report that an enhanced focus on ethics has helped facilitate a growth in quarter 1 of 2013.

Outsourced firm J.M.E. Marketing in Chicago acquired telecommunication clients at the start of 2013 including AT&T. CEO Jamie Davis believes that communicating their clients’ core values to potential customers has already increased sales revenues and will provide greater customer retention in the long term.

Research reported in the UK magazine “MarketingWeek” reveals that 91% of consumers are influenced in their buying decisions by the way a company treats its customers and communities. A study by the consultancy firm Goodbrand reports that brands which promote their ethical stance are more likely to attract affluent customers. Consumers classified as “highly ethical” consist of almost a fifth of the consumer population. Affluent consumers are particularly valuable to the J.M.E. Marketing’s client roster, as companies depend on long-term regular customers as a vital source of income. J.M.E. Marketing CEO Jamie Davis believes that following ethical practices is the key to the firm’s success. “Since the global economic downturn we have all become more aware of the impact that businesses can have on their environment and community,” said CEO Davis. “There has been an emotional shift away from businesses that are solely focused on their bottom line, which is evident in consumer buying patterns. As J.M.E. Marketing in Chicago has recently moved into the arena of Telecom client representation, we have to ensure our own practices are ethical and in accordance with our clients’ values.”

J.M.E. Marketing reviews it’s productivity data regularly and provides in-house training to ensure that representatives adhere to their “ethical aquisition” policy, by clearly communicating the core messages of the clients without resorting to shock tactics or guilt-tripping potential customers. Representatives are fully educated on how to generate long-term clients and are steered away from “boiler room” style sales tactics. “Supporting a %100 customer satisfaction should be a pleasurable experience for the customer,” explains the J.M.E. Marketing CEO Jamie Davis. “This creates a greater level of engagement and brand awareness with the public. We can also guarantee higher customer retention and therefore greater ROI because customers are empowered rather than coerced into supporting. At J.M.E. Marketing, building long-term client relations is crucial to our own success as a company. We only achieved our current level of growth by providing our clients with a sustainable customer base. ”

J.M.E. Marketing has seen growth the main branch in Chicago and aims to open 5 additional branch offices by the end of Q4 2013.

J.M.E. Marketing Inc in Chicago: Personalized Communication Increases Sales Figures

In an increasingly competitive and vibrant business environment, good communication skills have become a crucial requirement. Jamie Davis, CEO of J.M.E. Marketing in Chicago is certain that one of the most effective communication methods is to approach consumers on a face-to-face basis.

Reviews show that workers send and receive an average of 1,798 messages every day via telephone, email, fax, papers or face-to-face communication (emedia.leeward.hawaii.edu). But in fact, people only remember less than 20% of the information exchanged. “This is why it is so important to make in impact when communicating to the target audience,” says Jamie Davis, CEO J.M.E. Marketing, Inc., an outsourced sales and marketing company based in the River North-Chicago. In order to communicate effectively, Harvard Business Review recommends three elements of great communication: credibility, emotional connection and logic (hbr.org). Jamie Davis is certain that effective communication can considerably increase sales.

According to Harvard Business Review it is crucial to demonstrate technical expertise. “It is essential that people believe what you tell them,” insists Jamie Davis. When J.M.E. Marketing sales representatives talk to potential customers, they shine with excellent product knowledge and can respond to any concerns or questions consumers may have. Furthermore, they are building a personal connection with people. “Our face-to-face approach is very personal and our customers really enjoy the interaction with our representatives. This helps to develop trust, not just between the consumer and our representative or the product or service they promote, but also to our clients’ brands,” explains the J.M.E. Marketing CEO. Finally, the communication between two people can only be effective if the message sent is logical. Consumers are more willing to make a purchase if they clearly understand the product or service and what the company selling it represents.

J.M.E. Marketing CEO Jamie Davis is certain that with the right communication skills, a direct face-to-face approach to the consumers increases sales and enhances business growth. “Talking to the customer directly builds trust and personalizes the shopping experience. Our sales representatives actually take time to review and answer every single question that might pop up.” J.M.E. Marketing’s success speaks for itself. In a short span, the direct sales and marketing firm has experienced growth of over 6000% in quarter four of 2013 alone. “We have high ambitions at J.M.E. Marketing,” says Jamie Davis. “The company is planning to expand into further markets and have 30 branches by 2015.”