1. Ron Marshall • Business • Creative • Community • Information • Progress • Freedom • Fun
Completely committed to collaboration, community, coaching, creative content, conversation, and conversions.
Creative, yet analytical social media marketing and Web presence consultant seeks the opportunity to
help your organization assist clients in developing Web-based executions. I apply my experience and
ingenuity to solve problems and get the results our clients want out of our networked world using my
social media management, WordPress Web development, program management, and creative
communications expertise.
WordPress | FLinT (Facebook/LinkedIn/Twitter) media stack | Google Apps Suite
Relevant Experience
Social media management:
• FLinT metrics – current 6-13-11:
o Core Facebook profile: 3,300+ friends
o LinkedIn: 468 connections, 33 recommendations
o Core Twitter account: 2,000+ followers
o Admin of 31 Facebook pages and 22 Facebook groups
linkedin.com/in/ronmarshall o Manages 12 Twitter accounts for professional use
facebook.com/ronmarshall o MyWebCareer.com Career Score: 791
twitter.com/Ron_Marshall
o Klout Score: 44
ron@romacoma.com
Skype: ron.mi WordPress Web development:
Phone: 313-334-3900 o Manages 20 domains
Text: 3135554321 o Administrator of 19 sites using WordPress as a CMS
“Ron not only met deadlines, provided o Practical working knowledge of LAMP development stack, CSS, and HTML5
professional assessments and detailed
recommendations, but did so in a Program management:
pleasant, well-thought out manner. He • Assisted in the organization and promotion of four regional community events with an estimated
was a pleasure to work with and would 500+ participants with print, radio, Web, and television coverage
be an asset to any organization.” o Committee member for movie marathon event which raised $27,000+ for children and
families affected by leukemia and other blood-borne cancers
Karen Ciesinski Shifferd, Account o Current chair of committee for a follow-up movie marathon event with a target of $15,000
Representative, Budco: The Dialogue which raised more than $18,000
Company via LinkedIn o Assisted in the organization and promotion of two local community events involving in-
kind donation and service provision from 26 businesses
“Ron is one of the most passionate
• Arranged and oversaw speaking engagements with, and teleconferenced contributions from, 11
people you will ever meet. His
subject-matter experts in the previous 7 months to provide valuable guidance for clients of
dedication to clients is superb and his
Michigan Works! Ferndale Career Center
knowledge is vast.”
Creative communications:
Christina McCracken, Assistant Youth
• Passion for communication design
Coordinator, Ferndale Career Center via
BranchOut • Provided B2B marketing and technical communications support services through my clients for
13,500+ print and Web pieces in over 4,000 projects, several for Fortune 50 firms
“… [Ron’s] knowledge of the product • Nationally published print journalist
was exceptional. He shared good ideas • Manage the entertainment section of a local weekly publication
for business success with the product • 20+ languages
as well as great strategies to leverage a From 1997 to present, providing communications, technological, and management
competitive edge in business in consulting services to a variety of marketing industry clients:
general.”
Deborah Foggio, Owner, LightWorks
Enterprises, LLC via LinkedIn
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2. Personal Brand Attributes
Business: Launched first startup Relevant Engagements
endeavor in 1997 at age 21; has assisted
or managed the growth and development
of more than a dozen brands Michigan Works! / Ferndale Career Center (2010 – present)
• Instructing in Workshop Program. Workshops include:
Creative: From 1999 to 2008, provided o Professional Profiles for Social Media
creative / communications support on o LinkedIn: Strategies of Career and Business
11,000+ marketing and technical o Facebook: Strategies of Career and Business
executions in 24 languages worth more o Twitter: Strategies of Career and Business
than $3M annually o Blogging: Strategies of Career and Business
o Advanced Blogging
Community: Helps organize charitable o The Path of the Entrepreneur
events in SE Michigan such as the o Personal Brand: Defining Your Career Identity
Children’s Leukemia Foundation of o Current Resume and Employment Trends
Michigan’s Hollywood Nights Movie o Networking Your Way to Interview Success
Marathon and Self-Enhancement Day for o Maximizing Social Media Platforms
the Ferndale Career Center o Introduction to Savvy Online Career Search
Information: Developed creative • Helping organize quarterly Self-Enhancement Day
o Organizing all-day events as part of event team
curriculum and presentations for 23
business, social media marketing, and o Using social media to assist in coordination and marketing of event
career workshops; conducts and
promotes 6 to 8 workshops weekly for a Ron Marshall Consulting and Management (2010 – Present)
community organization, with total • Entrepreneurial startup consultant and communications specialist
attendance of 1,700+ over the last 7 o 13 years of experience in journalism, marketing, and
months entrepreneurship to help clients achieve the goal of communicating
messages clearly with authority
Progress: Codifier of the FLinT media
stack (Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter), Mythic Group LLC (2005 – Present)
evangelizing the utilization of those • Founded to develop my entrepreneurial interests and help others start, and
platforms as the core group to promote grow new brands
business and build relationships o 20 client or internal brands assisted or launched, including American
Glass Block, Common Ground Radio, Eco-Logic Lawn and Landscape,
Freedom: Helps entrepreneurs and Fantasy Champion Network, LeadSwag, Lyrical Chocolate, Mass
solopreneurs move from concept Inertia, Mythic Group, NoTypos.net, and Ron Marshall Consulting
through the startup phase of their & Management [RoMaCoMa]
businesses, and helps existing managers
reveal startup passion, speed, and Volunteer Experience
effectiveness
Children’s Leukemia Foundation of Michigan
Fun: In 2009, founded a third-party
• Member, CLF Hollywood Nights Movie Marathon, Novi, MI 2010 planning
event brand, Lyrical Chocolate, to further
committee
the missions of select charities, create
• Chair, Organizing CLF Hollywood Nights ½ Movie Marathon, Rochester, MI
wealth in our community through our
2011 planning committee
growth and the growth of our partners,
foster creativity and channel positive
human emotion, and create lasting and United Nations Assoc. – USA, Greater Detroit
satisfying experiences that touch people.
• Entrepreneurship Director, Young Professionals for International Cooperation
• Board member, UNA-USA, Greater Detroit
Canton Public Library
• Friends of CPL
Education
linkedin.com/in/ronmarshall
University of Michigan – Dearborn
facebook.com/ronmarshall
twitter.com/Ron_Marshall • English/Journalism
ron@romacoma.com
Skype: ron.mi
Detroit Renaissance High School 2
Phone: 313-334-3900
• School of Excellence
Text: 3135554321