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Mellissah Smith
Mellissah Smith is a marketing expert, author, writer, public speaker and technology innovator. Having worked with more than 300 companies across technology, medical device, professional services, manufacturing, logistics, finance and health industries, Mellissah has a well-established reputation as an experienced marketing professional with more than 20 years experience. As the founder and managing director of Marketing Eye, she has taken the company from startup to a multi-million dollar enterprise with offices in Australia and the US. Mellissah is also the Editor in Chief of Marketing Eye Magazine, a quarterly magazine that cover marketing, entrepreneurship, travel, health and wellbeing. #mellissah #marketingeye
Sunday, 13 September 2015 18:29
The reality of international export
I export marketing services. I started a few years back when I decided to expand Marketing Eye into new markets. The most suitable market after much research was America, so I did what any buddying entrepreneur would do and I completed a market research study to make sure that if I started a business there, it was not set up to fail.
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Friday, 11 September 2015 07:08
Employees that step up to the hiring process, own the business
I'm a part-time leader in Atlanta. Actually, less than a part time leader - I am here when I can be but mostly I am running around the world doing other "stuff".
Our brand in Atlanta is growing. I am constantly going out and meeting people who know who we are, what we do and follow us on some sort of social media platform.
It's not by accident that we have grown our business here and it can largely be attributed to a few things:
Our brand in Atlanta is growing. I am constantly going out and meeting people who know who we are, what we do and follow us on some sort of social media platform.
It's not by accident that we have grown our business here and it can largely be attributed to a few things:
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Wednesday, 09 September 2015 08:08
Why creating jobs is good for your soul
It has been a couple of years since I first stepped foot in Atlanta, Georgia, to open Marketing Eye and I have to say its been one of the most exciting and rivetting experiences of my life.
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Tuesday, 08 September 2015 18:49
Why you should reimagine your business
For years, Marketing Eye stayed with the same brand messages and continued to push through to the market key points that we believed were different to what everybody else was saying and doing.
The problem is that when you are online everyone can see for themselves what you are saying and doing, and for competitors to copy, it really is quite simple.
The problem is that when you are online everyone can see for themselves what you are saying and doing, and for competitors to copy, it really is quite simple.
Tuesday, 08 September 2015 06:47
Atlanta Marketers, have you heard of all of these new marketing tools?
The world keeps changing. I use to hate change but as a marketer I have learned to love it. Move my seat one day to another, I am all ready to get up and look at the new perspective that is put in front of me.
I use to love a PC but my team wanted Mac's because they were sexier, so I reluctantly changed last. Now, I have no idea how to use a PC and my Mac is joined at my hip.
I use to love a PC but my team wanted Mac's because they were sexier, so I reluctantly changed last. Now, I have no idea how to use a PC and my Mac is joined at my hip.
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Monday, 07 September 2015 20:14
Why marketing in Georgia needs to lift its game
There is so much to love about being headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
The peaches, the honey, the friendliness, the cost of living and the people. Not so much the Grits but I think that's an acquired taste a bit like vegemite.
With so many Fortune 500 companies headquartered here; The Home Depot, UPS, The Coca-Cola Company, Delta Airlines, Aflac, The Southern Company, Genuine Parts Company, First Delta Corporation, AGCO, Rock Ten Company, Sun Trust Banks, HD Supply Holdings and I could really go on and on - but I think you get the picture.
The peaches, the honey, the friendliness, the cost of living and the people. Not so much the Grits but I think that's an acquired taste a bit like vegemite.
With so many Fortune 500 companies headquartered here; The Home Depot, UPS, The Coca-Cola Company, Delta Airlines, Aflac, The Southern Company, Genuine Parts Company, First Delta Corporation, AGCO, Rock Ten Company, Sun Trust Banks, HD Supply Holdings and I could really go on and on - but I think you get the picture.
Sunday, 06 September 2015 18:42
I have had a change of heart regarding bad behavior
I can't believe I am saying this only a few days after I reminded my blog readers that I refuse to reward bad behavior - that I am in fact, not going to put any more energy into someone who I can't change or rectify their bad behavior. At some stage, people just won't change. They will laugh it off and pretend it didn't happen.
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Saturday, 05 September 2015 08:42
Is it possible to beat a business bully?
This week I encountered a business bully, except it was personal and they just happened to also be a business person. Someone with deep pockets who tried to "scare me" as he put it. He finally apologized but I have thought deeply about how often in my career this has happened, largely because I am a woman or a small business owner. There are a lot of dishonest people around. People who deliberately don't pay bills as they know it costs more to sue someone, or those who are just not nice people and want to be bullies because they get kicks out of it.
I use to be scared. I use to get anxiety over it. I use to fall apart and perhaps even shed a few tears.
I use to be scared. I use to get anxiety over it. I use to fall apart and perhaps even shed a few tears.
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Friday, 04 September 2015 11:47
How to get your marketing team working at an optimum performance
Wow! I mean wow! I just arrived in the office in Atlanta and I am completely and utterly amazed at the talent and sheer determination of our Marketing Eye team in Atlanta.
They are not only the best looking team in all of Atlanta, they are also the smarter and most competent.
Who would have thought that they could put together a team like this all by themselves and start running the business like I always dreamed it would be run.
They are not only the best looking team in all of Atlanta, they are also the smarter and most competent.
Who would have thought that they could put together a team like this all by themselves and start running the business like I always dreamed it would be run.
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Thursday, 03 September 2015 19:27
Live your life on your own terms
If I had a magic ball, I would look deeply into it and thin hard about what it was that I wanted to get out of life.
This morning I had breakfast at The Mercer Kitchen in Soho with my friend Kristina Karlsson, you know that phenomenal businesswoman who blows every other Australian businesswoman out of the water.
This morning I had breakfast at The Mercer Kitchen in Soho with my friend Kristina Karlsson, you know that phenomenal businesswoman who blows every other Australian businesswoman out of the water.