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Frank Fennell, Klosebuy

October 26, 2021 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Frank Fennell, Klosebuy

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Frank Fennell, Klosebuy (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 404)

CEO Frank Fennell joined host John Ray to share the Klosebuy platform, which helps businesses get local exposure and develop loyal customers. The app also helps consumers “shop local.” North Fulton Business Radio is broadcast from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.

Klosebuy

Klosebuy is for every size business and doesn’t require hardware, setup, integration, or waiting!

The moment you subscribe, their location-based technology geolocates your business and is searchable by consumers using both the web and mobile app. You can begin creating your own digital advertisements & loyalty rewards right away. Tell your existing customers you are a klosebuy business and they can view your exclusive advertisements and rewards. Klosebuy will reward your customers for joining and following your business.

Easily create, monitor, and edit your web and mobile promotions while keeping your content fresh. Award klosebuy points for customers to redeem at your business or through the klosebuy online sweepstakes.

Create unlimited digital offers, discounts, coupons, advertisements, or general event information, and deliver them instantly to your customers and klosebuy members. Within minutes, create multiple advertisements for today or schedule them to be activated anytime in the future.

Klosebuy’s easy-to-use back-office steps you through the process of creating and managing your advertisements.

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Frank Fennell, President & CEO, Klosebuy

Frank Fennell is President & CEO of Klosebuy, an award-winning all-in-one digital engagement and loyalty platform that helps businesses acquire new customers, engage existing customers, and build sales.

Prior to founding Klosebuy, Frank Founded Fennell Promotions in 1992 serving clients such as Coke, Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, Ferguson’s, York, Nabisco, Colgate-Palmolive, Whirlpool, Keebler, Gibson Guitar, Nabisco, Graybar, Kroger, A&P, Vons, and hundreds more. Frank ran Fennell Promotions for 23 years until the company was acquired by one of the nation’s largest loyalty firms.

Questions and Topics Discussed in this Episode

What is Klosebuy?
So Klosebuy can help small businesses compete where the big players have dominated, tell us how this is possible?
You’re telling us when the community starts using this App the businesses then have access to the community not just their customers, tell me how that works?
Well, moving on to growing the business, tell me a little about how you plan to scale Klosebuy?
Tell me a little more on how Channel Partners can create loyalty with their clients by helping grow their business and prosper as well? Do you have an example?
Let’s change the subject to the end-users, why Klosebuy?
Can the user control which business they interact with, can you give an example?
Your background is in loyalty, so tell us a little about how this part works for the consumer and the business owner?
Can a business sign up for Klosebuy today?

North Fulton Business Radio is hosted by John Ray, and broadcast and produced from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.

Renasant Bank has humble roots, starting in 1904 as a $100,000 bank in a Lee County, Mississippi, bakery. Since then, Renasant has grown to become one of the Southeast’s strongest financial institutions with over $13 billion in assets and more than 190 banking, lending, wealth management and financial services offices in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. All of Renasant’s success stems from each of their banker’s commitment to investing in their communities as a way of better understanding the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, they understand you because they work and live alongside you every day.

Special thanks to A&S Culinary Concepts for their support of this edition of North Fulton Business Radio. A&S Culinary Concepts, based in Johns Creek, is an award-winning culinary studio, celebrated for corporate catering, corporate team building, Big Green Egg Boot Camps, and private group events. They also provide oven-ready, cooked from scratch meals to go they call “Let Us Cook for You.” To see their menus and events, go to their website or call 678-336-9196.

City of Tempe Mayor Corey Woods Thomas Barr with Local First Arizona and Jihan Cottrell with Cox Business E10

July 17, 2020 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

City of Tempe Mayor Corey Woods Thomas Barr with Local First Arizona and Jihan Cottrell with Cox Business E10

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City of Tempe Mayor Corey Woods Thomas Barr with Local First Arizona and Jihan Cottrell with Cox Business E10

Are you a business leader in Arizona, Tempe resident, or small business owner? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you will definitely want to listen to this episode of Collaborative Connections Radio Show and Podcast. Everything from COVID-19, to Black Lives Matter, to supporting local businesses, police reform, giving back and more was covered!

Thomas Barr, Executive Director of Local First Arizona, Corey Woods, newly elected Mayor of the City of Tempe, and Jihan Cottrell, Account Executive at Cox Business joined Kelly Lorenzen on-air for this very special episode. They had a great conversation about current events, local business and collaborative efforts to move us forward.

City of Tempe is a government organization providing public services and programs.

Corey Woods was elected mayor of the City of Tempe in March 2020.

In his professional career, he is the chief of staff at ASU Preparatory Academy. Woods is responsible for assisting the managing director with operations, external partnerships and strategic initiatives.

He previously served as the chief operating officer for the Greater Phoenix Urban League, director of college and career articulation for the Phoenix Union High School District and director of government relations for the American Lung Association of Arizona.

His personal commitment to community service extends to board memberships for many organizations including Newtown Community Development Corporation, Friendship Village, and Landings Credit Union. Woods is also an emeritus board member of Equality Arizona, active member and past president of the Kiwanis Club of Tempe, former board chair for Children’s Action Alliance, and former two-term board president of the Tempe Boys and Girls Club – Ladmo Branch.

Woods served as a Councilmember for the City of Tempe from July 2008 – July 2016. He was elected to the Tempe City Council in May 2008 and reelected in March 2012.

Woods was instrumental in guiding city policy that led to Tempe’s perfect score in the Human Rights Campaign’s “Municipal Equality Index.” He championed initiatives in the areas of affordable housing and human services while working tirelessly to improve community development standards to attract business investment and protect neighborhoods.

Woods graduated from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in April 2000 with a B.A. in
Political Science, and a minor in African-American Studies. After college, Woods was a teaching assistant at ASU for three years. In May 2018, Woods earned a Master of Arts in Educational Policy from ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton College of Education.

Connect with Mayor Woods on Facebook and Twitter.

Local First Arizona is a nonprofit organization that celebrates independent, locally owned businesses. We support, promote and advocate for a strong local business community and raise public awareness of the economic and cultural benefits provided by strong local economies. Local businesses contribute to a sustainable economy for Arizona and build vibrant communities we’re all proud to call home.

Thomas Barr is the Executive Director for Local First Arizona, the largest coalition of local businesses in North America. He advocates for a strong local business community that contributes to building vibrancy, equity, and prosperity across the state.

A proud Arizona native and graduate of Arizona State University, Thomas leads the business coalition of Local First Arizona. He advocates for the economic and cultural benefits provided by building strong local economies and leads the resources Local First provides to its network of over 3000 small businesses.

Outside of Local First Arizona, Thomas has participated in volunteering his time to many causes and organizations throughout Arizona including Young Nonprofit Professionals – Phoenix, Equality Arizona, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Heritage Square Foundation, Valley Leadership and Phoenix Legal Action Network. Additionally, Thomas is a 2018 Phoenix Magazine 40 Under 40 honoree, alumni of Arizona Leading for Change, and alumni of Valley Leadership Institute’s 40th cohort.

Connect with Thomas on LinkedIn and follow Local First Arizona on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Cox Business provides Internet, transport, cloud and managed services, voice, video, network and physical security services to businesses across the country. Cox recently formed Cox2M to leverage smart technologies for its customers. Within Arizona alone, Cox owns and manages a fiber optic network covering both the Phoenix and Tucson metropolitan areas.

The Cox national network reaches from coast-to-coast, enabling Cox Business to be one of the largest providers of business Ethernet services in the U.S. In addition to the technology Cox provides, the company is committed to the local communities which it serves through programs and charitable giving with primary focus on education, sustainability, and diversity.

Cox Communications is known for its pioneering efforts in broadband, voice and commercial services, industry-leading customer care and its outstanding workplaces. For 10 years, Cox has been recognized as a best operator for women by Women in Cable Telecommunications; Cox has ranked among DiversityInc’s Top 50 Companies for Diversity 13 times.

Jihan Cottrell is an Account Executive with Cox Business and brings fifteen years of telecommunications experience which has encompassed various sales, marketing and leadership roles. Jihan considers the opportunities to represent the Cox Business brand as an ambassador within the community as a highly engaging and fulfilling attribute of his role.

Jihan has served on board of directors for the Tempe Chamber of Commerce for four years and is currently the past chair. His direct involvement with the Tempe Chamber has served as a best practice within Cox Business by illustrating the value of developing key partnerships within the cities and communities that Cox Business serves.

Before working for Cox, Jihan was the office manager for various national & regional optical chains, where he enjoyed developing, cultivating and leading teams that provided excellent customer care for clients. He graduated from the University of Phoenix with a B.S. in Business Marketing & Business Management.

Jihan moved to Arizona in 1998, becoming rooted in the valley with his wife of 21 years and 4 children. Outside of work, Jihan volunteers his time by coaching a variety of youth sports, most recently his daughter’s soccer team and son’s flag football team.

He views each client as a business partner and is committed to delivering a level of customer support that is rarely experienced in the telecommunications industry today.

About the Show

Kelly Lorenzen started the “Collaborative Connections” show to bring her clients and favorite charities together to meet each other, connect and collaborate in life and business. She hopes to build a stronger community one show at a time.

About Our Sponsor

KLM Consulting is a business concierge and project management firm. They help small business owners and non-profits build, brand and brag about their businesses.

About Your Host

Kelly Lorenzen, CEO of KLM Consulting, is an award-winning entrepreneur with over 15 years of business-ownership experience. She is also a certified project management professional.

Kelly’s expertise is in business development, customer service, marketing, and sales.

Connect with Kelly on LinkedIn, and follow KLM Consulting on Facebook.

AZ BRANDCAST State Forty Eight with Co-founder Michael Spangenberg

July 26, 2019 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

AZ BRANDCAST State Forty Eight with Co-founder Michael Spangenberg

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AZ BRANDCAST State Forty Eight with Co-founder Michael Spangenberg

State Forty Eight was born out of a shared passion and appreciation for the great state of Arizona. More than just apparel line, State Forty Eight represents a lifestyle, a sense of community and is an expression of pride.

From sports fans and outdoor explorers to the more fashion-forward, the homegrown brand offers gear for all thats both stylish and comfortable. Above all else though, State Forty Eight is about redefining the status-quo and inspiring others to rise up and stand for something they believe in.

So wear it loud and wear it proud, and let the State Forty Eight logo serve as a reminder to proclaim your passions but never forget where you came from.

Mike Spangenberg was born and raised in Chandler, Arizona. As a child, his favorite thing to do in the summer was go back to school shopping. He loves everything about Arizona and it’s a dream come true to follow his passion in life and be involved in the community he grew up in.

Mike spent 15 years in the hotel industry prior to going full time with State Forty Eight. He genuinely wants to make a difference in this world through Arizona inspired products.

Follow State Forty Eight on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

ABOUT AZ BRANDCAST

Branding isn’t just for companies. In fact, Arizona is its own brand. Every month, Mike Jones and Chris Stadler tap into Arizona’s rich community of thought leaders and business owners to find out how the state is developing that brand. Join them as they interview business and thought leaders from in and around Arizona about higher purpose in their companies and Arizona’s development as a brand. AZ Brandcast is powered by Conscious Capitalism AZ and Resound Creative.

ABOUT YOUR HOSTS

It’s Mike Jones‘ mission to see brands grow and succeed – to reach their full potential. He believes every brand, like every person, has DNA that’s remarkable, but not every brand knows how to act like it (and communicate it to the world). It’s not about what’s trendy, whatever consumers are demanding, or whatever will turn the fastest profit. It’s about the long game – building real relationships with your customers and your community.

Chris Stadler likes to see great plans executed. In a world looking for magic formulas, his stoic outlook tends to point people back to doing the basics really well. Accountability and measurement are his tools. In the past, Chris served as the staff copywriter for a large credit union, UX/human factors researcher at the University of Iowa and full-time teaching faculty, teaching design, copy and strategy at the University of Oregon.