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Ramon Ray is an entrepreneur, author and speaker who loves burnt pancakes, bacon and eggs. His passion and biggest professional accomplishment is interviewing “main street” small business owners and entrepreneurs and sharing their stories. Ramon is not just an ivory tower geek, but as a former technology consultant, he has hands-on experience in a variety of technologies including social media, mobile computing, computer networks, online software and more.

Ramon is the founder and producer of Smart Hustle Media, Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Alice and he’s started four companies and sold two. He has been invited as an expert witness to the United States Congress, invited by the Office of the President of the United States to speak at the White House on personal branding. He’s interviewed President Obama in the President’s first live Google Hangout, and was part of the US Delegation to India, led by Ivanka Trump for the Global Entrepreneurship Summit.

Ramon’s expertise is technology, marketing, sales, business startup and growth and his favorite is personal branding. Over his extensive career, Ramon has written thousands of articles, spoken to thousands of business owners, and impacted hundreds of thousands of small business owners and entrepreneurs to help their businesses thrive.

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Human Connection in a Digital World

Learn navigate AI while keeping a human connection with your customers. Technology causes stress and Ramon’s keynote cheers people up! Charismatic and dynamic, Ramon lights up the stage.

Sales is Dead: How Social Content Builds Brands and Drives Sales

Social content is all about creating relevant content that creates a relationship with you and your customers and potential customers. In this presentation, Ramon will give you a step by step overview of the best practices to leverage social content in your business.

He’ll share concrete examples of what companies have done RIGHT and examples of what companies have done WRONG. He’ll leave you with “take home” insights in how to use content marketing as a powerful tool for business growth.

Date Your Leads, Marry Your Customers

Learn how to nurture your potential customers by helping them like and trust you, which will improve the client experience as well as your sales! In this program, Ramon Ray will talk about how small business owners and entrepreneurs can ATTRACT, SELL and WOW. Learn the three phase process which helps you attract more customers, educate them until they buy, and wow them so that customers buy again and again...and tell others.

Business owners, professionals and managers who want to acquire more customers, increase sales, and build long lasting relationships with customers will benefit from attending this program. You will leave with a suite of the best practices, providing you with a powerful framework for small business success.

Testimonials

When the great Seth Godin said, on Nov 2013 to a large assembled audience of small business owners in NYC “When I’m out of town, Ramon Ray is my second” he nailed it.
– Eric Keosky-Smith, Entrepreneur
Ramon has taught tens of thousands of small business owners how to see what’s possible and helped them lean into the very simple steps that can transform a struggling business into one that truly pays off.
– Seth Godin, Author
While I was trying to build an altruistic selling environment Ramon was living one. His passion for helping small businesses is second to none and he ALWAYS sees his strategies through the lens of the customer.
– Bill Hoffman, OpenTech Alliance

Booksby Ramon Ray

The Celebrity CEO: How Entrepreneurs Can Thrive by Building a Community and a Strong Personal Brand

Amazon

The Facebook Guide to Small Business Marketing

Amazon

Technology Resources for Growing Businesses

Amazon

Technology Solutions for Growing Businesses

Amazon

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