Ramon Ray

“Unapologetically Positive” Small Business Expert, Personal Branding Thought Leader, Technology Guru

Topics: Thought Leadership, Technology, Branding & Marketing, Business, Business Growth, Media

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Biography

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’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.

Ramon is a small business expert, who is an in-demand thought leader on personal branding as a tool for small business success. He inspires and educates thousands of business owners a year through his articles, podcasts, and in-demand media interviews.

Ramon is the founder of ZoneofGenius.com a contributor to Entrepreneur.com and a host of the podcast, Breakfast with Champions. He has started five small businesses and sold three of them.

Ramon’s authored five books, including Celebrity CEO. Audiences around the world are inspired by his high energy and ability to connect and care.

Invited to the White House to speak about personal branding to the staff of the Executive Office of the President

Fun Facts about Ramon Ray:

Testified to the US Congress about small business growth
Shared the stage with celebrity business thought leaders such as Seth Godin, Simon Sinek, Gary Vaynerchuk.
Founder, SmartHustle.com and ZoneofGenius.com
Fired from the United Nations
Interviewed the President of the United States
Graduate of the FBI Citizens Academy
Piano player

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Celebrity CEO - Personal Branding. Go from Invisible to Rock Star Status

Ramon shares how and why it's important to build YOUR personal brand and be a CELEBRITY in your market! Ramon Ray will show, from his personal experience, the 5 steps necessary to build your personal brand and ensure that YOU (not your logo or your business cards) are on people’s minds when they think of the product or service you sell.

A solid personal brand makes you the ONLY choice and will crush your competition! Ramon will share HIS personal journey in building his brand resulting in book deals, speaking engagements and MORE SALES!

Sales is Dead - How Social Content Builds Brand 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.

How Smart Companies Thrive in an Uber Economy

We're in a world where sharing dominates (ie Uber), where speed is the norm, where mobile is everywhere and where competition is closer than a mouse click away.

Will your business survive? What can you do about it? This presentation will give you the foundations and tools for success in your business - to THRIVE in today's new digital "Uber" economy.

Testimonials

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

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

Booksby Ramon Ray

Celebrity CEO

The Facebook Guide to Small Business Marketing

Technology Resources for Growing Businesses

Technology Solutions for Growing Businesses

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