Description

Event Overview:

In this interactive event you’ll hear from seasoned marketing professionals who will share the fundamentals of building your own brand. From social media, podcasts, websites, artificial intelligence, and more you’ll learn the tools and strategies you need to create a personal brand that is uniquely tailored to your goals. Whether you’re an entrepreneur or leader in your organization having a personal brand is no longer a luxury, it’s a necessity.

Event Features:
Networking
Light bites and refreshments
Panel Discussion and Q&A
Raffle Prize Drawing

Space is limited to 80, register early as this event will fill up. 

Date: June 5, 2024
Time:  9:00am-11:00am
Location: The Dunhill Hotel
237 N Tryon St.
Charlotte, NC 28202

Parking Instructions: 
The Dunhill Hotel has a dedicated parking garage to park in and they will validate attendee’s tickets. Valet is $38 and is NOT validated.

FEATURED SPEAKERS:

Moderator: 

Ohavia Phillips | Founder/Owner of The Oh Show LLC

A Brooklyn native, Ohavia Phillips is living the dream as a sports and entertainment maven. Ohavia is an electrifying emcee, in-arena host for The Charlotte Hornets, award winning business owner of her media company The Oh Show LLC (EST 2018), merchandise queen and social media ball of ENERGY. Ohavia shows love and positivity wherever she goes and says: “leading with love and serving others is her jam!” Get to know her at her website >> Ohavia Phillips and @OHAVIAPHILLIPS across all social media platforms.

Panelists:

Stetson Patton | Founder & CEO of Socially Stetson LLC

Stetson is a seasoned social media strategist and consultant with over 17 years of experience in the digital marketing sphere. Specializing in helping small businesses and personal brands elevate their online presence; Stetson crafts customized, impactful strategies that resonate with audiences worldwide. As the founder of Socially Stetson LLC and the host of the Socially Stetson Podcast, she combines insightful business strategies with faith-based principles, guiding her clients and listeners towards achieving not just digital success but personal fulfillment as well. Stetson's approach is rooted in authenticity, aiming to empower her clients to let their unique light shine in the crazy world of social media.

Leslie Cramer | Founder and Fractional CMO

Leslie Cramer, Founder, and Fractional CMO, started her first business at 16 years old. As a teenager making $100/hr while her peers made $5/hr at Hollywood Video, she was hooked on entrepreneurship. Since then, she has founded multiple 6- and 7-figure businesses, learning new skills and overcoming obstacles along the way. She now owns a Local SEO marketing agency serving small local businesses. As an international speaker for women's entrepreneurship, Leslie Cramer champions self-trust, delusional confidence, and community. A single mom to three kids, she shares her inspiring journey while giving valuable business insights and practical strategies around marketing, mindset, and momming.

Kristen Stegall | CEO of Novice Studios 

Kristen Stegall is the CEO of Novice Studios, a video production company for podcasters. Kristen and her team love working with ambitious women who aim to expand their brands through video podcasts to serve and nurture their target audience. In the three years since the company was founded, Novice Studios has launched and produced well over 500 podcasts episodes and garnered 120,000+ downloads for their clients, in addition to creating over 1,000 pieces of video content between YouTube videos and podcast clips produced for Instagram & TikTok.

Melinda Rae Schmidt | Founder & CEO of MR Consulting

Founder of MR Marketing and Consulting, Melinda Rae uses her more than 25 years of experience in the marketing and sales industry, along with her authenticity and heart, sense of humor, and love of life and people, to ask the RIGHT questions for a full understanding of her client’s needs to create solutions that work. Melinda built a previous marketing company and sold it in 2018, creating programs within that company that are still thriving today. As more than just another marketing company, MR Consulting supports clients in accelerating their business growth and evolving into their full potential. MR is a strategic and creative force for clients to develop brands and brand consistency across multiple marketing modalities.