Mike Schmidt, Founder & CEO Ensemble Ventures, LLC. May 2001 - Present

Ensemble is an 8+ year old Business Development “Venture Ventilator” based in Colorado Springs assisting seed stage and development oriented companies with strategic business development and product/market positioning tactics, technology assessment and adataption services.  Ensemble developes capital formation plans for seed stage companies, solicits funding and partnership alliances for clients and company-owned ventures, and provides visionary leadership for technology development teams.  Mr. Schmidt is also the Director of the Colorado Springs Entrepreneurs Group, (222 Members) http://www.colospgsbiz.org and http://www.meetup.com/colospgsbiz providing grassroots Entrepreneurial support services and an open forum for the development of Colorado Springs emerging Innovation and Entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Mr. Schmidt is a native of Colorado, and a Strategic Business Development and Tactical marketing and sales professional/ entrepreneur with integrated skills in both technology and marketing/sales disciplines. Twenty-plus years of international start-up company experience and management-level consulting engagements with over 30 clients.  Technical Skills include; new product design, development, project planning, software definition and creation, and product engineering prototype work, manufacturing support, and logistics.

Marketing/sales skills encompass; advertising, promotion, public relations, trade show coordination, publications design, direct mail campaigns, seminars, customer training, technical support, sales management, sales training, and account management.  Management experience includes; management of company profit centers, project teams, forecasting, budgeting, and start-up of companies in the US, UK, and Asia. Comfortable with new start-up companies and product/service offerings. Have traveled extensively both domestically and internationally in the USA, Canada, Central and Latin America, UK, (Wales, Ireland, Scotland), Europe, Central and Latin America, Asia, and South Africa.

We are so excited to have Maddy and Alex of Love Grown Foods supporting the “Live The Dream” tour coming to 60 cities nation wide.

All week long the Qittle team has been munching on Love Grown Raisin Almond Crunch, it’s yummy. We’ll have it at all of our Live Events.

Click here to see the Qittle Tour dates and Cities

Qittle is looking for 1 team member to join our team to promote “Live The Dream” win a year in Aspen/Snowmass. As a member of the Qittle Team you have the opportunity to travel in 2010 to 60 Cities on the Love Bus as the video producer of “Live The Dream” TV. If you have a passion for marketing and want to pad your resume this is the perfect opportunity for you. Your mission: create “Live The Dream” TV.

Education and Experience:
• Enrolled in College
• Familiarity and enthusiasm for Social marketing and event planning
• General familiarity with internet marketing and viral techniques (preferred).
• Strong on-campus social network
• Familiarity of online mediums such as Facebook, twitter, etc.

Knowledge, Skills and Ability:
• Ability to balance multiple responsibilities.
• Final Cut Pro or another video editing program skill
• Multi-task oriented with strong organizational skills.
• Good computer skills

Responsibilities Include:
1. Work with Qittle marketing team to create and produce “Live The Dream” TV.
2. Promote TV show through online marketing mediums such as Facebook & twitter.
3. Aid in the execution of Qittle programs and events.

Send resume to info@qittle.com

Qittle is an equal opportunity employer*

More info on “Live The Dream” Win a year in Aspen/Snowmass

http://qittle.com/live_the_dream.html

Laurie Macomber is co-owner of Social Media Pilots, a full service social media company, and owner of search engine optimization firm Blue Skies Marketing.  She began Blue Skies Marketing in New York before bringing the company to Fort Collins, Colorado in 2006.

Here in Colorado, her expertise in SEO, SEM, Social Media and all things Google has earned her the nickname “The Google Guru”.  And her extensive background in traditional marketing helps her create online marketing strategies that work. To Laurie, the ultimate goal of online marketing is to Be Found, Be Profound, and Be Around on the internet.

Click here for Tickets to the Fort Collins Social Mobile Media at its Best “Live The Dream”event

COWBOYS CLEANING OFFERS MOBILE COUPON WHEN TEAM SCORES

Qittle™ Mobile Marketing Firm Powers Dallas Mobile Offer

Aspen, Colo. (November 25, 2009) – Qittle, a national mobile and social media firm, is excited to announce that it is assisting Dallas-based Cowboys Cleaning with a new creative mobile offer.

For every 20 points scored in a game by local NFL team, the Dallas Cowboys, Cowboys Cleaning will discount their services to clients by $20.  To obtain the mobile coupon for this offer, customers must text CLEANMEDFW to 32075 or sign up for text alerts on their website http://cowboyscleaning.com/.  Standard carrier charges apply.

Qittle is providing the mobile technology behind the text offer as well as the SMS sign-up widget on the Cowboys Cleaning website.

Cowboys Cleaning are aiming to integrate the community’s love of their local team with the cleaning business of the same name.  By using mobile coupons, they are also able to directly and conveniently communicate these offers to customers in a paperless form.

“As a business owner, I’m always intrigued by ways to make my business more cutting edge, gain more customers and offer higher value. Mobile marketing makes perfect sense to me as an additive to my mix because I spend more time on my phone than I do watching TV! Qittle is the prefect fit for me as a small business owner. I’ve looked into other companies before but was flabbergasted at the start up; for less than a movie and popcorn at the theater, I can offer specials, build customer lists and attract new business all by sending a text message.  I can’t wait to see the returns Qittle is going to bring me long-term.” Cowboys Cleaning owner Jamie Swartz.

About Cowboys Cleaning

Cowboys Cleaning provides house cleaning service and maid services in Dallas, Uptown/Downtown Dallas, Lakewood, Addison Highland Park, Park Cities, Las Colinas.  Cowboys Cleaning is fully licensed, insured and bonded. 24hr customer satisfaction guaranteed.  http://cowboyscleaning.com/

Well, its official, my life is truly unlike any I could have dreamed. Many of you know that I am working with Qittle, a very cool tech start up that does SMS bundled marketing.

They are giving away a YEAR free in Aspen/Snowmass, in their “Live the Dream” contest, including a place to live, a ski pass and WAY more.

The idea of living a life full of passion, a life that makes you feel fulfilled, the idea of doing what you love even if it doesn’t meet the social norm is hugely important to these VERY energetic visionary entrepreneurs.

To that end, they are launching a 62 city tour of the US, where they will be showing a short film of my story, and giving away the PSIA poster of me. We get to shoot it this weekend on Aspen Mountain!

Next weekend, we will be shooting the first 1/2 hour episode of “Live the Dream TV”, a show about people who have decided to follow their passion. The first episode focuses on my story, from unhappy, energy deficient stay at home non skiing mom to full cert instructor on Aspen Mountain who has the energy to go camping all summer with her kids.

Click here to read the full article at Skiing in The Shower

I’m a creative nerdy mad scientist living in Fort Collins, Colorado. A Web and Gen-Y strategist, I built my own company, WTF Marketing, to help small businesses, entrepreneurs and individuals tell their story online.  I help to keep millennials (Gen-Y) and their managers from going to war.  I grok social media, web design, and content creation through blogging, podcasting, and web videos.  I’m also a Trekkie – Live long ‘n’ prosper, yo.

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Kim Dushinski is the President of Mobile Marketing Profits, a marketing firm that provides mobile marketing education and consulting services to marketing professionals and entrepreneurs. She is the author of the best-selling book, The Mobile Marketing Handbook: A Step by Step Guide to Creating Dynamic Mobile Marketing Campaigns and one of the authors of the upcoming book Social Media Superstars edited by Mitch Meyerson. She co-hosts the Mobile Presence radio show on WebmasterRadio.fm and has been named one of the Mobile Women to Note 2010 by MobileMarketer.com.

Click here to purchase tickets to Qittle presents: Social/Mobile Media at its Best “Live The Dream” in Denver Colorado

We are looking for 3 or 4 Speakers to join our “Social Conversation”

• Opportunity to speak in front of a crowd about what you do
• Network and share good info
• Free ticket to the event

email Casey McConnell if you would like to learn more casey@Qittle.com

Live The Dream Social Conversation Tour Panel

Qittle 60 City tour, find your city and hit us up.

CUSTOM SOCIAL NETWORKING GOES MOBILE WITH QITTLE

Galaxy builds highly custom, scalable communities around brands

Aspen, CO (November 23rd, 2009)—Galaxy Digital, a web company that specializes in building custom social networks, has selected Qittle mobile solutions for its web-based platform.

Galaxy is focused on bringing people together through online communities & cutting edge digital communication tools. Working closely with clients, Galaxy zeros in on the unique nature of their work, their real-world environment, and their communication needs before building a custom solution. They use Qittle for SMS communications in their online communities.

“Qittle is excited to be partnered with Galaxy Digital and the unique social networking communities that they build.  Now that mobile is a part of Galaxy Digital’s toolset, their communities can have a completely integrated social experience.” said Qittle salesperson, Matt Fraser.

Galaxy has the most innovative functionality of any private social networking platform. Galaxy communities are highly modular, highly scalable, and custom built to meet the exact needs of their clients.

“Allowing contact directly to a person’s cell phone is such an important feature to have for any group or network these days.  With Qittle’s API’s, we are able to customize the look and feel of a mobile module on our end and still be able to send texts over Qittle’s secure mobile gateway,” said Doss Church, Galaxy Digital CEO.

Qittle helps businesses create, customize and manage a mobile marketing initiative. Qittle has signed up numerous clients and partners including MindBody Software, Snowmass Village, Bonos BBQ, Aspen Ski Company and Cost Cutters. http://qittle.com/

If you would like more information on Qittle, or to schedule an interview with Casey McConnell, please contact Erin Robinson at 248.515.0955 or erin@qittle.com.