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David Mitroff, Ph.D.

Chief Consultant, Founder
Piedmont Avenue Consulting, Inc.
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David Mitroff, Ph.D. is a business consultant, marketing expert and keynote speaker who founded Piedmont Avenue Consulting, Inc. (www.PiedmontAve.com) where he advises on leveraging new technology to create brand awareness, strengthen loyalty and streamline processes with proven results.

He has held numerous consultative positions for diverse organizations such as LexisNexis, United Healthcare Group, Providian Financial Corporation, Nordstrom, Limited Brands, Constant Contact, Ben & Jerry's, and the YMCA.

Consulting clients include San Francisco Bay Area restaurants (Library On Main, The Oxford), retail specialty stores (FashionKnit, Rarebird, Az Cleaners), community (Oakland Diocese, Chambers of Commerce), franchises (Ben & Jerry's, T-Mobile, Sandler Training, California Closets), financial and legal services firms (Mass Mutual), high-growth start-up companies (Starrforce), real estate agencies (Better Homes & Gardens, Prudential Realty), and individual entrepreneurs.

Through consulting, lectures, trainings, and keynotes David has educated more than 25,000 business owners. He has been featured media expert for NBC, ABC, San Francisco Business Times, Hospitality Technology, California Lawyer, and more. He is currently an Instructor at University of California, Berkeley for the International Diploma Program and a Mentor for the Google Launchpad Accelerator.

Extensive educational background, in addition to professional sales training, includes a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with coursework in Business Administration, Culinary Arts, Legal Studies, and Marketing.

Born in San Francisco and raised in the surrounding cities provides an in-depth personal knowledge of the entire SF Bay Area and a comprehensive network of contacts. To better serve his clients and the community David founded Professional Connector (www.ProfessionalConnector.com) and serves on numerous advisory boards.

Current position (3)

Chief Consultant, Founder

Piedmont Avenue Consulting, Inc.

Strategy Director, Co-Founder

Bespoke Group & Luxury Collective

Instructor

University of California, Berkeley

Degrees (4)
Psychology, B.A. Minor: Criminal Justice
San Francisco State University
1992 to 1994
Clinical Psychology, M.A.
Alliant International University
1996 to 1997
Clinical Psychology, Ph.D.
Alliant International University
2004
Business Administration Certificate Program
University of California, Berkeley Extension
2005 to 2007

Presentations

Presentations (9)
How to Create Brand Awareness for your Business

A comprehensive marketing strategy leverages Social Media to makes information more accessible and useful by combining together technology, content and social interaction across many platforms including websites, blogs, video-sharing, review sites, email marketing and event promotion. Consumers expect organizations to use Social Media intelligently and for Social Media initiatives to align with other marketing strategies and core values. This workshop also provides an overview of the 9 Key Areas of Social Media as defined by David Mitroff, Ph.D. with examples from his consulting work with business owners and global organizations. Each participant will score themselves across these 9 Key Area to have a better understanding of their current online presence and areas to focus on to grow their business.

Growing a Consulting Business

Learn new skills and systems for creating, growing and sustaining a consulting business. Whether you are starting out or you have been a consultant for years, this workshop will teach you new ways to build your brand, attract clients, strengthen credibility, increase revenues and generate new business opportunities. This workshop is perfect for solo and boutique consulting firms, coaches, entrepreneurs and professionals who want to create their own path to success. David Mitroff, Ph.D. will share proven techniques and case studies from his consulting work with business owners and global organizations.

Digital Marketing Strategies For Measurable Results

This information-packed Email Marketing and Social Media workshop will review the essential strategies and best practices a business professional or organization can use to get started or take their business development and marketing efforts to the next level. We will cover both high level and step-by-step actions items you can implement today to create more brand awareness, strengthen customer loyalty and generate new opportunities.

We will talk about:

- How Email Marketing is the most cost effective way to create top of mind sales
- What social media marketing really is and why it’s important
- Various social media networks and tools: how they interact, ways to leverage their strengths, and how to evaluate them for best use for your business or organization
- How other businesses are using these low-cost tools to gain visibility, develop relationships, and drive sales and engagement
- How to incorporate it into your business life without losing productivity

Critical Success Factors for Business Growth

In this interactive workshop we will review a comprehensive strategy for taking your organization to the next level. Business owners are overwhelmed and distracted with day to day activities and tasks. Owners need to make important decisions, quickly, with greater consequences, and often with limited information on hand. Owners concentrate on the tactical decisions and often neglect the strategic ones. Learn the Key Performance Indicators and quantifiable measurements that reflect the critical success factors of a business. This session will provide real world examples and techniques for leveraging existing resources and a systematic approach for growing your business.

Customer Loyalty

There are so many different companies to choose from in today’s world. Loyalty Programs give businesses a strategy to retain customers and gain new customers. During this interactive session learn about effect use of platforms such as constant contact for an effective email marketing strategy. Get your customers to repeat business by utilizing email marketing techniques and creating customer loyalty programs. Understand how to follow-up after an event to maximize customer retention. David Mitroff, Ph.D. will give a presentation on building an online presence. Attendees will learn a comprehensive approach to manage and protect their online presence in a positive manner with marketing and the proper use of social media. Attendees will possess all the tools necessary in order to maintain their reputation in a professional, affordable way.

Event Marketing

Learn a comprehensive approach to manage and promote events big and small. You will possess all the tools necessary in order to handle everything from registrations to payment to promotion in a professional, affordable way. Topics covered will include:

Plan – Professionally promote your event. Set up an ad-free event homepage, collect registration fees with secure payment processing, and keep registration open for attendees to register online at their convenience.
Track – Reduce repetitive tasks. Reduce the number of day-to-day “to-dos” with online event registration, reminders, invitations, a calendar, and event themes. Do more…but in minutes by managing all your promotions, registrations, and communications in one place.
Manage – Monitor and course-correct. Save money by taking the guesswork out of capturing attendance information. Use event tracking and reporting tools to plan for exact catering needs, room size, parking space…you name it!
and more…

The Networked Professional: Maximizing your Online Connections

Your online connections represent a source of social power, and the more connections you have the more power you have. Learn how to leverage social media networks, such as LinkedIn, to expand your professional and personal brand leading to new sales, more marketplace awareness and for career advancement. This keynote also provides an overview of the 9 Key Areas of Social Media as defined by David Mitroff, Ph.D. with examples from his consulting work with business owners and global organizations.

In This Program, discover:
How strong is your online brand
What parts of your business or organization can be affected by Social Media
What components of your current marketing plan could leverage Social Media
Developing the perfect LinkedIn personal profile
How effective are your current Social Media efforts

Search Engine Optimization Strategies

Social Media makes information more accessible and powerful by combining together technology, content and social interaction across many platforms such as websites, blogs, video-sharing and review sites. Correctly integrating Search Engine Optimization (SEO) techniques and strategies throughout your Social Media efforts will lead to dramatic short and long term increased revenues, brand awareness and customer loyalty. Learn how to create an effective SEO and Social Media campaign with simple and straight forward marketing tactics.

How to Create Brand Awareness for your Business

A comprehensive marketing strategy leverages Social Media to makes information more accessible and useful by combining together technology, content and social interaction across many platforms including websites, blogs, video-sharing, review sites, email marketing and event promotion. Consumers expect organizations to use Social Media intelligently and for Social Media initiatives to align with other marketing strategies and core values. This workshop also provides an overview of the 9 Key Areas of Social Media as defined by David Mitroff, Ph.D. with examples from his consulting work with business owners and global organizations. Each participant will score themselves across these 9 Key Area to have a better understanding of their current online presence and areas to focus on to grow their business.

Past talks (3)
Social Media Marketing Strategies for Measurable Results, The Networked Professional: Maximizing your Online Connections
California SBDC Professional Development Conference
Irvine, CA
December 31, 2015
Social Media Marketing Strategies For Measurable Results
Social Media Summit
Lafayette, CA
December 31, 2015
Building your Marketing-Technology Alliance: Collaboration Strategies & Practical Solutions
Restaurant Executive Summit
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
December 31, 2013
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Business
Media & Marketing
PR & Communications
Technology
Leadership
Brand Marketing Consulting opportunities business consulting Social Media Brand Development Big data and business professional networking Reputation Management customer loyalty
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Business Consultant | Marketing Expert | Keynote Speaker | Connector | Mentor

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