About Nowpreneur
It seems like everywhere you turn today, someone is saying you have to spend your time and money on the next hot marketing tactic… social media… content marketing… SEO… and on and on.
Truth is, they all work. And they all fail.
Use the wrong tactic for your message or market and you’ve just thrown your money in the trash.
Wouldn’t you rather focus on the tactics that actually work to engage your ideal prospects, convert them to customers, and transform them into promoters of your business?
It’s possible. And it’s easier than you might think.
Profitable marketing starts with a solid foundation of strategy. Without strategy, all of your marketing is random and haphazard. Sure, some of it will work. No one is that unlucky.
But without a good strategy, you’re likely to spend significantly more to attract customers to your business than necessary. That means less capital for expansion, lower profits, and less money in your pocket.
It’s also means slower growth… and missed revenue goals.
If you’re serious about doubling the size of your business, your marketing can’t be based on hope alone.
Profitable marketing has three key components:
- Strategy based on the customer’s journey
- Tools and tactics appropriate for each stage of the journey
- Actionable metrics that give you real insight into what’s working
When all three work together, your marketing sails along smoothly, attracting your ideal customers and allowing you to hit — or exceed — your business growth goals.
The 90-Day Growth Accelerator program was developed to help businesses like yours get the strategies, tactics, and metrics in place quickly and efficiently to produce reliable, repeatable, and relentless growth.
Charlotte S. Hicks, CPA CIC AAI ARM previously owned Glasgow Hicks Insurance Agency LLC, now NFP Property & Casualty Services of Wilmington, North Carolina. She holds degrees in International Economics and Accounting. Charlotte has been a frequent speaker at events across the country and is the co-author of A Business Success Journal – Straight Talk by Real People.
Charlotte worked for Electronic Data Systems for 12 years, spending the majority of that time in Corporate Tax with responsibilities for federal and international tax planning and compliance.
Charlotte was awarded the Young Agent of the Year honor by the Independent Agents of North Carolina in 2001. She served on the IIANC Board of Directors from 2001 to 2011 including serving as President of IIANC from 2009-2010.
Additionally she has served as the Secretary/Treasurer of the NC Surplus Lines association, Vice President of the National Instar Users Group, Secretary/Treasurer of the Upper Delaware Captive Insurance Company and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association.
She was a charter member of the NC Department of Insurance Agents Advisory Council, served on the Wilmington-New Hanover Insurance Advisory Committee, and is author of numerous published articles.
As founder and owner of Nowpreneur, Charlotte has worked with clients all over North America and as far away as South Africa, Slovenia, and Russia as a business and insurance consultant.
She is on the National Faculty for the National Alliance for Insurance Education and has been a Circle of Success instructor for American Writers & Artists Inc.
Charlotte is a member and Past President of the Wilmington West Rotary Club, a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer, and owner of GreenFlashPics.com, which sells her underwater photography. She currently serves as a board member of the Carolina Yacht Club and enjoys serving on the race committee for local, regional, and national regattas.
Charlotte S. Hicks, CPA CIC AAI ARM
Founder, Nowpreneur
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