C. Thomas Tom Smith, III
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area
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LLM Training & Evaluation Specialist | AI Content Architect | Former Google Bard Seed…
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Druva brings its SaaS protection to Power BI - https://lnkd.in/e7BfakHw
Druva brings its SaaS protection to Power BI - https://lnkd.in/e7BfakHw
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Spectacular cash generator Sandisk generates spectacular pile of dollars - https://lnkd.in/eenmRJNr
Spectacular cash generator Sandisk generates spectacular pile of dollars - https://lnkd.in/eenmRJNr
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Experience
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Insights From Analytics
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Education
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Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business
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Activities and Societies: Entrepreneurial venture networking and development
Raised venture capital for entrepreneurial venture.
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Licenses & Certifications
Volunteer Experience
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Board of Directors
First Flight Federal Credit Union
- Present 20 years 2 months
Economic Empowerment
Member of the board since 2006 attending monthly board meetings, contributing to annual business plan, marketing plan and conducting market analysis for geographic and sales channel expansion. Active on the Compensation, Facilities, Marketing, and Technology committees.
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Consultant
North Carolina Center for Nonprofits
- 14 years 7 months
Social Services
Provide pro-bono marketing consulting to such organizations as:
- North Carolina Foundation for Public School Children (http://ncfpsc.org/)
- ReDirections of Rockingham County (http://www.redirections.org/)
- First Tee of the Triangle (http://www.thefirstteetriangle.org/)
- Express CNA Training (http://www.expresscna.com/)
- Heads Up Therapeutic Riding Program (http://www.nchpad.org/)
- GAMAE (http://gamae.org/)
- North Carolina Botanical Garden (http://ncbg.unc.edu/)
-…Provide pro-bono marketing consulting to such organizations as:
- North Carolina Foundation for Public School Children (http://ncfpsc.org/)
- ReDirections of Rockingham County (http://www.redirections.org/)
- First Tee of the Triangle (http://www.thefirstteetriangle.org/)
- Express CNA Training (http://www.expresscna.com/)
- Heads Up Therapeutic Riding Program (http://www.nchpad.org/)
- GAMAE (http://gamae.org/)
- North Carolina Botanical Garden (http://ncbg.unc.edu/)
- The Altapass Foundation (http://www.altapassorchard.org/)
- Pocosin Arts (http://www.pocosinarts.org/)
- Cooperative Christian Ministry (http://www.cooperativeministry.com/)
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Business Advisory Board, 2021 Executive in Residence
Meredith College MBA Program
- 7 years 3 months
Education
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Consultant
Taproot Foundation
- Present 9 years 5 months
Human Rights
- Hunters Point Parks Conservancy (https://www.hunterspointparks.org/)
- HomeAgain VR (https://www.homeagainvr.org/)
- Garden Kids of Kemah (https://gardenkidskemah.org/)
- EnViv (https://enciv.org/)
- Helicon (http://www.heliconinc.org/)
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Publications
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The 2015 Guide to Big Data, Business Intelligence, and Analytics
DZone
See publicationThe 2015 Guide to Big Data takes the three V's of the analysts (volume, velocity, variety) and translates them into what coders, architects, and sysadmins are actually doing right now: Spark, YARN, Storm, Mesos, Myriad, Kafka, columnar queries, OLAP—and how all of these stack—and much more.
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Hacking Customer Engagement
Arpan Samuel Ramtek
See publicationRepublished "Authenticity and Trust are Keys to Customer Engagement" blog post.
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Target Marketing Magazine
North American Publishing Company (NAPCO)
See publication#THE_BUZZ "Data business people look at data and ask; what value does this provide, how do I share it with people to be more successful?"
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Voice of the Customer News
Garsch
See publicationBlog post: "What Are Your Customers Telling Others About You?"
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VolvoAmericaNews
Volvo
See publicationRepublished a blog post I wrote about using ethnographic research to successful position and market Volvo Trucks to companies versus owner-operators.
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How To Get Consumer Insights From Analytics
Online
See publication"How To Get Insights From Analytics" is a complilation of 12 case studies that show how to garner insights from analytics and qualitative data to accelerate sales performance.
What you'll learn:
- How a pool/spa OEM increased sales by 38% in one year by listening to their channel partners.
- How a cell phone company reduced churn by 9% and saved $16.8 million in potentally lost revenue by listening to its customers.
- How an insurance company met it 12-month sales goals in less…"How To Get Insights From Analytics" is a complilation of 12 case studies that show how to garner insights from analytics and qualitative data to accelerate sales performance.
What you'll learn:
- How a pool/spa OEM increased sales by 38% in one year by listening to their channel partners.
- How a cell phone company reduced churn by 9% and saved $16.8 million in potentally lost revenue by listening to its customers.
- How an insurance company met it 12-month sales goals in less than three months via a simple marketing tactic.
These 12 case studies will give you ideas of how to accelerate your sales process by talking to, and gathering insights from, customers, prospects and channel partners.
Courses
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7 Lessons on Writing for Becoming a Standout Writer
Udemy
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Advanced Marketing Strategy
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Advertising Management
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American Political Parties
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Business Communications
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Complete Creative Writing - All Genres
Udemy
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Complete Google Workspace (GSuite), Beginner - Advanced
Udemy
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Consumer and Buyer Behavior
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Dynamics of Bargaining
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Economic Policy
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Entrepreneurial Ventures
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Financial Accounting
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Integrated Marketing Communications
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Integrated Marketing Strategy
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International Relations
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Logic
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Managerial Economics
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Marketing Decision Making
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Modeling and Forecasting
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Modern International Politics
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Monetary Economics
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Ninja Writing: The Four Levels of Writing Mastery
Udemy
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Organizational Behavior
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Political Systems
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Public Policy
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Quantitative Analysis
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Statistical Analysis
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Storytelling Fundamentals for All
Udemy
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The Philosophy of Voting Behavior
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The Public Speaker's Guide to Storytelling
Udemy
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The Story Course - Storytelling Masterclass
Udemy
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Writing Tools & Hacks: Copywriting/Blogging/Content Writing
Udemy
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Writing With Confidence: Writing Beginner to Writing Pro
Udemy
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Writing With Flair: How To Become An Exceptional Writer
Udemy
Projects
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The Fascination Advantage Assessment
See projectAccording to Sally Hogshead of How To Fascinate, my archetype is "The Good Citizen." I am "principled, prepared, conscientious, detail oriented and modest."
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Insights From Analytics
Twelve case studies that show the insights gained by curating data and talking to customers, channel partners or management teams prior to developing, and implementing, a business or marketing plan and how the insights accelerated sales.
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StrengthsFinder 2.0
See projectStrengthsFinder 2.0 indicates my top five themes are:
1. Strategic - bring order to chaos identifying the right solution to the problem.
2. Maximizer - excellence, not average.
3. Achiever - constant need for achievement and accomplishments.
4. Consistency - treat people the same, regardless of their station in life.
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Bright's Creek Integrated Marketing Campaign
Pristine land in the mountains of North Carolina. A Tom Fazio-designed golf course that he said was “as good as it gets.” Hundreds of homesites with spectacular mountain vistas to sell.
So we developed an integrated campaign that included an award-winning website (www.brightscreek.com) and direct mail, a video series to promote the club and the surrounding area, newsletters, ads and various other elements that helped sell out Phase 1 in less than two years.
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Anua Website & Collateral
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Total redesign of the website and all of the sales collateral (product overviews, technical specification sheets, manuals and case studies) as the company was rebranded to Anua from Bord na Mona Environmental Products.
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FMI Corporation Website & Collateral
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Redesigned the website and collateral to leverage the firm's 55 years of content and knowledge regarding the construction industry and ensuring a consistent, professional presentation of the brand across all communication channels.
Other creatorsSee project
Honors & Awards
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DZone Community Award for Most-Published Core Contributor
DZone
This award is given to Tom Smith for being the DZone Core member who published the most articles in 2023.
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Specialties
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Integrated Marketing Communications, Consumer Insights, Business Insights, Strategic Planning, New Product Development, Corporate Communications, Public Relations, Database Marketing, Customer Satisfaction, Business Development, Quantitative & Qualitative Research, Regression Analysis, VOC, Inbound Lead Generation, Channel Management, CRM, Social Media, Content Marketing, Webinars, Strategic Internet Design, SEO, Web Analytics, B2B, B2C, Competitive Analysis, Graphic Standards, Consumer Data…
Integrated Marketing Communications, Consumer Insights, Business Insights, Strategic Planning, New Product Development, Corporate Communications, Public Relations, Database Marketing, Customer Satisfaction, Business Development, Quantitative & Qualitative Research, Regression Analysis, VOC, Inbound Lead Generation, Channel Management, CRM, Social Media, Content Marketing, Webinars, Strategic Internet Design, SEO, Web Analytics, B2B, B2C, Competitive Analysis, Graphic Standards, Consumer Data Analyst, Digital Marketing, Inbound Marketing, Operations
Test Scores
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Allegiance VOC Certification
Score: 98%
The VOC Professional Certification provides a process to help you build a state-of-the-art VOC program across four sessions:
1. Building Loyalty and Engagement
2. Building Your VOC Blueprint
3. Discovering Insights from your Data
4. Defining an Action Plan for Success
Languages
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English
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Organizations
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Triangle American Marketing Association
Volunteer Mentor and Pro-Bono Marketing Consultant for North Carolina Center for Nonprofits
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Check out what’s new and exciting on the Interchange Bench - there’s always a great bunch on news to share!
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Two back-to-back announcements reset the AI-native development tooling market. >> SpaceX's $60B option on Cursor (with a $10B floor) gives Cursor…
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