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Next Level Marketing
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Degrees
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Master in International Management from the American Graduate School of International management (better known as Thunderbird) and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Kansas
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My Expert Service
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All marketing firms are not all the same.
Next Level is committed to helping our clients generate more revenue through intensive research, clearly defined goals, unfettered creativity and uncompromising execution.
We believe in working to achieve positive, measurable revenue growth. Our mission is to develop integrated marketing and communication strategies and innovative tactics to help our clients grow.
While many advertising and graphic design firms are tactics and materials oriented, little attention is given to marketing and sales planning, budgeting and execution. These firms are more than happy to take your money and produce a shiny new brochure or flashy website design. They really don't care if it's ineffective.
Our philosophy, however, is to successfully integrate these planning opportunities with our graphic design, website development and public relations work. We offer an extensive range of services to achieve your goals.
In addition, our philosophy is to serve as an educational resource for companies. Through our public speaking, newsletters, e-mail publications and our website, we try to share some of our knowledge on how to grow businesses.
We know from years of experience that an educated customer is more committed to making real and sustainable growth and therefore, is a better customer for us.
Our focus has been on serving small and mid-sized companies and not-for-profit organizations. Our clients are diverse both as to size and the nature of their organizations.
Our clients include manufacturers, services companies, construction contractors, distribution companies, financial services companies, healthcare corporations, and not-for-profit organizations.
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Experience & Qualifications
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Brett Flickinger is the marketing and business development principal at Next Level, LLC
Brett serves as the creative revenue genius at Next Level or as we refer to him, the Revenue Wunderkind. Brett provides clients with a practical combination of strategic and marketing planning, business analysis, and creative development skills and expertise. He has more than 20 years of experience in helping businesses grow by removing internal impediments and by developing and implementing marketing strategies that generate real cash successes.
Experienced in a variety of industries including manufacturing, distribution, financial services, software, services and non-profit, Brett takes a common-sense approach to every client. His no-nonsense style and ability to generate marketing and sales improvement quickly delight his clients; many of whom view Brett as their outsourced marketing staff.
In addition to his role at Next Level, Brett serves as the Director of Marketing for Dugan & Lopatka, CPAs and its three other operating companies. Since joining the firm in late 1996, Brett helped dramatically transform this mid-sized accounting firm into one of Chicago’s premier firms. The results of Brett’s efforts to transform his firm’s marketing efforts, broaden their service offerings, and revamp the way the firm approaches sales, speak for his success:
•Growth in people by 91%
•Increased revenues 150% in first five years
•Increased annual new client growth rate from nearly zero to just under 20% annually
•Record numbers of new clients.
•Increased size and quality of clients.
Brett is a 1988 graduate of the University of Kansas and has a Master's degree in International Marketing from the American Graduate School of International Management, better known as Thunderbird.
Brett started his career with the Illinois Department of Commerce & Community Affairs’ International Business Division where he worked as an international marketing representative. In this capacity he worked with hundreds of Illinois companies to penetrate new overseas markets. He has also worked as a consultant and director of marketing at the national accounting firm of Grant Thornton. Prior to coming to Dugan & Lopatka in 1996, Brett served as the director of marketing for a software developer and, with his wife, owned a small entrepreneurial e-commerce consulting firm.
Published Works
Brett Flickinger is a resource for marketing and is an active writer on topics relating to business growth and development, including an article in the Business Ledger entitled Building Blocks of Growth – 12 Steps to Success. He has recently written a book on how to grow service companies and when he finds some spare time, is trying to get it published. Brett is the author and publisher of two quarterly newsletters, the Update and Solutions for Nonprofits. The Update has a subscription of over 8,000 privately held businesses. Solutions for Nonprofits serves over 1100 nonprofit organizations. In addition Brett is a contributing author to several eNewsletter published and broadcast to people around the world.
Awards & Recognitions
In 1999 and 2001, Brett won first place Marketing Achievement Awards from the Association of Accounting Marketing. In 2005, he was honored with Marketing Director of the Year from GMN Enterprise, an international network of firms located in 68 countries.
Speaking Engagements
Major speaking engagements include:
Sage Software Annual User Conference attended by over 3,000 people where he spoke on the relevance and impact marketing can play on businesses in San Diego, CA,
INPACT Americas North American Conference in Savannah, GA, 50 people, Fish On! A Fisherman’s Guide to Selling Services, general discussion on how to conduct selling and business development successfully.
GMN Enterprise Partners Forum in Chicago, IL, 60 people, Fish On! A Fisherman’s Guide to Marketing, general discussion on how to conduct marketing successful
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Available Modes Of Communication
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email/chat
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Next Level Marketing
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