Socialize Your Way To The Top
Having only been franchising for nine months The Zoom Room is already on it's way (check them out soon on Jay Leno, Entrepreneur Magazine, and USA Today). Mark Van Wye, COO, shares how they have been able to use social media, free press, and creating value through social programs to catapult their business in only a few months.
BIO:
Chief Operating Officer of Zoom Room, Inc.
Mark oversees all day-to-day operations of Zoom Room as well as serving as the director of all national and local marketing and branding activities. Mr. Van Wye has worked as a creative marketing consultant, with an emphasis on education, for over two decades. He has worked on multiple projects and launches for Microsoft, Nintendo, and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, among many other clients. His principal employer has been the Seattle-based marketing firm PBJS, a Publicis company, for over a dozen years. (Publicis is one of the two largest marketing firms in the world.) Additionally, from 2006 to 2008, he was the Director of Development for King Cole Productions, overseeing all new creative projects and marketing efforts for the Estate of Nat "King" Cole. Mr. Van Wye is a graduate of Amherst College, and holds a graduate degree (MFA) from Smith College.