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MIKE BLINDER
President
Tampa
(917) 865-4827

BARBARA WICKMAN
Senior Associate
San Diego
(619) 203-6166

JANE BRUCE
Associate
Tampa
(813) 310-0417

FRANK DORF
Associate

RON WELBY
Associate

CHARLIE PONGER
Associate

KEVIN McCRUDDEN
Consultant
New York, New York
(631) 431-6198




GLORIA DE JESUS
Associate
Miami, FL
gloria@blindergroup.com
(754) 245-4662

Gloria De Jesus

Gloria De Jesus is an experienced sales professional who brings to the Blinder Group over 20 years of sales and marketing "street fighter" experience. Gloria De Jesus was the Director of Online Advertising for The Palm Beach Post (Cox). She managed the Sales and Operations for a nine-person team. During her tenure with the Post, revenue doubled for the last two years. Gloria had been instrumental in developing a print-to-web advertising solution that created a multi-million dollar new revenue stream. Gloria was part of the team that created the 2004 Newspaper Association of America's (NAA) Edgie award-winning real estate website and which won the Presstime Award for Best Practices in 2004 for the New Media category.

Prior to joining the Post, she was the Regional Sales Director for Cox Interactive Media. She directed the sales activity for three offices and fifteen employees. During her time with CIM, she managed one of the largest revenue producing regions in the company. She began her online advertising career in 1996 at the Miami Herald Publishing Company as the Online Account Manager. She worked closely with management in creating sales material; presentations and determining rates for start up Internet department of the local newspaper. She was personally responsible for generating 70% of the advertising revenue for the Miami Herald Online Services.

Before working in online, Gloria specialized in radio and television advertising in Los Angeles, California. She worked for over a decade with retail businesses and pioneered the successful efforts of local advertisers into the Hispanic market. Today Gloria is an internet multi-media specialist in advertising. She assists businesses both large and small in taking advantage of new interactive services to improve their bottom line. Gloria resides in the Fort Lauderdale, Florida area. She speaks Spanish fluently, speaks conversational Italian and is currently studying French. She has been active in Girl Scouts and Junior Achievement.


The Blinder Group
Tampa Offices: 6139 Fjord Way
New Port Richey, FL 34652 USA
(727) 847-2464 ~ (727) 847-5959 (fax)
profit@blindergroup.com

SPEAKING PROGRAMS, seminars and workshops

CONSULTING/TRAINING: Strategic Planning ~ Basic Sales Training
Multimedia Sales Training ~ Assisted 4-Legged Closing Calls

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"It was the most informative seminar I've attended in my 29+ years in newspapers!"
  Trip Hatley, Ad Director
  Heartland Publications of NC

"What made Mike's program so successful was the sales staff buy in to Mike and his "man on the street" mentality. The sales staff felt that Mike was able to relate to them and their customer needs. ...without Mike's outside influence I am sure the program would not have been as successful."
  Don Bailey
  Ad Director
  Savannah Morning News

"He came to town, won over our sales people, impressed our advertisers ... and left a trail of money behind him!"
  Dana Clowater
  Ad Mgr.
  Fredericton Daily Gleaner