Alexander Blom

Current

• Owner at Alex Blom Group

Past

• Manager & Trainer at Clearcom / Devries Marketing

Education

• McMaster University
• University of Wollongong

Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Websites

• My Blog
• Twitter

Alexander Blom’s Summary

A bit of an everything man who is way too energetic for his own good. Started my first business when I was 12 and it has been the snowball effect since. Also a winner of the Young Citizen of the Year Award and a YAA mentor. Grew up in Australia, studied in Wollongong and now studying in Hamilton, ON, Canada.

Spend most of my time these days between finishing a degree I barely use, working on many startup and established businesses in fields from direct sales to selling farm parts, traveling, laughing at bad social media and pr campaigns, creating social media campaigns for customers and twittering way too much for my sanity.

Alexander Blom’s Specialties:

Direct Sales, Training, Promotions, Social Media (though nobody is an expert, some just understand it a little better), Public Relations, Innovation, Retail Management, Startups, Running around for days on end with no sleep food or coffee

Alexander Blom’s Experience

• Owner

  Alex Blom Group

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  February 2002 — Present (7 years 11 months)

  A holding name for several ventures I have previously run successfully, with the first launched when I was 14, including:
  
  A Website Hosting Business, operated for over 4 years and returning over 15,000% on my investment in its first year. Several innovative internal business practices were implemented with many grassroots e-marketing campaigns.
  
  A Gameserver Business, launched as a spin off from website hosting, producing similar results. Key here was the ability to capitalize on strong relationships with customers.
  
  The creation and distribution of a recipe book featuring local celebrities, with extensive grassroots, radio and newspaper campaigns. Stocked by prominent sellers such as Dymocks and Angus & Robertson. Handled the design of the book, both graphically and physically, as well as the accounting, approaching of celebrities, sales and promotions and managing a team of 12.
  
  Launching a direct sales business generated large quantities of sales and the efficient techniques and relationship establishing of representatives.
  
  Working with several independent bands, producing and recording cds, promoting and organizing several large events; handling most aspects of ticket sales and merchandising the cds.
  
  Running an outsource center, cutting customers costs largely. Communicating with other language cultures to ensure timelines were met with quality work.
  
  Setting up a tutoring business, organizing large amounts of contract-based tutors, promoting the brand, developing an efficient system to allocate tutors to students and handling booking fees.

• Manager & Trainer

  Clearcom / Devries Marketing

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  October 2006 — January 2007 (4 months)

  I was the top selling sales person in the division in my first 10 days on the job before being promoted to Manager.
  
  Reviewed hiring policies to ensure stronger, more capable staff were recruited.
  Redesigned training programs, resulting in office wide sales increases.
  Implemented induction programs resulting in lowered new employee attrition
  Implemented stronger stock control measures reducing increasing staff theft.

Alexander Blom’s Education

• McMaster University

  Bachelor of Commerce , American / Canadian Media, American Business legislation and Business Psychology , 2009 — 2010 (expected)

  Attended on an exchange / reciprocal agreement with University of Wollongong.

• University of Wollongong

  Bacherlor of Commerce , Human Resources and Marketing, Min Public Relations and International Studies , 2007 — 2009

Additional Information

Alexander Blom’s Websites:

• My Blog
• Twitter

Alexander Blom’s Interests:

Social Media, Music, Public Relations, Training, Corporate Strategy, Tennis

Alexander Blom’s Groups:

Human Resource Institute of Australia
Public Relations Institute of Australia
Youth Advisory Committee, Shoalhaven Council, Australia

•    McMaster University Faculty, Students, Alumni and Friends
•    Millionaire Business Club
•    Twittering
•    AHRI Young Professionals NSW

Alexander Blom’s Honors:

Shoalhaven Young Citizen of the Year

Nominee, YAA Young Business person of the Year
Winner, YAA Company of the Year, Strongest and best Media Promotions

Alexander Blom’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch