Jamie Crager Bio

For over 10 years Jamie has been the CEO & Lead Strategist of Crager, Inc., which provides branding, design, marketing and printing services to over 70 clients in the Omaha area and throughout the United States. In the past, Jamie has worked with clients such as Phillip Morris, Pepsi Cola, and Kellogg’s. He has currently refocused his efforts to provide strategic new media and social media consulting and implementation. Jamie’s approach to client needs is thorough building strong relationships & bringing innovation and creativity to help produce positive long term results. Besides being sought after for interviews and consulting due to his expertise in New Media, he is current writing several books including “Advanced Social Media Strategies for businesses” and “Social Media for those who don’t have a lot of time” He is also involved in other entrepreneurial ventures and is a member of the Sarpy County Chamber of Commerce and the Advertising Specialty Institute. Jamie is married to his wife Jennifer, has a 16 month old son Joshua and reside in Omaha Nebraska.

Skills and Experience:

• Branding & Website Design & Development
• Monetization of current and new products and creation of new revenue streams Developing Advertising Look at new ways to distribute your content in ways you can charge for (webinars, eBooks, etc)
• Create and implement Social Media Policy
• Search Engine Optimization
• Social Media Consulting & Strategy (Drive traffic and conversions)
• Social Media Training
• Provide resources & solutions to information needs
• Develop content that is strategically moving prospects to conversion
• Co-Develop Content and Total Online Strategy
• Submit content to Social Networks
• Create and Manage List Building & train on how to properly use a list
• Implement New Media technologies including video email, webinars & online training
• Implement and track Objectives, Metrics & ROI • Marketing & Advertising Services (Printing, Promotional items, Apparel)
• Strategic Marketing Plan for Old & New Media based upon budget
• Handle Technological issues
• Sales & Management

Recommended Books/ Influences

Trust Agents – Chris Brogan
The Social Media Bible – Lon Safko
Social Media Marketing – Dave Evans
Web Copy that sells – Maria Veloso
Search Engine Optimization – Jon Rognerrud
The New Community Rules: Marketing on the Social Web – Tamar Weinberg
the Facebook Era – Clara Shih
Reinventing Interactive and Direct Mqarketing – Stan Rapp
Email Selling Techniques – Stephan Shiffman
New Rules of Marketing and PR
Persuasion IQ – Kurt W. Mortensen