EXPERTISE

 Entrepreneurial Best Practices

 Customer Relations

 Business Planning & Marketing Strategy

 Referral Relations

 Ideal Target Market Profiling

 Internet Marketing

 Organic Growth & Profit-sizing

 Strategic Involvements

 Small Business Advocacy

 Public Relations

 Branding / Positioning

 Awards & Recognitions

 Competitive Analysis

 CRISP Principle: Power of Five®

 Corporate Image & Identity

 Work / Life Synergy


ACHIEVEMENTS

 2010  50 Most Influential Women in Business, Mecklenburg Times
 2009

 Women Extraordinaire, Business Leader Magazine

 

 50 Most Influential Women in Charlotte, Mecklenburg Times

 2008

 Mecklenburg Times, Power Player

 

 Pro Ad Awards, Identity/Branding

 2007  Golden Crescent Top Women Business Leader, Northeast Business Today
   50 Enterprising Women, North America, Enterprising Women Magazine
   IABC Charlotte Silver Crown Award, BMA Pro-Ad Awards
 2006  SBA Women in Business Champion, Southeast and North Carolina
 

 Top 25 Women in Business, Charlotte Business Journal

 

 Finalist, Entrepreneur of the Year, Charlotte Chamber

   IABC Charlotte Silver Crown Award, BMA Pro-Ad Awards
 2005  IABC Charlotte Gold Crown Award, BMA Pro-Ad Awards
 2004  National Business Advocacy Leadership Award, NRCC
 2001  National Telly Award, Pro-Ad Awards
 2000  40 Under 40, Charlotte Business Journal
   Finalist, Entrepreneur of the Year, Charlotte Chamber
 1997  Woman Business Owner of the Year, NAWBO-Charlotte

CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO)
Past President, Awards Committee
eWomenPublishing Network, Member
eWomenNetwork, Charlotte Region Leadership Team
Women Impacting Public Policy – Member
Numerous NC Small Business Centers- Advisor / Instructor
Lincoln Economic Development Association - Member
Lincoln Theatre Guild – Immediate Past President
Metrolina Theatre Association - Nominator

GUEST COLUMNIST / CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Author, 50 Marketing $ecrets of Growth Companies in Down Economic Times

Author, Me, Myself & Inc. - A Synergized World, An Energized Business, Living Your Ultimate Life
Contributing Writer, Enterprising Women Magazine, Women Entrepreneur, FoxBusiness.com
Columnist, Savvy Business Owner, Northeast Business Today
Co-author, White Paper on Federal Procurement Practices, 2006

EDUCATION
Columbus College of Art & Design, Undergraduate / Advertising
Brescia College, Undergraduate / Business Marketing


Sherré DeMao is founder and Chief Marketeer of SLD Unlimited Marketing /PR, Inc., an award-winning marketing consulting, branding and strategy firm. She is passionate about helping entrepreneurs prosper in life and in business, and has dedicated her 26-year career to this purpose.

Her firm has won numerous awards including the Telly, ProAd, PICA, Addy and IABC Crown. In 2004, Sherre was honored with a National Leadership Award for her small business advocacy. These efforts were among the reasons she was recognized in 2006 as a Small Business Woman Champion by the Small Business Administration. In 2007, Sherré was named among North America’s 50 Most Enterprising Women.

 

Sherré inspires millions through her weekly Monday Motivation & Insight, monthly Savvy Business Owner column in Business Today, and through her contributing articles to Enterprising Women, Women Entrepreneur, Business Insider, Entrepreneur.com, Yahoo Small Business and FoxBusiness.com.

 

Her book entitled, Me, Myself & Inc.  A Synergized World, An Energized Business, Living Your Ultimate Life, released in January, 2010, is available nationally and internationally at Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com and other outlets. She has recently completed her next book, 50 Marketing $ecrets of Growth Companies in Down Economic Times, for national release in Fall 2010.