In a brand new partnership with Growth10 (G10), I was thrilled to spend a quick 10-minutes with Co-Founder, Tom Healy, discussing why businesses need to be on social media. Growth10 is the #1 community for entrepreneurs and as their mission states, Growth10 wants to help entrepreneurs grow faster and have a greater impact on the world. It’s 2020 and social media is an essential place to be for any business, regardless of size. Enjoy this week's blog which includes a video conversation with Tom, as well as a link for a FREE 7-day trial with Growth10!

As part of your G10 membership, you will be providing a needs-based scholarship for an entrepreneur to be in the G10 Community. I am a proud member & contributor of the Growth10 community and look forward to providing more excellent content for Tom and the G10 family!

Working from home is not for everyone. You’ve probably heard someone once say that their job would be “impossible to work remotely”, yet you are now seeing just about every business in the working industry put procedures in place to make remote work possible to keep their businesses afloat.

As someone who experienced the trials and tribulations of a remote work environment over the years, I have gotten a grasp on some “best practices” to a remote working lifestyle. Read more in this week’s blog post in #TheGroundFloor!

#TheGroundFloor is excited to welcome guest contributor, Jordan Sherman! Jordan is the Head of Revenue Operations at Gen.G Esports, the leading esports organization connecting the U.S. and Asia.

Join Jordan as he details COVID-19's effect on business while providing examples for how he envisions opportunistic & smart companies can use this time to build a fan base, an audience and long-term growth. Read this week’s blog to learn more!

What does it mean to “burn a bridge”? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Too often in my career I have heard horror stories of professionals burning bridges with their former employers, network connections, potential employers and everything in-between. I ask why? Why do some professionals burn bridges? What is the gain?⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀

Dive-in to this week’s #blog post of #TheGroundFloor to learn more!

#TheGroundFloor is excited to welcome another guest contributor to the table, Brett Baur!

Brett Baur is currently the Vice President, Corporate & Premium Partnership Sales for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Brett’s partnership philosophy stems from a notion taught by an industry mentor – “we want to be viewed as teammates, not a team you sponsor”.

Previously, Brett was the Vice President, Global Partnerships at Monumental Sports & Entertainment and a Senior Manager of Partnerships with the Pittsburgh Penguins where he developed unique platforms and campaigns for brands like Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, the Preferred Realty, Evoqua Water Technologies, FanDuel, HBK CPAs & Consultants, Kent State University, The Milkshake Factory, Orr’s Jewelers, Robert Morris University, Window Nation, and others.

Brett and Andrew Exler have been friends since they first met in the Spring of 2016 and have helped each other grow personally and professionally. Andrew introduced Brett to Pittsburgh’s 50 Finest with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and helped him get accepted into the program while mentoring him through the process. Brett and Andrew regularly discuss sports business, philanthropy, marketing trends and continue to push each other to succeed!

If you’d like to contact Brett, please reach out to him on LinkedIn or via email at Brett.Baur@pirates.com!

#TheGroundFloor is excited to welcome our FIRST EVER guest contributor, Noah Geltzer!

Noah provides his top tips to increase backlinks to your website. What is a backlink? Read on to learn more!

Work-Life Balance. You hear it all of the time. A phrase used so often in today’s working world, but what does it mean? Does everyone have a work-life balance? How do you obtain the PERFECT work-life balance? These are some of the most common questions asked when determining what makes this balance possible, if at all.

In this week’s blog post of #TheGroundFloor, I explore how to obtain a work-life balance that works for YOU, including my top 5 tips to get yourself there!

From my (current and future) family to yours, happy holidays from Andrew Exler Consulting!

“Ghosting”, is a term generally used to describe a relationship of some sort that ends without warning without any communication. Sadly, this happens way too often in the professional world. Ghosting can take an emotional and mental toll on someone who may need your assistance more than most people. You never know.

What does it mean to be a mentor or a mentee? Dive in with Andrew in this week’s post of #TheGroundFloor to read more!

Are you active on LinkedIn? Have you set up your profile but have forgotten to update it? Do you think it is a useful tool?

Read more to hear my thoughts on this extremely underutilized platform!

It has been a long time coming and I am excited to announce the launch of Andrew Exler Consulting!