Small Business Marketing Guru and President of Ripple Marketing, Kitch Walker, Tapped for National ASBDC Conference

Kitch Walker, past Gallatin Development Corporation (GDC) president and current board member, was recently invited to present his frequently requested seminar “The Power of Research and Planning: Harnessing Decision-Making Information” to the 26th annual conference of The Association of Small Business Development Centers (ASBDC). The conference will be held in Houston, Texas at the Hilton-Americas convention center September 12 to 15.

According to Montana Small Business Development Center (SBDC) state director Ann Desch, Walker is the first Montanan ever invited to present at the national convention.

The ASBDC is the national association representing the nation’s 63 congressionally authorized state and regional Small Business Development Center programs. America’s Small Business Development Center Network, with its 1,000-plus service centers nationwide, annually provides face-to-face business management consulting, training and information to 1.2 million small-business owners nationwide. In southwest Montana, GDC hosts the local SBDC office.

ASBDC describes the environment of its conference as such, “ASBDC conference attendees comprise the largest target audience you will find of individuals who truly have their fingers ‘on-the-pulse’ of the small business economy thriving in the country today!”

Walker is well known in the Montana SBDC community for his frequent marketing seminars as well as for the work of Bozeman-based Ripple Marketing http://www.ripplemarketing.com , of which he is president and cofounder. Ripple is a marketing firm dedicated to the seamlessly integrating the art and science of specialized marketing services to help clients bring about their desired results.

Walker’s seminars are likewise in high demand by business and trade organizations around the state and region, and he is frequently contracted to present seminars and workshops for private companies. Behind his wide appeal is his ability to synthesize insights and tools from his wide range of industry experiences as well as from current and historical business-success stories. Walker’s real-life sense of marketing-related competencies provides timely topics brimming with tangible applications, spurring audiences to soak in the presented ideas, walking away with tools that bring about results.

Some of Walker’s most frequently requested seminar topics include: “Buyers to Believers: The Journey to Customer Loyalty,” “The Passion of Entrepreneurship: Embracing Your Destiny,” “Branding: It’s Not Just for Cattle Anymore,” “Marketing to the Generations” and “The Art & Science of Marketing: The Power of Integration.”

Walker has presented seminars and workshops for a wide variety of organizations, including: Security Industry Association (New York, NY), Gallatin Development Corporation, Montana Bankers Association, Montana Cooperative Development Centers, Governor’s Conference on Food Manufacturing & Marketing (Montana), US Small Business Administration, Super 8 Motels, Great Harvest Franchising Inc., NxLeveL, Montana Department of Commerce, Montana Department of Agriculture, Montana State University Entrepreneurship Center for the New West, Intermountain (Helena, MT) and the Foundation for Investor Education (New York, NY).

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