Laird Plastics Sales Team Receives One-On-One Training with Jack Kaser- CEO of NEXTLevel Business

West Palm Beach, FL- Laird Plastics is the largest independent distributor of semi-finished plastic shapes & parts in North America. With a multi-national team of over 500 employees, Laird services over 25,000 customers across North America in all segments of commercial, industrial & advertising activity. They offer a comprehensive network of service centers & inventories with an extensive product range including such major segmants as acrylics & polycarbonates, graphic materials (substrates & a variety of higher end materials) and mechanical/engineering materials (UHMW, LDPE, HDPE, nylons, acetals).

Launched in 4th quarter 2008,  Jack Kaser, CEO of NEXTLevel Business developed a comprehensive growth strategy initiative for Crown Plastics targeted at the worlds largest distributors of UHMW. As of March 2009, NEXTLevel has conducted one-on-one sales training at Laird Plastics facilities in Akron, OH., Charlotte, NC., Warren, MI., Bensenville, IL., Chelmsford, MA., and Orlando & Tampa, FL. Additional branches are scheduled for training throughout the balance of 2009.

Laird Plastics provides comprehensive supply chain coordination to the industry's leading manufacturers. In 1981, Laird entered the plastics distribution with the acquisition of Almac Plastics, which had been formed in 1944 by Mac & Mayme Lewis. In 1991, the company was named "Laird Plastics" and headquarter operations moved from Long Island City, NY to West Palm Beach, FL.

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Author, speaker and business growth strategist, Jack Kaser has become a leading expert in the identification, development and execution of competitive advantage solutions that drive business optimization and profit acceleration. He is founder & CEO of NextLevel Business, LLC, a growth strategy firm in Cincinnati, OH and author of "The FORMULA- Creating Customers for Life". Since 1984, he has served as a strategic advisor to sales & marketing organizations throughout the U.S. Jack's work has directly impacted the profits of more than a thousand small businesses and Fortune 500 companies generating over half a billion dollars in revenue. For more information, contact Jack at 513.678.1750 or email him at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

              

Jack Kaser, CEO of NextLevel Business in Cincinnati, OH Trains With Business Coach for Bill Gates, Michael Dell & Top Fortune 500 Execs

Los Angeles, CA-  Joel Bauer is, according to The Wall Street Journal Online. "undoubtedly the chairman of the board" in the art of persuasion, sales, and personal productivity.  Founder and CEO of Bauer & Associates Inc. in LA, Joel is author of "How to Persuade People Who Don't Want to be Persuaded"  &"Gravitational Marketing".

For over 30-years, Joel has become a master of corporate traeshow rainmaking. Twenty million people have experienced Joel's traffic-stopping presentations for organizations such as 3M, Canon, General Motors, IBM, Intel, Mitsubishi, Motorola, Panasonic, and Phillips. Millions more have seen him perform on television for networks such as ABC, CBS, NBC, CNBC, CNN, and Fox.

Joel has also amassed an impressive portfolio of personal business coaching clients including CEOs such as Bill Gates, Michael Dell, Larry Ellison and Mary Kay. He has coached celebrities like Oprah Winfrey, Barabra Walters, Tony Robbins, Robert Allen, Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen to name a few.

In 2008, Jack Kaser- CEO of NEXTLevel, flew to LA and trained one-on-one with Joel Bauer. Jack had this to say about the experience: "I had conducted research online and read a lot about Joel 's successes and was impressed. He came highly recommended by a business associate of mine on the west coast. My goal in meeting Joel was to solicit the advice of a highly successful business coach to help me develop a laser-focus for NEXTLevel and our clients."

Kaser added: "Joel is, without question, one of the most polished, articulate, and charismatic business professionals I have ever met. The Wall Street Journal is right. He is undoubtedly the chairman of the board of persuasion architecture. I was blown away. Every day, we started at 5:30 am and finished around 1:30 am. To say the least, Joel's extremely intense."  

Today, the sales training programs NEXTLevel offers our clients has its roots tied back to the persuasion architecture platform created by Joel Bauer. It's powerful. And it's guaranteed to produce results for Entrepreneur CEOs, Business Owners & Sales Executive worldwide.

              

Sabic Polymershapes Protects $500 Million North American Sales 

Huntersville, NC- With 72 distributor branch locations throughout North & South America and approximately $500 million in annual revenues, Sabic Innovative Plastics is a world leader in providing engineering thermoplastic material solutions. In more than 60 countries worldwide, Sabic is helping redefine the way OEMs design--from concept to reality.

In September of 2008, Jack Kaser, CEO of NEXTLevel, accompanied Crown Plastics to Sabic headquarters to unvail the growth strategy initiative Kaser's firm developed to help increase the bottom-line profits of Sabic distributors throughout North & South America. Cole Bailey-Director of Marketing & National Accounts & Mike Kaszuba-Director of Sourcing & Inventory for Sabic coordinated the meeting.

Cole Bailey said "the distributor growth strategy initiative program designed by Jack Kaser for Crown is in direct alignment with what Sabic's looking to do in 2009 & beyond." Kaser's strategy includes a nationwide one-on-one education & training program targeted at Sabic's Branch Managers and Inside & Outside Sales team. Sabic was impressed enough to extend a formal invitation to Jack Kaser & his client Pete Ellerhorst from Crown Plastics to attend Sabic's Leadership Meeting in Orlando in January,2009.  

The Sabic Leadership Meeting was a huge success. Pete Arvin, Sabic's President gave the key note address. "On behalf of the entire Sabic Leadership team, I would like to express my sincere appreciation to all of our manufacturing partners in attendance (like Crown Plastics) who are the life blood of our existence. Without you, we would not be a company."  During the manufacturers exhibit, Cole Bailey personally introduced Pete Arvin-President to Jack Kaser and told Pete "this is the guy I have been telling you about. He is the mastermind behind Crown Plastics success. Pete, he get's it! Jack's doing an outstanding job training all of our branches on how to think differently about their sales initiative during these tough economic times" Cole said.

From October, 2008 through March 2009, Jack Kaser's growth strategy initiative has been presented one-on-one to Sabic Branches in Charlotte, NC., Cleveland, OH., Madison Heights, MI., Brighton, MI., Cincinnati, OH., Dayton, OH., Orlando, FL., Elkhart, IN., Clearwater, FL., Naperville, IL., Richmond, VA., Lexington, KY., Greenwood, IN., Maumee, OH., Woburn, MA., Erie, PA., & Warwick, RI. And we've just begun.

              

e-Velocity Technical Consulting Chooses NEXTLevel for Regional Expansion 

Maineville, OH- e-Velocity is a Cisco Systems Gold Certified Partner that focuses on providing professional services and support for Cisco partners and resellers. With their partners' customer focus and real world implementation experience, e-Velocity assembles a top-notch team to meet the specific needs of their customers.

Founded in 2001, e-Velocity has grown to become one of the most respected Cisco Partners in the Midwest. In 2007, they were awarded the Tri-State's"FAST 55" status for rapid growth. In 2008, e-Velocity retained the services of NEXTLevel in Cincinnati to identify new opportunities for continued growth.

According to Joe Edwards, Partner & CEO, "Our business model is very unique. As a Cisco Systems Gold Partner, we actually provide technical consulting services to other Cisco Partners in the Ohio region. Our motto is 'We Partner With Partners'. In an effort to expand our services, we hired Jack Kaser at NEXTLevel as our Growth Strategy Coach to help develop a more effective go-to-market strategy and help direct our regional expansion. The marketing and growth strategy blueprint they developed for us was extremely detailed and had a laser-focus on building our competitive advantage.Their process will position us as experts and drive increased profitability. I am very impressed with the level of knowledge and industry expertise Jack brings to our team."  

In 2008, e-Velocity opened offices in Columbus, OH. In January 2009, Jack Kaser accompanied Joe Edwards to Indianapolis where they met with Cisco's Channel Account Manager's to discuss opening an office in INDY and becoming a more strategic regional player. In February, a new office was opened at G3 Technology Partners and a seasoned veteran with a triple CCIE certification was hired to manage the INDY expansion.

e-Velocity has discussed additional regional expansion locations with NEXTLevel that include Louisville, Lexington, Detroit, Kansas City, Nashville & Memphis.