Mel, Bella and Kai
Hi, my name is Mel Hirsch.
I have been in business all of my life. I guess before I even arrived here I was in business, a family business that is. I grew up in a 4 generation family grocery store business. My great grandfather started it, then my grandfather, my father and then my brothers and sister. As for me, I was young enough that I didn’t officially work for the store on the payroll when we had it. And we sold it when I was in high school. My brothers and sister went to work there usually when they hit their teen years. Being the baby of the family, I had to wait a while before it was my turn.
My mother, bless her heart, never really wanted me officially working at our store. In junior high I said I was ready to go to work. She told me that school was my work for now and that as long as I was active and busy in school that working at the store was not an option. She also told me that I would be working the rest of my life, so not to get in such a hurry to go to work there. So I was on the basketball team, played in the band, was the photography editor in high school for our yearbook and newspaper and never did officially work in the store…however, I learned to count out change from a muffin tin when I was just a wee one. I was drafted to carry out Mrs. Smith’s groceries every time I walked in the store. When the store went on strike, I was drafted a little bit then too. And growing up in a family business means that you are always a part of it and for that I am eternally grateful.
After high school, I went to college for a while and then went to a specialty school for medical assisting.
I worked in the medical field for 9 plus years and then returned to school to become a massage therapist. I was ready after numerous years working for someone else to now work for myself and join the ranks of the self employed. I worked in the healing field; massage, hypnosis, energy work, for 17+ years.
I truly enjoy marketing. I found myself helping other therapists over the years with their marketing. I loved bringing in new massage therapists straight out of school and showing them how to do the marketing and business piece. They had the massage skills but very few schools taught the business and marketing and I just gravitated to it over and over again.
A car accident with a shoulder injury slowed down my massage career so I went looking for something else.
That’s when I was drawn to the world of online marketing and business. I have studied, learned, taken 4 million hours of classes…ok, it only seems that way, and am now doing online marketing for local business full time.
I love what I do. I love the challenge of getting your site listed on the front page of google…no lets change that. I love dominating that first page of google with your listings.
Video is one of my favorite ways to dominate the listings.I make business videos that really get you noticed. I put them on your home page or elsewhere on your site and also can upload them all over the internet to really get your site dominating that first page of listings for your keyword.
OK, I better stop now. I get really excited about the video aspect of online marketing.
I like ti so much that I recently started doing videos from pictures for individuals to commemorate a loved one, a special event like a wedding or graduation or just for fun.
I have lived in Canon City, Colorado now for over 15 years. I was raised in Alamosa..brrrr cold…Colorado and am a Colorado native. I have traveled many places in the world and still enjoy small town life the best.
I live with my 2 dogs- seen above- Bella and Kai, and my 3 cats (too shy for pictures on the riverwalk)- Lucky, Jazz and Molly.
Thanks so much for taking the time to visit my site. I truly hope that I can help you with your online marketing needs!
Mel
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