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G. Steven Cleere is the Founder and Chief Brand Developer of NexxtLevel Marketing, a consulting firm that specializes in retail marketing. For over 30 years, he’s been actively involved in marketing, advertising, and promotion disciplines. In 2019, Steve and his wife, Debra, combined their backgrounds and created Kitchen2Shelf, an educational service that provides online courses and in-person workshops for food and beverage entrepreneurs at all stages of growth.
Steve was previously the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at TradeMarketing, Inc., or the TMI Group, a retail marketing agency. His unique background has allowed him to gather a wealth of expertise for top CPG companies to scale and grow.
Words of advice from Will Nitze of IQBARS
Words of advice from Grace Ventura and Sarah Bird from Beyond Broth
Words of advice from Marc Siden of Cloud Water Brands
Words of advice from Chris Kirby of Ithaca Hummus
Words of advice from Hans Schatz of CULT Artisan Beverage Company
Words of advice from Lindsey Cunningham of RollinGreens
Words of advice from Keith Belling of RightRice
Words of advice from Ashi Jelinek of KidsLuv
Words of advice from Shannon Roddy of Marketplace Seller Courses
Words of advice from David Lemley of Retail Voodoo
Words of advice from Kara Romanik of Mamie's Pies
Words of advice from Kiri Masters of Bobsled Marketing
Words of advice from Amy Lacey of Cali’flour Foods
Words of advice from Steve Caldwell of Swiss Rösti
Words of advice from Kara Goldin of Hint
Words of advice from Ryne O'Donnell of Sol-ti
Words of advice from Cynthia Tice and Jane Miller of Lily’s Sweets
Words of advice from Jim Lassiter of REJIMUS, INC
Words of advice from Elliot Begoun of TIG
Words of advice from Michael Panara Jr., Pretzel Man Bakery
Words of advice from Katherine Harvey of Bare Bones
Words of advice from Steve Cleere of NexxtLevel Marketing
Words of advice from Loren Brill of Sweet Loren's
There’s no doubt about it: 2020 was very different from the years before and affected people differently, be it professionally or personally. It brought forth several challenges, COVID-19 being only one of them, all of which impacted many businesses and families. Some businesses were forced to close down while others thrived and saw tremendous growth.
Despite all these challenges, the NexxtLevel Podcast had some great guests on the show who had so much expertise and insight to share. They talked about building CPG businesses, even during the COVID-19 pandemic, shared solid and realistic wisdom to grow your business, and more.
On the first NexxtLevel Podcast episode of 2021, host Steve Cleere shares the best tips and tricks from 2020. He shares actionable insight and nuggets of wisdom from 23 of his own guests from the past year, as well his own words of advice on how to build a successful CPG business and be a great leader. Keep listening!
Steve Cleere's interview with Will Nitze
Steve Cleere's interview with Grace Ventura and Sarah Bird
Steve Cleere's interview with Marc Siden
Steve Cleere's interview with Chris Kirby
Steve Cleere's interview with Hans Schatz
Steve Cleere's interview with Lindsey Cunningham
Steve Cleere's interview with Keith Belling
Steve Cleere's interview with Ashi Jelinek
Steve Cleere's interview with Shannon Roddy
Steve Cleere's interview with David Lemley
Steve Cleere's interview with Kara Romanik
Steve Cleere's interview with Kiri Masters
Steve Cleere's interview with Amy Lacey
Steve Cleere's interview with Steve Caldwell
Steve Cleere's interview with Kara Goldin
Undaunted: Overcoming Doubts and Doubters by Kara Goldin
Steve Cleere's interview with Ryne O'Donnell
Steve Cleere's interview with Cynthia Tice and Jane Miller
Steve Cleere's interview with Jim Lassiter
Steve Cleere's interview with Elliot Begoun
Steve Cleere's interview with Michael Panara Jr.
Steve Cleere's interview with Katherine Harvey
Steve Cleere's interview with Loren Brill
Our podcast today is sponsored by Kitchen2Shelf, the educational arm of NexxtLevel Brands. Kitchen-2-Shelf provides online and in-person courses and workshops for CPG entrepreneurs at any stage of growth.
Whether you're an early-stage startup, a local growing business, or if you want to just expand your distribution to a national level, Kitchen-2-Shelf can help you learn what you need to know to grow.
Visit their website to get access to some free tools that can help you understand where your business stands.
Contact them today to find out how they can help you grow your brand and expand your business to reach its full potential.
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