ShopCity.com and The Crankset Group Team Up To Support Local Businesses Worldwide

Written by Chuck Blakeman Tuesday, 13 July 2010 23:03

ChuckBlakeman, notable author and business advisor and founder of The Crankset Group, a worldwide business advisory, has joined the Board of Advisors for ShopCity.com.

ShopCity.com's vision and commitment to using the internet to support local businesses and local towns is an ideal complement to The Crankset Group's commitment to local ownership.

ShopCity.com has offices in Midland, Ontario and Mountain View, CA, and is growing exponentially as more and more localities come online with ShopCity. For local business owners, ShopCity.com is the key to helping people buy locally and support truly local businesses, by banding together to create the local presence formerly only enjoyed by large corporations.

Chuck Blakeman will use his internationally recognized experience helping local businesses to support ShopCity.com's partners throughout their worldwide network.

Chuck's experience launch and growing five businesses of his own in various spaces over 25 years, including database and web development, fulfillment, printing, direct mail, call center, and marketing gives him a unique perspective on business ownership and enabled him to develop a proven formula for fostering sustainable business growth.

His present company, The Crankset Group, provides outcome-based mentoring and advising for Business Owners, CEOs, and their growing businesses. He speaks and works with businesses across the U.S., Europe, Africa, and Australasia.

Some of Mr. Blakeman's past Fortune 5000 customers have included Microsoft, Apple, Sun Microsystems, United Airlines, and many more. However, his focus over the last six years is local business owners, which he believes strongly is the future of business everywhere.

The Crankset Group's in-the-trenches approach and commitment to working with independently owned businesses are a perfect complement to ShopCity's own local business mission. Chuck takes the unusual approach that business owners don't need more education, they need simple and effective tools to help them grow and manage their businesses.

"I'm deeply honored to become part of the ShopCity team," Chuck said. "They represent every local business value I've been championing for years. It's very difficult to find such clear values alignment between organizations. ShopCity is every bit as committed to the success of the local business owner as The Crankset Group, and I will bring everything we have to our relationship with ShopCity.com and to the local business owners who align with them."

Mr. Blakeman is a regular convention speaker, author, magazine contributor, and non-profit board member. His new book, "Making Money is Killing Your Business" is radically changing the way business owners understand growth.

Chuck has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, CNNMoney.com, NYTimes.com, Bizjournals.com, Home Business Magazine and as a keynote speaker at events across the US, Africa and Ireland.

Chuck and the Crankset Group will provide materials, online applications, workshops and seminars for local business owners throughout the ShopCity.com network. Chuck's new book, Making Money
Is Killing Your Business, is aimed at helping local businesses get off the treadmill and build sustainable businesses.

The Crankset Group also starts and runs 3to5Clubs for local business owners worldwide to help them grow their business, build a network of strategic alliances, and move from survival right through success to build a business of significance.