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How to contact Barbara Rozgonyi for media interviews, speaking engagements, casual chats or Internet blogging/marketing/PR projects:email: barbara AT corywestmedia.com 630.942.9542 voice 630.207.7530 mobile

Corporate SiteCoryWest Media – the stay-at-home/work-at-home company I founded in 1990 in memory of my mother and grandmother using their maiden names: Audrey Marie Cory and Verna Opal West. 5 second bioNew mom drops out of corporate life. Leaves a promising national sales manager career. Comes home. Needs a challenge. Starts writing, marketing and communications consulting business. Fast forward – 3 kids and 16 years later. Begins blogging. Gets serious about teaching everything she knows. Hits the speaking circuit. Gets people to read her bio – hi there!Barbara Rozgonyi’s Technology TimelineThanks to my clients for the creative journeys!1992 submitted sales training project for Parke-David via dial-up modem 1996 entered the Web with first site; up and running with a continuous Web presence1998 ran first user lab at Sears to evaluate a vendor package1998 managed the first intranet site launch for Sears1999 contributed to first Web-based recruiting brochure and Website for global consulting firm2000 populated content in Sears credit card privacy site 2000 organized an all day ewriting seminar for writers2001 wrote ad concept messaging for a high-tech music/news player aimed at Gen Y2004 created the Success Summit Series, a marketing guide for small businesses with a digital communication component  2005 released the Marketing Transformations Process, a 60 to 90 day intensive consulting process developed primarily for family owned businesses and privately held corporations with annual sales revenues of $5 million or more

2006

• completed Alex Mandossian’s Teleseminar Secrets
• attended Alex Mandossian and Armand Morin’s Customer Appreciation Internet Marketing Seminar and Armand Morin’s Big Seminar
• completed Candidate
  University, a nine month program for aspiring professional speakers sponsored by National Speakers Association Illinois Chapter
• created and launched Video Marketing 101, one of the first video marketing programs in Chicago
• launched ezine and blog

2007

• Launched a virtual PR mastery teleseminar series, Ultimate PR Secrets
• Attended Ken McCarthy’s The System Seminar and The System Intensive
• Noted as a fastest growing WordPress blog – twice in one week
• Ranked at #60 in PR Power Blog Index
• Attended BlogHer ’07 on assignment to live blog
• Won a trip to BlogWorld and New Media Expo in the LinkedIntelligence contest
• Mentioned in David Meerman Scott’s book, “The New Rules of Marketing & PR”
• Taught Marketing Execution 301, a 16 hour course for nonprofits for The Academy of Nonprofit Excellence at the College of
  DuPage
• Quoted in Christian Century about Financial Freedom, a debt management course
• Profiled in Liberty Suburban News as “Perpetually Plugged In”
• Presented Blogging for Business in Chicago, sponsored by PRO and Harris

Bio Bits . . .
Quilted past, present and future patches: ballerina, Marching Illini clarinetist, pianist/entertainer, telemarketer, sales rep, national sales manager, mother, marketing consultant, copywriter, speaker, trainer and communications aficionado, event planner, publicist, photographer, videographerBorn in:

Danville, Illinois

Nationality: Hungarian, second generation American on paternal side, a mix of English/Irish on maternal sideHungarian roots: another Barbara Rozgonyi lived during the 1400s and the family once owned the town of

Telkibanya

CoryWest: Barbara’s mother’s and grandmother’s maiden names together to honor her collective family historyFamous ancestors (everybody’s related to everybody anyway, aren’t they?): Mary Queen of Scots and Gilbert Stuart, the portrait artistCourses: Creating Customer Evangelists,

National

Speakers

Association

Illinois

Chapter

Candidate

University Alex Mandossian’s Teleseminar Secrets , Codename Catalyst Family, husband: EDI guy and runner of 73+ marathonsChildren: teen drama queen; teen sk8r boy/independent filmmaker; preteen black belt/touring chorus singerPets: a $4573 (and counting) cat, due to a tummy tuck/plastic surgery