Tarsha Polk

Small Business Marketing Coach The Marketing Lady

  • Plano TX

Personal Branding Strategist, International Speaker, Author

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Biography

Tarsha Polk, The Marketing Lady™ is a personal brand strategist, business coach and international speaker who is passionate about empowering people to succeed in business and life. Fifteen years ago, Ms. Polk stepped out on faith and left a corporate sales job, after her boss denied her of an internal transfer. Now, she is an award-winning entrepreneur, author of the book; Beyond the Business Card and contributing author in the book, Faithpreneur. For over a decade, she has coached thousands of small business owners, career professionals, and non-profits to attract more clients and opportunities.
Ms. Polk has received numerous awards from the small business community including, 40 Under 40 in Collin County, Business of the Year from the Collin County Black Chamber of Commerce, and the Leadership Award from National Association of Women Business Owners, for which is the Dallas chapter past-president. She currently serves on the Dallas Independent School District’s Minority and Women Business Enterprise Advisory Committee. But, her most defining moment in her career was when she was awarded a contract with the National Football League for Super Bowl XLV.
In her free time, she volunteers with organizations helping high school students and military veterans learn about entrepreneurship. Learn more about The Marketing Lady at www.themarketinglady.com

Industry Expertise

Business Services
Public Relations and Communications
Professional Training and Coaching
Advertising/Marketing

Areas of Expertise

Social Media
Marketing & Branding
Strategic Networking for Success
Developing Relationships
Client Attraction
Strategic Marketing
Lead Conversion
Contact Management
Networking Skills
Branding and Pr
Creating A Compelling Vision
Personal Branding
Email Campaign
Content Marketing

Accomplishments

Business of the Year

2013-12-28

The Marketing Lady was named the 2013 Trailblazers Award for Business of the Year!

Top 40 Under 40 in Collin County

2012-06-06

The Collin County Business Press has selected the best and brightest to honor in its inaugural class of 2012!

Who's Who Black Dallas

2012-05-24

The publication recognizes African-Americans achievements in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

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Education

University of Phoenix

MBA

Marketing

2003

Old Dominion University

B.S.

Marketing

1996

Affiliations

  • Speaker-coop
  • eWomenNetwork
  • National Association of Women Business Owners
  • Association of Women Business Centers

Testimonials

Director of Business Development

http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/45

North Texas Super Bowl Host Committee

“Tarsha Polk with the Marketing Lady was a great addition to the Playbook Workshop Series for the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee Emerging Business program. Ms. Polk provided a very creative and informative presentation to the Approved and Certified minority- and women-owned business for Super Bowl XLV during her presentation, “Turning Contacts into Contracts”. Our emerging businesses were able to walk away with tools and tactics to address immediate opportunities around Networking and Strategic Alliance building.”

Marketing Director

http://www.collinbank.com

Collin Bank

Tarsha’s presentation to our Collin Bank Clients was professional and well done. She brought forward
Marketing information that will assist our Clients in their own lifestyle and business. I look forward to having her back to speak at another time.

President

http://gswbcc.org/

Greater Southwest Black Chamber of Commerce

I want to take a few moments to let you know what a great job you did as our guest speaker for the Young Professionals Lunch Time Mixer. Your cheerful and willing atti-tude is an encouragement and your commitment to excellence assures me that each time you present your message that it will be well received and utilized.

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Event Appearances

Power of Email Marketing

Industry Summit  Dallas, TX

Social Media Marketing Made Simple

Sunnyvale Chamber of Commerce  Sunnyvale Texas

2014-01-16

Your an Extraordinary Assistant

Extraordinary Assistant Seminar  San Francisco

2013-10-03

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Sample Talks

Ultimate Marketing Success

Learn how to attract more clients and increase revenue as you define new strategies for your products and services. This workshop helps you put strate-gic marketing planning into focus by clearly demonstrating strategies and how to put them into action.

Beyond the Business Card: Strategic Networking for Success

What are you doing to effectively use your network of contacts? This interac-tive workshop focuses on helping professionals improve their networking skills. Attendees will learn networking strategies and how to overcome networking challenges. During the presentation, attendees will have the opportunity to de-velop their own strategic networking plan.

How to Stand Out from the Crowd with a Recognizable Brand

Getting noticed when hundreds of competitors are going after the same target audience can be difficult. Make sure you can stand out from the crowd by cre-ating a unique brand. In this seminar attendees will learn how to establish a strong brand as the first step to making self-promotion a lot easier and more effective.

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Style

Availability

  • Moderator
  • Panelist
  • Workshop Leader
  • Host/MC
  • Author Appearance
  • Corporate Training

Fees

$500 to $5000*Will consider certain engagements for no fee
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