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The Analyst Agency and Power Poll announce a partnership that will expand Power Poll’s national panel of community influencers and leaders that participate in critical studies.

The Analyst Agency, an award winning market research and business consultancy, announces a partnership with Power Poll, a leading civic engagement solutions provider. The partners will work together to expand Power Poll’s platform of more than 30,000 members in select markets across the United States.

Founded in 2019, Power Poll brings together the most influential and powerful leaders across business, civic, media and political industries. They survey, hold conversations with, and engage the members to understand their collective positions, opinions, and thought leadership on critical issues.

They have engaged The Analyst Agency to help support research efforts to identify key new markets and leaders in target cities across the country.

“We are thrilled to work with Power Poll to help them grow their panel of business and thought leaders across the country,” said Steven Czyrny, President of The Analyst Agency. “Their unique platform acts as a jumping off point to discuss critical problems and find solutions that impact important cities throughout the US.”

Today, Power Poll operates in 35 markets including Nashville, Chicago, Austin, Charlotte, and Oakland. Some topics the members discuss is homelessness, infrastructure, foreign relations, and more. 

“We bring together the country’s most influential leaders with community impact who drive change,” said Thomas Upchurch, Director of Market Operations at Power Poll.

Government officials, business executives, and community leaders are often asked to join as being selective with who they survey is important to their mission because they look to make sure the opinions sourced are those who are in a position to influence change in the community. 

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About Power Poll: 

Power Poll was founded in 2019, as a civic engagement platform that brings together the most influential and powerful leaders across business, civic, media and political industries. We survey, hold conversations with, and engage our members to understand their collective positions, opinions, and thought leadership on critical issues. Power Poll publishes what America’s leadership is thinking to create solutions and bring action to these problems, challenges and opportunities.

For more information visit: 

https://www.powerpoll.com/   

https://www.powerpoll.com/about 

About The Analyst Agency: 

The Analyst Agency was founded in 2011 by Steven Czyrny, a research and business development professional who has direct experience managing projects for both startups and large corporations. Starting as a boutique digital marketing agency, The Analyst Agency has grown to become an award winning, global research, marketing, and technology advisory services firm with locations in the United States, Canada, and India. In 2017, they appropriately rebranded as The Analyst Agency to reflect their full service business analysis, qualitative and quantitative research, and unique problem solving services. Companies contact them when they need actionable insights, business process improvements, and digital transformation. In 2020, they were named a Top Consumer Research Company in Quirk’s Magazine and featured by Clutch.co and GoodFirms. Whether you want to start a business, acquire new customers, or transform your operations, they can help.

For more information visit: 

https://theanalystagency.com  

https://theanalystagency.com/consulting-services/ 

Incarceration is a tough pill to swallow, and the broken justice system hasn’t helped the case of individuals who are wrongly given unfair sentences. Miss Brooke Harlan has taken it upon herself to devote her life to helping individuals who have gone astray and landed in jail due to poverty, desperation, and many other reasons. To help them get back on track, she has established BROOKE’s Bail Bonding, a Nashville, Tennessee-based company with a mission to help get people out of jail and make sure that they don’t go back by transforming their lives for the better. 

BROOKE’s Bail Bonding has quickly gained prominence for performing its duties with sheer precision and dedication from its team of experts. The company has accomplished its goals by coming up with effective measures and strategies for its many clients. “Some of our preventative measures are shown through the peer support services we offer, as well as certified life coaching sessions, and offering creative solutions to generational problems our community members suffer from,” shared Miss Brooke Harlan.

The esteemed entrepreneur is fully dedicated to her company’s mission. BROOKE’s Bail Bonding shows full support to its clients without any downtime, accepting calls 24/7 rather than a typical 9 to 5 work schedule. The company is fully aware that a person can be thrown into jail at any time, which is why Miss Brooke has set her company up in such a way that they can serve clients at any time of the day. 

Furthermore, BROOKE’s Bail Bonding’s expert bail agents are certified life coaches that go above and beyond to provide support and resources to clients who are in need. Miss Brooke Harlan herself has also proven that she is a strong advocate for the bail industry through her individual efforts. She has devoted her time and energy to raising awareness of the social injustices her clients faced by the broken justice system.

The visionary entrepreneur lends her voice to the voiceless, sharing their stories and calling for a plan of action to fix the broken system and change the world for the better. “I was initially motivated by my grandparents and by my parents because they also owned and operated bail bond businesses; however, my motivation to keep going quickly came from the success I have seen in so many clients over the last 20+ years,” explained Miss Brooke Harlan.

“We, as a team, have done so much good for our communities, the state of Tennessee, and for one another that I can’t imagine waking up each day and doing anything different. I absolutely love what I do, and I love being a source of change within a system that can feel so broken at times,” she added.

People who have suffered through the broken justice system can look to Miss Brooke Harlan for inspiration. Throughout her entire career, she has shed light on these injustices and helped countless people get their lives back on track. In the near future, she hopes to scale BROOKE’s Bail Bonding to greater heights, so it can help more people on a much larger scale.

Miss Brooke Harlan hopes to continue her advocacy and help more people through her life’s work. “We as a society need to be more careful about the judgments we pass onto those who have been severely disadvantaged and don’t have many resources to change. That is why our Brooke’s Bonding team is here,” shared the visionary entrepreneur.

For businesses hoping to grow their brand online, navigating the world of digital marketing can be daunting. Brothers Zohaib and Bilal Patoli understand this challenge better than anyone, having successfully launched several online companies generating millions in revenue. They founded Lead Origin with the mission to help other entrepreneurs and business owners achieve what they have done several times over – grow a company using the latest online marketing strategies.

“We specialize in digital marketing, predominantly digital transformation and data intelligence,” Zohaib Patoli says. “We work with new businesses who have no digital marketing, with clients who have tried before but need a proper digital transformation, and with companies that want to launch in new locations and markets.”

The difference between Lead Origin and other marketing agencies, Patoli says, is that they approach every service from the perspective of a business owner. Because they understand how to develop and grow companies, they offer rare insights and a more hands-on experience for businesses looking to make a lasting impact online.

“It’s like Rolls-Royce versus Toyota – we value craftsmanship throughout the entire process,” Patoli says. “We figure out what you need to do differently, what you’re missing, and how we can get you into the market. It’s not just about outbidding competitors, we aim to out-strategize them.”

As a result, their clients experience rapid online growth, with Lead Origin focusing on three areas of specialization: paid media, search optimization, and website development. By fine-tuning these three core components, businesses can create a seamless customer experience across multiple channels, generating more qualified leads and dramatically improving the sales cycle.

Unifying their clients’ brand messaging and outreach efforts across all platforms is essential, Patoli explains. This is why they work closely with the companies to deliver exceptional, high-value content to the right target audience each time. At Lead Origin, they accomplish this by leveraging the power of data analysis – because it is not enough to simply collect information. You must understand how to use data to provide a better, more personalized user experience to your customers.

“We go into hyper detail for businesses, understanding their market, their location, the subculture to each city, and then we create the best strategies to differentiate them from competitors,” Patoli says. “And we measure success not just by how many clicks, how many impressions you get, but how many leads we generated, how much revenue that made, what your overall ROI is. These are metrics that matter for business owners.”

By focusing on key pieces of data intelligence, Lead Origin can also identify issues in the sales cycle – for example, if their campaigns generate significantly more leads but the sales remain flat, there may be an opportunity to retrain the sales team or improve processes.

The Patoli brothers have significant experience launching successful companies, and they use their unique insights to provide a full suite of services to their clients. Rather than seeing themselves as service providers, they view Lead Origin as a true partner – giving entrepreneurs and business owners the competitive advantage they need to stand out in a crowded digital marketplace.

And the results have been stunning. Within their first year, Lead Origin reached over $1M in revenue while expanding their staff of Zohaib and Bilal to a team of over 30 digital marketing and sales experts. It is a number that continues to grow as they partner with companies across the country.

Despite their incredible rise, Zohaib and Bilal Patoli remain grounded by their core mission: To help their clients make proactive changes that lead to significant growth. In only their first year, they have delivered on that mission.

“Our marketing and creative services produce results,” Patoli says. “And those results lead to unparalleled digital intelligence, business insights, and game-changing ideas.”

Lead Origin was founded by Zohaib and Bilal Patoli to provide digital marketing insights to companies and businesses that need to connect with the ever-changing landscape. It was built to work with proactive leaders who are ready to adapt to the changes and excel to become industry leaders.

To learn more about Lead Origin’s innovative digital marketing strategies, please visit www.leadorigin.com.

 

With how fierce and cutthroat the competition in the commercial realm has become, enterprises that remain heedless of their standing are vulnerable to losing their competitive edge and fading into the background. However, for enterprises such as Star Blue Logistics that are exceptionally dedicated to making a difference in the lives of many and delivering promising services to individuals, there is no better symbol of success than putting a premium on the value of client satisfaction. As it continues to reach impressive heights, this emerging powerhouse remains committed to its goal of consistently pushing the envelope across the service industry.

Established with a passion-driven mindset, Star Blue Logistics is a freight brokerage and recruiting company dedicated to staying on top of its game and sustaining its competitive advantage. Its diligent efforts of acting as a beacon of excellence and trustworthiness have helped its clients in every way, speaking volumes of its passion and commitment to serving others. For this reason, the company has been making significant strides toward the forefront of the logistics industry. 

With services that span over recruiting, transportation, personnel, and support, Star Blue Logistics helps its customers beat time-induced problems, such as delayed deliveries and more. This emerging powerhouse continues to offer excellent solutions to these issues, ringing true to its mission of providing the highest quality of services to its clients. Whatever needs that the clients have, Star Blue takes it upon itself to take heed to their demands as soon as possible.

“Our goal is to provide the highest level of recruiting, transportation, personnel and support services to our customers and business partners across the world,” shared its CEO, Hanif J, Williams.

Although Star Blue Logistics offers a plethora of services that boast colors of superiority, what this family-owned business is most proud of is its customer service. Being a company that was named after the founder’s late father, Charles “Blue” Williams, and son, Tariq “Star” Williams, Star Blue made it its mission to embody the purpose-driven and client-centered principles that these great men held.

“It is our hope to carry their legacy,” shared Hanif. Aside from prioritizing client satisfaction, Star Blue Logistics also takes care of its employees with compassion and empathy. By considering the workforce as one of its most powerful assets, this emerging powerhouse ups the ante, elevating the industry through its employees. For this reason, Star Blue is setting the bar high among industry players across the trade. “Our recruiting company put the Human in Human Resource.”

On a mission to bring about change in this ever-dynamic world, the brilliant mind behind this go-getting enterprise aims to establish a sneaker boutique in order to give back to those in need. ““The focus of my attention is not necessarily scalability, but it is human welfare, this is why we do an annual sneaker giveaway once a year,” explained Hanif. He has made it their mission to make a difference not only in providing ease to the company’s clients but also in giving individuals and communities the help they need to soldier through and go beyond.

“We want to give our proceeds to the underserved,” shared Hanif J. Williams. “There was a national driver shortage, but I chose to focus more on looking at the legitimate concerns of the drivers, a voice in our industry that often goes unheard.”

As Star Blue Logistics continues to reach impressive heights, it aims to serve as a launching pad for dreamers and go-getters across the globe. With its current list of services and humanitarian approach, this emerging powerhouse is well underway.

Bahira Shami is the new CEO of Beauty Elite Group, having launched her career in the beauty industry soon after graduating from high school. No stranger to the beauty and haircare industry, her family is noted for creating CHI Haircare and Biosilk Haircare. As a young woman, Bashira began working at CHI. There, she gained direct and hands-on knowledge of all things related to beauty and haircare, as well as access to training and information that she would later leverage in her career.

As she grew into adulthood, Bahira Shami left her family’s business and struck out on her own, beginning her independent career as a salesperson at Beauty Elite Group. Within months, she had surpassed the company’s previous sales records, an accomplishment which earned her much recognition. In 2020, she was named Woman of the Year by the city of Houston, which was presented to her by the mayor. Soon after accepting that honor, Bahira Shami was promoted to the position of CEO of Beauty Elite Group, having worked with the company for only two years, at that point. In the time since, she has grown Beauty Elite Group into a thriving, vibrant company, and has cultivated a hardworking and close-knit employee culture. Bahira lives in Houston, where her company is headquartered.

 

Why did you decide to create your own business?

I grew up immersed in the beauty and haircare industry. My family created the companies CHI and Biosilk some time ago, and I started working for them at a very early age. There did reach a point, however, when I felt that I needed to strike out on my own. About two years ago, I was offered a position as a salesperson at Beauty Elite Group, and I made the choice to take it and give it everything I had. The results were amazing! I started accumulating high numbers almost immediately. Evidently, the higher-ups took notice of my accomplishments because within a period of two years, I was tapped to be the next CEO. So, although I didn’t create my own business, I am now the top executive at Beauty Elite Group. It’s an honor, as well as a great responsibility, and one that I don’t take lightly.

 

What do you love most about the industry you are in?

I love that the whole modus operandi of this industry revolves around making people feel good about themselves. That is a wonderful pursuit.

 

What would you tell others looking to get into your industry?

From my own experience, I would say the single most important thing to do in order to succeed in this industry is to deliver positive results, and deliver them consistently. Networking is a good thing to do, and keeping your tasks and clients organized can never be bad, but this is ultimately a results-driven industry.

 

What is the biggest lesson you have learned managing your business/team?

The biggest lesson that I’ve learned—and I learned this from the entrepreneurs that are in my immediate family and have had decades of success—is to do whatever it takes to keep customers happy and your team happy. Happy customers usually translate into repeat customers who often recommend the company to friends and family, while happy employees are indisputably more productive employees.

 

Who has been a role model to you and why?

Everyone in my family, especially my father. He has given me invaluable advice throughout the years.

 

How do you maintain a work life balance? 

Daily exercise is key for me to maintain balance, as is an active social life. Whenever possible, I also like to escape to an island for a week or two of relaxation.

 

What traits do you possess that make you a successful leader?

As a fairly young executive, I think I bring a certain point-of-view and disposition to my role that other, more traditional executives may have a difficult time replicating. And especially because our target demographic is heavily weighted towards Millennials and Gen Z, I think my relative youth is an asset. Beyond that, I pride myself on approachability, vision, and determination.

 

What is your biggest accomplishment? 

After I was brought into the company as a salesperson, I began–to quote the words of one of my co-workers–“rewriting the record books” with my sales numbers. On its face, I think that’s a pretty big accomplishment, but it was extra special to me because I was trying to prove myself as an individual in the beauty and haircare industry, rather than simply an extension of my very successful family. I wanted to stand out and be recognized on the strength of my own merit.

 

What is one piece of advice that you have never forgotten?

My father once told me to be very careful about the people I choose to trust. Although part of me wants to stay optimistic about the motives of others, I have, through experience, come to understand that my father’s advice is very wise, and it’s now always in the back of mind. In business, the motives of other people cannot always be trusted. It pays to be discerning about those who you consider to be honest, reliable, and acting in your best interest.

 

Where do you see you and your company in five years? 

I think with a lot of hard work and little luck, Beauty Elite Group will become a $1 billion dollar company, and I believe that goal is attainable within the next five years.

 

Explain the proudest day of your professional life. 

A few years ago, the City of Houston named me ‘Woman of the Year.’ I was completely surprised and delighted by receiving such an auspicious honor. It’s hard to explain the mix of pride and humility I experienced simultaneously as the mayor presented me with that beautiful plaque.

The US makes up only 5% of the world population, but it throws away enough plastic bottles in a week to encircle the Earth 5 times. The more people that can become inspired to live a sustainable life, the more we can move the dial to better care for our planet. To spark that change, Daniel Hartz launched Sustainability Champions, a multimedia brand that highlights the people that are dedicated to solving the most significant environmental challenges we face today. He created a platform to share the voices of those pushing sustainability to inspire others to make a change. 

Since launching, Sustainability Champions has grown to over 127,000 followers on Instagram and 16,000 on LinkedIn. Daniel shares, “The most effective way we communicate with our audience is by featuring the people behind the initiatives and the innovations and by sharing their stories. I would much rather hear why their work is important to the champion and how they got into the field rather than just hearing a sales pitch on their product or service. This not only makes what they are doing more interesting, but I also feel that it builds a community as well.”

Daniel and his team at Sustainability Champions aim to inspire through storytelling. They believe that by connecting people interested in living an eco-friendlier life and the champions who are doing something to make the world more sustainable, the movement can only continue to grow. When asked how companies can build a loyal audience of sustainable ambassadors, Daniel shares, “Share your story with a growing community of individuals around the world. Rather than just talking about the technical details of your company and offering, you can stand out by discussing the impact you want to have on the environment, share your why and encourage feedback.” And the Sustainability Champions platform offers this opportunity to the companies and brands that advertise with them. 

Sustainability Champions entertains, educates, and inspires all at the same time. They are particular about the stories they tell and the brands they allow to advertise on their platform. The foundation of every decision is what will move the needle on bringing sustainability to more people, so that we can see a change in the world. Daniel shares, “I believe that education is the most important element of sustainability because we need to fully understand both the challenges and solutions in order to take effective action. It is crucial that all parties get together to hear about each other’s challenges and needs. It’s how each party can be aware of what is happening in all aspects of the sustainability game and encourage one another to grow and change.” 

The founder, Daniel, was always passionate about plants, even from an early age. He would keep the seeds from the produce he ate and would germinate them in a paper towel. This later led to his love of planting trees. Daniel believes that his intrigue with sustainability is what put him on the path to launch his company. He shares, “I started Sustainability Champions because I wanted to hear positive news about the environment. There are many people, communities, and companies working hard to solve some of the greatest environmental challenges and I want to find them and share their inspiring stories.” And the fast-growing platform is doing just that.