Was fortunate to have been admitted to Portland‘s Benson High School a technical trade school and got involved with KBPS radio, the school district radio station. Broadcasting was fun and exciting and stayed with it full time until the age of 26.Joined my father who was a distributor for Safeguard Business Systems. A national company that worked similar to a franchise. We would provide manual bookkeeping systems along with the training to small businesses. If you are familiar with the checks that have the black carbon strip on the back, chances are that was a Safeguard Check. We dealt with all kinds of businesses. Attorney’s, dentists, hair salons, small construction company’s, etc. One of my own customers, although I never did visit the ranch were the Rajneesh’s in Antelope, Oregon. My biggest customer for about two years. Everything they ordered would be ordered and flown into their warehouse in NW Portland. (They had 6 major corporations, including a travel agency, medical practice, travel agency, all their checking accounts were through the Bank of Greece). Learned a lot about dealing with businesses and there owners.In 1998 I got they idea you should be able to order checks over the internet so I founded ExpressChecks.com and ExpressTaxForms.com (in 1999) built them online from 0 (zero customers) to a national presence serving 35,000+ (7000 Active) small businesses nationwide. Purchased by Greatland Corporation of Grand Rapids, MI. in 2013. Press Release: https://cbsloc.al/3FiZwwGGoogle Adwords - I am Google Advertiser ( around#6400) - Used Google Adwords and brought in over $7 Million in sales in that 13 year time period (Our average order was $65). Advertising is the Key to Growing - Now with Video and Reputation Marketing your business on the Google Network. Consider Advertising now with a Video Ad on the Google/Youtube Network, our plans are $99 per month.Then started AprofitableDay.com as an internet marketing and video production agency that helps small and medium-sized businesses with getting found online. Reputation Management, Building and Marketing a business online reputation - Takes a "System" that you need to use every day. With a combination of training employees on how to ask for customer "Feedback" and 5 Star Review videos, any business can build a 5-star reputation.Businesses using video grow company revenue 49% faster, year after year, than organizations without - National survey. Another fact today:79% of consumers surveyed would rather watch a video to learn about a product than reading text on a page. Bottom line: EVERY business needs a video on YouTube.( http://www.aprofitableday.com ) OR On Audible.com in Search type: "Tom Brooks" over 200+ Voiced Audio Books.Read more about this authorRead less about this author