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Sam Onigbanjo, BSc (Hons) FCIM is the Founder of Great Business Platforms.

A people-focused business that has helped over 1,000 businesses start and grow in the last 10 years alone. He is the Author of 37 Business Thoughts, Emotive Branding for Entrepreneurs and The Authority Guide, Digital Marketing Made Simple; all books and Webinar series that are currently buzzing in the &ldquo;Entrepreneur circuit&rdquo;.

Sam has been featured as a cover story in the Virgin Entrepreneur, as well as in CNBC Business. He has also been a panellist on numerous business shows on Sky TV. Sam, has been an elected Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing since 2006. Sam is also a Certified Digital Marketer, Direct Copy response writer.

Sam has featured as a Speaker at Barclays Bank, Kaspersky Internet and the Best You Conference, he is also a Digital Marketing Advisor for TSB&nbsp;

He runs a successful mastermind and speaking academy, here he and his team of coaches have trained hundreds of business leaders. Recently, In the last 12 months, apart from securing paid gigs for some outstanding coaching members, he has also gotten them headline speaking slots with corporate entities including Barclays Bank and Paid gigs with Internet company Kaspersky.

He is the Creator of a couple of renowned tools, including the, N.B.A.S F.A.A.T.S and A.D.E, tools that will help anyone, discover their Individual personal authority and craft a story or speech that converts an audience to Monetized clients.

Sam is extremely passionate, focused and driven about helping you Individually achieve your dream or goal. His Mastermind/Business Accelerator clients attest to his personal attention to their goals. Sam motivates you to successfully launch your passion or business, and will help you take your entrepreneurial life to the next level.

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&lt;p&gt;My motto in life and work is 'Meet people, make friends, and help them.'&amp;nbsp;Getting to know people is the best way of finding out what makes them tick in terms of goals, ambitions, dreams, interests and life in general. I help people by listening to what they need, suggesting ideas, sending links, making introductions, adding value, and offering relevant products and services, where appropriate. When friends have a problem, I love to help them fix it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My varied portfolio career means I have knowledge, experience and contacts in many fields. I am an expert in book publishing, media, mentoring, writing, editing, marketing, crowdfunding, sponsorship, social enterprise and commercial start-ups.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'd love to get to know you better, so I can help you get to where you want to be.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Career highlights:&lt;br /&gt;
• Book trade professional since 1990&lt;br /&gt;
• Consultant Producer, YOU'RE BOOKED! (ITV book series)&lt;br /&gt;
• Pioneer, World Book Day UK&lt;br /&gt;
• Research Director, StoryCode (online recommendation engine for fiction, featured on BBC TV’s DRAGONS’ DEN)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Current roles:&lt;br /&gt;
• Founder, CopyGhosting Publishing Services (editorial, marketing, PR &amp;amp; digital agency)&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
• Editor &amp;amp; Development Executive, Insight Film Festival&lt;br /&gt;
• Founder, Jolabokaflod CIC (promoting Icelandic 'Christmas book flood' tradition)&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
• Director of Crowdfunding, CrowdPatch CIC: free crowdfunding platform for social enterprise&lt;br /&gt;
• Founder, The Wisdom of Coffee: a network for Meetup gatherings &amp;amp; a community that shares best practice about business, enterprise &amp;amp; alternative finance)&lt;br /&gt;
• Founder, Smart Crowd Productions: integrated arts, media, business &amp;amp; alternative finance production consultancy&lt;br /&gt;
• Director: Corporative Sponsorship, SMGlobal Catwalk, Inc: global fashion events brand&lt;br /&gt;
• Social entrepreneur, 12R Prizes: solving social issues and commercial problems via sponsored cash-prize comptetions&lt;br /&gt;
• Mentor, Founders and Mentors: networking platform, comprising forum, communities and courses for mentors to help pre-launch founders launch start-ups successfully&lt;br /&gt;
• Social entrepreneur, 12Ronnies: hub that provides founders, inventors and creatives a toolkit for launching a startup successfully&lt;br /&gt;
• Co-founder, CrowdMall: virtual shopping centre for ideas that do not yet exist&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Charities:&lt;br /&gt;
• Chairman, Seeds Creatives (charity): runs the ‘Artist in Your Own Residence’ collaborative network mentoring scheme for creatives in all disciplines&lt;br /&gt;
• Director, Arts Centre Group (charity): membership organisation for arts &amp;amp; media professionals&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Committees:&lt;br /&gt;
• All-Party Parliamentary Committee for Crowdfunding (chair: Barry Sheerman MP): meets quarterly at the House of Commons&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Author:&lt;br /&gt;
• Six published books&lt;br /&gt;
• Two books in progress&lt;/p&gt;

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Pre-launch founders, inventors & creatives

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&lt;p&gt;Helen is a mum of two and wife to her best friend. She's been running Smart Social for the past two years, which focuses on helping small and medium sized businesses grow through high-performing Facebook and Instagram Ads.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As a Facebook ad strategist and Facebook certified media planner, Helen has helped clients increase their business results through high-performing advertising campaigns on Facebook and Instagram. She loves to help people grow their businesses, empower them to be more successful than they ever thought possible.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In her previous office life, Helen is a chartered management account and financial analysis manager. The data side of Facebook ads fits her finance background perfectly.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Helen is a travel-loving, foodie who loves to see the world and explore new cultures. She's been around the globe many times but her favourite place in the world is home with her two kids and loving family!&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;I am going to help you understand the basics of Facebook Ads, what it is capable of (which is ALOT!) and how it may fit&amp;nbsp;your business, so that you feel &lt;u&gt;well informed&lt;/u&gt;&amp;nbsp;and can start using this powerful tool today!&

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