G. Steven Cleere is the Founder and Chief Brand Developer of NexxtLevel Marketing, a consulting firm that specializes in retail marketing. For over 30 years, he’s been actively involved in marketing, advertising, and promotion disciplines. In 2019, Steve and his wife, Debra, combined their backgrounds and created Kitchen2Shelf, an educational service that provides online courses and in-person workshops for food and beverage entrepreneurs at all stages of growth.
Steve was previously the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at TradeMarketing, Inc., or the TMI Group, a retail marketing agency. His unique background has allowed him to gather a wealth of expertise for top CPG companies to scale and grow.
Words of advice from Will Nitze of IQBARS
Words of advice from Grace Ventura and Sarah Bird from Beyond Broth
Words of advice from Marc Siden of Cloud Water Brands
Words of advice from Chris Kirby of Ithaca Hummus
Words of advice from Hans Schatz of CULT Artisan Beverage Company
Words of advice from Lindsey Cunningham of RollinGreens
Words of advice from Keith Belling of RightRice
Words of advice from Ashi Jelinek of KidsLuv
Words of advice from Shannon Roddy of Marketplace Seller Courses
Words of advice from David Lemley of Retail Voodoo
Words of advice from Kara Romanik of Mamie's Pies
Words of advice from Kiri Masters of Bobsled Marketing
Words of advice from Amy Lacey of Cali’flour Foods
Words of advice from Steve Caldwell of Swiss Rösti
Words of advice from Kara Goldin of Hint
Words of advice from Ryne O'Donnell of Sol-ti
Words of advice from Cynthia Tice and Jane Miller of Lily’s Sweets
Words of advice from Jim Lassiter of REJIMUS, INC
Words of advice from Elliot Begoun of TIG
Words of advice from Michael Panara Jr., Pretzel Man Bakery
Words of advice from Katherine Harvey of Bare Bones
Words of advice from Steve Cleere of NexxtLevel Marketing
Words of advice from Loren Brill of Sweet Loren's
There’s no doubt about it: 2020 was very different from the years before and affected people differently, be it professionally or personally. It brought forth several challenges, COVID-19 being only one of them, all of which impacted many businesses and families. Some businesses were forced to close down while others thrived and saw tremendous growth.
Despite all these challenges, the NexxtLevel Podcast had some great guests on the show who had so much expertise and insight to share. They talked about building CPG businesses, even during the COVID-19 pandemic, shared solid and realistic wisdom to grow your business, and more.
On the first NexxtLevel Podcast episode of 2021, host Steve Cleere shares the best tips and tricks from 2020. He shares actionable insight and nuggets of wisdom from 23 of his own guests from the past year, as well his own words of advice on how to build a successful CPG business and be a great leader. Keep listening!