Alyssa gay

Bradenton Republican Alyssa Gay became the third candidate to file for a suddenly open Manatee House seat. The AG Creative founder filed to succeed state Rep. Tommy Gregory in House District East County's Alyssa Gay, owner of AG Creative, a marketing and branding firm, has filed for the seat in District 72, which encompasses eastern Manatee County.

Alyssa Gay (Republican Party) ran for election to the Florida House of Representatives to represent District She lost in the Republican primary on August 20, The candidates include former Manatee County Planning Commission Chairman Bill Conerly, AG Creative founder Alyssa Gay, attorney and real estate expert Richard Green, and Manatee County School.

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Alyssa Gay for State Representative. 79 likes. Conservative, Manatee County Native, Entrepreneur, & Candidate for Florida House District We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Alyssa Gay a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below. In fact, I swore against it. Growing up engrossed in small business, I saw the challenges that both being a business owner and having a team brought.

My first step was hiring a virtual assistant position which soon became my director of operations. We spent significant amounts of time breaking down every nitty gritty detail in the business — from day to day operations to the client journey to every detail necessary for an employee to come in as an account manager. I recognized early that the way to scale efficiently and quickly was through repeatable processes.

From there, we have worked to optimize our systems and vendors. This has included upgrading our CRM and project management systems, as well as updating our SOPs for team members to increase their efficiency. Additionally, outsourcing recurring services to vendors such as legal and accounting , while a monetary expense, in turn, provides peace of mind and additional time to better focus on running AGC as well as cultivating client relationships.

While many businesses suffered and faced substantial loss during , AG Creative was very blessed to have the opposite. Throughout the last two years, brands all over the world, big and small, were pushed to activate their online audiences like never before. With so many businesses closed or altered, social media, websites, and email lists became the lifeline of business.

COVID made many business owners understand the need to have a solid, consistent digital presence and we are grateful that they have trusted and chosen us to lead the way for them. I got started like any other entrepreneur does, I saw that there was a need in the market. Rather than going to college right out of high school, I did it a little backward.

I spent some time in college, then took time off.

I got married at 21, was working full-time, and decided to go back to school full-time. Throughout most of my life, I worked for small businesses and start-ups — even working in an entrepreneurial incubator. My family is also very entrepreneurial. I saw just how much hard work, grit, and determination it took to start a business. I also saw how many more failures there are than successes. I learned very quickly to wear many hats and one of my favorites was social media and digital marketing.

I decided to study communications in college and graduated from the University of Florida summa cum laude in with a degree in communications and a focus on media and the public. My courses covered everything from telecommunication to PR, to journalism, to social media and more. I began sending out my resume and going on interviews. In the meantime, a friend who I had previously worked with had recently asked me to handle the social media and marketing for his company.

So I was doing that while also working full-time in my day job. After not finding what I wanted in the job market and seeing a need for digital marketing for small businesses, I typed up my business plan in about 15 minutes while at the said day job. I then spent time researching the market — what services are out there, price points, ideal clients, etc. CPAs and lawyers as I formulated the business plan and the not-so-fun fundamentals of the business.

I officially launched in January while still working my day job. I thought it would take me years to replace my income and be working fully for myself — it took four months.