Mark Bove

Semi-retired at age 36!
Proud pop to an adorable baby boy - Christopher
Author of three major resource books for business owners:
- Getting the Word Out
- Increasing Your Traffic
- Words that Sell Ideas

The idea of entrepreneurship at a level of excellence is something that has always been in Mark's identity. Soon after college, Mark opened his first business pursuit in his community. This endeavor, while being successful, was interrupted with a devastating accident that left Mark in a condition that would not allow for the profession of this business to continue. Mark's success as an entrepreneur quickly turned into spending a large amount of time at rehabilitation centers and hospitals in order to overcome the tragic accident.

Even though Mark was officially claimed disabled, this identity did not become the trademark of who Mark was to become. Instead, Mark began to focus on being another type of entrepreneur, and re-built himself into a new area of expertise that could help to provide support for businesses that Mark naturally understood while others were only able to theorize what he knew.

The restructuring of Mark's business and passion began with Your One Stop http://www.youronestop.com/ , a printing and design service. This business began with one person in a basement, working in order to offer something into the community that was seen as a gap: a space where businesses could be supported at all levels. This meant that customers who turned to Your One Stop for printing and design would be able to get more than one type of service within his expertise. From postcards to signs, Mark made sure to offer any type of printing that one would need.

Even though the business began small and underground, Mark understood that there were no limits, and quickly began to build a ladder of success out of his basement through a marketing plan that strives on growth, thinking about the customers needs and offering what most would only imagine.

Your One Stop is one that provides service in every area of printing and design so that customers can find convenience and specialized help. This quickly expanded into being a space in which businesses could find more than signs, but can also find support and convenience with what they need in relation to design and printing. Mark created a space in which all the image needs that are in a business are taken care of in one stop.

The concept of offering it all and of being a vital service quickly expanded into other areas of design. Not only did Mark pursue signs, but also built a branch of business that included web design and hosting, which compliments Your One Stop for businesses who know what it means to be a part of technology in the 21st century. Beyond this, Mark was able to move the business into the branch of One Stop Auto Graphics for those that were looking for something for their vehicle that spoke about their image. The expansion of this set of businesses is one that is continuously growing and expanding, with more than 4,000 customers who are continuously turning towards Mark for support with their growing businesses and images in the community.

Mark's understanding of business isn't one that is only portrayed in image. Mark has moved beyond this and into concepts of marketing; one that was a reaction to seeing businesses that needed the extra push forward and were asking for a business hand to guide them along the way. This began the development of All Aboard Advertising, which was designed in order to help customers find ways to advertise their business in several ways, not only through the signs and web designs and graphics, but also through gaining new concepts with what advertising means.

With the pursuit of building advertising expertise, is one of the most visionary and exemplary attributes that Mark has defined in his business. This is one of being a mentor and a coach to those who are turning to different areas for guidance. This specific part of Mark's identity began with Guerrilla Marketing Coaching, which has helped several businesses to build their own identity and to become successful in their own endeavors.

The pursuit of coaching other businesses is Mark's way of letting others know that they need to get the word out. His book, "Getting the Word Out," www.gettingthewordout.com is one that expands on what Mark has seen, the mentoring that he has offered and practical everyday ideas that bring businesses together in a different way. With Mark's movement forward into his book, he is not only able to offer everyday advice, but is able to express this in a medium that will continue to help individuals with the advice that they need for their own success. Through this, as well as Mark's continuous coaching advice and workshops and seminars to compliment what Mark does, is also a level of mentoring that every business can grasp to and use to define themselves through Mark's examples.

With all of the success that Mark has had as an entrepreneur, is one general ideal that he has built within his success. From his mentoring to his signs shop, Mark knows that building relationships comes before any other pursuit of business and leaves out any concept of number shoving. Mark has the ability to reach out to every customer and let them know that the interpersonal relationships that he is building is not only one that is for an exchange of goods and services, but also one that leads to further developed interconnections between businesses and individuals.

Not only is this specific interest seen in Mark's coaching, but is also seen in his side business, www.understandingothers.com. Through this specific site, Mark is able to build even more connections with those who are interested in who they are, how they interact with others and what their best personal and business strengths are. This allows a connection to be made at a level that most would look past in daily interactions, but in which Mark knows to never take for granted.

Mark's image is one of success and growth, but beyond this, it is something that every entrepreneur and individual can turn to as an example. From the beginning of Mark's reinvention of who he was and what he became through the limits of only the imagination, is one who is paving the way for growth in the 21st century and what it means to be a small business and entrepreneur. An up and coming entrepreneurial icon, Mark Bove's success is one that is climbing and building the ladder as an example of what it means to 'do business'.