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Better Know a Sponsor: Fetch Realty

Fetch Realty is the latest venture of Charlotte Realtor® Josie MazzaferroFetch Realty is a full service residential property management company. Fetch will market your property, screen tenants, negotiate lease agreements, conduct move-in inspections, collect rents and manage maintenance for the property owner. Just like her loveable furbabies, Josie and her new company are loyal, hardworking, and fun. They are your best friends in the World of Charlotte Real Estate!

Josie has been a landlord for the past 6 years, and decided to open her new company to serve Charlotteans that need to move, but can’t afford to or don’t want to sell their houses at the current market values. She brings the same work ethic and zeal to this new business as she does to her work with buyers and sellers!

Josie has been very active in Charlotte’s Social Media Community, and loves the way that technology has reduced barriers to knowledge. “People can ask for help on Twitter or Facebook, and there is always someone else with the knowledge and expertise that will quickly step up and help! This environment brings out the best in everyone, and we all learn and grow and come together as a community because of it.”

Ignite Charlotte is an in-person, concentrated version of that learning environment,” says Mazzaferro. “The community comes together and networks, while learning from the passion and expertise of others. I can’t imagine a better way to spend an evening!”

We are excited to have Fetch Realty as an Ignite Charlotte 5 sponsor!

Written by: Josie (@JosieMazz), Ignite Charlotte 5 Volunteer

Better Know a Sponsor: Ephricon

Ephricon Web Marketing was founded in Baltimore, MD in 2003, but moved to the Charlotte area in January 2009. Located in the heart of Baxter Village in Fort Mill, Ephricon is an internet marketing agency that specializes in helping businesses generate inbound leads and sales through their web presence. Rather than focusing on banner ads and unsolicited e-mails, Ephricon helps to position its clients as subject matter experts with a website that is a worthwhile resource. They then leverage SEO, PPC, social media, and content marketing to help build awareness and provide their clients with a higher profile.

Ephricon President Jon Payne says that they are constantly looking to improve everything about their business and themselves. “Ignite Charlotte really reflects that spirit with fresh ideas, open sharing, and a community approach to continual improvement.” Payne adds that “Ignite Charlotte really reflects our company’s ideals.”

Jon has been pleasantly surprised by the friendliness of the Charlotte business community. In the internet marketing space, freelancers and companies that might compete for business openly share ideas and help each other. “It’s a real community feel and I appreciate the vibe and the relationships we’ve made,” says Payne. Ephricon sees Ignite Charlotte as an opportunity to help keep the community open and welcoming.

Ephricon also sponsors the Search Exchange conference here in Charlotte, as well as the Search Engine Marketing Association of Charlotte. In the past, they’ve also been a sponsor of BarCamp and WordCamp. Jon says that he’d love to participate in and hopefully sponsor an event like TedX or any event that creates a local think tank and open-sharing of information on how businesses can participate and help improve the value of content in the web sphere, rather than interrupt it with advertising.

We’re pleased to have Ephricon as an Ignite Charlotte 5 sponsor!

Written by: Josie (@JosieMazz), Ignite Charlotte 5 Volunteer