Sharon recently launched a pilot program to develop case studies for an upcoming book about social media marketing. Sharon was recently interviewed by Ask Mando about the new venture. To watch the video, turn on your speakers and double-click the play button below.
Sharon is interviewed by Barry Brown from The Trades at the recent American Resort Development Association Convention in Orlando, Florida.
Sail Through Cancer Foundation head, Dick Drechsler, recently wrote a book to help support the organization's fundraising efforts. To watch the exciting video trailer, turn on your speakers and click the play button below. Start the video when redirected.
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“I created Drechsler Communications as an answer to small-to-medium-sized companies seeking a PR and Marketing solution,” observes Sharon. “Some of my clients require a full-blown marketing plan, including everything from defining and articulating their unique value-proposition, through to implementation. Others may just need me to write a specific article or item. I enjoy it all.”
“Most recently, I’ve developed a full-range social networking, Web 2.0, program to get clients started with the powerful new User Generated Content (UGC) medium. Plus, I also have enjoyed considerable success as a freelance writer with articles focusing on travel, boating and vacation ownership, contracted through our companion company, Vacation Development.”
"As a lender and lender's representative serving developers in the resort industry, Wellington Financial has benefited from Sharon's capability as a wordsmith, as well as her extensive business network within the industry. We rely on her to help with our advertising and communications, so that we can concentrate on serving our customers." - Ron Goldberg, President, Wellington Financial
“Everyone in the resort industry knows and respects Sharon. She has it all – connections, integrity, brains and a sense of humor!” - James R. Danz, RRP, Timeshare Marketing Professional
“We have been very pleased with Sharon’s writing capability. She’s a great communicator.” - T.L. Spencer, CEO and COB, and Wes Spencer, Timeshare Sales & Marketing Professionals
"When Sharon first started work as an ARDA staff person, we were impressed by her dedication, enthusiasm and zeal for building closer relationships between the association and its members. And Sharon has only grown wiser and more helpful during her years in our great industry! Now, as a business owner catering to the resort industry, we are delighted that Sharon continues to promote participation in ARDA as a starting point for businesses that wish to be recognized for their professionalism, integrity and service." - Stephany A. Madsen, RRP, Senior Vice President - Special Projects, American Resort Development Association (ARDA)
Standing up for cancer survivors, in Manning Up Every once in a while a book comes along that you just can’t put down. Occasionally, you’ll come across one that also inspires you. Manning Up In Alaska, the sleeper-hit promising to top Best Seller charts, entertains us like a day at the races and, in the end, encourages us to lend a hand to cancer survivors. Dick Drechsler’s fast-paced sea tale is a riveting good read and an entertaining adventure book. At times we laugh; at other times we hold our breath. Regardless of whether we’re sailors or landlubbers, he holds our wide-eyed attention with this action-packed tale as we sail with him and his wife up the coast from Mexico to Alaska aboard his 47-foot sailboat, Last Resort. The amazing truth is that lifelong sailor and hard-driving entrepreneur Dick Drechsler didn’t expect to live, much less cruise 2600 miles of ocean. After neck and throat cancer treatment confined him to taking nourishment from a feeding tube, he lost his energy, humor and will to survive. He was forced to retire; he was unable to travel. Worst of all, he was no longer able to enjoy his passion for sailing. In this non-fiction account, Manning-up in Alaska takes us through the wild romp that is Dick’s life, up until the moment he slams into his own mortality. Despite a knock-down to his health and the resulting disabilities following cancer treatment, he refused to give up. His story of regaining partial use of his throat; pursuing a lifelong dream to cruise in a sailboat and discovering a new, exciting avocation is a page-turner in every regard. If you’re like us, you’ll grit your teeth, together with Dick, when a malfunction creates a flood resulting in a life-and-death struggle at sea. You’ll have a chuckle toward the end of the book when he reveals how he came to name Manning-up. Like us, you’ll come to marvel at the magnificence of Alaska’s untapped wildness, recognize your own wanderlust in the populace of its waterways and dream of casting off, downbound for Alaska, yourself one day. In the end, you’ll appreciate how Dick came to dedicate his life and his book to helping other cancer survivors enjoy life and even thrive through his goal of establishing the Sail Through Cancer Foundation.
The American Resort Development Association is headquartered in Washington, DC and represents timeshare resort developers, managers and their suppliers. Drechsler managed ARDA's membership development from 1989-1992.
“I created Drechsler Communications as an answer to small-to-medium-sized companies seeking a PR and Marketing solution,” observes Sharon. “Some of my clients require a full-blown marketing plan, including everything from defining and articulating their unique value-proposition, through to implementation. Others may just need me to write a specific article or item. I enjoy it all.”
