MAJ Advisors Capiabilities

Business Purpose:
The purpose for Marcus A. Johnson Advisors (MAJ) is to provide customize business development, merchant payment processing, loans and leasing solutions to small and large organizations, helping them to increase efficiencies and boost profitability.

History:
MAJ Advisors was formed in February 1998, headquarter in Birmingham, Alabama.

SERVICE

General Description:
MAJ Advisors is a major business and financial advisory firm. We provide world-class customized business advisory service, merchant payment processing and financing solutions to small and medium-sized businesses. Our clients tell us we help them:
. Increase their average sale
. Increase their customer base
. Increase customer and employee loyalty
. Reduce expenses and liabilities
. Eliminate time and money lost


Past Performance
MAJ has provided several leading Fortune 500 companies, medium and small-sized businesses and governmental agencies with solutions. MAJ also assists emerging companies with financial, business plans and strategy consulting services. These services have helped our clients to build business development, continuity and retention. Our representative client list follows:

○ University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
○ U.S. Steel
○ Alabama Power
○ South Trust Banks
○ Southwest Airlines
○ South Regions Business Council
○ ICF Consulting
○ First Class Tours and Transportation
○ Hill Motor Company
○ Leo Truck Repair
○ Triple J’s Convient Stores
○ Adgar Grocery
○ Theadoria LLC.
○ Abbylux
○ Queen Fashion’s




Industry Focus
○ Automotive
○ Business Services
○ Government
○ Health-care
○ Retail
○ Technology
○ Telecommunications

Professional Affiliations
○ American Society for Training and Development
○ South Regions Business Council, Past Board of Directors
○ African Executive Leadership Council, Past Board of Directors
○ Power of One, Past Board of Directors
○ Birmingham Area Chamber of Commerce

Professional Certifications
○ Certified Next Level Entrepreneurial Instructor

Awards
○ Small Business Excellent Service Award, 1999 (South Regions Business Council)
○ Fastest Growing Business Award, 2002 (South Regions Business Council)


Corporate Capabilities
MAJ delivers world-class business and financial advisory services to national and international businesses and governmental entities. MAJ brings over 80 years of combined experience and expertise to assist these national and international markets with business development. MAJ's goal is to assist private and public organizations to reach and exceed their business development objectives. Our plan is to perform needs analyses based on strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to develop customized strategies that meet our clients' specific needs. We will work effectively to guarantee complete client satisfaction. MAJ consistently monitors progress to ensure that each client receives the maximum return on investment (ROI). Our business development solutions spans into three different types of services: entrepreneurial, training and performance improvement.

Entrepreneurial Services

Business Plan Development
MAJ develops business plans customized for a company’s specific needs. MAJ will prepare the complete business plan along with your business team from cover to cover. We prepare business plans for most industries, ranging from technology to professional services.

MAJ is committed to providing world-class business plan services. Whether you are a start-up or expansion-stage company, our goal is your 100% satisfaction. MAJ's team has the business experience ,skills and expertise that allow us to develop persuasive business plans that are attractive to investors, bankers, franchisers and strategic partners. Nearly all of our tailored business plans can be used as a tool and road-map to grow your company to next-level success.

Business Plan Review
MAJ reviews business plans that have already been developed extensively, and makes suggestions for improvement and best-practice success. MAJ will critique and perform an expert analysis of your business plan. MAJ's team of professionals will make improvements to your business plan based on solid information to assist you with achieving your goals and objectives.

Strategy Consulting
MAJ is an industry leader in delivering strategy-consulting services to growing companies. Our strategy consulting services are customized to meet the specific needs of your business. Together with your team, MAJ will position your company to achieve its strategic goals and objectives and receive maximum return on investment (ROI) by providing strategy consulting solutions for your growing business in the following areas:
○ Strategic alliances
○ Angel investors
○ Venture capital
○ Sales & marketing
○ Customer service
○ Strategic planning
○ Financial planning
○ Internet

Financial Services
MAJ provides tailored financing, leasing and payment processing solutions to small and medium-sized companies. We have a data base of over 100 unique lenders that allow us the opportunity to find the best loan or lease at the best interest rate for the borrower. Our clients tell us we help their companies improve, expand and grow to next-level success from utilizing the following innovative solutions:
. Equipment Leasing
. Acquisition Loans
. Start-Up Loans
. Purchase Order Financing
. Inventory Loans
. Asset Based Financing
. Working Capital
. Sale-Lease Back
. Letters of Credit
. Growth Capital
. Accounts Receivable Financing
. Unsecured Borrowing
. Lines of Credit
. Contract Financing
. Flooring Loans
. International Financing
. Factoring
. SBA Loans
. USDA Loans
. Commercial Real Estate Financing (Mortgages & Construction Loans)
. Equity Financing (Private investors)


MERCHANT PAYMENT PROCESSING SOLUTIONS
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. Credit Cards
. Debit/ATM Cards
. Check guarantee & Conversion
. Gift &Loyalty Cards


Training Services

Cutting-Edge Sales Training
This training program can be customized to fit the company's specific needs, using premier selling techniques and assisting the business with increasing sales.

Diversity Selling
This sales course can assist companies with reaching new emerging domestic markets. This course also focuses on selling to a multicultural marketplace and assisting companies with receiving the maximum return on investment (ROI). The ethnic market represents a $1 trillion-plus market opportunity in the US. The ethnic and female market segments are the fastest growing segments in America.

New Millennium Marketing
This program is designed to assist sales and marketing personnel to capture markets by using low cost-effective marketing, which will expand market share and reduce customer acquisition costs.

21st Century Customer Service
This training program shows organizations how to increase sales through the following:
○ Monitoring Customer Service
○ Servicing the Customer More Effectively…After the Sale
○ Developing Customer Loyalty
○ Creating Higher Customer Retention


Intrapreneurialism™
This customized business development program trains corporate managers, sales and marketing personnel to perform their jobs as if they were their own businesses. Here, some of the key skills that very successful entrepreneurs utilize are shared. Participants learn how to reach their maximum potential through creativity, developing new techniques and in looking at the company's BIG picture. The benefits to the employee are increased morale, productivity and income. The benefits to the employer are competitive advantage, increased market share and peak profitability.

Performance Improvement Services

Business/Sales Coaching
This powerful program provides one-on-one coaching with individuals from large corporations and small businesses to assist them with reaching their maximum potential. We perform a need analysis based on strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to develop a strategy to fit specific needs

Internal Consulting Essentials (ICE™)
This unique course is custom-designed for managers, organizational development professionals and performance improvement specialists that routinely operate as internal consultants. ICE™ is a 21st century path that delivers tailored solutions to fit any organization’s specific needs. The course focuses on assisting internal consultants with the following:
○ Strategic planning
○ Developing a winning team
○ Performing strategic need analysis
○ Marketing and selling internal consulting services
○ Performing high level service
○ Developing loyal clients

The mission of this course is to assist internal consultants with developing ideas that will assist their organizations with reaching peak performance. Therefore the organization will receive maximum return on investment (ROI).

Consulting Essentials™
This powerful career development course is designed for corporate and government employees who are being downsized, retiring, or developing a corporate spin off. This cutting edge course will teach participants how to market their special skills and knowledge expertise. A majority of corporations hire former employees to work on specific projects as consultants or independent contractors because of their experience and expertise. These win-win strategic partnerships assist companies with delivering excellent products and services and improving bottom line performance. The Consulting Essentials™ course provides the following solutions to participants and corporations:
○ Writing a persuasive business plan
○ Office set-up
○ Developing a winning team
○ Business intelligence
○ Marketing & selling your consulting services
○ Developing winning proposals
○ Financial management
○ Growing your consulting business
○ Capitalizing on business resources
○ Developing loyal customers
The mission of this world-class course is to assist both corporations and the prospective consultants with achieving a competitive edge, market dominance and maximum profits.

Sales & Marketing-Process Re-engineering Analysis
MAJ's process re-engineering analysis can assist an organization’s sales/ marketing division with improving human performance. This organizational initiative assists revenue-generating areas such as sales and marketing teams (and managers) with needs analyses, and tailors solutions that help increase sales and market share. Sometimes the most seasoned sales and marketing teams will become complacent, lose their competitive edge and miss new market opportunities. Listed below are a few focal areas of the process re-engineering analysis:
○ Current process evaluation
○ Strategic analysis
○ Current process improvement
○ Strategic marketing & sales planning
○ Competitive intelligence
○ Technology
○ Emerging market opportunities
○ Team building
The mission of the sales/ marketing-process re-engineering analysis is to assist an organization’s sales/ marketing division with strategic process improvement ideas and strategies that will increase sales and profits performance.

Distinct Services Benefits:

. Provide training for businesses
. Access to information
. Provide expertise in specific interest areas
. Expand and extend business market research
. Improve business productivity
. Provide access to capital
. Gain workable business solutions
. Improve business performance
. Develop new sales opportunities
. Explore international marketing opportunities
. Target new customers
. Improve bottom Line performance
. Partnering opportunities
. Opportunity for creating a competitive advantage


Case Studies Summaries

We helped an automotive company reduce their expenses over 100K while at the same time their sales increased over 39% from $2.9 million to over $4 million in one year.

Our innovative solutions helped a retail women apparel company reduce their processing cost over 50% will simultaneously they generated more revenue.

A restaurant reduce their expenses over 10% utilizing our solutions helping them become more efficient and productive while profits increased.

CONTACT INFORMATION
MAJ Advisors
Marcus Johnson, Business Advisor
Phone:(205)475-3054
E-Mail:marcusmaj@yahoo.com
Blog:http://www.marcusmaj.blogspot.com/