Swire Ho

As the Director of Sales and Marketing at Garuda Promo and Branding Solutions, I am passionate about creating campaigns that make my clients look like rock stars in their industry. With 20 years of entrepreneurial experience and expertise in promotional products and branded merchandise, I'm committed to helping businesses achieve brand awareness, customer appreciation, and employee retention. One of the things that set me apart from others in my project management skills, creative ideas, and ability to turn ideas into reality has made me excel in business communication and navigating the corporate buying process. My career goals are to help my clients do more with less and turn big problems into smaller ones. I'm proud to have received the SCORE Award for Small Business Success in 2009, been named the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassador of the Year in 2018, and appeared as a subject matter expert in the promotional product industry on over 100+ podcasts. Let's connect and see how we can make your promotional product dreams a reality. Together, we'll create a brand strategy that will not only help you achieve your goals but exceed them. LSBE, WBE, DBE, MBE, SBE.

I'm an avid networker and enjoyed networking. As an ambassador of the Los Angeles Area Chamber I help members to maximize their chamber experience and investment by providing communication and support. I encourage member involvement, connect and refer within the chamber family so we can all grow our businesses. Feel free to ask me any questions about the Los Angeles Area Chamber, I love to have you as my guest to all the wonderful events that will bring results to your business.

Stream live on Linkedin every Tuesday at 10 am PST As the host of The Small Business Show podcast, I serve as an advocate for entrepreneurs and small business owners. With 20 years of experience in running a small business, I bring a wealth of knowledge and insight to the podcast, helping listeners navigate the challenges of starting and growing a successful business. Through candid interviews with successful business owners and experts in various fields, I share practical advice, valuable insights, and inspiring stories that help listeners take their businesses to the next level. I have a passion for entrepreneurship and a deep understanding of the unique opportunities and obstacles that small businesses face. In addition to hosting The Small Business Show podcast, I am a promotional product consultant, working with brands to increase sales and retain employees. I have also been a featured guest for over 100+ podcasts for brand awareness and promotional products. Follow me on LinkedIn to stay up-to-date with the latest episodes of The Small Business Show podcast and to connect with a community of like-minded entrepreneurs and small business owners.

Ambassadors are the official "meeters and greeters" for the chamber. I handle a variety of duties at all regular and special events including Networking Breakfasts, the Annual Village Venture Arts & Crafts Faire and Ribbon Cuttings.

Providing convenient one stop shop for our client's CD and DVD needs. Our service offerings range from short run DVD duplication to large quantity CD/DVD replication, providing complete CD and DVD production solutions clients such as aspiring filmmakers, educational institutions, marketing firm, ad agencies and major film studios. The DVD replication industry is constantly changing to introduce new formats, copy protection technologies and authoring software. I have background in video and audio production, not only are we able to provide constructive suggestions to packaging, we will alo keep our clinet up-to-date with the latest CD/DVD manufacturing trends and technologies. We accomplish this by customer support, website in-depth articles and monthly newsletters.

--Gain market share in audio mastering related field --Sales specialist on CD replication , DVD replication services --Overseeing studio operation

--Microphone placment --Recording session set up --Cable making --Tape transfers --Making good coffee for studio clients