Sarasota Marketing Company and Concert Producer Hires Two Key Personnel and Promotes One

Feb. 28, 2013 - PRLog -- A local product marketing company and concert producer has hired a vice president of sales and director of marketing that according to a company co-founder, will take the company to the next level. The company also has promoted its international product sourcing agent and concert series promoter to senior vice president.

redhot international™, based in Sarasota, has hired Tom Bringedahl to build its relationships with national retail chain stores and Tom Briggle to direct the marketing efforts of the company and the products brought to market. Both hail from Bradenton.

“In the last two years we have grown to the point where we needed professionals to fill these two key rolls so that we can continue that momentum for bigger exposure on the national and international scene,” said co-founder Mike Brown.

redhot markets innovative products for popular personalities, shows, and inventors worldwide through production and distribution channels. Inventors submit their inventions through the website www.redhotinternational.com where they are tested for marketability. redhot also produces a high energy concert series in Florida through its brand Big Cat Love.

In another key move Joshua La Rose was promoted to senior vice president and continues as an operating partner for its concert tour division, now in its seventeenth year.

Over the last 15 years La Rose has taken his background as a stage and television actor and parlayed that experience into a career as a successful concert and event promotions director. Among these events include The Sarasota Pumpkin festival, Kids Rock fest tour, Circus of Sin, and Big Cat Love tour. La Rose developed the cirque /Rock & Electronic show concept for Love Muscle Productions and has planned, designed, and choreographed all the live shows.

La Rose has experience bringing new products to the world market through international sourcing and has traveled to China and Hong Kong for redhot international.

He has also dedicated his life to the preservation of big cats and works directly with Big Cat Habitat rehabbing these animals. He resides in Sarasota Florida with his son Jaden.

Bringedahl has joined redhot as vice president of sales. He has over 30 years of award winning experience with fortune 500 consumer products companies in senior sales and marketing roles, most of which was with ConAgra Foods. He has managed sales of some of the biggest brands in the industry for the nation’s largest retailers. He has extensive experience with senior retail decision makers, developing successful consumer and trade marketing plans, driving profitable ROI and share growth.

Briggle has 18 years in marketing to promote services and products for large and medium size companies. The past 10 years he has concentrated on the Internet for eCommerce sales. He started in 1995 as the director of marketing for ScanData Systems in Ohio, a systems integrator of warehouse distribution systems. Since then he has been the global web manager for Sterling Commerce, a worldwide Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) provider for major corporations worldwide, and the Internet marketing director for one of the largest home improvement companies in Ohio. He also spent five years as director of marketing and customer service manager at AmericaTab, an online Advance Deposit Wagering (ADW) horse racing affiliate program.

He has a degree in communications from the University of Toledo and is past president of the Columbus Chapter of the American Marketing Association. Briggle moved to Florida recently with his wife Linda and both are avid scuba divers. He spends his spare time as a baseball umpire with the Florida Baseball Umpires association. Briggle is a member of local social organizations in the Bradenton area.

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ABOUT REDHOT INTERNATIONAL: Since its beginning redhot international™ (redhot) quickly became a leader in bringing new innovative products to the world market. From port to port redhot has amassed a distribution network to launch an idea or invention into global prominence. Current products include licensing and distribution for television shows and inventors worldwide. Inventors submit their ideas or inventions through the website www.redhotinternational.com where they are assessed for market value. When a positive evaluation is approved, the product is set for patenting, licensing, marketing, production, and distribution. These products are sold in major retail outlets and through an ecommerce site that is branded for each product.

redhot offers and distributes a complete product line from the television show Deadliest Catch. Hangover Gone, a 2-ounce detox shock drink consumed before drinking alcohol will help eliminate your next-day hangover. A hands-free mini-toothbrush called the Rolly brush was introduced into the United States market. These two products are testaments to the success of the marketing process.

Big Cat Love, produced by redhot, is a two-day, high-energy concert series with a European flare. The 2013 series will premier in Florida cities and is projected to expand nationwide in 2014. More concert details for the Florida tour will be released March 4, 2013 at www.bigcatlove.com.

For more information contact Tom Briggle at (941) 358-0898 or email at tom@redhotinternational.com.