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Local company owner elected to Executive Board as secretary of Better Business Bureau serving Canton, Greater W.Va.

Mike Ruffing is the President and CEO of Problem Solver’s Consultants, a company that pairs out-of-the-box thinking with tried-and-true consulting skills to help small businesses succeed with their marketing. / Submitted photo

CANTON, Ohio and Greater WV – Local business owner Mike Ruffing was voted in as Secretary of the Board for the Better Business Bureau serving Canton, Ohio and Greater West Virginia. The BBB board of directors strives to create a community of trustworthy businesses advocating integrity.

Though the term for the Secretary of the Board position began in April 2021, Ruffing has served on the board of directors of the BBB for the past three years. This is Ruffing’s first executive board seat with the BBB.

“We are very pleased to have Mike take a seat at the BBB table as the Secretary of the Board,” said President/CEO of the local BBB chapter Frank Cilona. “Our organization continues to be strong and successful because of the quality of the board members and their businesses.”

Mike Ruffing is the President and CEO of Problem Solver’s Consultants, a company that pairs out-of-the-box thinking with tried-and-true consulting skills to help small businesses succeed with their marketing. Ruffing, a Penn State University graduate and leader in the industry for almost 20 years, leads the Problem Solver’s team to help clients grow their businesses with proven digital marketing strategies.

About Problem Solver’s Consultants:

Problem Solver’s Consultants LLC offers a range of services including digital marketing, social media marketing, website development, online analytics & tracking, and many other types of online advertising. Our consulting services are built for the kind of cost-effective, long-term, and responsive assistance that small businesses need from a marketing consulting firm in today’s economy. Our objective is to help make your business more efficient and more profitable. We do so by providing small business consulting to assist you in solving marketing problems when you have limited resources and/or expertise with which to do it yourself or internally within your business. Learn more at https://problemsolversconsultants.com/.

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