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Marty (he/him) has a mission to explore,
encourage, empower, and envision a better world by both learning from others
and sharing lessons that he's learned in his own experience. As a natural leader, storyteller, and team builder
with a meticulous eye for detail, Marty's ability to frame the big picture
while polishing the fine print has brought him success as an in-demand editor
and columnist, as well as a marketing, communication, mission, and vision
coach.
Marty has spent the majority of his 30-plus-year
career in the retail shipping, print, mailbox, and business center industry,
managing and owning/operating businesses, guiding industry associations,
coordinating regional and national events, presenting as a speaker, panelist,
and lead instructor at conferences and summits, and organizing his communities
to make positive changes. He, his businesses, and his work have been featured
dozens of times in various publications, including a record four times in FedEx
ShipSource®. Marty has also spent time outside of his home industry as a high-end
Manhattan-based real estate stager, 5th Avenue window dresser
and visual specialist, athletic and special event merchandise concession lead,
office products sales and bid coordinator, K-12 substitute teacher, and
itinerant non-denominational minister.
In 2023, Marty retired from shopkeeper life and sold
his popular and growing business, Uncle Marty’s Shipping Office, an independent, inclusive, sustainability-minded,
and community-focused printing, storage, and shipping hub in the Collegetown
neighborhood of Ithaca, New York. At that time, he also stepped down from his
positions as Director and Co-Founder of the Collegetown Small Business Alliance
and Director of Communication and Advisor to the Board of the national non-profit
Association of Mail & Business Centers (AMBC), for which he was also a
previous board chair.
It’s now Marty’s privilege to lean into his love of
adventure with the ability to work remotely from anywhere his travels take him.
Semi-retirement allows him to spend more time with family and focus on writing
and coaching projects through his own platforms as well as his role as
Communication & Vision Coach with AYM High
Consultants, which takes
him to new corners of the country every week or two to help businesses of all
sizes—as well as the individuals running them—grow into their best selves.
Marty continues to serve as Editor and Producer
of MBC Today, the retail shipping, print, mailbox, and business
center industry's leading publication wherein his advice column, Ask Uncle Marty™, is a favorite among readers; he's also working with
a close friend and colleague on an exciting motivational podcast that will launch
soon (stay tuned!)
Through it all, Marty counts it a true honor to serve
as a voice, influencer, and mentor in his communities and on growing platforms.
He is very grateful for new opportunities to have discussions and receive
lessons to keep growing, discovering, and making forward-moving changes. As a
cancer survivor who, through grace and intense chemotherapy, overcame an
aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2013, he believes wholeheartedly in silver
linings, hoping to use his bonus years to spread positivity, hope, joy, good-neighborliness,
and gratitude.
To read some of Marty’s column and essays and to
learn more, please visit askunclemarty.com. While you’re there, please subscribe to his free periodic newsletter. You can also follow
him on Instagram and TikTok @askunclemarty.
#AskUncleMarty
