Meet the BarBusinessOwner.com Team!

Liz Klages is Founder and President of BarBusinessOwner.com. She has 10+ years of experience in the hospitality industry in marketing, human resource management, and operations.

Liz put herself through college working as a server, bartender, and manager. Upon graduation with a degree in marketing, she joined a large marketing firm and specialized in online marketing for the hospitality industry. She managed the online marketing campaigns of companies ranging in size from Fairmont Hotels and Fiesta Americana to small independent operators in the hotel and restaurant fields.

Liz has learned first hand the marketing and promotion challenges facing bar owners and managers and brings expert knowledge on how to find, attract, and retain a steady flow of customers.

Her business philosophy is simple: find others who are doing well in any area, find out exactly what they are doing, and then do the same things. If you do the same things they are doing to be successful, you will get the same or similar results.

Liz launched BarBusinessOwner.com to provide a go-to resource for independent bar owners and managers who are looking for the edge in running more profitable businsesses.

Liz resides on the Gulf Coast of Florida with her husband and hound dog Lucky and is a fanatic supporter of the Tampa Bay Rays. Her favorite drink to order in a bar is a dirty martini.

Melissa Boggs is the operations guru at BarBusinessowner.com. She worked as a bartender while in college and graduated with a degree in business management and marketing. Melissa is in her 7th year as manager of a beach bar and restaurant in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Melissa has first hand knowledge and extensive experience with the many day-to-day operational issues bar owners and managers face and has a wealth of experience with bar promotions, inventory management, liability issues, theft prevention, and human resource management.

When not managing her bar Melissa can be found a couple blocks away on the beach working on her tan or jogging next to the surf thinking about spending more time in Costa Rica. Her favorite drink to order in a bar is a mojito.

Joe Reuth is co-founder of BarBusinessOwner.com. He has a diverse 15+ year career in business where he has learned and implemented strategies on how to attract customers cost effectively, how to get the customer to buy more, and most importantly how to run a profitable business.

Joe began his business career during college when he worked at a major electronics chain retailer. Within a few years of earning his degree, he decided he wanted to call his own shots and opened his own store, a specialty gift shop retail store. As owner, manager, and primary employee, he learned what business owners should do when running their business. Just as importantly, he also learned what business owners should not do.

Joe then joined the travel industry where he was VP and head of sales for one of the largest travel agencies in the U.S. During his six years there he devised and implemented sales strategies and systems that helped increase company sales from $2 million a year to over $500 million a year and hired and trained a sales force of over 250 commissioned sales people. During this time frame he added to his knowledge base proven ways of getting marketing, sales, and human resource management results.

Joe owns several businesses and knows first hand what it takes to be a successful small business owner. His knowledge of low-cost promotions, marketing strategies, and sales is applicable to all business owners, especially bar owners.

Joe resides in Florida and tries to cruise as much as possible. When travelling he's likely somewhere on a weekend getaway in the Caribbean. His favorite drink to order in the Caribbean is a bushwacker.