Stonebridge Partners HR

Stonebridge Partners is a small business built to serve small businesses. Our focus is simple — provide smarter, fairer solutions for benefits, staffing, and payroll, while keeping people and relationships at the center of everything we do. We understand the challenges owners face because we face them too — and that’s exactly why we care a little more, respond a little faster, and always put integrity before profit.

Co-Founder

Audience & Income

Member

Elite PEO LLC

Directed Elite PEO to 3 consecutive years of over $50M ARR, with yearly increases of 12%+.

Planned, directed and oversaw Elite PEO's operational policies, rules, initiatives, and goals. I helped the organization execute long-term and short-term plans and directives by implementing judgement, vision, management, and leadership.

I helped the company executives to manage all clients in New School ways utilizing a work ethic infused by Old School principles.

Chief Operating Officer

1P410 Sports Ventures, LLC

1P410 Sports was a fully integrated sports services company committed to structuring a balanced athletic plan for all. Within the 5500 square foot training facility, we provided personal and group fitness training, sports psychology, sports therapy, massage therapy, acupuncture, and a golf performance center. We utilized technology to help all members attain their goals.

Investor/Board Member

Invesco US

Managed over $80B (topping at $100B) in assets across multiple short-term fixed income sectors and currencies including Prime funds (US Dollar), Canadian, Tax-Exempt, US Dollar Offshore, US Gov't & US Treasury funds. Assets Under Management across Invesco topped $700B.
Authored weekly economic commentaries, presented data analysis on various market segments and provided strategic plan for ongoing portfolio management implementation.
Developed strong rapport with broker/dealer community and maintained attuned ear to market news and movement.
Interacted and collaborated with many internal departments to effectively manage, negotiate and excel through extreme periods of market volatility.

2002-2005 Invesco Fixed Income Internal Wholesaler

1999-2001 Senior Portfolio Assistant

Portfolio Manager

The Briarwood School

Taught Economics, World History, and World Geography to a dynamic group of high school students.  Briarwood is a unique environment with kids who need a more focused and targeted setting in which to learn and thrive.

Teacher

CEO Stonebridge Partners. Simple guidance for complex humans.

After two decades in big and small business — managing billions, scaling startups, and chasing someone else’s definition of success — I realized what was missing: purpose.

In 2019, I co-founded Stonebridge Partners to do things differently. We help small businesses cut through the noise of overpriced benefits, complex payroll systems, and the staffing chaos that never seems to end.

Our mission is simple:
Build real partnerships. Craft smarter solutions. Keep business human.

Because at Stonebridge, we believe small businesses deserve big-league support — without the big-business nonsense.

I share what we’re learning (and unlearning) here on LinkedIn — join me, and let’s build something better together.

I am only a DM away. And you are inching closer to better services from someone who knows and understands the challenges of small business.

Tom Gerhardt

Tara Horstmeyer

Happy Words

I believe you were made to lead, not exhaustively create LinkedIn content.

ABOUT HAPPY WORDS ⬇️
Hi! I'm Tara. 

After a 20+ year career as an award-winning editor, writer + leader, my career evolved to building Happy Words: A writing, consulting + training team that supports executives around the country.

As The OG LinkedIn Ghostwriter, I've trained and influenced many of the best in the best in the business. I’ve also been featured in Business Insider, Vox and Morning Brew as a LinkedIn Ghostwriting industry expert and have spoken at events + workshops while appearing on dozens of podcasts.

This truly sets me apart as I can both appreciate + serve busy executives who desire to impact others through their LinkedIn presence.

Executives—like you.

WE GET IT—BECAUSE WE GET *YOU* ⬇️

We know firsthand the weight of leadership duties and professional ambition leaders carry daily.

In fact, my unique background in people leadership + professional writing has firmly cemented me and my Happy Words team's reputation as the obvious choice for world-class executives and their teams.

You can't afford to leave your professional reputation or company’s brand to chance with just any Ghostwriter or service.

You genuinely need trusted social strategists AND experienced media experts to guide you.

Experts—like us!

Bottom line:

You were made to lead, not exhaustively create a LinkedIn presence.

We're here to help you expand your influence, grow your presence and stand out as the authoritative thought leader you ARE.

LET'S CHAT. HERE TO SERVE YOU ⬇️
You could be (and, let's face it, *should be*) the talk of LinkedIn.

Serving individuals, founders, execs, teams + companies:

1. CONTENT: LinkedIn Post Strategy + Ghostwriting
2. WORKSHOPS: LinkedIn Mastery Workshop + Workbook

Founder

Gravy

Worked with the Channel Partnerships team to scale Gravy’s client relationships program by helping establish new relationships while optimizing existing one-to-many channel partnerships.

Director of Partner Success

Tested and proved Gravy’s inbound and outbound strategies through non-conventional SDR methods, including pioneering voice and video, resulting in new clients + MRR.

Built scalable Sales Development program from scratch, including proving prospecting methodology, testing messaging, strategies and approaches, resulting in new clients, referral partners and a new stream of predictable revenue.

Helped implement SalesLoft in Q1 2020, including writing and testing all cadences, snippets and more. 

Ultimately recruited, hired, trained, onboarded and led new SDRs to build out our SDR team, helping 3 out of 5 break previous quota records within their first 60 days of onboarding.

SDR / SDR Growth Manager

Provided Gravy's overall content direction by producing and repurposing original content, including client communications, lead magnets, blogs and webinar + email marketing campaigns. 

Built and launched "The Outsider" newsletter, which is quickly becoming a pillar piece of communication for clients and subscribers.

Awarded Gravy’s highest honor in August 2019: Gravy MVP.

Content Manager

Assisted the sales manager and project managed all sales-related activities, including prospecting, discovery, referrals, maintaining CRM updates, email campaigns and led sales enablement activities.

Inside Sales Specialist

RevGenius

www.revgenius.com/mag

- Laid foundational framework that helped establish scaleable systems and processes.
- Assessed all inbound authors before approving to submit for RevGenius Magazine. 
- Assigned deadlines and brainstorms article topics while maintaining pipeline of content and authors so magazine has articles well in advance of publish date. 
- Recruited new authors for RevGenius Magazine as needed, and strategized additional ways to expand magazine’s engagement and reach through promotion, video use, etc.

Founding Managing Editor: RevGenius Mag

North Point Community Church

Recruited, trained, developed and led more than 225 volunteers as a director in the United States' second-largest student ministry setting.

Directed leaders and coaches through regular one-on-ones, relationship building, pastoring and helping to navigate any situation that would affect the small group. Developed leaders through trainings, weekly communication and meetings run one-on-one and in large groups.

Supported ministry as a whole through assisting with events, camps, trainings, leader meetings, written communication and resourcing volunteer leaders to help students pursue and discover a faith of their own.

Developed, curated and wrote the Transit small group leadership training manual used across campuses and at partner churches across the globe.

Groups Director

Naylor Association Solutions (Naylor, LLC)

Worked with association clients to plan, vision cast and produce all materials for print, online and event publications, including monthly magazines, newsletters, directories and additional resources as needed. 

Liaison between clients and sales to produce content and annual editorial calendar both favorable for members and to promote advertising revenue. 

Collaborated with clients to create broad-scale vision for publications as well as fine-tune the details needed to execute established vision. 

Produced original editorial content, served as copy editor, chose appropriate art, wrote design worksheets and detailed plans to ensure production and design team maintained integrity and clients’ expectations in their print, online and trade show presences. 

Managed all relationships via consistent email and phone communication. 

Developed, encouraged and enforced tight deadline schedules for clients and production throughout the planning and publication process. 

Worked closely with production, design and shipping to ensure clients’ expectation of excellence in both overall experience and product results was exceeded.

Maintained a workload of approximately 50 projects per year.

Awarded 2008 Editor of the Year, a highly coveted award spanning the U.S. and Canadian staff.

Editor

The Gainesville Sun

Reviewed articles for grammar, punctuation, flow, AP style and accuracy.

Wrote headlines and subheads. Produced breakout boxes as needed.

Selected appropriate stories and art to fill selected internal sections, capture readers’ interest and encourage advertising support.

Copy Editor

Sun Sentinel Media Group

Reviewed articles for grammar, punctuation, flow, AP style and accuracy. 

Wrote headlines, subhead and summary decks. 

Collaborated with reporters to clear up any ambiguities.

Copy Desk Summer Intern

Simplifying LinkedIn | Individual + team training you need to succeed on LinkedIn | Executive Ghostwriting | Content Coaching | Hands-on Workshops

"One person posts, and I now know them. Multiple people post, and I now know their company..." - MJ Peters. (Powerful, huh?)

Execs: I believe you were made to lead—NOT exhaustively create LinkedIn content.

Yet:
> Figuring out how to engage + leverage the power of LinkedIn.
> Finding a TRUSTED Executive LinkedIn Thought Leadership team that understand business.
> One that also offers content strategy, company LinkedIn training and high-level, strategic writing execution...

...can feel like another full-time job.

I'm here to remove this burden.

HI! I'M TARA ⬇️

The Original LinkedIn Ghostwriter + Founder of Happy Words. 

My 20+ year career as an award-winning editor, writer + leader gives me a unique understanding of not only what it takes to leverage content in a digital world...

But also what it takes to work with impactful leaders—in the REAL world.

After scaling to 30K+ followers + driving well more than 6-figures of revenue solely from my LinkedIn as THE Original AND highly sought-after LinkedIn Ghostwriter...

My career evolved to building Happy Words: A writing, consulting + training team that supports executives like you.

I’ve since been featured in Business Insider, Vox and Morning Brew as a LinkedIn Ghostwriting industry expert and have spoken at events + workshops while appearing on dozens of podcasts.

This truly sets me apart as I can both appreciate + serve busy executives who desire to impact others through their LinkedIn presence.

Executives—like you.

Bottom line:

You were made to lead, not exhaustively create a LinkedIn presence.

I'm here to help you expand your influence, grow your presence and stand out as the authoritative thought leader you ARE.

LET'S CHAT. HERE TO SERVE YOU ⬇️
Serving individuals, founders, execs, teams + companies:

1. CONTENT: LinkedIn Post Strategy + Ghostwriting
2. WORKSHOPS: LinkedIn Mastery Workshop + Workbook

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So, that's a little bit about who I am, what I built (for years) and how I've served countless leaders (like you!) on LinkedIn.

I am ALWAYS up for a chat in the DMs. So...

Drop me a note.
Say hi.

DMs always open.
Cheering for you!

- T

Executive LinkedIn + Leadership Trainer

I help executives, companies and teams build their LinkedIn reputation at scale.

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Leading is a full-time job.
Exhaustively figuring out LinkedIn shouldn't be.

No matter if you are looking to build your executive personal brand on LinkedIn, bring visibility and opportunity to you, your company or team or create an employee advocacy program, I can help you achieve it all.

You were created to lead — not spend your time writing for LinkedIn.

Let’s work together to bring YOU, your business, your team and your company to those who need it the most.

🔥 Expand your influence. Grow your reputation. Ignite your opportunities.🔥

3 WAYS I CAN HELP YOU ⬇️

1. LinkedIn GHOSTWRITING:
Writing WITH you + AS you is what I'm known for.
DM or email for information, packages and availability.

2. LinkedIn 1:1 + Corporate TRAINING:
From corporate workshops to 1:1 consulting + employee coaching, I've worked with the best to leverage LinkedIn.

Shoot me a DM to design your session now.

3. LinkedIn Brand CONSULTING + COACHING:
Whether you are looking for an all-encompassing LinkedIn strategy that works or need a professional editor's eyes on your (or your team’s) posts, I'm your guide to help you along the way. 

Shoot me a DM to discuss a Coaching or Consulting plan or visit me here:

tara@happywordssell.com
www.happywordssell.com

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