Business Marketing Consultants is celebrating its 21^st year of service to the publishing, film and printing industries. We are best known for representing buyers and sellers of publishing and printing companies.  Mr. Kerr is a prolific writer on the subject of valuing film and print companies and has conducted scores of appraisals in this area. We also place a value on intellectual property libraries and divisions – as well as entire enterprises. Our firm has been active in representing catalogs, distributors, Internet, wholesalers, corporate training companies, post production studios and educational properties.

Call on Business Marketing Consultants for any of the following needs:

• Business Appraisals
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Roll-ups in the Communicating Arts
• Public Offerings
• Financial & Business Consulting
• Business Plans
• Capital Formation
• Private Placements

Business Marketing Consultants was founded by Stephen J. Kerr in January 1989, after thirteen years of work in the printing and publishing industries. Our firm services mostly small to midsize companies in the communicating arts. Many of our clients have sales under $10 million. We even take on companies with sales of less than $1 million, if they have excellent prospects.

If you are looking for financial direction, fresh capital or a buyer…call us. Take a moment to look at our Project Board for holding companies, venture capital firms, individuals and corporations looking for good investments in the communicating arts.

If you are seeking to buy or invest in a professional, trade or educational publisher, special interest film producer, music or spoken-word audio publisher…this is the place to be. We often represent regional or national book wholesales, distributors and remainder houses as well. Check out our Project Board for a current list of our properties. If you don’t find what you are looking for, call us at (310) 666-6474, because there is a good chance that we know the kind of company you are looking for.

Stephen Kerr attended Western Washington State University and the University of Tubingen in Germany before receiving his Bachelors in Economics from United States International University.  Mr. Kerr also earned a Masters in Business Administration from San Diego State University in 1978. 

In 1978, Kerr became the Marketing Director for Benedict Communications in Del Mar, California.  Benedict Communications was a diversified media company that owned a number of trade magazines, as well as provided outdoor and advertising agency services to companies throughout Southern California.  Mr. Kerr headed up the magazine and outdoor divisions for three years.  In 1981, these divisions were spun off by the company.

Stephen Kerr joined the Licensing & Compliance division of the Walt Disney Company, 1981 – 1989, as Vice-President Licensing, Southeast Asia. His work entailed working with Disney publishing, theme parks and motion picture group; coordinating marketing with licensees around the world to ensure that quality control was maintained and all creative work complied with Walt Disney standards.  Mr. Kerr traveled extensively throughout Europe, Asia and Latin America for Disney, working hand in hand with Disney’s many licensees.

While working at Disney, Mr. Kerr entered into a partnership with Raymond Chao in Hong Kong, and began packaging adult and children’s trade books and representing Paramount Printing in the United States.  During this period this partnership grew from one employee and $600,000 in sales to 17 employees and over $16 million in sales. Mr. Kerr managed all U.S. marketing operations, hired print sales personnel and handled thousands of quotes on printing jobs.  In 1988, Mr. Chao sold his interest in the Hong Kong printing business which necessitated that Mr. Kerr sell his interest as well.  Today, the company Mr. Kerr founded in 1980 is part of the worldwide Paramount Printing concern, generating over $100 million in revenues.

In 1990, Stephen Kerr founded Business Marketing Consultants, an investment banking firm dedicated to mergers and acquisitions in the entertainment and publishing industries.  To date, Business Marketing Consultants has been involved in over 50 transactions and conducted scores of appraisals within these two industries. Mr. Kerr is a recognized expert in the field of business valuations in publishing and entertainment, and is a sought after speaker at conferences and trade shows for these industries.  He is a member of the American Society of Appraisers, Certified Business Consultants and the International Business Brokers Association.

You can reach Mr. Kerr by e-mail at skerr@bizmark.net.

Peter has been with Business Marketing Consultants since 1996. Peter is a seasoned financial consultant and Controller with 15 years experience in the publishing and media industry. Peter has held the position of Controller in various publishing companies and has extensive experience in all aspects of accounting and financial management. Peter’s extensive work in the publishing/media arena gives him a deep understanding of publishing finance and intellectual property rights.  As a financial consultant, he has analyzed, valued and consulted with hundreds of large to small publishing/media companies.

You can reach Mr. Stahl by e-mail at bmcstahl@gmail.com.