{"id":16513,"date":"2022-10-06T17:18:17","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T14:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lappiaction.fi\/marika\/"},"modified":"2024-09-25T20:05:45","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T17:05:45","slug":"marika","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lappiaction.fi\/en\/marika\/","title":{"rendered":"Marika"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"16513\" class=\"elementor elementor-16513 elementor-10756\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f01795b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f01795b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4710318\" 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.elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MARIKA SARAJ\u00c4RVI 42, ENTREPRENEUR<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-92780c8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"92780c8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-df7b231\" data-id=\"df7b231\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d81fad2 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width=\"295\" height=\"222\" src=\"https:\/\/lappiaction.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/FB_IMG_1575552045717-295x222.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lappiaction.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/FB_IMG_1575552045717-295x222.jpg 295w, https:\/\/lappiaction.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/FB_IMG_1575552045717-370x280.jpg 370w, https:\/\/lappiaction.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/FB_IMG_1575552045717-560x420.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b28393 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b28393\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.1 - 13-11-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em style=\"font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0px;\">&#8220;When you speak from your heart about what&#8217;s true for you, the energy behind the words is very different from when you&#8217;re trying to convince someone else that this is a good thing.&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em>-Sami Minkkinen-<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Linked In:<\/strong> Marika Saraj\u00e4rvi<br \/><strong>Facebook:<\/strong> Marika Saraj\u00e4rvi<br \/><strong>Instagram:<\/strong> marikasarajarvi<br \/><strong>Twitter:<\/strong> @m_sarajarvi <br \/><strong style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">Snapchat:<\/strong><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">@m_sarajarvi <br \/><\/span> TikTok<strong style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">:<\/strong><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">@marikasarajarvi<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Now<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>After a four-year break, I decided to return to full-time entrepreneurship on 9\/2022.<br \/>\nI have over twenty years of experience in various sales and marketing communications roles in a variety of industries.<br \/>\nI have a great enthusiasm and fire to make things happen and help people succeed!<br \/>In addition to developing my own business, I am responsible for developing the sales and marketing of our family business <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fiscal.fi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Fiscal Ltd)<\/a>.<br \/>A little bit of pride: it is a great pleasure and honour to be part of this qualified team!  <\/p>\n<p>Check out my followers and read more about my trip below.<\/p>\n<h2>Why and when<\/h2>\n<p>My journey in the corporate world started in primary school with computers.<\/p>\n<p>In secondary school and vocational school, evenings and weekends were often spent at work.  <br \/>At that time, my father&#8217;s company was a subcontractor to a computer manufacturer.<br \/>\nWe were assembling computers at a rate of several hundred units a week, <br \/>which meant that motherboards, memories and processors became familiar.<br \/>\nHowever, at that time, assembly of computers on a conveyor belt <br \/>was not exactly my dream job and for some reason, when it came time to think about my career choice after primary school, entrepreneurship was not the main idea.  <\/p>\n<p>I was drawn to sales and marketing by blood, and after graduating from vocational school with a degree in cookery, my career, with a few exceptions, has taken me into these fields.<br \/>\nAfter years of searching for &#8220;my thing&#8221;, in August 2009 I joined our company as a full-time employee, working on the Info TV system product, which had just been launched on the market.<br \/>\nI had worked for our company for a few years before that, but my ideas for the future were not yet clear at that stage.  <\/p>\n<p>Even after I started my career in 2009, I still sometimes wonder what I want to do in the future.  <br \/>For several years, I had been dreaming of starting my own business specialising in consumer retailing.<br \/>Eventually, a long background in dogs and the dream of a &#8220;dream oak&#8221; won out, and I started my own pet food store in 2015 (online store + brick-and-mortar store) in Muhokki.  <br \/>It was a tough business, but it never became profitable.<br \/>\nThe business had to close in 2018. <\/p>\n<p>You had to go far to see close up.<br \/>\nIt was time to look at things with new, more experienced eyes.   <br \/>Today, my passion is channelled into developing my own and our family business.<br \/>\nI work with a big heart, and I get a huge amount of positive energy from helping other people. <\/p>\n<p>I have more than twenty years&#8217; experience in sales and marketing &#8211; most of it in the entrepreneurial sector, but I have also become familiar with the consumer sector over the years. <br \/>Along the way, I have attended several courses in sales development and marketing communications in addition to the Professional Qualification in Business (sales and marketing communications).<br \/>I am currently studying for a Master of Business Administration (Business Administration) at Kajaani University of Applied Sciences.<br \/>\nStudying is fascinating and engaging.<br \/>\nThings are familiar at the same time, but different in a new way.<br \/>\nYears of experience in the field now need to be put down on paper and in words, which is different from working in the field in practical tasks.     <br \/>The motivation to study is high, and I take great pleasure in how I see studying as a positive stimulus to my own work and to the development of my company&#8217;s business now and in the future.<\/p>\n<h2>Steps + training<\/h2>\n<p>Bachelor&#8217;s Degree in Business Administration 1997-2000<br \/>Professional Qualification in Business, Sales and Marketing Communication 2021<br \/>Event Production 2021<br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">Solution Selling 2021<br \/><\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">Bachelor of Business Administration 2021-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2001-2001 Cafe worker, Oulu Bowling House<br \/>2001-2002 Sales negotiator, Pohjanmaan Mikro Oy (Pomi), computer sales and assembly B2C<br \/>2002-2005 Computer assembly, installation and testing, Software production Fiscal Oy<br \/>2005-2006 Sales negotiator Cafe Bar, Sales representative and sales of coffee machines B2B<br \/>2006-2008 Waitress\/chef, Fazer <br \/>2008-2009 Sales consultant, Duell companies Oy, representation and sales of first aid supplies B2B<br \/>2009-2015 Sales consultant, Software production Fiscal Oy B2B<br \/>2015-2018 Own company, animal food store (brick-and-mortar store + online store).<br \/>\nB2C work for Fiscal through my own company.<br \/>2019-2019 Temporary job in the municipality of Vaala, responsible for a wide range of cross-departmental municipal vitality promotion, such as tourism and business development, as well as internal and external communications marketing for the municipality<br \/>2020- Return to Fiscal<br \/>2021- Return to full-time entrepreneurship <\/p>\n<h2>Acts of trust<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">2022-2023 Ranuan Deer Association, Board of Directors<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">2017-2021 Muhoksen Yritt\u00e4j\u00e4t ry, Board of Directors<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #f2ba06;\">2017-2018 vice-chairman<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #f2ba06;\">2018-2020 President<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #f2ba06;\">2020-2021 spokesperson &amp; secretary<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2016-2017 Entrepreneurs of North Ostrobothnia, Board of Directors<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #f2ba06;\">2016-2017 North Ostrobothnian Entrepreneurs, Member of the Working Committee<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #f2ba06;\">2016-2017 Entrepreneurs of North Ostrobothnia, Member of the Committee for Young Entrepreneurs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Confessions<\/h2>\n<p>The Entrepreneurs of North Ostrobothnia awarded me as President of the Year in 2018, and the association I represented in the same year, Muhoksen Yritt\u00e4j\u00e4t Ry, as Local Association of the Year in North Ostrobothnia.  <\/p>\n<p>We managed to increase the membership of the local association by a staggering +26%, while coordinating entrepreneurs and municipal officials and councillors to regular <br \/>monthly meetings around the same table.<br \/>That year saw the development of the slogan &#8220;Speak good backwards&#8221;, which has served as a good red thread even after the fruitful years of the presidency.<br \/>\nBusiness is the most important asset of a municipality. <\/p>\n<h2>Family and hobbies<\/h2>\n<p>My husband and I live in Ranua, on the shore of Lake Ranuanj\u00e4rvi.<br \/>\nRanua attracted me with its vitality, which I had admired through the eyes of a cottage dweller<br \/>for several years.<br \/>\nFinally, the seed of enthusiasm for the idea of moving to Ranua sprouted in my husband&#8217;s heart, and after some forty years of living elsewhere, the move back came true in June 2022.  <\/p>\n<p>Nature is close to my heart, I like to hike in the woods and reset my thoughts in the evenings with an extempore evening fire. <br \/>I sing, play the piano, read, listen to audio books, watch TV series without listening to anything, go to the 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