Suni Taylor – Founder of IAODWE
[quote style=”boxed”]Consistency, especially in your communications with your clients and potential clients. This has a lot to do with developing a newsletter and scheduling it to go out on a…
Marketing is part art, part science, and part educated guessing. The founders here know all three. They’ve built agencies, launched brands, and figured out how to get people to pay attention. Which, in a world drowning in content, is no small feat.
These interviews cover the full spectrum. SEO. Content marketing. Social media. Brand strategy. Paid acquisition. Influencer marketing back before everyone was an influencer. The landscape keeps changing, and the people featured here have been adapting in real time.
What makes these conversations different from another marketing blog is the source. These aren’t theorists. They’re people who’ve spent actual money on actual campaigns and lived to tell the tale. Some of the tales involve spectacular failure. Those are usually the most useful ones.
You’ll find insights on building marketing teams, measuring what matters, creative strategy, and the eternal tension between brand building and performance marketing. If you’re a marketer, you’ll find people who’ve solved problems you’re dealing with right now. If you’re a founder trying to figure out marketing, you’ll find people who can point you in a direction. Not the direction. A direction. That’s how marketing works.
[quote style=”boxed”]Consistency, especially in your communications with your clients and potential clients. This has a lot to do with developing a newsletter and scheduling it to go out on a…
[quote style=”boxed”]Question everything but – at the end of the day – believe in yourself and believe you can do it (whatever that is.) Positive attitude radiates and attracts staff…
[quote style=”boxed”]I would start building out ideas and forget about the long haul approach to work.[/quote] Esther Kuperman has been a lead marketing and design influence in leading brands and…
[quote style=”boxed”]Start sooner! I wish I had gone independent far earlier than I did, but risk aversion and getting too comfortable held me back.[/quote] Britta brings nearly a decade of…
Meet Britta Schell – Insights, Strategy & Innovation Consultant
[quote style=”boxed”]We work fast, and we work hard. As much as you plan for success and execute to perfection you’re bound to fail. The best way to approach failure and…
[quote style=”boxed”]I attempt to practice what I preach, to focus on the top 20% of the inputs and not the rest. [/quote] Dr. Elizabeth Rush (Betsy) Kruger – speaker, coach and…
[quote style=”boxed”]I take pieces from my surroundings, my experiences, and the people that fill my life.[/quote] Jodi-Tatiana Charles has enjoyed bringing people and companies together for over three decades. As…
Meet Jodi-Tatiana Charles – Founder and CEO of The Embargo List
[quote style=”boxed”]Someone who is willing to take risks; someone who has a lot of faith; someone who can take the ups with the downs and roll with the punches. [/quote] Kelly…
[quote style=”boxed”]Establish thought leadership. I’d recommend that all entrepreneurs or, anyone really, work on developing thought leadership in their industry. The Internet is the great equalizer. Anyone can write about…
[quote style=”boxed”]So much of today’s marketing and technology is about finding the right customers and talking to them. [/quote] John R. Stokka is the CEO of DomiKnow, a company helping businesses…
[quote style=”boxed”]Ask questions, learn the answers, and ask more questions. I also wake up every single day and pay attention to my attitude — if it needs adjusting, I do…
[quote style=”boxed”]I would say “just do it.” I truly believe that being an entrepreneur is more of a “natural state of being” than people realize. [/quote] Wayne is an accomplished executive,…