Kevin Tighe II – Co-founder and CEO of WeBRAND
[quote style=”boxed”]The simple answer is I take action. There are so many people who sit around and talk about their ideas, but talk is the only thing they do. However,…
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”]The simple answer is I take action. There are so many people who sit around and talk about their ideas, but talk is the only thing they do. However,…
I constantly look for ways to make things more efficient, more cost effective, easier, simpler, and in one word better. Brendan Egan grew up in the Chicago suburb of…
[quote style=”boxed”]”You can’t be confident that you’re solving a problem that your customers have if you don’t actually talk to them and learn about their problems.”[/quote] Don Broekelmann is the…
Meet Don Broekelmann – Executive Vice President at Influence & Co
[quote style=”boxed”]”I learned that fear is natural, but it is not always rational , and despite the fear you must always do what you love.”[/quote] In the fall of 2011…
[quote style=”boxed”]”I continually take a step back and find new ways to develop my business. It is easy to get stuck in a rut where you are comfortable doing what…
[quote style=”boxed”]”Disconnecting from the world for a few moments is usually the best way to reconnect with yourself and your creative superpowers.”[/quote] Shannon answered Montanaʼs siren song of steep peaks…
[quote style=”boxed”]”Bringing ideas to life involves seeing patterns and applying what you’ve learned to a new situation.”[/quote] John Boudreau is the COO and co-founder of Astonish Results, a digital marketing and consulting…
[quote style=”boxed”]”Anyone can have a great idea. Though bringing them to life is a team sport.”[/quote] Alex Caredes is a Co-founder of Mailbooks For Good, an innovation in book publishing…
Mike Munter grew up in the Baltimore suburb of Reisterstown, Maryland. He graduated high school in 1983 and had no idea what he wanted to do with his life. After…
[quote style=”boxed”]”You are the product of your aggregate experiences and that directly contributes to your success in business.”[/quote] Kyle Sanders is an eCommerce and small business SEO consultant on a…
[quote style=”boxed”]”I think trying to help others in a community is the best thing for an entrepreneur to do.”[/quote] Brittany Dowell is Vice President of Publications at Influence & Co., a…
Communicate way more than you think you have to — with clients, with your teammates, with your partners (in life and business), and with any other stakeholders. It’s incredible how…