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“Being bold is about going against the grain, moving forward without fear.”
Listen & Learn:
- Eight secrets to bold marketing.
- Moving your brand from boring to brave.
- The importance of building relationships.
- Amplifying your sales through brave strategies.
- Why it’s important to study other brands, even those outside your industry, to see how they are approaching bold marketing.
- The five key audiences to focus on, including super fans and collaborators.
Suzanne Chadwick is a BOLD business, branding and speaker coach that takes brands from “basic biscuits to delectable ‘got to have you goodness.’” A powerhouse female entrepreneur, Suz created The Brand Builder’s Academy and the Connection Exchange to help build a community of bold women changing the world. She is committed to being an advocate for equality in business and society and believes in being a bold and powerful voice to support those with less opportunity and access. Suz actively supports charities that help young women and girls to reach their full potential and works with small businesses to build their confidence to THINK BIGGER, PLAY BIGGER, and BRAND BOLDER. Partnering with both small and large businesses, she finds their wow factor, supports them to build brands with clear and powerful messages that connect with their audience, and helps her clients to stand out and make their business the exception, rather than the rule.
It’s time to take bold and brave marketing. Call LORI JONES today at 303-678-7102 to learn more!
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“If you don’t have the data, your first step is to get it.”
Listen & Learn:
- Prioritizing your products and services to determine your markets.
- The life-time value of a buyer and the importance of focusing on loyalty and referrals.
- Six Steps to Results Compounding.
- The tools that help you understand what is happening in the funnel.
- Six Growth Factors to Success.
- The power of the Results Loop.
Tony Guarnaccia is widely recognized as an authority on digital marketing and has driven results for thousands of businesses across the globe, from small businesses to the Fortune 500. His personal mission is to democratize marketing, to level the playing field for every business to grow and succeed by sharing exactly what they need to do, how to do it, and providing the resources they need in a way that is easy-to-understand and simple-to-execute. Tony’s entrepreneurial endeavors began over 20 years ago when he created one of the first internet bakeries and later founded Image Cake, an award-winning promotional products company that served celebrities including Jennifer Lopez and Jay-Z as well as the Fortune 500 including Microsoft, IBM, and Oracle. He spent over a decade in enterprise marketing for ADP, General Motors, Ford Motor Company, AutoNation, Lithia Motors, Mohegan Sun, BMW, and many others. In 2009, Tony and his team achieved the distinction of being recognized as the Google AdWords Reseller of the Year. Tony’s vision is to directly impact the growth of 1,000,000 businesses by 2026 by sharing how any business can leverage Growth Compounding and the 6 Growth Factors that the world’s fastest-growing companies use to drive exponential growth.
Creating lifetime customers and creating loyalty through integrated marketing. Call LORI JONES today at 303-678-7102 to learn more.
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“There is way more social proof when a customer is willing to put their face on camera.”
Listen & Learn:
- The 15 ultimate, battle-tested, and magical questions to ask during a customer testimonial interview.
- How to create world-class storytelling and establish trust with your customers faster.
- The authenticity that video provides to potential customers to encourage a buying decision.
- How to navigate the fine line between authenticity and very high quality.
Sam Shepler is a filmmaker turned entrepreneur with nine years of experience in B2B video marketing. Sam founded his first company, Skyscope (a B2B video marketing agency) in 2012 and sold it to Matter Communications, a national PR agency, in 2016. In 2018, Sam founded his current venture, Testimonial Hero. Currently used by nearly 100 clients worldwide, Testimonial Hero is a global B2B video testimonial creation service. The company mission is to make world-class customer storytelling effortless – so B2B revenue teams can establish trust faster with new prospects, accelerate the buyer journey, and drive more revenue.
Shorten your sales cycle and build authentic engagement with video testimonials. Call LORI JONES today at 303-678-7102 to learn more!
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“You’re not trying to learn everything possible about your customer. You’re trying to learn everything possible that is relevant to the value they expect from you.”
Listen & Learn:
- What marketers need to be concerned about regarding privacy over the next several months.
- What you need to know about customer data platforming, common data models, and cloud and APIs.
- The three things to look for when choosing a CRM system.
- What you need to know to navigate the data-collection era.
Max Kirby is a thought leader in digital identity and data privacy. He leads Cloud Solutions at Publicis Groupe, one of the big players in the agency world, and he is helping his clients adapt to new technologies and data privacy laws as they come out. He’s also a big believer in the next phase of the internet: the decentralized web. Abstracting the underlying essence of technological concepts, Max helps the layperson understand advances in technology and how our principles might change as technology progresses. Max spends his professional days working with the internet giants (Google, Amazon, Microsoft) and platforms to better his client’s strategies and help them become modern, customer-centric organizations. Max’s optimistic passion comes through his explanations of how technology can advance business and politics without compromising what makes us human.
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“Marketing is part science, part art. You need the soft skills in order to be successful.”
Kelly Miano is the senior director of marketing at Perennial®, a human health science company dedicated to developing targeted, plant-based nutrition for adults 50+. She is a passionate marketing leader with 20+ years of experience in entrepreneurial and corporate environments. She has a strong track record of creating and executing innovative, integrated programs that build brands - from start-ups to iconic brands including Silk Soymilk, Madhava Natural Sweeteners, Smart Balance/Earth Balance, TCBY and Mrs. Fields. Kelly holds an MBA from the Leeds School of Business and BA in Ethnic Studies from the University of Colorado, at Boulder.
Listen & Learn:
- Five tips to building a startup brand.
- Being brave and bold with your marketing.
- Measurement and creating future demand.
- Products do not sell themselves; marketing needs to be part of the mix.
- How to build authority around marketing in an organization that may not value marketing.
- The sweet spots and the signals to be aware of when assessing a growth strategy for startup brands.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT PERENNIAL, CLICK HERE.
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“If you’re not targeting the folks that can best benefit, you’re wasting a lot of time and resources on audiences that are never going to buy.”
Jennifer Holtvluwer is the chief marketing officer at Spirion, the leader in data privacy and protection software. Their solutions discover, classify, and remediate sensitive personal data that are highly targeted by cybercriminals. Jennifer’s passion is to protect what matters most – the personal data privacy and data security of Spirion’s colleagues, customers, and the community. Spirion builds and delivers the most accurate data discovery and classification solutions on the planet so that we can ultimately protect humanity (yes, humanity) by eliminating data privacy breaches. Period. Jennifer is guided by the belief that customers don’t want fast and easy – they want accurate and persistent.
Listen & Learn:
- Tips for finding your ideal customer.
- The importance of providing value sooner to your customers.
- Provide what is meaningful to your customers so you can better market to them.
- Why you should know your buyer’s consequence.
- Ways to move customers through the funnel to acquisition more quickly.
Finding and messaging to your ideal customer to accelerate the deal cycle. Call LORI JONES today at 303-678-7102 to learn more!
“If we as a company are going to be profitable, the employee-owners should continue to be able to be profitable as well.”
Mark Lake is chief technology officer at Roccor, a disruptive military and commercial hardware supplier in the rapidly growing small satellite market. He oversees technology and advanced product development efforts, multi-organization cooperative ventures, and strategic partnerships for technology capitalization. Mark started his career as a research engineer and program manager for NASA. He has published over 50 research publications in the field of aircraft and spacecraft structures and a book entitled, The Inventor’s Puzzle: Deciphering the Business of Product Innovation. He is also an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and an adjunct member of the graduate faculty of the department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the University of Colorado.
Listen & Learn:
- How Roccor developed a brand messaging structure that helps in their recruitment efforts and set the course for a dynamic culture that people flock to.
- How Roccor has maintained its culture tenets and ESOP model as it has transitioned to a high-growth company.
- The value of an employee-owned mindset.
- How an ESOP model helps in recruiting talent.
- How the company pivoted its messaging and thought leadership position during COVID.
- The importance of internal communications when you are a high-growth business.
- The values of honesty and transparency when being acquired.
Marketing communications are vitally important during an acquisition. Call LORI JONES today at 303-678-7102 to learn more!
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“You can’t compete without a consistent way to build good links.”
Brad Smith is the founder and CEO of Codeless, a content production company whose content has been highlighted by The New York Times, Business Insider, The Next Web, and thousands more. He is also the cofounder of uSERP, a digital PR company that helps connect its clients with leading SaaS, eCommerce, SEO, tech, business, and marketing sites to boost brand authority. Fast. Brad has been an in-the-trenches marketer for over a decade, rolling his sleeves up and doing all the dirty work from copywriting to SEO to marketing automation to site redesigns and more. All while working in-house, freelancing, consulting, and providing agency services to almost every industry that crosses your mind. As Brad sees it, companies today don’t need more content. They need better content that actually performs. His companies fix that by producing and ranking SERP-topping content in the most competitive spaces – tech, cybersecurity, finance, etc. – on the Internet.
Listen & Learn:
- Understanding the types and styles that are ranking.
- Exploring search intent.
- Creating SERP-topping content.
- The strategy behind competitive keywords and building links.
- Recommendations and strategies for using images in your content.
- What should you have in your arsenal of content to boost coverage?
Content strategies that build your brand’s authority. Call LORI JONES today at 303-678-7102 to learn more!
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“Starting your own Amazon store isn’t hard; don’t get overwhelmed.”
Janis Carmena, founder of eCommerce Queen Bee, helps entrepreneurs to build their own private label product lines to sell on platforms like Amazon, Ebay, sales funnels and through their own website. I will guide you through the whole process and help you scale your business so you can quit your 9-5 and do something you love. She also developed Four Degrees of Brand, a course designed to help entrepreneurs get selling online fast and efficiently and help scale their products into a whole product line and brand.
Listen & Learn:
- Defining your “zone of intelligence.”
- How to become an “attractive character” to grow your brand.
- Why authenticity is the new currency today.
- How to retail arbitrage.
- Letting Amazon do the work for you.
- How to compete on Amazon.
The keys to growing and scaling your brand online. Call LORI JONES today at 303-678-7102 to learn more!
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“There is no Easy Button. The same timeless principles that applied 25 years ago will apply 25 years from now.”
Curt Mercadante, founder of Merc Enterprises, helps businesses and entrepreneurs increase their authority brand exposure to the right clients so they can make more money. For more than 25 years, he has counseled small business, entrepreneurs, as well as some of the largest corporations and associations in the country. He has built three profitable businesses, including a seven-figure public relations and advertising agency, is a Gallup-Certified Strengths Trainer, host of the Freedom Mindset Radio podcast, and author of the bestselling book, Five Pillars of the Freedom Lifestyle. Curt has spoken, trained, and coached around the world. His YOUThority Branding System helps brands build authenticity through consistency, truth, and third-party credibility.
Listen & Learn:
- Breaking through the clutter with bold marketing.
- The four pillars for building an authority brand.
- Finding your ideal client.
- Focusing on what your clients want AND what they need.
- Authority vs. commodity brands.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MERC ENTERPRISE, CLICK HERE.
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Making our clients authority brands for 40 years. Call LORI JONES today at 303-678-7102 to learn more!
“Go where people are; that doesn’t always mean physically, it means making things available 24/7.”
Becky Schol is the communications and marketing manager for the Public Works & Natural Resources Department at the City of Longmont. As a marketing leader, strategist, and writer she is focused on community awareness and engagement. Becky began her career as a newspaper reporter, then directed communications for three Colorado municipalities and a top-5 Colorado marketing agency. She later served as the digital marketing leader for Boeing Global Services. She is certified in FEMA emergency communications and Pragmatic Marketing, and she is accredited by the Public Relations Society of America.
Listen & Learn:
- Tips for creating meaningful and integrated plans.
- Why you shouldn’t push aside a strategy or a tactic without understanding your audience at a very deep level.
- The importance of relationship marketing as the basis for internal and external communications.
- Ways to collect and interpret data and then apply it to your strategic plan.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CITY OF LONGMONT, CLICK HERE.
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“If your PR doesn’t live beyond the flicker of the moment that it’s published, it has super limited value for a client.”
As an owner and principal of a PR agency for over a decade, Chris Dickey has thoroughly explored the intersection of PR and search engine strategy. PR has always been a top-of-funnel marketing strategy, and Search, which on average receives six billion queries every day, is by far the world's largest product discovery platform. Yet brands typically approach toward search strategy through the narrow lens of advertising or SEO — largely ignoring the majority of high-value results that already exist on the first page of search. Chris' newest venture, Visably, is a new SaaS software the identifies a brand's footprint in search. Visably is currently in open-beta and available for anyone to trial it at no cost. Chris is passionate about helping brands reach their needle-in-the-haystack customer and evangelizing multi-channel search strategy, and Visably is poised to be an indispensable tool for PR and digital agencies. Chris has raised more than $700K to date.
Listen & Learn:
- The power of product discovery through Search.
- Why vanity metrics don’t work when measuring your PR.
- What you can do optimize and a build search engine strategy as an additional component to your overall approach.
- Defining Search Engine Visibility.
- Amplifying and sustaining your brand’s voice at the top of the funnel.
- The intersection of PR and search engine strategies.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT VISABLY, CLICK HERE.
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Get your brand on the first page of Search. Call LORI JONES today at 303-678-7102 to learn more!
“Unless you’re a Hollywood producer, don’t get too fancy with your production.”
Gideon Shalwick is a serial entrepreneur who’s been creating content in the online video space for over a decade. Gideon launched Splasheo – a video captioning service made up of a team of real people who manually transcribe videos for brands and influencers, and then burn those captions directly into the video using engaging layouts – because he believes that captions…and not just native captions, but real, personalized captions…are what elevate video content to the next level. For Gideon, it is this personal touch that makes for true, authentic engagement.
Listen & Learn:
- Sign-up to get your first four videos FREE by joining Splasheo today! Use this link for this $99 value!
- The goal of video is three-fold: attention, engagement, and action.
- Mistakes to avoid when creating a video marketing campaign.
- Creating a visual in the minds of your audience.
- Why video content is not about going viral, it’s about relationship building.
- How to segment your content into smaller pieces of content.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SPLASHEO, CLICK HERE.
TO FIND GIDEON SHALWICK ON LINKEDIN, CLICK HERE.
“I want to see emerging brands succeed. We don’t want to have a world of just Coke and Pepsi.”
Carolyn Lowe founded ROI Swift in 2015 to help emerging consumer brands get expert help in Amazon, Paid Ads for Facebook/Instagram, and Paid Search. So many smaller businesses were being taken advantage of by paying agencies big dollars for no results, and Carolyn thought that was wrong. Her team grew an apparel and footwear company from $0- 12M in 18 months through paid Facebook and Instagram ads. In addition to helping her clients see larger profits, she is also an expert in e-commerce marketing communications, email marketing, market research, customer acquisition, lead generation, and agency management. Carolyn is a mom of two and a licensed pilot.
Listen & Learn:
- Why “heavy and cheap” doesn’t work on Amazon.
- The importance of understanding your fees and the Amazon marketplace.
- Best practices for writing your listing and product description on Amazon.
- It comes down to sessions and conversations.
- Why an omnichannel approach is essential.
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Incorporating Amazon into your sales and marketing strategies. LORI JONES today at 303-678-7102 to learn more.
“The more organic, the more authentic, the less salesy, the fewer ‘buy now’ messaging in our ads, the better.”
Bethany Claypool brings more than 15 years of marketing experience to Fathom Events, where she serves as head of marketing. In her role, Bethany leads the development of custom-tailored marketing plans for more than 160 box office titles each year, ensuring the entertainment experience and success of each title while leading the strategy of Fathom’s advertising, event marketing, digital marketing, branding, sponsorships, and PR practices. Prior to joining Fathom Events, Bethany was the senior marketing manager at the University of Denver where she was responsible for creating, deploying, tracking, and measuring marketing strategies. She also gained experience at multiple advertising agencies, with a focus on employer branding and strategy development, and marketing for some of the world’s largest consumer package goods brands.
Listen & Learn:
- Using Reddit to engage your community.
- Creative and strategic approaches with Reddit that build brand awareness and audience connection.
- How to integrate social media with Reddit.
- Dispelling the myths and misconceptions of Reddit.
- Where should you start on Reddit?
- Why it’s important to enter the Reddit platform as a user first.
“How would you feel if a competitor’s ad was shown right before your video? It’s actually a very good thing.”
Nate Woodbury, owner of Be The Hero Studios, is a YouTube producer, currently producing a variety of "How To" YouTube channels. He helps his clients grow their YouTube following and turn their channels into lead generation machines that generate seven figures. His largest channel generates over $1M per month all from organic YouTube traffic. The strategic videos Nate produces ensure that customers find his clients, and more importantly, trust them. Nate is a master of efficiency and his brain always thinks in reference to the end result. He believes that activity without a focus on results is a waste of time, so he is always innovating ways to minimize time and expense and maximize results.
Listen & Learn:
- How to tap into the 1.9 billion active YouTube users.
- Why what you are sharing will ultimately make all the difference.
- Why “how-to” videos work so well.
- The importance of authenticity.
- The four ingredients to a powerful YouTube strategy.
- How to get an abundance of traffic to your YouTube channel.
“If it weren’t for salespeople, our entire economy would crumble.”
Craig Klein is the founder and CEO of SalesNexus.com, a leading CRM, marketing automation and lead generation solution for sales teams from 10 to 100. He’s also the author of Inside-Out Selling, a guide to growing and managing sales teams. Prior to founding SalesNexus, Craig spent 15 years building and leading sales teams selling multimillion dollar, multi-year contracts to energy companies like ExxonMobil, BP, Shell, and Chevron. The long, complex selling environment within these energy behemoths gives Craig a keen sense of the risk of misallocated sales time. Craig’s belief that business growth is the engine of human advancement has led him to serve as a mentor to students in the University of Houston’s Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship.
Listen & Learn:
- His approach to organizing the sales and marketing teams so they can connect to customers.
- The “Four Steps to Market Domination.”
- The difference between lead generation and lead nurturing.
- How email marketing is a wonderful laboratory to test messaging.
- How to create an effective email marketing campaign.
- Finding your perfect customer.
“Get out there and make some exciting things happen for your brand as if you didn’t have a budget!”
Randall Scott White is a driven innovator recognized for his proven business results. Throughout his 20-year career, he has been in marketing and Internet leadership positions with Clear Channel Radio, Dave's Killer Bread, Safeway, Urban Airship, and several major technology companies. His expertise is in brand integrity and reputation, corporate crisis management, product development, virtual reality, augmented reality, and effective content creation. An entrepreneur who celebrates creativity and originality, Randall is taking his career to the next level and pioneering the concept of what he calls, “resilience marketing.”
Listen & Learn:
- What should be in your resiliency marketing tool kit.
- The five-step process to creating a resilient marketing strategy.
- How to monitor your brand’s voice in the marketplace.
- Do “friendly battle” with your competition.
- Strategically responding to negative reviews.
“The starting place is about attention; how you are going to get into somebody’s mind and get into a position that they remember you.”
As VP, Head of Marketing for Cognite North America, John King drives the development and execution of the company's global marketing, communications, production, and media strategy. An early executive at the company, John built and manages the marketing organization, is the founding editor and production director of the quarterly publication, Cognitive Times, and founding producer of the company's annual global tech conference, Time Machine. John is in what he calls, “a constant state of learning,” and is a thoughtful leader driving his team to be analytical, creative, collaborative, and in a state of perpetual improvement.
Listen & Learn:
- How a great story can transform your audience.
- The importance of gleaning anecdotal data from customers.
- How product evolution is a big indicator that you’re ready for the next stage.
- How to set benchmarks throughout the many stages of business startup.
- How to make a mid-stage shift in strategy.
- What you need to know about AI, IOT, cybersecurity, and collecting data.
“Traditional media relations just isn’t enough anymore.”
Jennifer Livingston has worked in PR and marketing for 16 years. She has worked in the entertainment industry – managing Red Carpet events – and with nonprofits. Since 2012 she has worked for Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. where she manages all PR and social media for the organization. She is responsible for all corporate communications, celebrity endorsements and ambassador deals, the PR for product launches, as well as for advocacy and outreach to the nutrition and medical communities. Jennifer has an innate passion for marketing, communications, and media, and loves to help others thrive and find their voice in this industry.
Listen And Learn:
- Insights into running social media strategies in parallel with PR.
- Utilizing success stories and customer testimonials as part of PR and social strategy.
- Tricks to measuring and reporting social engagement.
- Tips to implementing a successful influencer strategy and creating partnerships.
- How to find and create advocacy with brand ambassadors.
- How social listening can help you measure success as well as insert your brand into the conversation.
“When a brand gets clear on why they exist and what kind of contribution they want to make to society, that automatically puts them into the better-for-you space.”
David Lemley is a brand strategist with a strong history in restoring growth to declining brands, developing new brands, and accelerating growth on established brands. He is the president and head of brand strategy for Retail Voodoo, a firm that helps specialty food and beverage brands address their toughest growth challenges. David focuses on the growing Better-For-You category and has worked with big brands like Starbucks and REI and Kind Bars to name a few. He loves nothing more than to dig in deep to figure out what it takes to build a strong and lasting brand. His expertise in brand strategy, innovation, consumer markets, and consumer behavior builds brand awareness and equity.
- Defining what makes a Better-For-You brand.
- His philosophy for making your competitors irrelevant through positioning.
- The differences between making assumptions versus implementing strategies when marketing better-for-you brands.
- The importance of figuring out your brand’s mind, body, and spirit.
- Creating “impressive brand story telling.”
“Yes, you have the data. But you have to be able to decipher it; is there a compelling story there?”
Michelle Howard is a senior product marketing manager at Xactly. She is responsible for the go-to-market strategy for numerous products, including Xactly Insights, Xactly SimplyComp, and Xactly Objectives. She has a strong background in product marketing for software companies in the events, telecom, internet marketing, and insurance industries. Michelle is a keen observer of trends in data application, most specifically in how it can solve complex needs and identify key problems. She is an expert on the benefit of using real-time data insights to proactively identify important areas of focus, understanding the intersection of pay and performance across sales teams, leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to predict sales rep attrition, and in using benchmarking data elements like tenure and pay mix to identify when your team will hit optimal sales performance.
Listen & Learn:
- How COVID has impacted the buyer mindset.
- How sales reps can control their sales cycles, spikes in performance, and avoid “the hockey stick.”
- How to use data analytics to deliver the right message to the right audience at the right time.
- How brands can look at their sales funnel and help their sales reps leverage AI to predict attrition.
We use data to strategically increase the stickiness of your sales and marketing efforts. Call LORI JONES today at 303-678-7102 to learn more.
“If you say you’re innovative and then force everyone to call your 1-800 number, then you’re not doing what you say you can do.”
Maddy Martin is the head of growth and education at Smith.ai, which provides integrated phone and web chat services for solo and small businesses, including their virtual receptionist and intake service, live website chat, and Keypad cloud phone system. She has spent the last decade growing tech startups from New York to California and has expertise in digital marketing, small business communications, lead conversion, email marketing, SEO, and event marketing.
Listen & Learn:
- How to boost your ROI with proactive follow-through.
- What customers expect from a brand’s responsiveness.
- The pros and cons of chat, text, and emails.
- How to get your marketing automation, texting, chatting, Facebook messenger, and opt-in game dialed in to effectively respond to your customers.
- How to develop a system of responsiveness.
“Brand is in the mind of the consumer.”
Magda Houalla is the director of marketing strategy at AspireIQ, the leading influencer marketing platform empowering businesses to generate branded creative at scale. Magda plays a pivotal role in ensuring all existing and new brands using the AspireIQ platform are set up for success by aligning their needs with best practices and world-class strategy. Her guidance has helped brands such as Zevia, Freshly, Bed Bath & Beyond, L.L. Bean, and Walmart both expand their Influencer programs and increase campaign ROI.
Listen & Learn:
- What brands should consider when reaching out to macro-, micro-, and nano-influencers.
- Taking a community-first mindset.
- The worst mistake a marketer can make when dealing with an influencer.
- How to measure the results of your influencer program.
Take a full-funnel approach and maintain brand continuity with a strategic influencer approach. Call LORI JONES today at 303-678-7102 to learn more.
“Feedback is a gift.”
Driven by a determination to make the world a better place, Chris Yoko is focused on helping people, and the organizations they belong to, pave the road to a more utopian world. As president and CEO of Yoko Co, he helps like-minded organizations build and champion themselves using their most powerful asset, their web presence. Throughout his career, he has worked with some of the planet’s largest brands, like Ritz Carlton, Pampers, and Living Social. Chris excels at aligning strategy and execution with goals and objectives, solving unusual problems, and helping to create a remarkable experience. His background encompasses a well-rounded mix of media, sales, marketing, and entrepreneurial experience. When Chris isn’t fearlessly leading, you’ll likely find him on the ice playing hockey, with his nose buried in a book, or playing and exploring with his incredible wife and two daughters.
Listen & Learn:
- What you can learn from negative reviews.
- Setting up systems to enable your team to ask for customer reviews.
- The social listening tools Chris recommends to monitor your brand’s online reputation.
- How a well-deployed reputation management approach can build brand ambassadors.
- Recommendations for creating a reputation management approach.
- Why reputation management starts with listening.
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