The largest gathering of social pros, period!
You’ll rub shoulders with the world’s top social media authorities when you attend Social Media Marketing World. Every speaker is hand recruited.
“All the greatest minds of social media from all around the world. I speak all over the world. This is the one I always look forward to every year,” said Mark Schaefer.
We have recruited the top marketing experts, thought leaders, influencers, and creators to be your instructors. You will never find a larger talent pool at one single event.
“Everyone is approachable, everyone is welcoming. We have people here who have built tremendous brands, six, seven, eight, nine figure businesses, and you can sit down and you can have a coffee with them,” said Roberto Blake.
Here’s a list of presenters who are spoke at Social Media Marketing World 2019. The 2020 lineup is coming soon, but expect all the top names to return.
Mari Smith: Mari is known as “the Queen of Facebook,” and one of the world’s foremost experts on Facebook marketing and social media. She’s a Forbes‘ Top Social Media Power Influencer, author of The New Relationship Marketing, and co-author of Facebook Marketing: An Hour A Day. Mari is an in-demand speaker and Facebook Partner who has taught business owners at live Facebook events across the US. Her agency provides consulting and training on Facebook marketing best practices for SMBs and brands.
Jay Baer: Jay helps businesses clone their customers. He is a 7th generation entrepreneur, has written 6 best-selling books, and has founded 5 multi-million dollar companies. He is the founder of Convince & Convert, a consulting firm that works with the world’s most iconic brands to gain and keep more customers with social media and content marketing. He’s also the host of the long-running podcast, Social Pros.
Michael Stelzner: Michael is the founder of Social Media Examiner, author of the books Launch and Writing White Papers, and the man behind Social Media Marketing World–the industry’s largest conference. He’s also host of the Social Media Marketing podcast, founder of the Social Media Marketing Society, and the central character in The Journey, an episodic documentary.
Mark W. Schaefer: Mark is a globally-recognized author, speaker, podcaster, and business consultant who blogs at {grow} — one of the top five marketing blogs of the world. He teaches graduate marketing classes at Rutgers University and has written six best-selling books including his new book KNOWN: The Handbook for Building and Unleashing Your Brand in The Digital Age. His many global clients include Pfizer, Cisco, Dell, Adidas, and the US Air Force. A frequent keynote speaker, Mark has appeared as a guest on media channels such as CNN, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and CBS News.
Peg Fitzpatrick: Peg is the co-author of the best-selling book The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users and beloved blogger. She has spearheaded successful social media campaigns for Virgin, Audi, Mercedes, Google, and Motorola as well as brand ambassadorships for Adobe, Nestle, and Kimpton Hotels. She works in the trenches of social marketing with global brands every day. Peg’s worked directly with the teams at Pinterest, Facebook, Google, and LinkedIn.
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Jon Loomer: Jon is a Facebook marketing coach, author, speaker and strategist. He became an early user of Facebook for business purposes while working for the National Basketball Association in 2007. Jon launched Jon Loomer Digital in late 2011, and in little more than a year established JonLoomer.com as well as his Facebook Page as go-to resources for Facebook marketing research, guides and tutorials.
Viveka von Rosen: Viveka is co-founder of Vengreso, the world’s largest full-spectrum social selling provider. Known as the @LinkedInExpert, she’s the author of the best-selling LinkedIn Marketing: An Hour a Day and LinkedIn: 101 Ways to Rock Your Personal Brand.
Marcus Sheridan: Named “1 of 20 speakers you don’t want to miss” by Forbes, Marcus has been called a “Web Marketing Guru” by the New York Times. His book, They Ask, You Answer was rated the #1 Marketing Book to Read in 2017 by Mashable. Today, Sheridan gives over 70 global keynotes yearly on the subjects of sales, marketing, and the future of business while also owning, IMPACT, one of the most successful digital sales and marketing agencies in the country.
Sue B. Zimmerman: Sue B. Zimmerman is a social media educator, energetic speaker, and in-demand business coach. Her blog was ranked as one of the Top 10 Social Media Blogs in 2017 by Social Media Examiner. She’s also a popular CreativeLive instructor who Huffington Post named one of the Top 50 Must-Follow Women Entrepreneurs in 2017. Whether she’s on stage or working with her clients, Sue B. Zimmerman is driven to help business owners leverage the power of Instagram to meet (and exceed) their goals.
Chalene Johnson: New York Times best-selling author of Push, Chalene is a lifestyle and business expert, motivational speaker, and podcast host. She and Bret, her husband of over twenty years, are the founders of the SmartLife movement. Today, with her husband, Chalene runs a fun loving, collaborative team focused on helping others live a healthier, more simplified life through their online academies, membership sites, and live, sold-out seminars.
Andrea Vahl: Andrea is a social media coach, speaker, and strategist and is co-author of Facebook Marketing All-in-One for Dummies. She has trained over 600 people in her Facebook Advertising Secrets program and loves to spend all day running Facebook ad campaigns. She is also a stand-up comedienne in her spare time.
Amanda Bond: Amanda Bond is owner of The Ad Strategist and the creator of The StrADedy System. Entrepreneur magazine calls her a “Facebook advertising genius.” A fiery personality, Bond mixes education and entertainment in a straight-shooting way to help people turn attention into revenue (on autopilot!) using Facebook ads.
Ann Handley: Ann is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author who speaks worldwide about how businesses can escape marketing mediocrity to ignite tangible results. IBM named her one of the 7 people shaping modern marketing. She is the chief content officer of MarketingProfs; a LinkedIn Influencer; a keynote speaker, mom, dog person, and writer.
Tim Schmoyer: Since 2011, Tim Schmoyer has been one of the leading YouTube strategists in the online video industry. His company, Video Creators, has been featured by FOX, Forbes, BBC even YouTube themselves as his team trains creators and brands to master YouTube and use it as a place to spread messages that change lives. Their clients have organically grown by over 14 billion views and 61 millions subscribers under their guidance. Today he lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with his wife and seven children.
Daniel Harmon: Daniel is co-founder and chief creative officer at Harmon Brothers. He creative directed and helped write hit ad campaigns for Squatty Potty (300 million views), Purple (400 million views), Chatbooks (100 million views), and FiberFix (50 million views), and he helped creative direct Poo~Pourri’s “Girl’s Don’t Poop” (50 million views). Harmon Brothers’ campaigns have helped drive over $300 million in sales. Daniel is married and has six kids—his greatest accomplishments.
Molly Pittman: Molly is a leading digital marketing strategist, educator, and entrepreneur who has trained more than 10,000 people across the globe. By the age of 24, she had risen from being an intern to a vice president at an 8-figure digital marketing company. Now running her own business, she offers marketing resources, training and support usually reserved for top 100 agencies through her TeamTraffic.com and TrainMyTrafficPerson.com. She’s helped her students do everything from getting positions at Fortune 500 companies to quadrupling their revenue in one month.
Luria Petrucci: Let’s make YOU a live streaming pro! Luria helps you create professional live streams that put you a notch above what everyone else is doing and sets your brand apart. Over 11 years, Luria has created over 4,000 videos with over 1 billion views using video and live streaming shows. She’s appeared on CNN, NBC, FOX, NBC, MSNBC, ABC and BBC. She’s worked on live video for top brands like AT&T, Samsung, GoDaddy, and Panasonic. And top influencers like Amy Porterfield, Pat Flynn and Michael Hyatt.
Derral Eves: As a highly respected video marketing strategist, Derral has been on YouTube since 2005. He has helped over 21 channels go from zero to over a million subscribers each, generating over 34 billion video views and counting. Derral has been the executive producer on several viral video campaigns, including Squatty Potty’s ice cream pooping unicorn ad. Derral’s own YouTube channel is the largest “How To” channel in the world.
Roberto Blake: Roberto is a creative entrepreneur with a background in visual branding, content marketing and advertising. With over 1000 videos of education based content on YouTube he has built a following of over 200,000 and his work has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur and Huffington Post. He is the owner of Create Awesome Media, a digital agency focused on video marketing and content strategy. Roberto is also the host of the Create Something Awesome Today Podcast, which focuses on educating and empowering creative professionals.
Madalyn Sklar: Madalyn is a leading Twitter marketing expert who’s ranked the #1 social media influencer in Houston. Each week she hosts the #TwitterSmarter chat that brings people together in an active one-hour discussion. Since launching four years ago it has reached over 9 billion impressions. Madalyn also hosts the #TwitterSmarter podcast and co-hosts the weekly Communities That Convert podcast with Kami Huyse.
Donna Moritz: Donna is an Australian visual content strategist and founder of Socially Sorted – a leading social media blog globally and featured in Forbes as a “Top 5 Social Media Blog You Need to Know About in 2019.” Donna helps brands leverage the power of visual storytelling and content strategy in their business, and is a sought-after speaker and trainer in the marketing and tourism industries internationally. Her content has been featured in publications such as Forbes, Entrepreneur, and Social Media Examiner.
Christopher Penn: Christopher is the vice president of marketing technology at SHIFT Communications, a public relations firm, as well as the co-founder of PodCamp New Media Community Conference, and co-host of the Marketing Over Coffee podcast. He is an adjunct professor of Internet marketing and the lead subject matter expert and professor of Advanced Social Media at the University of San Francisco. He’s also the co-author of Marketing Blue Belt: From Data Zero to Marketing Hero.
Jenn Herman: Jenn Herman is a social media consultant, speaker, and globally recognized Instagram expert. She is the forefront blogger on Instagram marketing. Jenn provides tips, resources, and training for small to medium-sized businesses that need to structure their social media strategies. Jenn has been featured in Inc., Fox News, Yahoo Finance, HuffPost, The Verge, CBS Radio LA, and numerous other podcasts and publications. She is the author of Instagram for Business for Dummies, among other publications.
Lou Mongello: Lou is a former attorney who left to pursue his passion for Disney. He is the author of books and audio tours, and the host of WDWRadio.com, an award-winning podcast about the Disney Parks, movies, Marvel, and Star Wars. He is a speaker who also provides mentoring and consulting to individuals and organizations looking to build their businesses and brands by sharing the magic of Disney, customer service, social media, podcasting, live video, and community.
Park Howell: Park has been crafting brand story strategy for leaders of purpose-driven brands for 35 years. He is the founder of the Business of Story, a proven platform based on his 10-step Story Cycle System™ to help you clarify your story, amplify your impact and simplify your life. He has taught business storytelling to hundreds of brands including Hilton, Cummins, American Express, Philips, KPNG, Visit California, Walgreens, and the United States Air Force.
Dennis Yu: Dennis is the chief executive officer of BlitzMetrics, a digital marketing company which partners with schools to train young adults. Dennis’ mission is to provide education at no cost to students. Dennis’ program centers around mentorship, helping students grow their expertise in digital marketing to drive leads and sales by managing ad campaigns for enterprise clients like the Golden State Warriors, Nike, and Ashley Furniture.
Rick Mulready: Rick is an industry-leading authority on simplifying online marketing and Facebook ads for entrepreneurs and small businesses. He’s the host of The Art of Paid Traffic podcast. With 12 years corporate Internet advertising experience, Rick has worked with AOL, Yahoo!, Funny or Die and Vibrant Media where he sold and managed online ad campaigns for some of the largest brands in the world. In addition to creating industry-leading training courses, Rick consults with entrepreneurs and businesses on their Facebook advertising and marketing strategy.
Jeff Sieh: Jeff is owner and creative director at His Design, Inc. where he has worked to help clients market themselves in the best way possible using a variety of mediums for over 14 years. He is also “Head Beard” at Manly Pinterest Tips where he is the creator and host of The Manly Pinterest Tip Show. With top tips, comedy, storytelling, and just plain fun, Jeff teaches Pinterest techniques unlike any other. Jeff is also on the social team at Social Media Examiner and manages their Pinterest and Instagram accounts. Visit www.manlypinteresttips.com where Jeff explores visual marketing with character as big as his beard.
Ian Anderson Gray: Ian is a confident live video marketing coach and founder of the Confident Live Marketing Academy. He’s an international speaker and blogs and live streams at Seriously Social. Ian helps entrepreneurs to level up their impact, authority, and profits using Confident Live Videos. As well as being a husband and dad to two kids, Ian’s also a professional singer and lives near Manchester in the UK.
Andy Crestodina: Andy is a co-founder of Orbit Media, an award-winning, 38-person web design company in Chicago. Over the past 18 years, Andy has provided web strategy and marketing advice to more than 1000 businesses. Andy teaches marketing and has written hundreds of articles on topics like analytics, content strategy, email marketing, search optimization and social media. He is also the author of Content Chemistry: The Illustrated Handbook for Content Marketing.
AJ Wilcox: AJ Wilcox is a LinkedIn Ads pro who founded B2Linked.com, a LinkedIn Ads-specific ad agency, in 2014. As official LinkedIn partners, they manage the world’s most sophisticated advertising accounts worldwide. He’s a ginger and triathlete. He and his wife live in Utah with their 4 kids and his company car is a wicked-fast gokart.
Justin Brown: Justin is a Netflix-featured producer and video marketing specialist helping entrepreneurs leverage the power of online video to build and scale their businesses. After 20+ years in professional video with top-level credits on international film, documentary, and extreme sports productions, Justin created the Primal Video YouTube channel, growing it to a multi-six figure automation-driven online business. Together with his brother Mike, he now teaches their systems for creating quality videos, growing a targeted audience and monetizing your influence at PrimalVideo.com.
Andrew Pickering: Andrew is one half of “Andrew and Pete” – founders of ATOMIC, the membership program that helps small businesses double their business in 6 months. They are the authors of two hit books, host a popular YouTube channel and have been featured in Huffington Post, Inc., and the BBC, amongst others. They were ranked in the Top 100 Digital Marketers in the World, and host one of the UK’s biggest business conferences, ATOMICON.
Peter Gartland: Pete is one half of “Andrew and Pete” – founders of ATOMIC, the membership program that helps small businesses double their business in 6 months. They are the authors of two hit books, host a popular YouTube channel and have been featured in Huffington Post, Inc., and the BBC, amongst others. They were ranked in the Top 100 Digital Marketers in the World, and host one of the UK’s biggest business conferences, ATOMICON.
Shep Hyken: Shep is the chief amazement officer of Shepard Presentations, New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling author, and has been inducted into the National Speakers Association Hall of Fame for lifetime achievement. Recognized as one of the leading experts in customer service and experience, Shep works with companies to build loyal relations with their customers and employees. He is the author of numerous books including The Amazement Revolution, Amaze Every Customer Every Time, and The Convenience Revolution.
Nicholas Kusmich: Nicholas is an international speaker, founder of the H2H Media Group and the Marketers Council, and creator of The Art Of Lead Generation. He is best known as a leading Facebook advertising strategist and for having the highest ROI’s in the industry (up to 30, 973.32%). He works with A-List clients including top thought-leaders, NYT best-selling authors, Top Inc 500 and fast growth companies creating advertising campaigns that allow you to scale your business at will.
Chris Mercer: Chris (aka “Mercer”), the co-founder of MeasurementMarketing.io, is a sought-after measurement marketing expert. He has been helping marketers, marketing teams, and agencies, plan out what’s important to measure in their marketing, build measurement systems (using Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics), create actionable dashboards, and use those dashboards to forecast and optimize their marketing results. In short, Mercer helps marketers know, trust, and grow their numbers.
Chris Dayley: Chris is a digital marketing entrepreneur, speaker, and neuromarketer who gets excited about helping businesses learn what their users want on their website, using psychology-based testing and analytics. His company, Smart CRO, helps businesses generate additional revenue from website traffic by creating and executing high-value a/b tests, and by training internal marketing teams to sustain results long-term.
Shaun Ayala: Shaun leads a marketing strategy and a creative team at Best Buy. Shaun has documented and created many videos for Best Buy plus developed a show to help their target audience stay up-to-date with the latest product and tech. He is an award-winning storyteller and content creator. He has also partnered with popular brands, including FOX, Paramount Pictures, Lexus, and more. Shaun was featured in New York Magazine, recognized as a Snapchat star, and named one of the top 101 Snapchat accounts to follow.
Alex Khan: Alex is CEO of social media agency AttractiveMedia.de and a university lecturer. He has worked with Red Bull, OPI, ghd hair, and SKY, among other companies. His focus is on the creation of a unified social media strategy and live video training. 400,000 people follow Alex Khan on his social media channels. His hashtag #WeKhan reached 13 million people and registered 100 million impressions within the first three months.
Duncan Wardle: Having worked for Disney for 25 years, most recently as head of innovation & creativity, Duncan now serves as an independent innovation and design thinking consultant, helping companies embed a culture of innovation and creativity access their organizations. He is a multiple TEDx speaker and contributes to Fast Company. Duncan also holds the “Outstanding American Citizen Award” presented at the White House, an Hons. Doctorate from Edinburgh University, and the Duke Edinburgh Award, presented by Her Majesty the Queen.
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Mike Kim: Mike ditched his comfy C-suite marketing job in pursuit of career freedom. He now hosts the #1 ranked podcast on personal branding in iTunes, The Brand You Podcast, and helps brands clarify their message. Mike has crafted the messages and marketing campaigns for some of today’s top thought leadership brands including Donald Miller, Suzanne Evans, and Catalyst Leadership. You can read his blog at mikekim.com.
Brian Fanzo: Brian inspires, motivates, and educates businesses on how to leverage emerging technologies and digital marketing to standout from the noise and reach the millennial and generation z consumers. He is the founder of iSocialFanz which has helped launch digital and influencer strategies with the world’s most iconic brands like Dell EMC, Adobe, IBM, UFC, Applebee’s and SAP. A proud pager-wearing millennial and dad of three girls, Brian hosts two podcasts FOMOFanz and SMACtalk.
Molly Mahoney: Known across the net as The Prepared Performer, Molly is a master at helping entrepreneurs and artists up their visibility and online presence by leveraging the newest and most powerful features Facebook has to offer. Molly shares her vast expertise from running highly converting ads, to hosting Facebook Live broadcasts, to creating Facebook Messenger bots that serve clients and customers in a uniquely authentic way.
Susan Wenograd: Susan is a Facebook ads expert who specializes in Facebook ad funnels. She’s also a consultant and regular speaker on Facebook ads. She helps businesses setup funnels, manage Facebook advertising campaigns, perform paid media audits.
Rich Brooks: Rich runs flyte new media, an award-winning digital agency. His book, The Lead Machine: The Small Business Guide to Digital Marketing is based on his 23 years of experience leading that company. He is also founder of The Agents of Change, an annual conference and weekly podcast that focuses on search, social, and mobile marketing. As the “tech guru” on the evening news program, 207, he breaks down all things digital for the NBC affiliates in Maine.
Brett Curry: Brett is the CEO of OMG Commerce an eCommerce marketing agency and Google Premier Partner. Brett started his first marketing agency in 2003 and launched his first search engine marketing campaign in 2004. Brett is the author of The Ultimate Guide to Google Shopping published by Shopify. He is also the host of the eCommerce Evolution Podcast highlighting what’s new and what’s next in eCommerce.
Tyler J. MCall: Tyler believes in the power of stories and relationships for creating communities and moving people to action. As a go-to Instagram marketing strategist for creatives and online business owners, Tyler empowers others to show up online in a genuine and intentional way so they can grow their business and grow their impact.
John Nemo: John is an online course creator and the bestselling author of LinkedIn Riches: How To Use LinkedIn For Business, Sales & Marketing! John has rewritten and optimized LinkedIn profiles for business and social media marketing influencers including Chris Brogan, Mari Smith, John Lee Dumas, and many others. John’s work has been featured by Social Media Examiner, Inc. Magazine, American City Business Journals, The Huffington Post, Business Insider, LinkedIn’s official marketing blog, and many other publications.
Mary Kathryn Johnson: Mary has been nicknamed the “ChatBotMom” by the Messenger marketing community because of her infectious energy and passion for chatbots. Her innovative use of conversational marketing techniques has helped her clients sell millions in products and services, and her client successes were cited by Entrepreneur.com as examples of how to grow revenue using chatbots.
Bruce Irving: Bruce Irving is the marketing visionary behind SmartPizzaMarketing.com and host of the weekly Smart Pizza Marketing podcast. On his podcasts, he interviews the leading minds of the pizza and restaurant industry. Bruce is a top marketing consultant, a former pizzeria owner and now runs Smart Pizza Marketing, a full-service digital agency designed and created specifically to help local business owners get more customers.
Chris Ducker: A serial entrepreneur and author of the bestsellers, Virtual Freedom and Rise of the Youpreneur, Chris owns and operates several businesses that house over 350 full-time employees internationally. He’s also a trusted international business mentor, keynote speaker, podcaster, blogger, as well as the founder of Youpreneur.com – the world’s number one personal brand business education company, as well as being the self-proclaimed ‘Proudest Brit’ doing business online.
Dan Gingiss: Dan is an international keynote speaker and consultant who believes that a remarkable customer experience is your best marketing. His 20-year professional career included leadership positions at three Fortune 300 companies – McDonald’s, Discover, and Humana. Dan is the author of the book, Winning at Social Customer Care: How Top Brands Create Engaging Experiences on Social Media, a host of the Experience This! Show podcast, and a regular contributor to Forbes.
Pat Flynn: Pat is a father, husband, and entrepreneur who lives and works in San Diego. He owns several successful online businesses and is a professional blogger, keynote speaker, Wall Street Journal bestselling author, and host of the Smart Passive Income and AskPat podcasts, which have earned a combined total of over 55 million downloads, multiple awards, and features in The New York Times and Forbes. He is also an advisor to ConvertKit, LeadPages, and Teachable.
Cliff Ravenscraft: For more than a decade, Cliff had been known as the Podcast Answer Man. He’s trained tens of thousands of individuals how to successfully launch an audio podcast. Today, Cliff is a business and life coach. He mentors coaches, consultants and thought leaders through the transition from their unfulfilling day job to their own responsible and profitable online business so that they can live the life of their dreams and do the work they feel most called to do in this world.
Carlos Gil: Carlos Gil is the author of The End of Marketing: Humanizing Your Brand in the Age of Social Media and AI, an international keynote speaker, and award-winning digital storyteller with over a decade of experience leading social media strategy for global brands including LinkedIn, Winn-Dixie, Save-A-Lot, and BMC Software. A first-generation Latino-American, Gil’s work has been featured by CNNMoney, Harvard Business Review, Inc., Entrepreneur magazine and Social Media Examiner. Presently, Gil is the CEO and founder of Gil Media Co.
Dana Malstaff: Dana is the founder of Boss Mom LLC. She launched the brand in 2016 with the Boss Mom Podcast and her first book Boss Mom. With a Facebook group community of over 33,000 people and 20,000 students, Dana helps women all over the world lose the guilt and build sustainable online businesses. She believes we need to show our children that doing what we love can be financially viable.
Melanie Deziel: Melanie is a keynote speaker, award-winning branded content strategist and founder of StoryFuel. She is on the board of the Native Advertising Institute and travels the world teaching branded content strategy. Melanie was the first editor of branded content at The New York Times and wrote the “Women Inmates” piece for Netflix, which won the OMMA for Best Native Advertising in 2014.
Natasha Takahashi: Natasha Takahashi is a leading authority on building chatbot experiences driven by intimacy and automation. She’s the chief marketing officer & co-founder of Ineffable Marketing and School of Bots. Her expertise comes from building chatbot campaigns and consulting for 100+ brands like MindValley, Matthew Hussey, Social Media Examiner, and DigitalMarketer. She has spoken on 70+ stages and podcasts across 7+ countries about bots with influencers like Richard Branson and Randi Zuckerberg.
Bella Vasta: Bella is the author of the book, The Four Types of Dogs Every Business Needs and a podcast host of the long-standing show, Bella In Your Business. She is an authority on building Facebook groups and Bella has helped grow all types of businesses from multi-million-dollar corporations to mom and pops, with a unique understanding in all stages. She has been featured in Entrepreneur, Huffington Post, ABC, NBC, FOX.
Owen Hemsath: Owen is a YouTube marketing consultant specializing in small business growth. He has made over 1,000 videos for the web and has a YouTube channel with almost 1 million minutes of watch time. Having recently defeated cancer in the same year he doubled his business, Owen is uniquely qualified to show small business owners and entrepreneurs the pathway for making money with online video – no matter what stage of business you’re in.
Andrew Hubbard: Andrew is the founder of Hubbard Digital, a social media advertising agency that specializes in helping online educators scale their businesses with Facebook and Instagram ads. Andrew is known for his innovative approach to advertising. He has designed and executed strategies for some of the biggest digital product launches in the industry, as well as evergreen campaigns that generate millions of dollars every year for his clients.
Chris Strub: Chris is a traveling mobile storyteller with a passion for working with nonprofit organizations. As the ‘Giving Day Guy,’ Chris drives measurable increases in online donations by hosting and producing live-streamed video content. His live-streamed, cross-country road trip in 2015 is the focus of his first book and film, 50 States, 100 Days. Chris has worked with Humana, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America and Live.me, and served as a 2017 National Red Kettle Ambassador for The Salvation Army.
Goldie Chan: Known as the “Oprah of LinkedIn” according to Huffington Post, Goldie’s LinkedIn video channel garnered 3 million+ views and is the platform’s longest-running daily show. Goldie also runs Warm Robots, a corporate social media strategy agency and helps companies like WeWork and Skype tell brand stories and navigate C-level executives. Goldie is a Forbes Fellow, member of the Producer’s Guild of America, New Media Council, and a Stanford University graduate. She has been regularly featured in Forbes, Inc. Magazine, Fast Company, and more.
Dan Knowlton: Dan is a UK-based digital and social media marketing expert who has grown Knowlton (formerly KPS Digital Marketing) into a multi-award-winning business that has worked with the likes of FIFA, Nestle, Citibank, Eurotunnel, and Boston Consulting Group. In addition to running Knowlton, Dan is known for giving his best insights away on stage around the world. Fingers at the ready, you’ll be writing a lot of notes when he speaks.
Ilana Wechsler: Ilana is a former data analyst, turned Pay Per Click marketing expert. An authority in both Google and Facebook advertising, she is the founder of boutique digital agency Green Arrow Digital which has managed over $30 million in Pay Per Click campaigns. Now, she runs an online training program, called Teach Traffic, where she teaches business owners exactly how to run profitable digital ad campaigns for themselves, without needing an agency. Ilana is also the host of a popular Podcast called Teach Traffic.
Sean Cannell: Sean Cannell is a best-selling author, YouTuber, international speaker, and business coach who built a seven-figure media company helping entrepreneurs and creatives build their influence and income with online video. Sean’s YouTube channels have over one million subscribers, his videos have been viewed over 43 million times and he has been featured as one of the “20 Must Watch YouTube Channels That Will Change Your Business” by Forbes.
Ray Edwards: Ray is a sought-after marketing communications strategist and the author of several books, including the best-selling How to Write Copy That Sells. He has been a guest writer for top voices in business and leadership, including Michael Hyatt, Tony Robbins, Jeff Goins, Jack Canfield, Joel Comm, Mark Victor Hansen, Stu McLaren, and more. Ray is also the host of the top-rated iTunes business podcast, The Ray Edwards Show. He blogs at RayEdwards.com.
Tyler Anderson: Tyler is a social media marketing entrepreneur, speaker, and host of the Casual Fridays Podcast. He’s the founder and CEO of Casual Fridays, a social media marketing agency that specializes in hospitality, tourism, and entertainment. He’s also the co-founder of Tack, a user-generated content management tool. Tyler works with prominent brands like Marriott, San Diego Tourism Authority, KAABOO, and the Los Angeles Chargers.
Robert Rose: Robert is the founder and chief troublemaker at The Content Advisory, the consulting and advisory group of The Content Marketing Institute. His third best-selling book, Killing Marketing, co-written with colleague Joe Pulizzi, has been called “loaded with ideas to turn marketing into profit centers.” Over the last five years, Robert has worked with more than 500 companies of all sizes, including 15 of the Fortune 100.
Nick Nimmin: Nick helps content creators grow their brands and businesses using YouTube. On his personal channel, where he shares the tools, resources, and information video creators need to grow their presence online, he has grown his own subscriber base by over 320k subscribers, added 10’s of thousands of targeted readers to his email list, and turned his website TuberTools.com into a growing resource for the video making community. Nick hosts a weekly stream called Nimmin Live.
Phil Mershon: Phil is the director of events for Social Media Examiner, where he oversees two signature events: Social Media Marketing World and Social Media Success Summit. Previously, Phil was a training consultant with Koch Industries and spent over 20 years working churches and non-profits in leadership roles. Phil is also a jazz saxophonist and songwriter.
Jennifer Priest: Jennifer is a sought-after social media strategist and educator specializing in hashtags and Pinterest SEO. Creator of the Smart Pin PRO system, Jennifer’s mission is to empower creative business owners of all sizes to grow their business with smart, analytics-based strategies. As owner and chief strategist at her consulting firm, Smart Creative Social, Jennifer has been leading massively successful social media campaigns for top craft and DIY brands since 2009.
Steve Dotto: Steve spent 15 years as host and executive producer of Dotto Tech, a nationally syndicated TV show. Labeled “Canada’s most respected geek”, Steve has entertained and educated millions of Canadians on all aspects of technology. YouTube is Steve’s new network of choice, where he serves two communities, a traditional “How To and Productivity” stream, which follows his TV tradition, and a new focus on learning the keys to growing and ultimately monetizing a YouTube channel.
Steve Chou: Steve is the founder of MyWifeQuitHerJob.com, a blog that reaches millions of readers interested in ecommerce and selling physical products online. He also runs a top business podcast of the same name with over a million downloads, a popular online training course with thousands of students and an annual conference specially catering to ecommerce entrepreneurs called The Sellers Summit.
Kim Garst: Kim Garst is one of the world’s most retweeted people among digital marketers. She is a renowned marketing strategist, keynote speaker, and an international best-selling author of Will The Real You Please Stand Up, Show Up, Be Authentic and Prosper in Social Media. Kim helps entrepreneurs grow their business using social and digital media strategies. Forbes named her as one of the Top 10 Social Media Power Influencers and she has been featured by Fox News, CBS News, The Huffington Post, Entrepreneur.com, Businessweek, and Social Media Examiner.
Scott McKain: Scott is an internationally known distinction expert, best-selling author, and iconic keynote speaker. Scott’s unique platform-style has earned him induction into the Professional Speakers Hall of Fame — and his remarkable content earned him membership as one of only 24 selected for inclusion in the Sales and Marketing Hall of Fame. He is currently “Corporate Educator in Residence” at High Point University.
Allie Bloyd: Allie is the owner of Allie Bloyd Media, a marketing agency specializing in content marketing, social media marketing, and lead generation for local businesses. She has been in the marketing field for eight years and is passionate about helping local businesses drive engagement, awareness, leads, and sales by using educational and engaging content through paid social platforms. She has been able to drive millions of dollars of revenue for her clients.
Paul Colligan: Paul’s lifestyle and business strategies are designed to tackle the challenges and opportunities of today’s ever-changing information economy. His latest company, The Podcast Partnership, leverages technology to expand reach and revenue for businesses and creates digital influencers with the simple sound of the human voice. Paul is also the host of The Podcast Report and has authored eleven books, including Amazon best-sellers How To Podcast, How To Stream Video 2016, and YouTube Strategies 2016.
Alex Beadon: Alex Beadon is an Instagram Stories expert and online business strategist who helps small business owners and marketers learn how to use Instagram Stories in a way that builds trust, boosts engagement, and strengthen sales. She’s the creator of the online course, “Gram Slam” and a daily prompt subscription service, “Project Storyline.”
Paul Roetzer: Paul is founder and CEO of PR 20/20, which was HubSpot’s first partner agency back in 2008. Roetzer is also author of The Marketing Performance Blueprint and The Marketing Agency Blueprint, founder of Marketing Artificial Intelligence Institute, and creator of the Marketing Artificial Intelligence Conference (MAICON).
Stacy Tuschl: Stacy started her own business at the age of 18 in her parents’ backyard and turned that company into a multi-million dollar business she still runs today. She’s a best-selling author, and founder of the Foot Traffic Formula – helping small businesses get more customers in the door. Stacy was recently named the 2019 Wisconsin Small Business Person of the Year by the United States Small Business Administration.
Jessika Phillips: Jessika is a social media strategist and founded NOW Marketing Group in 2010 with only a laptop and a vision. The company is now a Forbes recognized Agency Partner and a certified inbound partner with Hubspot. NOW Marketing Group works with more than 100 clients across United States and beyond, choosing to serve – not sell. Jessika also teaches comprehensive relationship marketing, presents in a weekly videocast “Magnet Marketers” and hosts one of the largest social media Midwest conferences, Social Media Week Lima.
Ian Cleary: Ian is the founder of RazorSocial and his company focuses on delivering successful digital marketing projects for B2B companies including the full implementation of a digital strategy, digital transformation, and B2B lead generation projects which have strong content marketing focus. He regularly keynotes at conferences around the world and is known for his knowledge of marketing technology. His sessions are engaging, strategic, practical and fun!
Michaela Alexis: Over the past decade, Michaela managed the online presence of more than 100 high-profile brands, built her personal brand to over 150,000 followers on LinkedIn, and trained businesses around the world on how to leverage the power of LinkedIn. She co-authored the books, Think Video: Smart Video Marketing and #Influencing. She has been featured on CNBC, New York Times, Fast Company, and more.
Rory Vaden: Rory is the New York Times best-selling author of Take the Stairs. His insights have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, CNN, Entrepreneur, Inc, on Fox News and in several other major media outlets. As a world-renowned speaker, his TEDx talk has been viewed over 2 million times, he is a 2x World Champion of Public Speaking Finalist, and was named as one of the top 100 leadership speakers in the world by Inc Magazine.
Ben Amos: Ben is a passionate online video strategist, video producer, speaker and consultant working with savvy brands across the world to connect them to their ideal audiences through effective online video marketing. As host of the Engage Video Marketing Podcast and creator of the Online Video Strategy Blueprint, Ben’s mission is to help other creatives, marketers, entrepreneurs, and video producers better understand how to attract, engage and convert audiences online with video.
Zach King: Zach is an online filmmaker personality with a combined following of over 40 million across all online platforms. Zach started out making short special-effects videos on Vine and quickly expanded his following to YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and Musical.ly. He competed on Season 28 of The Amazing Race and recently launched a groundbreaking series of Augmented Reality children’s books. He continues to expand his influence to other platforms, collaborating with top companies such as AT&T, Disney Animation, and Universal Studios.
Ken Moskowitz: Ken (aka Spanky) is the CEO, Head Zombie Wrangler, and Creative Tour-de-Force behind Ad Zombies. He’s an accidental pilot, a 7-figure business builder, and a father of 5 (less accidentally). He’s also the best-selling author of Jab Till it Hurts. From making mixtapes (that were mostly DIY commercials) in his NYC bedroom recording studio to working on brands like Frito-Lay, Coca Cola, and many more, Ken has a unique perspective on this thing we call advertising.
Azriel Ratz: Through his years of experience in online marketing Azriel has perfected his strategy for companies to find their ideal audiences and create the most relevant ads for their businesses. The long-term success of these Facebook campaigns earns an average return of five times the ad costs.
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Keynote Emcee
George B. Thomas: George has more than 20 years of industry experience, is an inbound and video marketing Jedi, and inbound evangelist at Impulse Creative. Chances are you’ve heard George on the Sprocket Talk podcast or seen him on the Sprocket Talk YouTube channel. George is a HubSpot accredited trainer with 21 certifications including inbound, email, sales, and content marketing certifications. George is an inbound, video, content, and social marketing leader who enjoys learning, teaching, and developing solutions for companies.
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