Here's a sneak peak at who you'll get to know at the 2010 Social Media Conference! Here at Fuse Duluth we are super excited to share this great group of individuals with you!
Christopher Swanson-CEO-PureDriven, LLC, a digital marketing company based in Two Harbors, Minn.
A serial entrepreneur, Swanson has already owned several businesses in the technology industry. His current company, PureDriven LLC, drafts online strategies that drive relevant web traffic to businesses. Those strategies are built upon constantly studying website and social media site analytics. The goal for PureDriven is to ensure your web presence is attracting the types of customers most likely to buy from you, and holding their attention once they do visit your social media outpost or web site. PureDriven also led the highly lauded online and traditional marketing effort of bring Google's ultra-high speed fiber network to the Twin Ports.
Patrick Garmoe-Social media strategist-PureDriven LLC, a digital marketing company based in Two Harbors, Minn.
A professional journalist for 10 years at three newspapers, Garmoe has always enjoyed writing, and for more than a year now has written and created content exclusively for blogs and other online channels, like YouTube, while creating social media strategies for clients. Garmoe is an advocate of using multiple methods of communication-written, audio and video-to reach potential customers online. One of his simplest videos-Mayor Don Ness leaping into Lake Superior-has been viewed more than 40,000 times and been featured on the front page of the New York Times, as well as on CNN, CBS, MSNBC, FastCompany.com, and dozens of other traditional media outlets.
Wayne Aune-Citon CorpWayne has been providing enterprise I.T. solutions for over 16 years. He has built successful practices for retail, government and health care verticals. His expansive knowledge in LAN/WAN infrastructure design has made him an invaluable resource for customers large and small across the region. Today Wayne's main focus is I.T. Security and he is recognized as a specialist in I.T. risk mitigation through his unique approach to design and deployment. Over the last 16 years his solutions have saved literally $100's of $1,000 of dollars by assessing the risk of data loss and effectively deploying solutions that reduce the risk and secure the assets of the organization.
"It's about the assets, the Business Intelligence that we have to protect at all costs. Nothing else matters because without that our customers, our partners have nothing."
Wayne currently holds certifications from Cisco, Hewlett Packard, Citrix, Microsoft, VMware and McAfee and spearheads Citon COmputer Corporation's Security Practice.
Josh Lysne-WestmorelandFlint
Check back soon for Josh's bio!
Libby Hall-WestmorelandFlint
Check back soon for Libby's bio!
Kimberly C. Keuning-President-Out There Advertising, Inc
Kim started Out There Advertising in 1997, after gaining national and international experience and advertising knowledge during a successful 18-year advertising account management career in Los Angeles. Agency experience included BBDO, McCann-Erickson and JW Thompson; and client experience covered the airline, fast food, packaged goods and retail segments. For the past 13 years Kim has led the staffers at Out There Advertising as they have created memorable, effective and award-winning advertising for the agency's clients.
John Keuning-Creative Director-Out There Advertising, Inc.
As far back as he can remember, John's interest has been in the arts. Through grade school, John won numerous awards for his talents. In the fourth grade for example, first place in a drawing contest won him an Eskimo Pie. After earning a BFA from the prestigious Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA, John's talents landed at McCann-Erickson and JWT in Los Angeles. There he handled the creative on accounts such as Lockheed, Coca-Cola, Hilton Hotels, Mexicana Airlines and Baskin-Robbins 31 Flavors to name a few. He started in advertising as a Jr. Art Director. Central to his philosophy of producing distinctive, effective creative is to develop a "brand voice" for every client, and maintain that personality-driven voice to build the brand. Oh, and to make a mean cup of Joe.
Dana Kazel-Account Exective/Copywriter-Out There Advertising, Inc.
Dana Kazel loves having a job where she can somewhat justify the amount of time she spends on Facebook. As an Account Executive and Copywriter at Out There Advertising since 2003, she helps create marketing strategies using both traditional and social media for a wide-spectrum of clients in the medical, B2B, environmental, restaurant and education industries, plus several non-profits. As a former journalist, she's fascinated by social media's impact on both the news media and their audiences. Dana was the fourth person from her high school class to join Facebook. (At last count, that number had risen to 242.) Away from work, she's been blogging for more than two years about the adorable antics of her kids, and dreams of the day the Blogger Team will recognize hers as the blog of note.
Melissa D'Aloia-Account Executive-Out There Advertising, Inc.
Melissa, a self-proclaimed social media addict, has worked in marketing and advertising for seven years. She joined Out There Advertising as an Account Executive in 2005 and has been developing innovative marketing strategies for clients in both B2C and B2B sectors across a variety of industries ever since. Her passion for social media, fueled by the belief that creating a meaningful customer experience is paramount to an organization's success, extends across all aspects from research and measurement to customer engagement. Melissa works with clients to develop and implement social media strategies that align with overall marketing objectives and integrate those strategies into their current marketing mix.
