Jay is one of the world’s most sought-after B2B storytellers, authors, and show hosts. He’s worked in marketing roles at Google, ESPN, and HubSpot, created original series for tiny startups and massive brands, and he hosts the award-winning podcast Unthinkable. His stories have been heard by over a million people worldwide. Today, Jay teaches creators and marketers to question best practices, tell better stories, and resonate deeper.

Michael's career began at Mighty Interactive, the agency founded by Jay Baer. Michael went on to hold leadership roles in strategy and planning at Sitewire, Nomadic Agency, COHN, and Godfrey. In 2018 Michael was named one of Marketo's Fearless 50, an award that recognizes the top marketers around the globe driving fearless marketing and digital transformation. He helps organizations like Aptean, MeUndies, Charter School Capital, Ithaca College, Johnson and Johnson, Church & Dwight, and Hass Avocados with their brand and marketing initiatives.

Kelsey brings the entrepreneurial mindset she developed at Babson College to everything she does. As a marketer, she’s always asking, “How can this be better?” At Perkins School for the Blind, she leads the marketing effort for Perkins Access, the digital accessibility consulting team that is making the digital world a more inclusive place—one digital experience at a time. When she's not breaking down accessibility barriers, you can find her on Peloton’s leaderboard.

Mona is a journalist who really loves numbers. She is the data editor of The Guardian where she writes articles, produces documentaries, and illustrates, as well as animates, data. After analyzing statistics for the United Nations, Mona Chalabi saw how important data was, but also how easily it could be used by people with their own specific agendas. Since then, her work for organizations like Transparency International and The Guardian has had one goal: To make sure as many people as possible can find and question the data they need to make informed decisions about their lives. Her illustrations have been exhibited by the Design Museum and were commended by the Royal Statistical Society. Mona helped create the Emmy-nominated four-part video series “Vagina Dispatches” which explores the physical, social, and sometimes political dynamics that surround women’s bodies. She also executive produced and hosted Strange Bird, a podcast about things that we’re not great at talking about. She has worked for FiveThirtyEight, the Banks of England, the Economist Intelligence Unit, and the International Organization for Migration.

Sydni is CEO of Smart Simple Marketing and a 4th generation entrepreneur. Since 2006, her team, having worked with over 10,200 small businesses in 79 different industries, has been helping companies to drive engagement with small, minority- and women-owned businesses. If you want to increase the value of existing-customer spend, recapture marketing investments, grow customer lifetime value or decrease attrition, be sure to speak with Sydni to discover how her team is doing this for companies like Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, and more.  

Andy is a co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Orbit Media, an award-winning 50-person digital agency in Chicago. Over the past 20 years, Andy’s provided guidance to 1000+ businesses. He speaks at national marketing conferences and writes for big marketing blogs. He's also the author of Content Chemistry: The Illustrated Handbook for Content Marketing. Andy has written 500+ articles on content strategy, search engine optimization, visitor psychology, and analytics.

Melanie is a keynote speaker, author, award-winning branded content creator, and the author of the best-selling marketing and business communications book, The Content Fuel Framework: How to Generate Unlimited Story Ideas. Melanie is also the co-founder and VP of marketing at The Convoy, a B2B marketplace that helps small and independent businesses save money on their everyday expenses so they can invest more in themselves and their communities. Prior to co-founding The Convoy, Melanie was the founder of StoryFuel and spent her days giving keynotes and leading workshops that teach marketers, creators, and companies of all sizes how to create better content. Melanie was the first editor of branded content at The New York Times, a founding member of HuffPost’s brand storytelling team, and served as director of creative strategy for Time Inc.

Pam is a marketing consultant, writer, speaker, and author of two books: Global Content Marketing and Effective Sales Enablement. Her forte is creating successful global marketing plans that meet local marketing and sales team’s needs. She also specializes in sales, marketing, and internal/external communications consulting, keynote presentations, corporate training, and workshops. She contributes articles to the Guardian, Content Marketing Institute, and more.

Janet is the president and CEO of the award-winning digital marketing firm, Marketing Mojo, and the author of Data-First Marketing: How to Compete and Win in the Age of Analytics. With over 25 years of marketing experience, she specializes in data and analytics, SEO, and digital advertising. She has helped companies from small businesses to large corporations fix their analytics issues. Janet is Google Analytics certified.

Steve is staff photographer for Stroll Magazine. He is humorist, writer, author of Got Seen: An Autobiography, and a videoblogging pioneer. He's learning how to straighten out his drive, brew a New England IPA, and is also Jimmy Fallon's BFF.

Tony  is the founder and chief storytelling officer at T60 Productions. He’s a three-time Emmy Award-winning journalist and has led T60 Productions to winning 17 Telly Awards for its corporate videos. He has created videos for United Airlines, Walgreen’s, US Bank, Goose Island Beer Company, CommonSpirit Health, as well as NBA legend Dwyane Wade.

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.

A top-ranked speaker, Nancy’s known for her interesting and actionable insights that focus on the impact of behavioral science on marketing. She's wowed audiences in Sydney, London, Berlin, and all over the US with her high-energy, example-jammed sessions. The co-founder and chief creative officer of HBT Marketing, Nancy’s been named one of the 10 Most Fascinating People in B2B Marketing, a Social Top 50 Email Marketing Leader, and a Top 40 Digital Strategist. She and her teams have won 200+ awards for marketing effectiveness. Check out her new book, Using Behavioral Science in Marketing, published by Kogan Page.

Matt is president and founder of Heinz Marketing with more than 20 years of marketing, business development, and sales experience from a variety of organizations and industries. He is a dynamic speaker, memorable not only for his keen insight and humor, but his actionable and motivating takeaways. Matt’s career focuses on consistently delivering measurable results with greater sales, revenue growth, product success, and customer loyalty. He has helped organizations such as Amazon, Seagate, Morgan Stanley, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and many others create predictable, repeatable sales & marketing engines to fuel growth. Matt is a repeat winner of Top 50 Most Influential People in Sales Lead Management, Top 50 Sales & Marketing Influencers, and Top 50 Keynote Speakers. Matt and his wife Beth live in a 105-year-old historic farmhouse they renovated in Kirkland, Washington and share with their three children, two dogs, two cats, two rabbits and seven chickens.

Jenn is a social media consultant, speaker, and globally recognized Instagram expert. Her blog, Jenn’s Trends, has won the title of a Top 10 Social Media Blog over multiple years. She is a sought-after and international speaker providing tips, resources, and training for organizations of all sizes that need to structure their social media strategies. Jenn has been featured in Inc., Fox News, BBC News, Yahoo Finance, HuffPost, The Verge, CBS Radio LA, and numerous other podcasts and publications. She is the author of Instagram for Dummies, Instagram for Business for Dummies, and Stop Guessing: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a Social Media Strategy.

Carlos is a life design coach, a corporate well being development consultant, two-time author, and TEDx and international keynote speaker. Over the span of the last 25 years, Carolos has held corporate roles, started his own entrepreneurial ventures, led his company to multiple Inc 5000 awards ,and served in non-profits. He is now dedicated to helping others design a life they love to live every day through his life design coaching and corporate well being services. Carlos’s last book The UnAmerican Dream (available on Amazon) details his journey from a workaholic to a life that he loves.

Zontee has been a passionate marketing and communications advisor for nearly 20 years. She’s the founder of digital marketing agency Media Volery and head of strategy for the respected consulting firm, Convince & Convert. Zontee was named one of LinkedIn’s 16 marketers to follow in 2021. She is also consistently named one of TopRank’s 50 most influential content marketers and 25 most influential B2B marketers. Her work has garnered multiple awards including several PR News Platinum Awards and a Forrester Groundswell Award. Her clients have included Allstate Insurance, Oracle, Cisco, and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. Zontee has been a faculty lecturer in strategic communications at Columbia University, as well as a board member and lecturer at the City College of New York.

Paul is a marketing strategist, host, and emcee who believes that the people working within a business are best poised to talk about that business. He helps organizations understand their voice and puts strategies in place to amplify it to their market. With 20 years of experience, he has helped many businesses increase their visibility online and grow their business through digital technology. He speaks frequently on the subject of how to improve the way businesses have conversations with their customers and clients via digital, and occasionally analogue, marketing. In addition to running his content marketing agency, LikeMind Media, Paul hosts MarketEd.Live in Nottingham, UK every September, and co-hosts the podcast Humans Exhaust Me about the societies we live in .

John is a marketing consultant, speaker, and author of Duct Tape Marketing, The Referral Engine, The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur, and The Ultimate Marketing Engine. He is also the founder of the Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Network, which trains and licenses independent consultants and agencies to use the Duct Tape Methodology.

Doug is co-founder and creative director of Velocity Partners, the London- and New York-based B2B tech marketing agency. Doug has written a lot about content marketing, including Insane Honesty in Content Marketing; Crap: The Content Marketing Deluge; and A Stakeholder Through the Heart. Doug is also on the board of Clear Global (Translators without Borders), an NGO closing language gaps in the humanitarian world. Check us out. Very cool work.

Ahava is passionate about providing clear content for people in search of healthcare information. She is the founder and owner of Aha Media Group, a healthcare content agency.

Michele is a content marketing guru, having worked in the field since its early days. She is the co-founder of Mantis Research, which publishes and spotlights research in marketing. She has written and published hundreds of articles on the subject, being recognized as one of Folio’s Top Women in Media in 2015. Michele cut her teeth as the head of editorial at the Content Marketing Institute. She was the first employee hired there and helped the organization grow to an audience of 200,000 subscribers. She’s no stranger to podcasts either, having co-hosted the Marketing Breakout Podcast for six months.

Kenda Macdonald is a forensic psychology major, the Demand Generation Consulting Practice Lead at MarketingProfs, and the founder of Automation Ninjas, the UK's leading behavioral automation agency. She's an international public speaker, a multi-award-winning businesswoman, a doting cat mom, and the author of the best-selling book: Hack The Buyer Brain

Tish started Revenate to help marketing teams shine by unleashing their revenue generating potential. She’s a results-oriented marketer who has helped dozens of fast-growing companies implement and sustain effective and measurable demand-gen and revenue-boosting solutions. Prior to Revenate, her marketing career included working in several demand gen leadership roles at both large and small companies.

Ryan is a 15+ year digital marketing expert who has led organizational and agency digital teams with a focus on driving growth through SEO. Ryan currently operates a digital consultancy called swell. Ryan was formerly the director, brand + digital Strategy at ignite, and the VP, digital marketing at Aztek, two leading agencies for digital marketing.

When Lee isn't working with his team to create custom superhero comics to re-launch a B2B brand or helping a global B2B tech company launch an immersive audio podcast featuring executives, customers, and influencers, he's probably writing his 2,147th blog post about B2B marketing, launching a new B2B marketing research report, or speaking at an excellent B2B marketing conference like the B2B Forum. Or he might be running. Lee really loves running.

Dina is the head of demand generation and growth at Aprimo. Her team delivers business impact through integrated marketing campaigns across the marketing and sales funnel, and focuses on ABM, MarTech strategy, and marketing analytics. Prior to Aprimo, Dina built the marketing operations infrastructure at Confirmit, which enabled her team to leverage data to create smarter, more personalized experiences.

Christopher is an authority on analytics, digital marketing, and marketing technology. A recognized thought leader, best-selling author, and keynote speaker, he has shaped four key fields in the marketing industry: Google Analytics adoption, data-driven marketing, modern email marketing, and artificial intelligence/machine learning in marketing. As chief innovator of Trust Insights, he is responsible for the creation of products and services, creation and maintenance of all code and intellectual property, technology and marketing strategy, brand awareness, and research & development. Mr. Penn is a 2019 IBM Champion in IBM Business Analytics, co-founder of the groundbreaking PodCamp Conference, and co-host of the Marketing Over Coffee marketing podcast. He is the author of over two dozen marketing books including bestsellers such as AI for Marketers: A Primer and Introduction and Marketing White Belt: Basics for the Digital Marketer.

Mallory is the strategy director for Centerline Digital, a marketing agency based in Raleigh, NC. She consults with Fortune 500 technology companies on the topics she loves most—How to create more intuitive user experiences, behavior-driven marketing strategies, SEO, testing and optimization, and avoiding the plague of B2B industry jargon.

Michael is the director of employee experience & communication for Toast. He is a lifetime marketer with a proven track record for building memorable brand experiences, and creating dynamic and engaging demand generation initiatives. Michael brought his passion for communications and experience to life in this newly created role, to foster a strong sense of belonging and connection for Toasters across the globe.

Ursula is an innovative leader in digital content, influencer marketing, and social media. She is an early adopter in utilizing the latest technologies to generate awareness, to create unique experiences and campaigns to build community. Before her position as head of global influencer marketing at SAP, she worked at Apple and Adobe in their developer relations organizations, helping companies bring products to market.

Paul is the founder and CEO of Marketing AI Institute and founder of Ready North (formerly PR 20/20), HubSpot’s first partner agency. He's the author of Marketing Artificial Intelligence, The Marketing Performance Blueprint, and The Marketing Agency Blueprint. He's also the creator of the Marketing AI Conference (MAICON). As a speaker, Paul is focused on making AI approachable and actionable for marketers and business leaders. Paul has consulted for hundreds of organizations, from startups to Fortune 500 companies.

For more than 25 years, Robert has helped B2B marketers tell their story more effectively through digital media. As the founder of The Content Advisory, Robert has worked with more than 500 companies, including 15 of the Fortune 100. He’s provided strategic marketing advice and counsel for global brands such as NASA, Dell, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, Schneider Electric, and LinkedIn.

Jay is the founder of SubjectLine.com, the leading free subject-line rating tool ranked in the top 1% of all websites worldwide. Having led SubjectLine.com through the testing of more than 12 million subject lines, Jay uses his knowledge to guide organizations across multiple industries on how to implement impactful email marketing.

Bryan has over 20 years of experience in B2B sales and marketing in a variety of industries including SAAS publishing, consumer packaged goods, and manufacturing. Bryan recently joined Loop & Tie, a SAAS-based corporate gifting platform. Before joining Loop and Tie, Bryan held leadership roles at Tennant Company, Thomson Reuters, and General Mills. In his off time, Bryan enjoys performing in community theater, downhill skiing, and working on restoring his classic Jaguar.

Samantha, author of Unleash Possible: A Marketing Playbook that Drives Sales, is a revenue catalyst who helps bridge the gap between buyers, sellers, and marketing for organizations that have complex selling processes. She’s a fast-growth, B2B marketing strategist, researcher, speaker, and consultant who has also managed to find time to raise four children with her husband, David. Throughout her career she has launched go-to-market initiatives and led marketing strategies for award-winning, high-growth companies. In 2012 she founded The Marketing Advisory Network to help savvy business leaders unleash the possible within their enterprises.

Emily is the manager of marketing operations at Milliken & Company. In addition to managing the learning and development program for over 120 marketing employees, she is responsible for strategic planning, the project management office, and best practice creation. Emily brings her passion for continuous learning and process optimization together to foster a culture that gives marketers the tools needed to achieve their professional goals.

George is the owner and "Chief HubSpot Helper" at George B. Thomas, LLC. He helps companies streamline and grow by using the right HubSpot CRM, marketing, sales, service, operations, and CMS tools. George is a vault of valuable information, tactics, and strategies with a record-breaking thirty-five plus HubSpot Academy certifications. George's true passion is being a catalyst for growth and helping others be inspired, educated, and willing to work hard to achieve unlimited success! George is the creator of the HubEd Helper YouTube channel, podcast, and blog. He also shares monthly tactical advice through his Tactical Thoughts community newsletter. In George's free time, he is a professional speaker, emcee, husband, father, and friend to many.

Tom is a partner at Sounds Profitable, dedicated to setting the course for the future of the audio business. He is a 25-year veteran audio researcher and trusted advisor to the biggest companies in podcasting, and has dedicated his career to the advancement of podcasting for networks and individuals alike. He has been the co-author and driver behind some of audio's most influential studies, from the Infinite Dial® series to Share of Ear® and the Podcast Consumer Tracker. Tom has led hundreds of audience research projects on six continents, for some of the most listened-to podcasts and syndicated radio shows in the world. He's done a card trick for Paula Abdul, shared a martini with Tom Jones, and sold vinyl to Christopher Walken.  

Allen is the founder of MarketingProfs. Over the years he has worked with high tech companies — including Texas Instruments, Informix, Vanafi, and EMI Music Distribution — to help them position their products . He’s developed a rigorous approach to ensure that positioning is defensive in a competitive environment. Allen is also the founder of Insight4Peace and the Director of Mindful USC. He has taught mindfulness classes for the past 14 years and his “Basics of Mindfulness” class at InsightLA was noted the Best in Los Angeles by Los Angeles Magazine.

Nick is a strategist, speaker, author, and educator. He’s spent his career building standout brands at organizations of all sizes—from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies to President Obama’s Jobs Council. He’s the author of the books Brand Now and Get Scrappy, and host of the On Brand podcast.

AJ is a LinkedIn Ads pro who founded B2Linked.com, a LinkedIn Ads-specific ad agency. He's managed over $150M in spend on the platform (they're official LinkedIn partners). He's also the host of the LinkedIn Ads Show podcast, and has managed 5 of the world’s top 10 LinkedIn Ads accounts. He's a ginger & triathlete. He lives in Utah, has 4 adorable kids, and his company car is a wicked-fast gokart.

Ashley is the VP of Strategy and Customer Success for Onalytica. In addition to finding innovative ways to showcase the exceptional work of her team, she drives strategy for influencer and content programs for mid-size and enterprise B2B clients.