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FREE VIRTUAL DIGITAL MARKETING SUMMIT
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Amazing Lineup of Speakers & Experts
Actionable insights and practical advice from in the trenches specialists and small business owners on how they successfully use digital to grow and scale.
Dorothy Vernon-Brown
Host | Marketing Strategist & Coach
AKB2 Small Business Marketing | AutomateSmart.ly
Dorothy Vernon-Brown
For the last 10+ years, Dorothy Vernon-Brown has worked with a wide variety of small business owners and entrepreneurs to achieve significant marketing results.
She is the owner of AKB² Small Business Marketing where she coaches, consults and speaks.
Dorothy is also the co-founder of AutomateSmart.ly which leverages the explosive power of digital automation including chatbots, mobile and email marketing so business owners can put their marketing on autopilot and make money while they sleep.
She is the proud recipient of the Woman of Honour Award conferred by Canada’s Black Business Professional Association (BBPA).
When she isn’t helping clients succeed, she is pushing personal boundaries and fighting to save the lives of patients with leukemia and other blood diseases through the DD4D charity she co-founded.
Fred Antwi
CEO, Publisher & Marketing StrategistSweat Equity Magazine
Fred Antwi
Fred Antwi is a Creative Director and Publisher of health, fitness, and wellness magazines on newsstands across Canada. With more than a dozen years of experience, his expertise covers all aspects of media and publishing, including branding, content creation, distribution, management and promotion.
Fred’s mission and vision are laser focused on brand development, strategic marketing, and aligned distribution, and he is highly skilled at capturing the attention of his core demographic.
As a former athlete and Mr. Canada Bodybuilding Champion, he flexes 30+ years of knowledge in the fitness industry. He is the founder of Sweat Equity Lifestyle Media Group and Publisher of Sweat Equity Magazine, Canada’s #1 yoga, fitness, and lifestyle publication.
He is a visionary with a knack for developing first-to-market publications, and his newest project launching will be the first and only Black Canadian focused publication on newsstand, and as a disruptor in the publishing space, he will use this platform to amplify voices of diversity and representation in mainstream print media.
Yvette Elliott
Digital Analytics Executive, Speaker & Professor
ClickInsight Corporation
Yvette Elliott
Yvette Elliott is the Chief Client Officer at ClickInsight Corporation – a digital analytics firm, an adjunct professor of digital marketing and personal & business development in a digital world courses at Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Innovation and a sought after coaching professional.
With over 20 years of award-winning experience in digital marketing, sales and business development, Yvette personifies a growth mindset, is purpose driven and values centered.
Prior to joining ClickInsight, Yvette was a martech and business development management consultant. Yvette holds an MBA from York University’s Schulich School of Business and Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Business Global EMBA program, a Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma certificate from York University and a BA Communications Studies degree from the University of Windsor.
Lisa Dietrich-Linton
Founder & Marketing Automation SpecialistSoftEdge | AutomateSmart.ly
Lisa Dietrich-Linton, Owner SoftEdge Solutions Inc. & Founder of AutomateSmartly, is results-driven with a passion for making small businesses succeed.
For over 5 years, Lisa has worked as an Oracle Consultant and Technical Instructor serving the largest credit union in the Caribbean as well as banking and alumina sectors while running her boutique start-up Dietrich Consulting providing bespoke digital marketing services to celebrities and small to medium businesses.
With her comprehensive background in enterprise software engineering, web development, lead generation, tactical and strategic planning Lisa embarked on a journey to prove small businesses and entrepreneurs too can succeed by implementing the same strategies using advanced technology. For over 17 years Lisa has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs, small to medium businesses build a solid technical foundation that sets them up for success by implementing smart growth blueprints – robust end-to-end customer-centric automated systems that will help to save time, drive growth in company ROI and scale more efficiently.
Lisa, a Software Engineer holds a B.A. in Computer Science & Econometrics, a certified Keap (formerly Infusionsoft) Partner & Automation Specialist, certified Oracle Applications Developer, certified in Database Architecture & Tuning and a certified Marketing & Sales Funnel Architect.
Fennella Bruce
Media Consultant
FKB Media Solutions
Fennella Bruce
Fennella Bruce is a veteran television producer and writer, she is now at the helm of FKB Media Solutions – a media consulting business. Having worked in the field of journalism for over 20 years, Fennella has produced both of Canada’s national morning shows – Your Morning and Canada AM.
She has been the senior writer or producer at numerous major market television stations including CTV News Channel, CTV National, CP24, CityTv, Toronto 1 and BET.
Fennella received her Graduate Degree in Journalism from Ryerson University and her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto. For six years, she taught Media Theory at Centennial College. Fennella is the Vice-President of the Board of Dr. Roz’s Healing Place, a member of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and a recipient of the 2020 100 Accomplished Black Canadian Women Award.
FKBMedia.com | IN/FennellaBruce | @FKBMedia | 647.290.7610
Taylor Lindsay-Noel
Founder
Cup of Té
Taylor Lindsay-Noel
Taylor Lindsay-Noel is a 27-year-old entrepreneur and founder of the luxury tea brand Cup of Té which in 2020 made the coveted list of Oprah’s Favorite Things!
At age 14 she was a world class Canadian gymnast bound for the 2012 Olympics when a horrific accident at the gym left her a quadriplegic and in a wheelchair.
Undaunted by this crushing life changing event, Taylor changed course, summoned her courage, persevered and went on to receive a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Media Production from Ryerson University, Toronto.
Today, Taylor successfully balances being an entrepreneur, a motivational speaker, a podcast host and a disability advocate.
Cher Jones
Corporate Social Media Trainer & FounderSocially Active
Cher Jones
Cher Jones is a Corporate Social Media Trainer & Personal Branding Coach with the love of technology hardwired into her personality. As the founder of Socially Active Training, she leverages over 20 years of PR, marketing and broadcasting experience to help professionals, leaders and B2B entrepreneurs develop a credible and strategic online presence while teaching them how to use social media at work for business.
Her passion, knowledge and expertise have many referring to her as one of North America’s leading experts in online personal branding for professionals. She has worked internationally with a wide variety of organizations including Rogers, Hong Kong Police, PokerStars, BlackBerry, Industrial Alliance, The City of Toronto, MPI, The UK Trade and Investment, The Ontario Ministry of Education and CBC to name a few. Cher is also the host of a weekly LinkedIn livestream called #JustAskCher LIVE where she offers tips and advice to help you develop a powerful and professional brand online!
Julbert Abraham, MBA
CEO & Founder | “The LinkedIn Guy”
AGM
Julbert Abraham
Julbert is widely known as “The LinkedIn Guy”. He is the CEO and Founder of AGM, a LinkedIn Sales Navigator training firm based out of Kearny, New Jersey. Julbert is also the host of the Small Biz Tips podcast on iTunes, Spotify and Stitcher where he interviewed Founders of some of America’s Fastest Growing Companies.
He has been featured and mentioned on Social Media Examiner, Entrepreneur, eMarketer, BBC, Huffington Post, ROI-NJ and NJ Business.
Julbert and his team have worked with over 600+ companies in 4 continents, helping them turn their LinkedIn connections into clients.
Originally from Haiti, Julbert speaks 3 languages and has an MBA from Northeastern University and he is a Professor at Baruch College in New York City.
Frank Gittens
Senior SMB ConsultantKeap (formerly Infusionsoft)
Frank Gittens
Frank has over 25 years of diversified finance and marketing experience. He has proven success in developing and implementing marketing and finance strategies for small businesses.
Frank has been with Keap (formerly Infusionsoft) for 5 years and has helped numerous small businesses get to value with targeted and smart behavioral marketing.
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