The Crowd

Social media is one of the most cost-effective distribution channels for content marketing, which has the potential to significantly grow your audience. Good Audience is a marketplace of social media marketing professionals who will handcraft your content, increase your social media reach and manage your ad campaigns. They've grown communities into the millions and they can do it for you as well! 

We welcomed back Neal Gorenflo, co-founder of Shareable, to discuss his thoughts on the changes he's seen around the sharing economy in the past year, the Sharing Cities Network and it's impact, and the soon to be released book Sharing Cities: Activating the Urban Commons.

We are now in the Age of Influence, where anyone can build an audience, effect change, advocate for brands and build relationships that make a difference.  Ted’s years of advocating for Return on Relationship and more recently, How To Look People In The Eye Digitally, Ted shares his insights on what the cornerstones are for brands to build engaged multi-million member communities.

Content marketing has proven to be an effective strategy to drive revenue while adding value to your clients. Join us as we welcome WriterAccess founder Byron White, who discusses his 20 years of experience creating content and starting successful businesses. 

We're taking a look inside our own marketing department to hear from CJ and Julian. They have brought an innovative approach to Near Me and have become indispensable parts of the team. We'll discuss Julian's zero-to-hero Twitter strategy and CJ's success with building an engaged audience for StokeShare. 

Jason Oxman is CEO of the Electronic Transactions Association, the world's largest trade association of the payments technology industry. He is an expert on financial services, payments and technology, both domestically and internationally. Jason joins us to talk about the future of transactions and his latest article, The Four Ways Millennials Are Changing Commerce. 

Paul Excell is CEO and Chief Innovation Officer at iesquared.com. He is an internet pioneer with 34 years of experience in Global IT and business. Paul joins us to discuss the enterprise and startup mindsets and how innovation can help transform any organization, whatever the size. 

Having trouble financing your small business or marketplace? This week, we welcome Christine Kymn, Chief Economist and Director of Economic Research and Miriam Segal, economist, both from the Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy. They join The Crowd to discuss their published research, Peer-to-Peer Lending: A Financing Alternative for Small Businesses. 

Tom Hunt is the founder and CEO of Virtual Valley, the online platform that connects business owners with a virtual assistant that can take over repeatable tasks. Tom joins us to discuss his roller-coaster journey as an entrepreneur and how he created a service that will help you save time and money. 

Brian Solis is a digital analyst, anthropologist and also a futurist who studies the effects of disruptive technology on business and society. We chat with Brian about his latest book, X: The Experience When Business Meets Design. He explains how business needs to humanize their branding experience at a personal and cultural level, and be contextually relevant. 

David Hershfield of hershfieldconsulting.com discusses global payment processing and payment gateway integration with multiparty transactions. 

CARMAnation's CEO and co-founder Ilya Movshovich joins The Crowd to discuss the company's on-demand solution to San Francisco's parking problem. We'll also learn how CARMAnation allows its users to invest in the community by partnering with local charities. 

Financial analyst Barbara Gray discusses her recent research report The New Era of Economic Abundance and predicts how the sharing economy can disrupt incumbent business models. 

How safe do you feel when doing business online? Max Wesman from GoodHire joins us to discuss the importance of Trust and Safety, and what marketplaces can do to protect their employees and customers. 

An interview with Sarira Sayad, founder of the luxury handbag marketplace Luxuca. 

An interview with Nikki Schlecker, Director of Student Marketing at WayUp.     

An interview with Constantine Anastasakis, director of business development at Fiverr. 

Hear from the co-founders of Outdoorsy as they talk about insurance, building community, and their latest roadtrip.

In this episode on The Crowd, the founder of Dojo Threads, Kelly Kampen, talks about how he became an Airbnb superhost and why listening to your marketplace users matters. 

In this interview, we hear from Kevin Cohen, VP of Marketing at Hack Reactor, talk about tips and tools to stay on top of your education.