These days, there are so many app development companies selling their own brands of web, mobile and native apps that they’re hard to tell apart. Where most developers stay within the limits of their app specialties, however, Portland-based DevelopmentNow explores – and often breaks – the boundaries of the industry itself. They have an […]

In the digital marketing world, search engine optimized lead generation is a bit like the Wild West: unsettled, filled with promise and constantly changing. Within the relatively new realm of SEO, marketers are still learning which lead generation techniques work and which don’t. It’s a brave new world that doesn’t really know what it is […]

Brian Zuercher is the CEO of Seen, a Columbus, Ohio-based marketing agency that, in his words “brings brands to life with visual content”. He is also one of a special breed in the world of brand marketing – an artist and entrepreneur who improves his clients’ brands through a unique blend of social media marketing […]

The World Love Foundation, run by Tony Kalhagen and his wife Terri-Lynn, raises funds to build water wells in Ghana, where thousands of people die every year from drinking unclean water. They then take their donors to the construction site in Ghana, where for a $4,000 fee they can see firsthand how their time and […]

Stephanie Sandmeyer has been a belly dancer since she was eight years old, and has always dreamed of bringing belly dance out of the confines of “novelty acts” into the mainstream. Two years ago, she made that dream a reality by starting News from the Hip, a quarterly journal about the art of belly dance, […]

  In 2012, Joel Gregory began looking for a new direction. His engineering job at Sharp Electronics no longer fulfilled him, so he started a blog in his spare time about his two passions: beer brewing and non-profit work. The blog was the beginning of a simple, but unique dream: A non-profit brewery that would […]

    Marketing executives are often asked, “What are you going to do about revenue?” – This one question begins the transformation of marketing from a cost center to a revenue center, a journey which most executives are not fully prepared to think about. To help understand and describe this transformation, Debbie Qaqish and The […]

  Billie Goldman has mastered the art of transmedia storytelling. She is the Partner Marketing Manager at Intel  and has worked with Toshiba to create one of the most successful transmedia campaigns EVER. She has created a cult following for her social films; The Beauty Inside, The Power Inside and The Inside Experience. Pioneering a […]

Steph Prange is the Social Media Community Manager for Icebreaker, a New Zealand based outdoor athletic apparel company who’s products are made of 100% Merino wool. Icebreaker inspires people to reconnect with nature, wearing products developed by nature. This same approach to connect is also taken to the digital world. They are very active and involved […]

I was lucky enough to randomly meet Dina Khoury at ISITE’s Delight 2013 event in downtown Portland. I immediately realized she had some expert advice that would be valuable to TMM readers. Her many years of marketing experience at both small start-ups and large agencies provides her a unique view on the industry. Dina was […]