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Interviews

How Marketers Stay Productive: Ivan Stepanovic of StayIn
Brightpod
April 30, 2019
This week we feature Ivan Stepanovic, CEO of StayIn. StayIn is a free app that will recommend a perfect movie for your mood. The idea was to create a fun, easy and fast app that will pick a perfect movie in less than 10 seconds
How Marketers Stay Productive: Jernej Pavlic of Loop
Brightpod
September 30, 2019
This week we feature Jernej Pavlic, Head of Growth Marketer at Loop. Loop is a web, mobile & desktop email client that works with other email providers. It helps your team get things done on email. It connects with your existing inbox and simplifies teamwork with these features.
How Founders Stay Productive: Andrew Rogoff of Resource Guru
Brightpod
April 5, 2019
This week we feature Andrew Guru, Co-Founder of Resource Guru. Resource Guru is a resource management software. A fast, simple way to schedule people, equipment and other resources. It is a cloud-based resource scheduling application is suitable for organizations of all sizes.
How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: Jodie Cook of JC Social Media
Brightpod
March 14, 2019
This week we feature Jodie Cook, Founder of JC Social Media. JC Social Media is a specialist social media agency providing management and training services. Their team becomes your online brand and communicates with thousands of members of your target audience every day.
How Marketers Stay Productive: Tim Chaves of ZipBooks
Brightpod
October 3, 2018
This week we feature Tim Chaves, Founder of ZipBooks. ZipBooks is free accounting software that sends invoices, tracks time and expenses, integrates with your bank & lets you process credit cards. From accepting your first transaction to operating a high-revenue operation, they have a plan that covers your business.
How Marketers Stay Productive: Liam Martin of TimeDoctor
Brightpod
October 10, 2018
This week we feature Liam Martin, Co-Founder of TimeDoctor. TimeDoctor is an employee time tracking software that helps you and your team get a lot more done each day. It has desktop software, mobile and web-based components. A multi-functional time tracking software with CRM and white label capabilities.
How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: Shawn Daughhetee of EnVeritas Group
Brightpod
January 2, 2019
This week we feature Shawn Daughhetee, Marketing Associate of EnVeritas Group. EnVeritas Group is a little global giant with headquarters in the US and the UK. Their strategists, content experts and linguists work in more than 70 countries and 350 cities, covering 35 languages.
How Marketers Stay Productive: Alec Ramsey of Idea Crunch
Brightpod
December 2, 2018
This week we feature Alec Ramsey, Founder of Idea Crunch. Idea Crunch is a platform that lists successful business ideas not yet launched in your country. Entrepreneurs can run with the ideas for free, or apply to pitch a group of interested investors, convincing them why they are the best person to start the concept locally.
How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: Lynn Aitchison of After Digital
Brightpod
November 16, 2018
This week we feature Lynn Aitchison, Digital Marketing Manager of After Digital. After Digital is an award-winning strategic digital agency in Glasgow & Manchester. With over 20 years experience delivering award-winning results for clients worldwide.
How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: Jfry Craig of Simple Simple
Brightpod
July 24, 2018
This week we feature Jfry Craig, Creative Director of Simple Simple. Simple Simple is a Calgary digital advertising agency specializing in creative content, web design, social media marketing, and online media buys.
How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: Alex Addae-Brobbey of By Creative
Brightpod
August 23, 2018
This week we feature Alex Addae-Brobbey, Founder of By Creative. At BY Creative they create beautifully animated websites, that encourage their visitors, to find out more about their products and services. They are a small combust team of multi disciplined animators, designers and developers with a huge passion for interactive web media.
How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: Aaron Crewe of Novi Digital
Brightpod
July 12, 2018
This week we feature Aaron Crewe, Founder of Novi Digital. Novi Digital is an Multi Award Winning SEO and PPC Agency focused on Data and Pscyhology. At Novi they focus on applying their information and experience to innovate and produce efficient and productive outcomes for their clients.
How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: Pete Reis-Campbell of Kaizen
Brightpod
July 6, 2018
This week we feature Pete Reis-Campbell, Founder of Kaizen. Kaizen is an award-winning content marketing agency with modern, tech-enhanced PR and SEO. The team consists of design, PR, content and SEO specialists.
How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: Raj Anand of Goodman Lantern
Brightpod
July 2, 2018
This week we feature Raj Anand, Founder of Goodman Lantern. Goodman Lantern provides the research and analysis needed to build great products and grow businesses. Their expert team gives you the upper hand to boost your Business Efficiency.
How Marketers Stay Productive: Joe Neill of TechnologyAdvice
Brightpod
May 31, 2018
This week we feature Joe Neill, Senior Marketing Manager at TechnologyAdvice. TechnologyAdvice is a platform dedicated to educating, advising, and connecting buyers and sellers of business technology.
How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: Ailsa Duncan of Adeo
Brightpod
June 14, 2018
This week we feature Ailsa Duncan Digital Marketer of Adeo. Adeo Group are a leading UK web design and development agency.
How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: Russ Powell of Red Hot Penny
Brightpod
June 7, 2018
This week we feature Russ Powell, Head of Marketing of Red Hot Penny. Red Hot Penny are digital agency professionals who devise tailored online marketing strategies using paid and organic search, Digital PR and social media.
How Marketers Stay Productive: Rhys Adams of Squeek
Brightpod
June 5, 2018
This week we feature Rhys Adams, Founder of Squeek. Squeek helps you discover the best talent to support your next project.
How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: Lee Dobson of Bulldog Digital Media
Brightpod
May 21, 2018
This week we feature Lee Dobson,COO of Bulldog Digital Media. Bulldog Digital Media is an award-winning agency specialising in SEO, PPC, Content marketing and Conversion Optimisation.
How Marketers Stay Productive: Chris Ronzio of Trainual
Brightpod
May 17, 2018
This week we feature Chris Ronzio, Founder of Trainual. Trainual is an onboarding and training automation tool for modern businesses.
How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: Louis Miller of eCity Interactive
Brightpod
April 19, 2018
This week we feature Louis Miller, Managing Director-Strategy of eCity Interactive. eCity Interactive is an award-winning digital agency using proven digital methods to impact the things that matter most to you.
How Marketers Stay Productive: Ben Aston of The Digital Project Manager
Brightpod
April 26, 2018
This week we feature Ben Aston, Founder of The Digital Project Manager. The Digital Project Manager is the home of digital project management inspiration, how-to guides, tips, tricks, tools, funnies, and jobs.
How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: Nate Wright of Small Biz Triage
Brightpod
May 10, 2018
This week we feature Nate Wright, Founder of Small Biz Triage. Small Biz Triage is obsessed with relentlessly helping small biz owners grow their kingdoms to support an independent generous lifestyle, while injecting humanity into their business.
How Marketers Stay Productive: Artem Rudenko of Apagraph
Brightpod
April 5, 2018
This week we feature Artem Rudenko, Founder of Apagraph. Apagraph is a social platform allowing anyone to type a quote, select one of amazing themes and publish.
How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: Allen Greer of FUZE
Brightpod
March 15, 2018
This week we feature Allen Greer, Co Founder and CEO of FUZE. FUZE is a diverse and passionate team of designers, developers, branding experts, copywriters, marketers & more.
How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: Kent Lewis of Anvil Media
Brightpod
March 8, 2018
This week we feature Kent Lewis, Founder of Anvil Media. Anvil Media is Portland's Award-winning Integrated Marketing Agency that provides digital marketing services including SEM, PPC Management, and SMM.
How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: Chase Clymer of Electric Eye Agency
Brightpod
March 1, 2018
This week we feature Chase Clymer, Co-Founder at Electric Eye Agency. Electric Eye is a boutique agency focused on helping business owners grow their sales on Shopify.
How Marketers Stay Productive: Casey Imafidon of Greenlabz Digital
Brightpod
February 22, 2018
This week we feature Casey Imafidon, Founder of Greenlabz Digital that helps clients to be featured on prominent sites like Reuters, Bloomberg, Techcrunch and more.
How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: Larry Meador of Evok
Brightpod
February 15, 2018
This week we feature Larry Meador, CEO at Evok Advertising. Evok Advertising Agency Orlando is a full service, award-winning Orlando advertising agency with strategic planning capabilities proven to deliver results.
How Marketers Stay Productive: Justin Little of uHerrd
Brightpod
February 1, 2018
This week we feature Justin Little, Co-Founder and CTO at uHerrd. uHerrd is an engaging online poll search engine that aims to replace comment sections on websites with a more quick and natural suite of applets for Readers to share their opinions.
How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: Paul Jitta of DPDK
Brightpod
January 25, 2018
This week we feature Paul Jitta, CFO at DPDK. DPDK is a creative digital agency based in Rotterdam which delivers creative strategy and digital production for a wide range of engaging projects and products.
How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: Chetan Saxena of Digital Success
Brightpod
January 18, 2018
This week we feature Chetan Saxena, COO at Digital Success. Digital Success is a digital marketing agency based in Dallas, TX, delivering top-notch SEO, PPC, Social Media, Content and Programmatic advertising services.
How Marketers Stay Productive: Neelam Agarwal of Trilyo
Brightpod
January 11, 2018
This week we feature Neelam Agarwal, Head of Marketing at Trilyo. Trilyo enables you to engage your customers and reward them for brand advocacy, not just at every spend, but with every interaction.
How Marketers Stay Productive: Alan Mortis of Yack.net
Brightpod
January 4, 2018
This week we feature Alan mortis CEO at Yack.net. Yack.net is a simple and flexible collaboration instant messaging service enabling all types of business conversations with integrated speech to text transcription.
How Marketers Stay Productive: Danielle Lewis of Scrunch
Brightpod
December 21, 2017
This week we feature, Danielle Lewis, CEO and Co Founder at Scrunch. Scrunch is an easy-to-use influenc...
Keep everyone on the same page and your projects in cruise-control
Brightpod
December 14, 2017
This interview was first published on siftery. Kevin William David interviewed Sahil Parikh, Founder of Brightpod. Hi Sahil, Can you tell us about Brightpo...
How Marketers Stay Productive: Elen Storm of InQ.Social
Brightpod
December 7, 2017
This week we feature Elen Storm, Founder and CMO at InQ.Social. InQ.Social creates a platform that integr...
How Marketers Stay Productive: Gaya Kessler of Formable
Brightpod
November 30, 2017
This week we feature Gaya Kessler, Founder of Formable. Formable lets you create forms you can embed on any website. In this interview,...
How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: JJ Mathewson of Ruckus
Brightpod
November 23, 2017
This week we feature JJ Mathewson, Director of New Accounts at Ruckus. Ruckus is a full-service digital agency specializing in web design, app development, b...
How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: Ben Guttmann of Digital Natives Group
Brightpod
November 16, 2017
This week we feature, Ben Guttmann, Partner of Digital Natives. Digital Natives Group, a digital marketing agency, offers branding and custom activation solu...
How Marketers Stay Productive: Carmen Apostu of Saasler
Brightpod
November 9, 2017
This week we feature Carmen Apostu , Product Marketer at Saasler. Saasler is the easiest and most powerful tool desi...
How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: Allie Yaldezian of Elevate My Brand
Brightpod
November 2, 2017
This week we feature, Allie Yaldezian, Director of Operations at Elevate My Brand. Elevate My Brand is a digital strategy and live events agency based in Los...
How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: Aaron Cuker of Cuker
Brightpod
October 26, 2017
This week we feature, Aaron Cuker, CEO of Cuker. San Diego’s leading digital agency with integrated digital marketing, social media, web design & devel...
How Marketers Stay Productive: Karlista Lex Okoh of Barttar
Brightpod
October 19, 2017
This week we feature Karlista Lex Okoh, CEO of Barttar, a service designed to create a barter for any product...
How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: Joshua Belhumeur of BRINK
Brightpod
October 12, 2017
This week we feature Joshua Belhumeur , Partner and Managing Director of BRINK....
How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: Michael Gaizutis of RNO1
Brightpod
October 5, 2017
This week we feature Michael Gaizutis, Founder of RNO1. RNO1 is a brand strategy & digital design agency deep-rooted on t...
How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: Rene Thomas of Massive Media Inc
Brightpod
September 28, 2017
This week we feature, René Thomas, President of Massive Media. Massive is an independent creative advertising agency helping brands craft impactful experien...
How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: Dario Hudon-Verrelli of Octopus & Son
Brightpod
September 21, 2017
This week we feature, Dario Hudon-Verrelli, Director of Marketing at Octopus & Son. Octopus & Son is a multi-disciplinary agency of digital marketers...
How Marketers Stay Productive: Sven Kapudija of The Basetrip
Brightpod
September 14, 2017
This week we feature Sven Kapudija, Founder of The Basetrip. The Basetrip allows travelers to find, explore and compare information for over 650 cities and 2...
How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: Steve Fitzpatrick of Digital Domination
Brightpod
September 7, 2017
This week we feature Steve Fitzpatrick, Owner and Managing Director of Digital Domination. Digital Domination is a...
How Marketers Stay Productive: Jan Tlapak of Topol.io
Brightpod
August 31, 2017
The view outside Topol office in PragueThis week we feature Jan Tlapak, Head of Development at Topol.io. Topol.io is an email editor and builder that helps ...
How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: Robert Hyams of McMillan
Brightpod
August 24, 2017
McMillan office in Ottawa, Canada. This week we feature, Robert Hyams, President of McMillan. McMillan is one of Canada’s leading B2B creative agencies w...
How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: Doug Lacombe of Communicatto
Brightpod
August 17, 2017
This week we feature, Doug Lacombe, President of Communicatto. Communicatto is an Canadian digital marketing agency taking digital marketing to new heights.
How Marketers Stay Productive: Derwyn Harris of Talkoot
Brightpod
August 10, 2017
This week we feature Derwyn Harris, Co-founder and CMO at Talkoot. Talkoot is a collaborative, cloud-based content production system where small teams can co...
How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: Pete Walsh of Excite Media
Brightpod
August 3, 2017
This week we feature, Pete Walsh, Digital Marketing Account Manager of Excite Media. Excite Media is an Australian digital marketing agency which can help yo...
How Marketers Stay Productive: Hana Sutch of Go Jauntly
Brightpod
July 13, 2017
This week we feature, Hana Sutch, Co Founder/CEO of Go Jauntly. Go Jauntly is a walking app that bring you happiness outdoors. Discover walks, curate your ow...
How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: Paul Martin of Jaywing
Brightpod
July 6, 2017
This week we feature, Paul Martin, Digital Strategy Director at Jaywing. Jaywing is an Australian digital marketing agency which lives to create change. In t...
How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: Harrie Truscott of YOU & Co
Brightpod
June 29, 2017
This week we feature, Harrie Truscott, Marketing Manager at YOU & Co. YOU & Co Media is an Australian digital marketing agency offering bespoke servi...
How Marketers Stay Productive: Shawn Stolfus of Barcodely
Brightpod
June 22, 2017
This week we feature, Shawn Stolfus, Founder/CEO of Barcodely. Barcodely turns your email (or anything else) into a scannable barcode you can use for things ...
How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: Es Chandra of Glide
Brightpod
June 15, 2017
This week we feature Es Chandra, Founder of Glide. Glide Agency is a marketing agency in Northbridge, Western Australia that helps businesses generate more l...
How Marketing Agencies Stay Productive: Michelle Bourke of Artlivemedia
Brightpod
June 8, 2017
This week we feature, Michelle Bourke, Founder of Artlivemedia. Artlivemedia is an award winning digital growth agency focused on driving demand and conversi...
How Marketers Stay Productive: Alen Worsoff of SelfDecode
Brightpod
June 1, 2017
This week we feature Alen Worsoff, CTO at SelfDecode. SelfDecode is a personalized health report service, which enables users to obtain detailed information ...
How Marketers Stay Productive: Danny Garcia of Stacklist
Brightpod
May 25, 2017
This week we feature, Danny Garcia, Marketing Operations Manager at Stacklist. Stacklist is a curated guide to the best tools for growth, featuring tools use...
How Marketers Stay Productive: Cáit Power of Element Wave
Brightpod
May 18, 2017
This week we feature Cáit Power, Mobile CRM Team Lead for Element Wave. Element Wave makes incredible technology that powers mobile marketing automation....
How Marketers Stay Productive: Alex Boston of Paperlust
Brightpod
May 11, 2017
This week we feature, Alex Boston, Co-Founder of Paperlust. Paperlust brings you wedding invitation ideas, the latest paper and typography trends, DIY weddin...
How Marketers Stay Productive: Ryan Hanly of Travello
Brightpod
May 4, 2017
This week we feature, Ryan Hanly, Founder of Travello. Travello is a social network app for all types of travelers, from 1st time backpackers to experienced ...
How Marketers Stay Productive: James Bailey of GetIdeas
Brightpod
April 27, 2017
This week we feature James Bailey, CEO and Founder of GetIdeas. GetIdeas.io is a collaborative user driven platform for anyone to find or request ideas. Easi...
How Marketers Stay Productive: Devin Bramhall of Help Scout
Brightpod
April 20, 2017
This week we feature, Devin Bramhall, Content Director at Help Scout. Help Scout is a simple, scalable help desk solution for small businesses to manage cust...
How Marketers Stay Productive: Eleanor Bennett of Magnafi
Brightpod
April 13, 2017
This week we feature, Eleanor Bennett, Content Executive at Magnafi. Magnafi is a motion marketing agency creating engaging hero content and campaigns, as we...
How Marketers Stay Productive: Sam Dickie of NoCode
Brightpod
April 6, 2017
This week we feature Sam Dickie, Founder of NoCode. NoCode is a curated directory of the best free resources and tools for non-technical entrepreneurs. In th...
How Marketers Stay Productive: Justin Keller of Whil
Brightpod
March 30, 2017
This week we feature, Justin Keller, Senior Marketing Director at Whil. Whil is the leader in digital training in mindfulness meditation, yoga and leadership...
How Marketers Stay Productive: Lisa Marcyes of Marketo
Brightpod
March 23, 2017
This week we feature Lisa Marcyes, Sr. Social Media Marketing Manager at Marketo. Marketo Inc. makes marketing automation software for companies. In this int...
How Marketers Stay Productive: Ryan Kulp of Fomo
Brightpod
March 16, 2017
This week we feature, Ryan Kulp Founder of Fomo. Fomo empowers websites to display recent customer actions (purchases, newsletter signups) with one line of c...
How Marketers Stay Productive: Jeremy Blazé of Feedline
Brightpod
March 9, 2017
This week we feature, Jeremy Blazé, Founder of Feedline. Feedline is a simpletool for adding a feedback form to your website in less than 5 minutes. In this...
How Marketers Stay Productive: Jake Wetton of FreeStack
Brightpod
March 2, 2017
This week we feature, Jake Wetton, Founder of FreeStack. FreeStack is a collection of Free Design Tools & Resources for Graphic Designers. In this interv...
How Marketers Stay Productive: Evgeny Kruglov of AppFollow
Brightpod
February 23, 2017
This week we feature, Evgeny Kruglov, CMO and Co-Founder of AppFollow. AppFollow is a real-time monitor for user reviews, versions, rankings, search result p...
How Marketers Stay Productive: Stephanie Gonzalez of TeamSnap
Brightpod
February 16, 2017
This week we feature, Stephanie Gonzalez, Director of Marketing Communications at TeamSnap. TeamSnap is the №1 sports team management software for coaches,...
How Marketers Stay Productive: Janessa Lantz of HubSpot
Brightpod
February 9, 2017
This week we feature, Janessa Lantz, Principal Content Marketing Strategist at HubSpot. HubSpot is a company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts that develops ...
How Marketers Stay Productive: Jordan Behan of Vonigo
Brightpod
February 2, 2017
This week we feature, Jordan Behan, Marketing Manager at Vonigo. Vonigo is a business management and customer experience platform that helps increase sales a...
How Marketers Stay Productive: Pierre Lapointe of Vinty
Brightpod
January 26, 2017
This week we feature, Pierre Lapointe Founder and CEO of Vinty. Vinty is the best marketplace for Vintage and Classic Car Rentals. In this interview, you can...
How Marketers Stay Productive: Scott Davisson of Rerun
Brightpod
January 19, 2017
This week we feature, Scott Davisson CEO at Rerun. Rerun is for any business, organization or association that wants to automate their recurring, subscriptio...
How Marketers Stay Productive: Blaise Lucey of Bitly
Brightpod
January 12, 2017
This week we feature Blaise Lucey, Director of Product & Content Marketing at Bitly. Bitly is a link management platform that helps brands see clear acro...
How Marketers Stay Productive: Michael Piddock of Glisser
Brightpod
January 5, 2017
This week we feature, Michael Piddock Founder and CEO of Glisser. Glisser provides interactive presentation software that pushes slides to audience devices a...