Brand communities are at the foundation of business growth. They build a human connection between brands and their customers, turn their customers into life-long advocates and ultimately grow your business.
I’m Sam Hysell, a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at NOX wearenox.co, a digital agency that helps brands artists and entrepreneurs grow and convert communities online.
And I’m Chris Whitman, the Cofounder and Chief Growth Officer of Crony Creative cronycreative.com, a creative agency that focuses on connecting consumers and brands through brand experiences.
Every Tuesday, we’ll be interviewing marketing leaders and community builders so you can walk away with actionable strategies to help your brand grow & prosper
Welcome to the show.
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Brand communities are at the foundation of business growth. They build a human connection between brands and their customers, turn their customers into life-long advocates and ultimately grow your business.
I’m Sam Hysell, a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at NOX wearenox.co, a digital agency that helps brands artists and entrepreneurs grow and convert communities online.
And I’m Chris Whitman, the Cofounder and Chief Growth Officer of Crony Creative cronycreative.com, a creative agency that focuses on connecting consumers and brands through brand experiences.
Every Tuesday, we’ll be interviewing marketing leaders and community builders so you can walk away with actionable strategies to help your brand grow & prosper
Welcome to the show.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode we welcome Sarah Shewey, the CEO of Happily - a network of over 50,000 event producers, technologists and creatives who produce world-class virtual and live events. Shewey began her event career in 2002 at Harvard’s American Repertory Theater, earning the title of “Best Party of the Year” by the Boston Globe. Her work in creating sustainable weddings and innovative events has been covered by the Associated Press, the BBC, NPR, and Forbes. Sarah is a founding producer of TEDActive and board president of LA’s original Internet radio station dublab.com
Together we cover:
- Sarah’s journey to building Happily
- Bringing diversity in the event space by creating teams of independent individuals and small businesses
- Remote and distributed work
- Carbon neutral and waste free events
- Why it’s important to design friendly and inclusive events
- The power of identity, trust and being visibly there in virtual events
- Treating online events as a new genre of media
- Combining a mixture of movies, memes and movement making
- The difference between marketing and community building
- Innovative ways to engage an audience and cut through the noise
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