Marketing Keynote Speakers

1. Marketing isn’t a dirty word

Best fit audience: entrepreneurs, small and medium businesses, consumer product brands

"Marketing" is a broad and amorphous term that covers everything from PR to advertising to branding, and everyone thinks they’re an expert. Learn how to cut through the clutter and develop a core marketing plan that won’t just collect dust on your shelf.

2. How to make other people pay for your marketing

Best fit audience: entrepreneurs, small and medium businesses, consumer product brands

The world of corporate sponsorship is a long, challenging road—one that most people don’t understand. Learn how to develop a corporate sponsorship deck, a wish list and a plan of attack to develop long-term strategic partnerships that mitigate marketing costs for your brand.

3. How to walk, talk and act like a business

Best fit audience: entrepreneurs, small and medium businesses, consumer product brands

Most entrepreneurs/start-ups are just eking by, watching every penny and wondering why they aren’t growing.  Learn how to take the right steps for your business, both legally and through marketing.

4. Creating a successful and stunning event

Best fit audience: entrepreneurs, small and medium businesses, consumer product brands

Events are always a scary thing. Will anyone show up?  Will we make any money? Learn how to guarantee a successful event, both in turnout and revenue, and breathe a sigh of relief when you start seeing ticket sales roll in.

5. Smart marketing wins over investors

Best fit audience: startup founders looking for funding

Laurel Mintz also runs ESG fund, Fabric VC, and has vetted hundreds of startups based on their financials and marketing potential. Learn how to market your startup for success and catch the eyes of venture capitalists.

6. Captivate investors with an elevator pitch

Best fit audience: startup founders looking for funding

Investors look at thousands of pitch decks. So, how do you stand out? Learn how to present yourself and your idea with a pitch deck that wows investors.

7. Investing beyond your portfolio

Best fit audience: new and seasoned VC investors

Your investment portfolio may be diverse in terms of sectors or assets. But are you funding diverse founders and ideas? Learn how your money can impact social and environmental crises and make larger returns at the same time.

1. What it really means to be "engaging" in marketing

Best fit audience: small businesses, content marketers, social media managers

As both a trained public speaker and skilled content marketer, Cody guides you through Aristotle’s rhetorical triangle and other techniques you can use to engage audience—and how you can leverage those tactics to learn and evolve your brand.

2. Take pride in your marketing: connecting with LGTBQ+ consumers

Best fit audience: consumer product brands, small and medium businesses, value-based businesses

Connecting with queer consumers isn’t all unicorns and rainbows, particularly in times when LGBTQ+ discrimination is at an all-time high. If you want to target the queer customers in your industry, you need a specific, respectful and tactful strategy.

3. Stop asking for "more diversity" in your marketing content

Best fit audience: content marketers, small and medium businesses, value-based businesses

Diversity is important, so why should you stop asking for more of it in your marketing content? Diversity is a value—which means it’s an outcome of practices and policies—not simply “content.” If you have to ask for it, there may be a problem. So, what should you do instead?

4. Values come from within: humanizing your intracompany language

Best fit audience: small and medium businesses, value-based businesses, human resources

The next generations of consumers consider authenticity “the most important value” for a brand. If you want to be genuine, you need to examine your brand from the inside out. Cody will show you how to humanize your intracompany language to connect more deeply with your audience.

5. Comedy, curse words, and the quest for authenticity in content

Best fit audience: small and medium businesses, content marketers, social media managers

Don’t “F around” and find out when it comes to comedy or curse words in your brand’s content marketing. For both, it’s all about authenticity and strategy. As a marketing expert, comedy writer and improv performer, Cody will walk your brand through the intricacies.

1. Events will make or break your brand

Best fit audience: event marketers, brand managers, CMOs and marketing professionals

It’s no secret that digital noise is everywhere, and in-person events have become the ultimate differentiators. Whether you’re hosting a product launch, sponsoring a conference or building community through intimate gatherings, events are where your brand comes to life. But the truth is this: a bad event does more damage than no event at all.

2. How to build the right marketing strategy for your brand

Best fit audience: early-stage startups, SMBs that want to scale brand visibility, freelancers or consultants

One-size-fits-all is one of the biggest marketing strategy myths. That’s why creating a plan that aligns with your brand’s unique identity, business goals and—most importantly—your audience is the key to success.

3. Data is the best way to engage with your audience

Best fit audience: marketing and brand leaders, content strategists, digital marketers

Data isn’t just about measurement, it’s a powerful engagement tool. When you can translate data, you get a better understanding of how people engage with your brand. From behavioral insights to personalization tactics, data deepens your understanding and allows you to deliver the content your audience wants to see. 

4. How to create the best email campaign

Best fit audience: marketing managers, digital strategists, content marketers, e-commerce teams

Email isn’t dead, it’s just crowded. The difference between an ignored message and a high-converting campaign comes down to strategy, creativity and timing. From subject lines to CTAs, learn how to craft the best email campaign for your brand.