• Zoom meeting with Nancy Harhut

    Exclusive: Nancy Harhut interview

    With permission from Mark Schaefer, I guest hosted a very impactful interview. I am able to share this exclusive interview with you that I did with Nancy Harhut, she’s a Marketing Creative + Behavioral Science, Keynote speaker, Consultant and author…

  • Valentina Gonzalez with Mark and Rebecca Schaefer

    Hype Girl for Book Launch Party

    Many of you know that I have offered “hype girl” services for live events and TV appearances. It includes strategy for optimization of posts before, during, and after events for social media. I recently participated with Knoxville Entrepreneur Center (KEC)…

  • Quiet Thriving for Marketers

    “Quiet thriving” strategies for Marketers

    Forget about “quiet quitting” because this marketing consultant (myself) will be sharing her strategies for “quiet thriving” with you. This is the new term according to a Washington Post article that means “taking specific actions and making mental shifts that…

  • Takeaways from attending a Holiday AI Art Party

    Takeaways from attending a Holiday AI Art Party

    ChatGPT is the talk of the week and worth reading this mind blowing blog post about the possibilities, I wanted to take a break about AI for content and talk about AI for image generation instead. Here is a super…

  • Interview Recap from Brian W Piper

    Recap from what I learned from Brian W Piper

    Brian W Piper is a dad of 6! But his LinkedIn profile shows he is the “Director of Content Strategy and Assessment at University of Rochester || Speaker || Consultant on Data Analytics, Content Strategy, SEO, Web3, and NFTs ||…

  • [Videos] How to Sell and Brand your minority owned business on Social Media

    [Videos] How to Sell and Brand your minority owned business on Social Media

    If you can’t watch the video, click here: https://youtu.be/A3Lh8elwnFA If you can’t view the video, click here: https://youtu.be/7QReRuXOIjM Learn more about Mark Schaefer‘s book, KNOWN here Learn more about Nancy Harhut‘s latest book here Learn more about the TSBDC here:…

  • Valentina's LinkedIn updates for June

    Latest two updates from LinkedIn in June

    Led a LinkedIn workshop yesterday and I had to add a few new slides the day before because of LinkedIn updates that occurred a few days ago, watch the video to learn more about the product updates and mentions feature…

  • Because I couldn't stop talking about these with others

    Because I couldn’t stop talking about these with others

    I have been referencing these resources over the last week with clients and friends. I thought I should quickly write up an email and send to you (because I appreciate you taking the time to read this) before the rainy weekend. By…

  • Branding being Sustainable

    Branding being Sustainable

    I remember the first time I was called a tree-hugger. I didn’t know what that meant. I was in college and visiting a farm in Ocala, FL sitting under a tree with Spanish Moss and the person I was shadowing…

  • Photo Credit: Poynter Photo Co.

    Future of Social Media with Visuals

    Never have in my life has my brain been so mind blown and then I caught the flu and I have never been so sick. All within a week. Let me back up. The Uprising I attended the Uprising which…