Jim Tobin explains how he bootstrapped an award winning social media agency of the year - a podcast by Michael Georgiou: Imaginovation, CMO, Entrepreneur, Podcaster, Influencer
from 2018-04-11T21:09:27
In this episode of Tales from the PROS, I chat with CEO, Jim Tobin about how he grew Ignite Social Media Agency from absolutely nothing, 100% bootstrapped, into a 35+ team and winning Small Social Agency of the Year. We also discuss how to work with large brands in the digital space and the best digital marketing strategies in today's competitive market.
Jim Tobin founded Ignite Social Media LLC in 2007 and has been its President and Chief Executive Officer since June 2007. Jim has been the President of Triangle AMA at American Marketing Association Inc. since September 2005. He has been President of Carusele, LLC since January 2015.
Jim and I discuss entrepreneurship, bootstrapping, startups, digital marketing, social media, brands, technology, struggles and obstacles, the Raleigh tech scene, scaling a company, and much more.
Links mentioned in this episode:
https://www.ignitesocialmedia.com/ - The best brands have trusted Ignite Social Media since their inception in 2007. Ignite has created some industry practices that are now widespread. Also, they are leading the way in content creation to community management, influencer relations to promotions, strategy to reporting, media buying to data analytics.
https://www.talesfromthepros.com - Michael Georgiou's podcast website
https://www.imaginovation.net - Michael Georgiou's company, a Raleigh based enterprise development firm specializing in custom mobile and web application development, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, and video solutions.
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