About

Jay Baer Social Media Consultant

_mg_6348I’m Jay Baer. I’m the founder of Convince & Convert, providing social media consulting and training to leading companies and public relations.

I’m a frequent conference speaker, and write the popular Convince & Convert social media strategy blog. I’m also the founder and editor of the Twitter 20 series of live interviews on Twitter.

Social Media Consulting

I provide social media strategic planning, social media consulting (like blog and content advice, social media ROI analysis, and social media marketing campaigns), and social media training. I’ve worked with some of the biggest companies in the world, small PR firms, and everything in between. I emphasize a “tools last, not first” methodology, and a relevant, hype-free style that doesn’t treat social media as all-powerful and infallible.

Clients say: “Our firm hired jason to bring us up to speed in B2B digital marketing and PR strategies. He was phenomenal — not only did he teach us, but he inspired us. I would recommend him highly as a balanced right/left brain thinker!”

Blogging

The Convince & Convert blog is recognized as one of the best marketing blogs in the world by AdAge, Junta42, Alltop, Social Media Today, Scribnia, and a host of other arbiters of that sort of thing.

I typically publish every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with an emphasis on sound, practical social media advice that both makes you think, and makes you think you can do it, too.

Favorite blog posts include:

I also occasionally produce video blog posts, including this one where I eat Snausages dog treats on camera to prove a point about crowd-sourcing:

Social Media Speaker

I speak at approximately 20 events annually about social media. I deliver 3 things in every speech: humor, insight, and education. I use a highly engaging visual style and lots of storytelling.

I provide keynotes, break-outs, or full-day training sessions.

99%+ of attendees on a recent social media strategy Webinar I conducted for MarketingProfs would recommend the session to a colleague, and my conference speaker ratings (on a 5 point scale) are 4.75+

Conference planners say: Not only does Jay Baer command extraordinary knowledge and expertise on social media and deep understanding about the implications for PR and marketing across multiple industries, but his ability to capture an audience’s attention and imagination for an entire day is unique. Jason’s energy and enthusiasm for the subject matter is infectious and he converts ordinary folk to believers in a very short amount of time.

Bio

I have provided Internet marketing and strategy since the inception of the medium in 1994. In addition to my work with leading PR firms, I’ve worked with more than 700 companies and organizations, including Nike, John McCain and 25 of the Fortune 1000.

Contact me at (602) 618-1895 or at jason@convinceandconvert.com

I started Mighty Interactive, a leading Internet marketing company in 2000, and merged the firm with Off Madison Ave in 2005. Mighty Interactive has been named Arizona’s best Web Design and Internet Marketing Firm for the past five years by readers of Arizona Business Magazine.

I’m a co-chair of the consumer education committee of the Email Experience Council, the leading trade association for email marketing, and am a member of the Word of Mouth Marketing Association. I’m on the board of the Northern Arizona Center for Emerging Technologies, and mentor start-up technology businesses across the country. I’m a past board member of the American Advertising Federation (the nation’s largest advertising association).

I was the co-founder of azfamily.com, one of the country’s largest local Web sites, and was a Vice President in the world’s first virtual Web hosting company. Before getting involved with the Internet, I was a public relations and political consultant.

I live in Flagstaff, Arizona, where I am half of the duo “Hottie & The Fatso” a local restaurant review blog and podcast I run with my wife.