Benjamin Kepner

Chief Executive Officer at Global Social Media Marketing
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Experience

    • United States
    • Advertising Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Chief Executive Officer
      • Apr 2011 - Present

      Denver, Colorado, United States GSMM engages your target audiences regionally, nationally, or internationally to achieve your business goals or education results. As a Google Partner, HighLevel Partner, and Manychat Partner with 50 digital marketing certifications, the team provides Google Ads, YouTube Ads, Google Analytics 4, HighLevel Sales Funnels, Social Media Marketing, Education Technology Training, and International Business Expansion services to 40 different industries. Grow leads, customers, and fans for your brand.

    • United States
    • Software Development
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Google For Education Certified Trainer
      • Jan 2018 - Present

      Worldwide One of 6,000 Google for Education Certified Trainers globally traveling nationwide to present training workshops for schools, technology conferences, EdTechTeam Summits, businesses, and teachers to transform teaching and learning with the 90 million students and teachers who use G Suite for Education. Provide professional development, Google User Experience Research studies, teacher training, technical training/implementation, speaking, and educator-to-educator connections services.

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Google Ads & Google Analytics Instructor
      • Dec 2020 - Present

      Fort Collins, Colorado, United States Teach Google Ads & Google Analytics classes to adults for a higher education school providing technology careers, professional development, workshops, coworking, and vocational certificate programs. Develop Google Ads & Google Analytics course curriculum, create capstone projects, conduct 1-1- consulting, and provide customized training solutions for students or businesses.

    • United States
    • Advertising Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Manager of Digital and Data Strategy
      • Sep 2021 - Present

      Denver, Colorado, United States Develop client growth with data-driven media planning and full-funnel digital campaigns. Manage annual $15M integrated advertising budgets, partners, and a team of Digital Strategists/Coordinators to achieve clients' goals. Deliver MarTech, Looker Studio/Salesforce Datorama BI dashboards, and data strategy. Own Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics 4, SA360, CDP, RFPs, POVs, media mix modeling, insights, and search trends. Travel to Denver, Colorado Springs, and Santa Fe for client executive… Show more Develop client growth with data-driven media planning and full-funnel digital campaigns. Manage annual $15M integrated advertising budgets, partners, and a team of Digital Strategists/Coordinators to achieve clients' goals. Deliver MarTech, Looker Studio/Salesforce Datorama BI dashboards, and data strategy. Own Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics 4, SA360, CDP, RFPs, POVs, media mix modeling, insights, and search trends. Travel to Denver, Colorado Springs, and Santa Fe for client executive presentations. Show less

    • United States
    • E-Learning Providers
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Author / Course Creator
      • Nov 2021 - Present

      Santa Barbara, California, United States Develop three video learning courses as a subject matter expert on Google Ads, Google Universal Analytics, and Google Analytics 4 published on Cornerstone. Fly to Santa Barbara, CA Madecraft Studio for video shoots to produce live-action, screen sharing, and voiceovers. Online courses include original authored scripts, storyboards, lessons, slides, video, audio, exercise files, quizzes, and text-based descriptions.

    • United States
    • E-learning
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Digital Marketing Instructor
      • Dec 2021 - Present

      San Francisco, California, United States Instruct "Course 2: Marketing Data and Technology" in the Digital Marketing Nanodegree program to help generate $3M+ in revenue. Create Final Project, backward design lesson plans, course outline, slides, exercises, visuals, quizzes, and marketing assets. Travel to Udacity HQ in San Francisco, CA for video shoots to record instructional video footage. Iterate on beta test student feedback, review projects, and publish content in Udacity Classroom Learning Management System to train students in… Show more Instruct "Course 2: Marketing Data and Technology" in the Digital Marketing Nanodegree program to help generate $3M+ in revenue. Create Final Project, backward design lesson plans, course outline, slides, exercises, visuals, quizzes, and marketing assets. Travel to Udacity HQ in San Francisco, CA for video shoots to record instructional video footage. Iterate on beta test student feedback, review projects, and publish content in Udacity Classroom Learning Management System to train students in 160+ countries. Show less

    • United States
    • Education Administration Programs
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Lead Instructor
      • Jul 2022 - Present

      Worldwide Provide digital marketing and software development training programs for San Diego State University, California State University Long Beach, University of Miami, and University of Nevada Las Vegas students. Build lesson plans with Dayforce, WordPress, Google Workspace, Alfred, Google Ads Editor, Slack, Replit, GitHub, Upfluence, Panopto, Zoom, HubSpot CRM platform, and Canvas systems. Deliver content/grades for Web Development for Marketers, Search Engine Marketing, CRM, JavaScript & Front-End… Show more Provide digital marketing and software development training programs for San Diego State University, California State University Long Beach, University of Miami, and University of Nevada Las Vegas students. Build lesson plans with Dayforce, WordPress, Google Workspace, Alfred, Google Ads Editor, Slack, Replit, GitHub, Upfluence, Panopto, Zoom, HubSpot CRM platform, and Canvas systems. Deliver content/grades for Web Development for Marketers, Search Engine Marketing, CRM, JavaScript & Front-End Web Development, User Experience & User Interface Design, CSS & CSS Frameworks, and Social Media Marketing courses. Show less

    • United States
    • Civic and Social Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Official Member
      • Feb 2023 - Present

      Worldwide Share insights on Marketing and Advertising topics with Forbes Agency Council, an invitation-only organization for successful senior-level agency executives. Publish long-form Articles and answer Expert panel questions on Forbes.com to reach 170 million readers across Digital Ecosystem, Print Magazine, and Worldwide Events in 180+ countries. Build win-win relationships with other executives via EXEC, virtual events, and private networking platforms.

    • United States
    • Events Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Event Manager
      • Sep 2018 - Nov 2022

      Denver, Colorado, United States Hosted 50 Signature Mixers, LinkedIn Learning Community, Speed Networking, Virtual Networking, and Virtual Summits to increase brand awareness and sales in Colorado for America's premier face-to-face networking organization. Network, respond to online comments, and build relationships with customers at events. Track customers’ preferences, suggest advertising and positioning ideas, find new event venues, and provide feedback to the Marketing and Product departments.

    • United States
    • Wellness and Fitness Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Global Sales Manager
      • Feb 2017 - Jan 2018

      Denver, Colorado, United States Generated 6,000 leads for global ingredient company traveling nationwide to collaboratively grow samples shipped 300% YOY and total sales 15% YOY. Qualified, nurtured, called, emailed, and restructured 12,000 leads using Salesforce, Lead Gibbon, and Pardot. Co-created 290 social media posts reaching 200,000 people with 1,124 engagements to 8x grow social fan base. Developed inbound sales leads, call center, website, ads, and food science experiments.

    • United States
    • Hospitality
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • International Sales Manager / Social Media Marketing Manager
      • Jan 2015 - Jul 2016

      Mexico, Brazil, Spain, United Kingdom, and United States Traveled LATAM and Spain to close 100 clients, grow Spain Sales portfolio $6M, and build 19 B2C social accounts for a $1.3B global travel wholesaler. Connected 128,000 hotels with XML mapping, white labels, Zendesk, Microsoft SQL Server, Qlikview, product managers, and Engineers. Executed social strategy for hotel, cruise, car, activity, and flight bookings with Hubspot increasing web traffic 99% and leads 200%. Created videos, influencer marketing, Faebook Ads, and brand ambassadors increasing… Show more Traveled LATAM and Spain to close 100 clients, grow Spain Sales portfolio $6M, and build 19 B2C social accounts for a $1.3B global travel wholesaler. Connected 128,000 hotels with XML mapping, white labels, Zendesk, Microsoft SQL Server, Qlikview, product managers, and Engineers. Executed social strategy for hotel, cruise, car, activity, and flight bookings with Hubspot increasing web traffic 99% and leads 200%. Created videos, influencer marketing, Faebook Ads, and brand ambassadors increasing fans 215%. Show less

    • Spain
    • Government Administration
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • English Teacher
      • Oct 2013 - Sep 2014

      Xove, Spain Promoted international relations in Gallego, Spanish, and English for multilingual immersion program CEIP Plurilingüe Pedro Caselles Rollán. Taught English with new media for 200 primary school students, gave private lessons to 10 adults, and au paired two infantile. Traveled Austria, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, France, and Spain. Engaged in festivals, A Mariña Surf Club, and Grupo Rhythm Orchestra to create YouTube Videos.

Education

  • Founder Institute
    2023 - 2024
  • Video Ranking Academy
    YouTube
    2021 - 2022
  • Cat Howell Accelerator Academy
    Academy Alumni, Facebook Ads
    2019 - 2022
  • University of Georgia - Terry College of Business
    B.B.A., Marketing, International Business
    2008 - 2011
  • Georgia College and State University
    Spanish Language and Literature
    2006 - 2008
  • Milton high
    High School Diploma
    2002 - 2006

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