Author | Technology / Innovation Media Relations | Leadership Strategist - Journalist - TV Radio Podcast - Seen on: CBS, Bloomberg, TWiT, iHeart, ZDNet, TechRepublic, Red Ventures - Photographer and Artist
austin, texas, united states
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Claim your profileTonya has over 18 years of experience in marketing that includes: sales, branding, direct response and interactive engagement. She has held corporate marketing and management roles at major brands such as: Verizon, Showtime, Comcast and Starz. She has been a student of social media and community building since 2004. Her work with software providers and major brands on educating and driving social media programs and campaigns has lead to her roles in educating the public. Tonya believes that authenticity and long term relationship building is the foundation to a successful social media strategy. Tonya’s background with building customer loyalty, product innovation and brand advocacy have been an asset in assisting brands get engaged in the new media world. She believes that marketers need to spend more time listening and less time talking. She believes that consumers are real people with real passions; and don’t like to be referred to as segments or target audiences. She is confident that if brands love their customers they’ll love them back and tell others resulting in the original word of mouth marketing.Specialties: * Startup Marketer * Building and Managing Successful Sales Teams * Prospecting - HUNTER * Client Services * Leader * Strategic Thinker * Mentor * Budget and Team Management * New Media Marketing and Communication * Personal and Corporate Branding * Qualitative and Quantitative Research * Audio and Video Content Creation * High Profile Event Management * Digital Publishing * Highly Successful at Selling to Executives at Large Enterprise Companies * Social Media Strategy * Loyalty and Retention





