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January 2nd, 2020

About MarketingSherpa Blog

MarketingSherpa is a publisher focused on reporting on inspirational stories of customer-first marketing. Our goal — to give marketers of the world the stats, inspiration and instructions to improve their results.

Since 1999, we’ve published 8,508 (and counting) case studies, how-tos, charts, blog posts, videos, publications, events and webinars, which can be searched in the MarketingSherpa library.

Our name “Sherpa” refers admiringly to the Sherpas of Nepal who guide climbers up Mount Everest. Our goal is to be your friendly guides who help you on your tough climb toward more effective customer-first marketing results.

Our offices are located in Jacksonville, FL, at MECLABS Institute. MarketingSherpa is a subsidiary of MECLABS, a research organization dedicated to discovering how people make choices. MECLABS provides research, education and services backed by customer-first science.

How can our content serve you better? Let us know by emailing customer.service@marketingsherpa.com

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The MarketingSherpa Bloggers

Daniel Burstein, Senior Director, Content & Marketing, MarketingSherpa and MECLABS Institute

Daniel oversees all content and marketing coming from the MarketingExperiments and MarketingSherpa brands while helping to shape the marketing direction for MECLABS Institute — digging for actionable discoveries while serving as an advocate for the audience. Daniel is also a speaker and moderator at live events and on webinars. Previously, he was the main writer powering MarketingExperiments publishing engine — from Web clinics to Research Journals to the blog. Prior to joining the team, Daniel was Vice President of MindPulse Communications — a boutique communications consultancy specializing in IT clients such as IBM, VMware, and BEA Systems. Daniel has 18 years of experience in copywriting, editing, internal communications, sales enablement and field marketing communications.

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Austin McCraw, Senior Director, Editorial Content, MECLABS Institute

From Web clinics to certification courses, Austin works behind the scenes to bring our research analysts’ discoveries to our audience in clear and creative ways. Before joining MarketingExperiments, Austin was the Promotions Director for a PBS affiliate in Gainesville where he was in charge of publicizing local and national programming. A graduate of the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications, Austin specializes in new media and video production by day and producing family memories with his wife and two children by night.

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Linda Johnson, Copy Editor, MarketingSherpa and MECLABS Institute

Linda oversees the technical integrity of the content for MarketingSherpa, MarketingExperiments and MECLABS Institute. She places special emphasis on clarifying the writer’s intentions while preserving the writer’s voice. But first and foremost, Linda is an educator. Before joining the team, she was an educational consultant, a blogger and a freelance writer for various print and digital magazines. Her focus is on simplifying complex topics for all kinds of learners, including aspiring marketers. Linda believes in living life on purpose.

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Other MarketingSherpa team members, present and retired, and contributing partners include: Dr. Chuck Coker, Kaci Bower, Stonie Clark, Adam T. Sutton, Todd Lebo, David Meerman Scott, Bob Heyman, Jen Doyle, Brad Bortone, Zuzia Soldenhoff-Thorpe, Jeanne S. Jennings, Chris Heine, Stefan Tornquist, Anne Holland, Sean Donahue, Natalie Myers, Boris Grinkot, Tom Sather, Jay Baer, Marcus Sheridan, Justin Bridegan, Chad Divine, Jonathan Greene, Rachel Minion, Eric Coffman, Allison Banko, Brittany Long, John Nye, Erin Hogg, Taylor Kennedy, David Kirkpatrick, John Tackett, Matthew Hertzman, Taylor Lightfoot, Philip Axelrod, Daniel Beulah, Maria Lopez, Beata Bordas, Lauren Pitchford, John Cockburn, Kayla Cobb, Jessica Lorenz, Shelby Dorsey, Kylie Hyer, Joey Taravella, Andrea Johnson, Brian Carroll, Emily Rogers, Emily Munns, Martha Faulk, Jon Powell, Shaun James, Spencer Whiting, Regina Love, Liva LaMontagne, Tony Doty, Susan Warren, Brent Knauff, Courtney Eckerle, Michael Groszek, Ashley Lazo, Ken Bowen, Greg Hamilton, Annie Summerall, Tara Marotta, Gina Greco, Rebecca Strally and Paul Cheney.

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