So my name’s Austin Armstrong, I run a full-service digital marketing agency called Socialty Pro. We specialize in organic Tech-Talk marketing and search engine optimization. I got started on TikToK about two and a half, four or so years ago at this point. So I got in fairly early and placed that bet and it certainly paid off.

I am delighted to have Jay Rathell here on this podcast. This is not his first time on the show, and I’m glad he could come here again. In this podcast edition, we discussed the top tips for LinkedIn ads, and he gave a few tips for LinkedIn users.

In this podcast, I had the pleasure of inviting another local podcaster and business owner, Jonathan Kaylor from Business over Beer (aka, BOB). As I’ve been seeing them doing big things in SW Washington, nothing excites me more than seeing our local small business community being served by folks within the trenches.

Our first-time guest, Nicole Schmidt from Sprout Partners, drops Brand 101 💎s. Newer companies establishing their marketing strategy need to know the difference between brand identity and brand strategy. Nicole breaks it down with solid examples

In Ep 99 – Social Media Beef w/Lacey J Faught, I had to be ready to be on guard because Lacey was coming in hot. Lacey J Faught from Think Spry had social beef with yo boi, NDUB.

A fellow entrepreneur and business owner, Brandon Neely, joined the “Let’s Talk Marketing with NDUB” to talk business and marketing.

Over the years of using social media for the company and deploying a service for other companies, I’m seeing the undervaluation of social media managers’ expertise and resulting in their underpayment.

A typical startup entrepreneur has the duties of wearing multiple hats. They’re responsible for their finances by maintaining a positive cash flow. In order to stay in the black and make a profit, founders are also the main salesperson. For the sale to occur, the prospect needs to believe the leader is organized to deliver the goods/services. The daily grind is repeated over and over again. 

I’m proud to live in my predominantly white town (Vancouver, WA) but I’m not going to sugarcoat the difficulties of succeeding in spite of the barriers of being a Black Marketer. I was prompted to publish this because I don’t want to add to the problem, but be part of the solution. The solution is bringing awareness and helping others open the doors to the tables of where these decisions are made.

It’s 2022. Small businesses are being crushed by bigger businesses, governments, changing economies, pandemic, and their own stagnation. Since the pandemic has forced advertisement to be more digital, we need to address the stinky elephant in the room. I think I speak for the majority of us, but I’ll keep it to the businesses I know of- it’s time to fire Facebook, Meta, or whatever they want to call themselves.