How to Grow Your Consultancy
Leslie Morgan is a digital creative and business executive with over 15 years of experience working with brands, digital influencers, celebrities and networks across multiple digital platforms to scale businesses, grow revenue and build brands. GM and Founding Partner of The Candidly, a wellness brand for women who sort of hate wellness brands. Client highlights include: Interim COO for Hank and John Green’s Complexly, Operations Consultant for The Chosen, GM for Chad Wild Clay and Vy Quaint Spy Ninja Networks, Consultant for Lightricks (SWOT analysis, partnerships and overseeing editorial content strategy)
Can you trust management?
Megan Frantz is an enthusiastic senior leader who builds robust partnerships, talent relationships and entertainment for the digital media landscape.
Currently, Megan serves as a Senior Talent Manager at Whalar, a full service influencer marketing platform, brand agency and management solution on a mission to Liberate the Creative Voice and make advertising more effective through the inclusion of all creative voices.
Previously, Megan led Creator Partnerships at Patreon, the top platform powering membership businesses for over 200,000 creators, podcasters, musicians and artists. Founded by creator and musician Jack Conte in 2013, Patreon has paid out $2 billion to creators to date.
She also served as the Director of Talent Partnerships at Group Nine Media (the Discovery-backed parent media company of Thrillist, NowThis, The Dodo and Seeker). Here, Megan operated as the sole talent leader within the sales organization, building and executing branded campaigns with influencer programming across the four digital publishers.
Prior to Group Nine, Megan was the head producer on the Shorty Awards, the premier award show honoring the best of social media, where she built hundreds of robust relationships with the creators, celebrities and Academy members recognized in the show.
Managing Emotions
Jessy Grossman is a long time entrepreneur in the digital media space. She’s passionate about supporting women in business and being at the forefront of innovation. She’s been quoted in Forbes and was awarded a spot in the “Influencer Top 50” by Talking Influence. In less than two years she created one of the fastest growing talent agencies in the country. Amidst unprecedented growth, she sold the multi-six-figure agency and pivoted to focus on her long-time passion project: Women in Influencer Marketing (better known as WIIM). Founded in 2017, today WIIM is the premiere professional organization for those who work with influencers. The community offers networking and new business opportunities, career services, continuous education and more. Jessy also does consulting, advising and influencer marketing recruiting with her company Tribe Monday. You can find inspiring stories and more about Jessy on the WIIM Podcast. Check out iamwiim.com and tribemonday.com for more information.
How to Produce a Successful Live Event
Jessy Grossman is a long time entrepreneur in the digital media space. She’s passionate about supporting women in business and being at the forefront of innovation. She’s been quoted in Forbes and was awarded a spot in the “Influencer Top 50” by Talking Influence. In less than two years she created one of the fastest growing talent agencies in the country. Amidst unprecedented growth, she sold the multi-six-figure agency and pivoted to focus on her long-time passion project: Women in Influencer Marketing (better known as WIIM). Founded in 2017, today WIIM is the premiere professional organization for those who work with influencers. The community offers networking and new business opportunities, career services, continuous education and more. Jessy also does consulting, advising and influencer marketing recruiting with her company Tribe Monday. You can find inspiring stories and more about Jessy on the WIIM Podcast. Check out iamwiim.com and tribemonday.com for more information.
Live from NYC
Today we’re speaking with Jessy Grossman of WIIM, Taylar Barrington-Booker of Agency Cliquish, Ayomi Samaraweera of Canopy, and Christie Childers of Best Day Ever.
Live from our LA Meetup
Today we’re speaking with Seema Tilak, an IP lawyer, and founder at Create LLP and Bianca Ker the Managing Director of EMEA at Tagger Media
In this event, they discuss the increasing integration of AI in influencer marketing. They explore the potential benefits and drawbacks of using AI for content creation, highlighting the importance of authenticity and the unique storytelling abilities of humans. They also touch upon the legal implications of AI, such as personal rights issues. They conclude by expressing their excitement for the future of AI in influencer marketing while acknowledging the potential challenges that may arise. Tune in to gain valuable insights into the evolving landscape of influencer marketing and the role of AI.
Reality TV Influencers
Courtney Bagby Lupilin, the CEO and Founder of Little Red Management, is the go-to talent manager for reality TV stars from shows on ABC, CBS, MTV and Netflix including The Bachelor Franchise, Big Brother, Love is Blind, and the Circle. A true fangirl turned entrepreneur, Courtney merged her passion for reality television with her acumen for advertising, communications, and digital media honed at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She began her career in the corporate sector at Oracle in San Francisco, managing internal communications and events. But a yearning for the celebrity side of influencer marketing led her to Los Angeles where she diligently volunteered her time and built relationships within the reality TV world before taking the bold leap to launch Little Red Management in 2019 at the young age of 25. Courtney’s approach to influencer and celebrity brand management is rooted in her extensive knowledge of pop culture, her ability to foster impactful brand and talent relationships, and her unwavering commitment to helping her clients achieve their dreams. Courtney has activated partnerships for huge brands including Disney, FOX, Hallmark, Nike, Adidas, Amazon, Dove, Lancome and more. Her passion for pop culture has been reinforced through her travels around the world, where she has discovered that music, TV shows, sports, and movies are the universal language that connects people from all walks of life. Courtney currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.
How to Excel at Spend Efficiency
Halie Soprano has spent the last 8 years of in the digital media and influencer marketing industry. Her career kicked off with a focus on social media content working for WeddingWire/The Knot where she grew the foundation for her career from organic and paid social media management before moving on to Under Armour, managing paid social media efforts and working on media partnerships before finally jumping into the beauty industry where she helped skincare brand Beekman 1802 build their social strategy and influencer programs from the ground up.
She soon realized influencer marketing and the world of beauty was where she belonged, which is how she found her perfect fit as a Senior Professional Services Consultant at Traackr. Traackr is the #1 influencer marketing software for data-driven marketers.
This mix of social, digital media and influencer laid the perfect path for her current role where she now gets to work alongside some of the brightest minds in the beauty industry helping them bring their influencer strategy to life.
When to build your own company
Jenny is a global strategic storyteller with over 23 years of experience helping brands find the perfect balance across paid, earned, and owned channels + tactics to effectively and efficiently intersect and engage with the audience they’re trying to reach. She’s held leadership positions at Weber Shandwick, MSL Group, Edelman, and FINN Partners, and most recently Jenny was the EVP Head of Influencer, Entertainment, Talent & Music at Ketchum. She’s also an influencer marketing professor at DePaul University in Chicago where she teaches students in a first-of-its-kind course that she designed, helping develop the next generation of influencer marketers.
Elitist OGs of Influencer Marketing
Today we’re speaking with Lisa Jean-Francois of Consciously Lisa.
Mom, Wife, Writer, Influencer, and Influencer Marketing Manager, Lisa Jean-Francois wears many hats and a cape!
