Speaker's Bio: Andy Crestodina

Andy is the Strategic Director and co-founder of Orbit Media Studios, an award-winning, 30-person web design firm in Chicago. Over the past 11 years, Andy has provided web strategy advice to more than 1000 businesses.

 

As a speaker, Andy’s goal is to make each event as practical as possible for the audience by teaching immediately applicable techniques for anyone in a marketing role. He addresses the tough web strategy questions directly with simple explanations.

 

Andy is comfortable in front of large groups in a seminar format, where presentations are an all-my-best-advice approach based on the latest web marketing research. He's also a voice of reason in panel discussions.

 

Qualifications


Recent Speaking Engagements

  • University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
  • Business Marketing Association
  • Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce
  • Medill School (Northwestern University), Loyola, DePaul
  • Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference
  • Vistage International
  • Chicago Nonprofit Leadership Series
  • TechWeek Chicago, 2011


Favorite Topics

  • Content Marketing - Growing Business Through Content Creation, Curation and Conversation
  • SEO 101 (Search Engine Optimization) - Keyphrase Research, On-Page SEO and Link Building
  • Social Media Strategy and Execution: What is Twitter Really?
  • Web Analytics: Three Questions to Ask Your Analytics
  • The Evolution of Modern Marketing: 1940 - 2012
  • User-Friendliness That Turns Visitors Into Leads
  • Web Strategy in 3 Steps - Generate Traffic, Engage Visitors and Easy Updates
  • Entrepreneurship / Bootstrapping: The Story of Orbit


Fun Facts

  • Mandarin Chinese: BA in Asian Language and Literature, University of Iowa
  • Co-founder of Chicago Cause, donating $32,000+ worth of marketing services to local nonprofits
  • Avid Scuba Diver
  • Certified Chicago Treekeeper
  • Former Docent, Chicago Architecture Foundation (2001-2008)


What People Say Are Saying

 

"Andy, you're a firehose of marketing insight."
- Ben

 

"I took a 3 hour SEO bootcamp class and I swear I learned more from Andy in 5 minutes."
- A. B.

 

"I am totally pumped by all the information from that event last night. Hope you will be able to swing by one of my jewelry events next month...I will keep you posted in a new and improved newsletter!  :) 
You  guys rule!

 I LOVE ORBIT MEDIA!!!"
- S. Miranda, Business Marketing Association attendee

 

"Andy, I felt like my brain went through a massive tunnel, like a Willy Wonka chocolate river ride of social media goodness! Thank you!"
- Kevin

 

"I just wanted to send a quick thank you for the lessons learned at the Wine & Web on Tuesday. The session was great and your templates will be immensely helpful when writing newsletter/blogs and Tweets in the near future!"
- C.  Walter, Marketing Manager

 

"Thanks Andy! It was great to meet you. Your content was incredibly valuable. Far and away the most interesting things on the panel were said by you. :) Thank you for sending your newsletter, please do add me to your list."
- Jonathan, Tech Week attendee

 

"I have been in the business over 40 years but after hearing your presentation today I feel like I don't know enough about digital content management. It was an amazing presentation. I also loved that you handled audience questions so well too. Thank you for sharing your tricks err techniques so freely."

-Richard

 

"I want to thank you for the wonderful presentation yesterday! I have been receiving nothing but great feedback from the attendees. Great job! I liked how it was focused on how-to’s, something people can use right away.
- P.  Henderson, Marketing Coordinator

 

"Andy was a great speaker and his presentation was fantastic; Very helpful and easy to understand/follow. Happy Holidays to you and everyone on your team at Orbit Media Studios. Continued success!"
- F.  Ottolino, Creative & Marketing

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