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Dan Golden is the Chief Search Artist at BFO, headquartered in Lakeview. Dan and his co-founder Steve Krull have built BFO into one of Chicago’s top digital marketing agencies. They’ve won a bunch of awards for their work with enterprise-level clients doing everything from digital strategy, SEO, Paid media, Analytics and content. BFO was on the INC 5000 list for six consecutive years. They have locations in Chicago, London and Singapore.

I’m really excited to have Dan on. Even before I knew anything about BFO, I knew who Dan was. He’s a unique personality. He’s extremely smart, he’s full of ideas and he’s recognizable! He famously wears orange everywhere he goes. I met Dan for a beer at Burning Bush Brewery in North Center to talk about agency life, the future of search and how he rebounded from “fan rock bottom” with $21.49 in Facebook ads.

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Mark Bealin

Founder and Principal

Mark Bealin is the Founder and Principal at SearchLab, which was founded in March 2017. Under his leadership, Clutch and Manifest both named SearchLab one of the top agencies in Chicago in 2018 and 2019.

Mark has been helping small and medium-sized businesses with SEO and PPC since 2007. He is an in-demand speaker and contributor at events throughout the country, sought out for his expertise in SEO, Paid Search and Analytics.

He is a board member of EO Chicago and a guest lecturer at DePaul University. Mark lives in Chicago with his wife and three children. He's a former varsity high school football coach and remains active at St. Ignatius College Prep.

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