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Akvile DeFazio is the remarkably impressive founder and president of Akvertise, a social media advertising agency in California. She’s been on PPC Hero’s list of the top PPC influencers for the past three years.

She’s a regular presenter on topics related to paid social. She’s spoken at numerous industry conferences including Pubcon, Paid Traffic Conference, Engage, and the Utah DMC Conference.

Akvile had a really interesting journey to business ownership. She served in many manager and senior level positions including a stint at Third Door Media as Digital Marketing Manager. How she decided to start her own agency was a topic I definitely wanted to ask her about.

It’s common to find Akvile mentioned in roundups and on webinars about social media marketing. Early this year, the state of California passed the California Consumer Privacy Act or CCPA for short. The CCPA regulates how social media platforms are allowed collect user data. Akvile is a leading voice on the ramifications of this law for social media marketers.

Grab a beer and join Akvile and me for a conversation all about social media marketing, entrepreneurship, and what savvy marketers are doing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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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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