Today’s interview is with David Siteman Garland, CEO of The Rise to the Top. David bills TRTTT as The #1 Non-Boring Resource for Marketing Like an Entreprenuer: Smarter, Faster, Cheaper. His website is an awesome resource for anyone who is getting started or already in business. He also hosts a weekly TV show on ABC.
I’ve spoken with David a few times via Twitter (@TheRiseToTheTop) and also met him at the November ‘edition’ of the St Louis Social Media Group. He’s quite energetic and I enjoyed his presentation.
David, I know your business has been around for several years, what first spurred you to get involved with social media for your business?
Social media for me was a little bit of being in the right place at the right time. I was one of the first 5,000 members on Facebook because I happened to be in college at the time (back when it was called THE Facebook and only for college students) and my school, Washington University in St. Louis, was one of the first schools to be added to Facebook.
For me, it started as a way to communicate with my friends in school and quickly evolved to be encompass forming relationships with other, promoting my businesses and other people’s businesses.
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