Jay Baer

Jay is a hype-free digital marketing and customer service strategist, speaker, New York Times best-selling author of six books, and a technology investor. He founded Convince & Convert in 2008, and it is his fifth multi-million dollar venture.

Jay’s tequila and suit collections are rivaled only by the number of companies he’s advised on digital marketing since 1994 (700) including Caterpillar, Nike, 3M, Oracle, adidas, and 33 of the Fortune 500. Jay is a global keynote speaker and emcee, and was recently named a Certified Speaking Professional, an accreditation earned by just 9% of the world’s top public speakers.

In 2017, Jay was inducted into the Word-of-Mouth Marketing Hall of Fame by the Word-of-Mouth Marketing Association. And in 2018, he was enshrined in the Professional Speaking Hall of Fame, where there are just 187 living members.

Jay’s Social Pros show was named Best Marketing Podcast in the Content Marketing Awards. He’s also the most retweeted person in the world among digital marketers, and one of the top 3 most influential people online among CMOs and B2B Marketers.

At Convince & Convert, he oversees big picture strategy while educating and informing businesspeople on stage and on the page. He’s also a certified BBQ judge.