Catherine Baxter is the CEO and founder of Nettie, well known for their products tailored to pickleball lovers. She shares her experience building a pickleball based brand, the power of leveraging your local community and how key collaborations that align with your values can exponentially impact your growth.

Sarah Cucchiara is the VP of Sales and Marketing at Tiger Pistol. In this episode, Sarah discusses how to put the pieces together and create a local marketing strategy for your brand that responds to current innovation while maximizing the impact you’re already seeing.

Emily Harpel is the Founder and CEO of Art of Sucre, a luxury cotton candy company. They discuss building an events-based business and transitioning to ecommerce in the wake of the pandemic, her approach to social media and collaborations and more!

Delaney Vetter is an independent consultant specializing in PR and copywriting for brands in the Food & Beverage and CPG space. They discuss the evolving landscape of PR, her approach to securing press opportunities for brands of all shapes and sizes, and the power of storytelling in brand messaging.

This week, Emily chats with fellow co-founder and COO at Hummingbirds, Charise Flynn. They discuss the origin story of Hummingbirds, the value of leveraging everyday people as brand advocates, and answer all your questions about Hummingbirds.

Emily Steele hosts the Local Marketing School podcast! It helps brands, big and small, looking to drive local traffic understand how others like them do their marketing, including the tools they can use to creatively put themselves in the minds of consumers in specific communities.