Ron Cates
Ron Cates
A world-class presenter, the press has called Ron a "digital marketing icon," the "grandfather of email marketing" and a "social media pioneer." He is an award-winning business leader who has dedicated his career to helping small business owners, marketing professionals and nonprofit organizations strengthen their relationships with customers. Ron has educated over 200,000 small businesses and has presented at hundreds of high-profile conferences and events all over the world.
His topics include marketing, digital marketing, branding, referral marketing, and relationship marketing. He is also a recognized expert on Alignable and the originator of the Alignable Method — a framework for turning networking relationships into real referral business.