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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.

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Speaking/MC by Ron Cates
Internationally renowned for his marketing expertise (the press has dubbed him a “digital marketing icon”), Ron Cates has performed as a keynote sp...
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Forbes called Ron, "a digital marketing icon". Let Ron and his team help perfect your email marketing, social media, SEO, and other branding/market...
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Ron from Ron Cates Answered this on September 20, 2019
Email marketing still has one of the highest returns on investment of any form of marketing. It allows you to stay "top of mind". Most businesses can't control a customer's buying cycle, but email insures that when they decide to buy, they buy from you. (more) Email marketing still has one of the highest returns on investment of any form of marketing. It allows you to stay "top of mind". Most businesses can't control a customer's buying cycle, but email insures that when they decide to buy, they buy from you.

Ron from Ron Cates Answered this on March 16, 2018
I want them to truly understand my voice/persona/brand. (more) I want them to truly understand my voice/persona/brand.

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