Co-host
Brad Forsythe interviews Mark DiMassimo, Founder, CEO and Chief Brand Officer
of DiMassimo Goldstein (DIGO). DIGO is an independent, integrated, marketing
strategy, brand and business-building, digital, direct and advertising agency,
which Mark originally founded as DiMassimo Brand Advertising twelve years ago
in Manhattan. He is also
Co-Founder of TAPPENING, which promotes healthy, environmentally friendly tap
water and sells reusable bottles at www.tappening.com
Mark
is a multiple Effie Award winner for both consumer and b2b campaigns and his
work across a variety of categories and media has been featured in countless
books, anthologies and awards annuals. The agency's current b2b clients include
American Business Media, J.H. Cohn, Max.MD, GARP - the Global Association of
Risk Professionals, Gerson Lehrman Group and a Very Large Consulting Company
that Prefers to Remain Nameless.
The agency works with "brave marketers" in b2b and consumer
categories across a spectrum of categories with a focus on "health, wealth
and pursuit of happiness (education, innovation and entrepreneurship)."
Mark?s
personal mantra is, ?Keep using your powers for good.? He believes that the
power to influence people through media comes with a responsibility to limit
harm and to actively promote good. DIGO makes passion for an organization?s
mission a key criterion in selecting clients. The agency also does extensive
pro bono work, including award-winning campaigns for the Partnership for a
Drug-Free America, The American Red Cross, the National Mental Health
Association, Dr. Mehmet Oz?s HealthCorps, among others. Mark serves on the
board of Rare Conservation, and with both the Advisory Board and Creative
Review Committees of the Partnership for a Drug-Free America.
Mark
is featured in the best-selling Leadership Secrets of the World?s Most
Successful CEOs. He is also co-author of Inside the Minds: INNOVATION and the
upcoming Branding as an Advertising Strategy. He is currently working on an
article for AdAge on Evolutionary Marketing. A familiar face on CNBC, CNN, Bloomberg, FoxNews and
FoxBusiness Channel, Mark is often quoted in the media. Mark lives in
Westchester County and is the happy husband of Jill and the devoted father of
Max, Alex and Jack.
For entertaining advice join hosts Ray Schilens and Brad Forsythe for a
lively and informative discussion.