Ann Handley is a writer, digital marketing pioneer, context expert, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. Ann is the world’s first Chief Content Officer at MarketingProfs, a training and education company with the largest community of marketers. She inspires companies internationally to rethink the way they market to achieve lasting business success, and empowers organisations to create marketing that their customers will love, igniting real results for the brands involved. Ann is one of the world’s best marketing keynote speakers, and is consistently named one of the more influential marketers on social media. A pioneer in digital marketing, Ann is the co-founder of ClickZ.com, which was one of the first sources of interactive marketing news and commentary. She is also a member of the LinkedIn Influencer program.
ABOUT ANN
Through Marketing Profs, Ann trains marketers worldwide through their online and in-person education programs.
She writes and speaks about how businesses can escape marketing mediocrity to achieve tangible results.
Her books have been translated into 19 languages, including Turkish, Korean, Italian, Chinese, and Japanese.
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
Ann was a long-time monthly columnist for Entrepreneur magazine.
She has contributed to IBM’s Think Marketing, Inc. magazine, Mashable, Huffington Post, American Express, NPR, and the Wall Street Journal.
Her work has appeared in Entrepreneur, the Wall Street Journal, NPR, Chicago Public Radio, and the Financial Times.
HONORS & RECOGNITIONS