Patrick Schwerdtfeger

Author & Speaker Patrick Schwerdtfeger

  • Walnut Creek CA

America's Most Inspiring Small Business Speaker

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Biography

Patrick Schwerdtfeger is the author of Marketing Shortcuts for the Self-Employed (2011, Wiley) and is a regular speaker for Bloomberg TV. He has spoken about business trends, modern entrepreneurship and the social media revolution at conferences and business events around the world.

Patrick’s past books include Webify Your Business: Internet Marketing Secrets for the Self-Employed (2009) and Make Yourself Useful: Marketing in the 21st Century (2008). He has been featured by the New York Times, CNN Money, Fortune, Bloomberg Businessweek, the Associated Press, MONEY Magazine and Forbes, among others.

Industry Expertise

Direct Marketing
Advertising/Marketing
Social Media

Areas of Expertise

Social Media
Business Marketing

Accomplishments

2012 Small Business Book Awards

2011-06-07

"Marketing Shortcuts for the Self-Employed" (2011, Wiley) won an award in the Social Media category in the 2012 Small Business Book Awards

Education

Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada)

Bachelor of Commerce

Marketing & Finance

1993

Event Appearances

Social Media Victories

California Association of Landscape Contractors  San Jose, CA

2010-01-14

Social Media Victories

SiteGlobal Conference  Yontville, CA

2010-03-09

Social Media Victories

Internet Marketing Conference  Calgary, Canada

2010-03-17

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Sample Talks

Social Media Victories

The vast majority of business professionals spending time on Facebook and Twitter are just wasting time. For the most part, they’re using unfocused and ineffective tactics that do nothing to attract new clients. Meanwhile, a few are using simple but powerful strategies to explode their businesses virtually overnight. Patrick is passionate about finding the unfair tricks – those juicy secrets – that transform social media from a relentless time waster to a reliable business builder.

Availability

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