Ted Murphy

IZEA

  • Orlando FL

Disruption with a Smile

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Biography

A serial entrepreneur, Edward “Ted” Murphy has founded six companies since 1994. Murphy’s latest venture, IZEA operates a variety of social media properties including Sponsored Tweets, SocialSpark and Staree. Murphy has been called the father of paid blogging and is largely credited for creating the social media sponsorship industry.

Murphy has bootstrapped companies off credit cards, been VC backed and most recently brought a company public. His disruptive approach and leadership have enabled him to raise over $21 million in equity for his entrepreneurial endeavors in both public and private markets. Murphy’s backers have included top tier VCs Draper Fischer Jurvetson and Village Ventures as well as billionaire Dr. Phil Frost.

Murphy has consulted for some of the world’s largest marketing organizations including FOX, Bombardier, General Motors, SeaWorld and Disney. He has also negotiated deals with celebrities like Kim Kardashian, Diddy, CeeLo Green and Bob Villa. Murphy is a prominent visionary, speaking and presenting to marketing and Internet professionals around the world.

Murphy has spoken at over 200 events, ranging from intimate educational sessions to inspirational keynotes.

Featured in/on: The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Wired, USA Today, Forbes, New York Post, Business Week, PC World, CNN Money, Fortune, Fortune Small Business, Create, HOW, Adweek, Advertising Age, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, iMedia, Search Engine Journal and TechCrunch.

Industry Expertise

Media - Online
Internet
Advertising/Marketing
Social Media
Corporate Leadership

Areas of Expertise

Corporate Culture
Entrepreneurism
Marketing
Social Media
Advertising
Team Building
Creativity

Accomplishments

Featured in Fast Company's 30 Second MBA Video Series

2010-11-01

Spends 30 seconds of allotted time discussing how to appropriately address a team that has failed. http://www.fastcompany.com/mba/profile/ted-murphy

Orlando Ad Federation Best of Interactive

2000-01-31

Executive Producer of the MindComet Corporate website. This award was created specifically for our website, which was so far ahead of the Interactive competition that they felt it deserved special recognition.

Orlando Business Journal Top 25 Fastest Growing Companies

2001-07-31

One of Central Florida's Fast Track companies.

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Education

Florida State University

Dropped out to start second company

Marketing Communications

1994

Affiliations

  • Staree
  • SponsoredTweets
  • Social Spark
  • IZEA

Testimonials

Founder and CEO

http://www.pubcon.com/

Pubcon

Ted is a phenomenal speaker who possess the rare combination of authentic game-changing insight into social media and search along with some of the best delivery skills in the industry. Our attendee surveys consistently feature Ted among the top echelon of Pubcon speakers.

Membership & Community Manager

http://www.womma.org/

Word of Mouth Marketing Association

I've seen Ted speak at several conferences including BlogWorld, WOMMA Summit, WOMM-U, TechCrunch and others and I'd absolutely recommend him as a speaker. Nothing about Ted is boring or canned, and he's always eager to share his unique industry knowledge with others. He does an excellent job of weaving in WOM worthy moments into his presentations so the audience will never forget what they learned.

@MarketLeverage

https://twitter.com/MarketLeverage/statuses/937178488

Blog Orlando

Ted Murphy is by far the best presenter this morning at Blogorlando. He is loud and passionate! :)

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Event Appearances

Seven Ways to Fail Magnificently - Shared ideas that fell flat and the lessons I learned the hard way

SXSW 2013  Austin, Texas

2013-03-08

Emerging trends, innovations and opportunities created by Internet technologies.

iSummit 2012  Orlando, FL

2012-09-18

Your Blog Creates Value; It's Up to You to Unlock That Value

Blog Orlando  Orlando, FL

2012-09-25

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Sample Talks

7 Ways to Fail Magnificently

An inspirational look at my biggest failures and what I have learned.

Building Your Personal Brand

How to build a personal brand through online and offline marketing tactics.

Can Buy Me Love : The Rise of Influencer Marketing

How to leverage social media influencers to build your brand and spread your message.

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Style

Availability

  • Keynote
  • Workshop Leader

Fees

$1000 to $5000
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