Amy Jo Martin
Author, Founder/CEO, Podcaster, Innovation Advocate
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Amy Jo is the author of New York Times best-seller Renegades Write the Rules, and host of the acclaimed Why Not Now? podcast. A personal branding pioneer, Amy Jo founded one of the first social media agencies, Digital Royalty, to help corporations, celebrities and sports entities humanize their brands online through social communication channels. Amy Jo has worked closely with renowned brands such as Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Hilton Worldwide, Shaquille O’Neal and Nike to successfully humanize their presence. Her motto: humans connect with humans, not logos. She has a social media following of more than 1 million people and was named the third most powerful woman on Twitter by Forbes.
Amy Jo Martin is the author of New York Times best-seller "Renegades Write the Rules", Founder & CEO, Speaker, host of the acclaimed Why Not Now? Podcast, an educator and an investor.
Amy Jo has built two 7-figure companies over the past decade, both with 8-figure
valuations. She’s the founder and CEO of Renegade Global, a human innovation company that unlocks positive disruption for both individuals and corporations, as well as Founder of Renegade Global Ventures, a fund focused on getting more Renegade women seats at the cap table.
Amy Jo herself has a social media following of more than 1 million people and was named the third most powerful woman on Twitter by Forbes. She has worked closely with world-renowned brands such as Hilton Worldwide, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Nike, Shaquille O’Neal, Dell and many others.
Amy Jo has spoken to audiences as large as 10,000 people at INBOUND, to smaller,
intimate groups of executives and everything in between. By the end of her time with an
audience, Amy Jo has provided them with the tools they need to immediately turn their
ideas into action.
Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, Amy Jo worked for the NBA’s Phoenix Suns during
the wild wild west days of digital and social media – there were no rules or regulations in place so she helped write the rules. She went on to found one of the first ever digital
agencies, Digital Royalty, and pioneered personal branding online as we know it today.
Amy Jo resides in Austin, Texas with her husband, son and two Aussie Shepherds.
Amy Jo has built two 7-figure companies over the past decade, both with 8-figure
valuations. She’s the founder and CEO of Renegade Global, a human innovation company that unlocks positive disruption for both individuals and corporations, as well as Founder of Renegade Global Ventures, a fund focused on getting more Renegade women seats at the cap table.
Amy Jo herself has a social media following of more than 1 million people and was named the third most powerful woman on Twitter by Forbes. She has worked closely with world-renowned brands such as Hilton Worldwide, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Nike, Shaquille O’Neal, Dell and many others.
Amy Jo has spoken to audiences as large as 10,000 people at INBOUND, to smaller,
intimate groups of executives and everything in between. By the end of her time with an
audience, Amy Jo has provided them with the tools they need to immediately turn their
ideas into action.
Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, Amy Jo worked for the NBA’s Phoenix Suns during
the wild wild west days of digital and social media – there were no rules or regulations in place so she helped write the rules. She went on to found one of the first ever digital
agencies, Digital Royalty, and pioneered personal branding online as we know it today.
Amy Jo resides in Austin, Texas with her husband, son and two Aussie Shepherds.
- Humanize to monetize
Humans connect with humans, not logos. Consumers now expect to connect and engage with brands online, yet there is a hesitancy for many people to truly open up and humanize their personal brands. Who are the faces behind your logo? From the CEO to the accounting manager, everyone in your company is living the brand they represent. After working with some of the world’s most progressive innovator’s over the past 20 years, and founding one of the first social media agencies ever, Amy Jo shares tangible, practical ways to humanize your personal brand in effort to build relationships that convert. She will discuss how your personal brand strategy and digital footprint can be leveraged to have a positive, revenue-generating, impact on your business. - Renegades Write the rules
Throughout her career, Amy Jo has worked with and interviewed Renegades like Simon Sinek, Tony Robbins, Jessica Alba, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Mark Cuban, Arianna Huffington and many others. During these interviews she has helped them dissect their critical “Why Not Now?” moments when they navigated across the messy bridge from idea to action; dreaming to doing. Amy Jo has spotted consistent rules – Renegade Rules – that have surfaced within her research and her wild career journey. She shares the colorful stories and formula with her audience as she guides them through their own Why Not Now? moments.
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