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Your Partner in Business Excellence

With a decade of hands-on experience transforming businesses, Derek combines innovative strategies with a deep understanding of digital marketing to deliver unmatched results. From bootstrapping his own companies to advising industry leaders, Derek's journey is a testament to his commitment to success. He believes in building strong relationships, valuing each client's unique path to success.

Comprehensive Consulting Services to Elevate Your Business

Strategic Business Planning

Derek provides insightful analysis and strategic planning to align your business goals with actionable steps, ensuring a clear path to success. Benefit from a tailored approach that considers your market, competition, and unique challenges to formulate a comprehensive and executable business strategy.

Digital Marketing Expert

Amplify your online presence and engage your target audience with Derek's expert guidance in digital marketing. From SEO to social media, content marketing to pay-per-click advertising, Derek helps you navigate the digital landscape to reach and convert your audience effectively.

Branding and Positioning

Establish a strong, memorable brand that resonates with customers and stands out in the market. Derek assists in defining your brand's unique value proposition, personality, and messaging, ensuring consistency and impact across all touchpoints.

Conversion Optimization

Maximize the effectiveness of your digital assets by optimizing for conversions. Derek employs data-driven techniques to enhance user experience, streamline the customer journey, and boost conversion rates, turning visitors into loyal customers.

Tailored Growth Strategies

Recognizing that no two businesses are the same, Derek offers customized growth strategies designed to meet your specific objectives and challenges. Whether you're looking to expand your market reach, increase revenue, or enhance operational efficiency, Derek provides the insights and actions needed to achieve sustained growth.

On-Demand Consulting

Need quick expertise without a package? Book me by the hour. Perfect for tackling a pressing challenge, reviewing a plan, or getting a second set of expert eyes before you make a move.

Rate: $150/hr (billed in 1-hour increments)

Hear from Those Who've Achieved Success with Derek

4.9
Based on 194 reviews
The webinar was excellent. I am quite excited about using Claude now. Thanks Derek!
Derrick provided an educational workshop with CFCC's Small Business Center regarding marketing and advertising with Google Ads. The class was very insightful and I would recommend his services.
Attended a workshop led by Derek Schmidt. It was so insightful and he provided so much great information!
Derek Schmidt is truly an expert marketer! I have been fortunate to have the privilege of him being an instructor of several free marketing classes offered by the Cape Fear Community College (CFCC) Small Business Center. As a new small business owner, his tips and tricks have been extremely beneficial for me to embrace to help grow my client base! Thank you, Derek!
Derek's class on Email Marketing Excellence for the Small Business Center (CFCC) was awesome. It was one of the most informative web sessions I've attended recently. He's clearly knowledgeable and shared practical techniques that I will start using today to benefit the WRF organization. I will be looking for Derek's sessions in the future.
I had a pleasure of attending a class with Derek through the Small Business Center, and WOW he was beyond amazing! My only “complaint” is that I wish the webinar was longer because I was so locked in and wanted even more examples!Derek made incredible use of the time, delivered so much valuable information, he answered everyone’s questions clearly and kept the session engaged with just the right touch of humor. You can tell. He truly cares about making sure everyone understands and walks away with the real knowledge.This webinar was a 10 out of 10 experience, and I would absolutely be attending more of his sessions.If you’re thinking about signing up, do it! I highly recommend him. Keep up the good job, Derek!
Derek provided our company with some great marketing information and we'll definitely be using a lot of it going forward!
I attended a free online class hosted by Cape Fear Community College’s Small Business Center. Derek Schmidt, CEO of Design Loud, shared about Social Media Marketing Success for Your Small Biz.Derek is approachable, informative, and does a great job breaking down a real marketing campaign using an attendee’s business as an example. He shares the tools and AI prompts he uses, which makes the class extra valuable. An hour flew by and still didn’t feel like enough time. I’d definitely recommend this class to any small business owner wanting to level up their marketing.
Great info on the webinar!! TYSM!!!
I feel empowered navigating email marketing after my class with Derek Schmidt - his clear teaching style and hand-on approach made everything click.
I attended an email marketing class and learned quite a bit from them.
Great class today. Can't wait to review my notes and see how I can use it toward my business.
Loved the Social Media Marketing Success for Your Small Biz: Build a Powerful Online Presence. A lot of gems giving. Very useful information.
Great useful information, Knowledgeable friendly instructor---Blessings to All for Collective Continued Success! 💯💫🔥🎉🤩
Derek's free classes provide tons of value to growing businesses! He clearly knows what he's talking about and distills complex problems into bite-sized solutions.
Awesome class with amazing information to use in my business! Thank you so much Derek!
Great information & tips!
Derek was easy to follow and extremely informative. He provided references along with detailed instruction. Grateful for this class.Thank you!
Excellent presentation on SEO!
New Year’s Eve at Circa.Great atmosphere; piano background for conversation.Dinner service was superb. Promptly seated, drinks were as ordered and excellent.Courses arrived in perfect timing and presentations were imaginative and tasty.The vibe is as good as any big city restaurant; Chicago would be envious.This place sets the bar in Wilmington.
Conducive environment coupled with a myriad of useful information. Very informative presentation that was easy to follow.
Always a lot of great information in his webinars. Looking forward to putting what I've learned in place!
Attended the free webinar, fantastic information and tools were shared. Looking forward to learning more!
Always enjoy Derek's insight during his informative webinars. He has a level of expertise and professionalism that is appreciated in a time where professionalism is waning. Thank you Derek!
Derek's online webinar was very insightful, and the information was presented in a way that was easy to understand. This training session about marketing using Chat GPT made me more aware of the information/resources I have at my fingertips so that I may continue to grow my small business. Thank you for a wonderful seminar and answering all of my questions!
Kudos to Derek for the informative Social Media Marketing webinar presentation today. The content was relevant and timely for my org need. Looking forward to the start of a great business relationship.
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