Inspire Your Audience with A Renowned Public Speaker and Thought Leader

Elevate Your Event with Insights from a Proven Expert in Entrepreneurship and Marketing.

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Meet Derek Schmidt: A Speaker Who Inspires Change

An acclaimed speaker, Derek captivates audiences with his deep knowledge, engaging stories, and actionable insights. With a track record of successful entrepreneurship and a passion for sharing knowledge, Derek delivers presentations that inspire, educate, and motivate. His unique perspective on business growth, digital marketing, and leadership has transformed countless professionals and organizations.

Tailored Talks to Engage and Empower Your Audience

Navigating Entrepreneurial Challenges

Derek draws on his own experiences and lessons learned from bootstrapping companies to 7 figures to offer actionable advice on overcoming common entrepreneurial hurdles. This talk provides strategies for resilience, innovation, and growth, helping entrepreneurs navigate the complexities of starting and scaling a business.

Innovations in Digital Marketing

Stay ahead of the curve with Derek's insights into the latest trends and innovations in digital marketing. This presentation demystifies how businesses can leverage emerging technologies and platforms to enhance their marketing efforts, engage their audience more effectively, and achieve substantial growth in the digital age.

The Power of Branding and Customer Experience

Discover the critical role of branding and customer experience in today's competitive market. Derek shares proven techniques for building a strong brand identity and crafting exceptional customer experiences that foster loyalty, advocacy, and long-term success.

Building and Leading High-Performance Teams

Learn the secrets to assembling and leading teams that excel. Drawing from his experience managing diverse groups and fostering a culture of innovation, Derek offers valuable insights into recruitment, motivation, and leadership strategies that drive performance and achieve outstanding results.

Each presentation is customized to resonate with your audience, delivering lasting impact and actionable takeaways.

Voices of Praise for Derek's Speaking Engagements

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Conducive environment coupled with a myriad of useful information. Very informative presentation that was easy to follow.

Cape Fear Adventure Company

Always a lot of great information in his webinars. Looking forward to putting what I've learned in place!

Sowmya Q

Attended the free webinar, fantastic information and tools were shared. Looking forward to learning more!

Charlene

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!

Tara Peterson

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!

Aj VA

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.

S M

Great presentation!!! Will likely review the whole presentation several times to get the most from this presentation!

Pam F

Derek is VERY knowledgeable about marketing and branding. I learned a lot of information to help my business in a short span of time.

Robbyn Marino

I really enjoyed this class! I learned a lot. Thanks for sharing the knowledge you have regarding this subject.

Judith Alston

this was a great session. so much information. easy to follow, Derek was very knowledge. so much Value!!! i would love to follow him on other sessions.

Kiran Dodeja Smith

Listened to a presentation by Derek that was very helpful!

Jeremy Albrecht

I just attended an amazingly informative presentation on using AI tools to market your business online.

Tracy "Pinkhammer" Mebane

I just sat in on an hour powerhouse class he taught. He knows his stuff.

Gwen Hill

Great training!!! Great information!

Susan Messier

Thank you so much! You did a great job in explaining this complicated information.

Ashton

I learned so much this has helped me a lot I am looking forward in future webinars

Enasha Bradshaw

He lead a very informative webinar! Thanks for the information as a small business owner!

TheAdorned Locket

Great webinar presentation for a small business owner. Familiarized myself with SEO as a tool to use for my small business, thank you!

Sandra Gelinas

Great webinar packed with LOTS of on topic info that was very relevant to me as a solo business owner needing to learn more about marketing more effectively with keywords, etc. Was lovely to be able to ask questions and have them answered quickly along with all the content he delivered. Thank you!

Christine Hager-Braun

Not only is Derek Schmidt knowledgeable when it comes to marketing and webdesign, he can also explain relevant information in a way a non-expert can follow. I get my questions answered and can move my business forward with Derek's help.

Amanda Cassella

I attended a seminar that Derek hosted on the topic of Paid Social Marketing. Best class I've attended so far. Derek was able to stay on topic and get through all of his content in the allotted time while still providing meaty and relevant information. He went deep into truly actionable things to help our business with great examples and slides that will be easily followed post presentation. I wouldn't hesitate to work with Derek.

nicole campbell

It was a very interesting class, he was very helpful!

Annie Dance

Great information!

Patrick Cloninger

Thank you, Derek for the SBC SEO Webinar. It was great to see both familiar information and the hands-on applications that makes the information take flight. Thanks again for sharing your expertise and insights in Digital Marketing.

Marisol Donovan

Attended a virtual webinar with Derek on SEO. Fabulous presentation. Learned so much! Highly recommended.

Nicole Plaster

Great speaker, very well put together presentation

Judy Cossette

I love the free website tool classes that Derek gives through the Wilmington SBC! He breaks things down so that we can actually understand them. Super helpful to me and my business.

Jim Buie

Solid information presented in an understandable way. A vast amount to absorb covers many options.

Rochelle Hylton

Great presentation. Lots of great information, well presented.

Jerry Jones

Derek just led a webinar talking about "on-site" SEO, and I'm astonished at the breadth and width of information and tools that he presented. It was a very informative and relaxed presentation that made the work possible given the number of tools he demonstrated and the goals on-site SEO should accomplish.

Aisha Harris

It is a great experience. Derek is very informative, knowledgeable and more than willing to share. I would recommend this to anyone in need of this information.

T. Nichole Owens

This webinar was very informative and greatly appreciated..

Omici Uwagbai Colquitt

Very informative! Thank you for the content and information.

Nichole Owens

Awesome presentation... Very informative

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