News & Events
RECENT NEWS:
Virtual Conference: Populus Living Room Conference
July 7, 2020
Populus
Simple Strat Founder, Ali Schwanke, was invited to Populus’ Living Room Live Conference. This all-day event featured national voices and local talent, all designed to help people navigate, brainstorm, and shift their business due to the economic challenges of 2020. Watch Ali’s session from the 4pm slot to learn more about marketing during COVID and how you can use these circumstances as an opportunity to connect with customers and invest in digital marketing as we all take our businesses online.
LPED Announces 2020 LaunchLNK Reicipients
Feb 3, 2020
Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development
The Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development has announced four recipients of the LaunchLNK program for 2020. BrandPlan, co-founded by Ali Schwanke and Tyler Sprunk, is a cloud-based application that helps marketers better build, visualize and communicate their marketing strategies.
4 Lincoln Companies Get $25,000 Grants
Jan 28, 2020
Lincoln Journal Star
The Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development said Tuesday that it has awarded LaunchLNK grants to four local startups, including BrandPlan, a cloud-based application co-founded by Ali Schwanke and Tyler Sprunk that helps marketers build, visualize and communicate their marketing strategies.
MORE NEWS:
Solving a Not So Simple Problem for Marketers Everywhere/ Silicon Prairie News / Oct 2, 2019
Join Pipeline, Change Your Entrepreneurial Trajectory / Silicon Prairie News / Aug 28, 2019
8Qs with a Silicon Prairie Founder: Ali Schwanke / Silicon Prairie News / Oct 8, 2018
Simple Strat wins Corporate Marketer of the Year / Lincoln Journal Star / May 20, 2018
Simple Strat positioned for high-growth in the marketing strategy space / Lincoln Journal Star / Mar 17, 2018
RECENT PODCAST APPEARANCES:
Your Next Best Customer – Nailing Content Marketing
Hosted by Blake Johnston
Featuring Ali Schwanke
In this episode of Next Best Customer, we dive into B2B content marketing with Ali Schwanke, the CEO of Simple Strat. Ali has a fantastic perspective on how to create content that people actually care about. At the same time, Ali is extremely tactical when it comes to building content that is findable online.
CavnessHR Podcast
A Talk with Ali Schwanke CEO/Founder at Simple Strat
Ali Schwanke is the CEO and Chief Marketing Strategist of Simple Strat, a content marketing agency that helps B2B and SaaS companies break through the noise and get better results from their content marketing programs. She has 15+ years of experience in marketing, and as an entrepreneur — Ali says she’s had her fair share of HR wins and challenges! Learn how she puts strategy first, whether that’s recruiting new employees or generating results for clients, PLUS best practices for your content to stand out from the competition.
The Video Marketing Podcast
How to Use Video in B2B to Build Trust and Convert Leads Into Customers
Featuring Ali Schwanke
Did you know that anywhere between 50% to 90% of the buying process happens before you even talk to a salesperson?? This week we have Ali Schwanke with us, the CEO and Founder of Simple Strat. Ali has over 15 years marketing experience and is here this week to explain how she builds trust in the B2B process through video.
MORE PODCASTS:
Rural Futures with Dr. Connie
Episode 12: Intersecting Marketing, Entrepreneurship, and Rural Myths
Featuring Ali Schwanke
Bar Napkin Business
Episode 36: What Closing a Business Teaches You About Failure
Featuring Tyler Samani-Sprunk
The Pivotal Leader
Episode 55: Thought Leadership as a Marketing Strategy
Featuring Ali Schwanke
ABOUT:
Simple Strat is the marketing agency for companies that are serious about growth. By leveraging a proprietary strategy and planning process, we establish a roadmap to increase qualified leads and close more sales. Our services include inbound marketing, digital marketing, video production, and sales enablement. Simple Strat is a certified Silver HubSpot Partner Agency and Wistia video hosting and analytics partner.
FOR MEDIA INQUIRIES:
Tyler Sprunk
888.423.2671
tyler@simplestrat.com
Upcoming Events & Workshops:
Surprisingly, we have no upcoming events to post! But, this won’t last long. Check back often to see where we will be next.
RECENT EVENTS & WORKSHOPS:
How to Develop & Repurpose Content that Closes Sales
Featuring Ali Schwanke
May 20, 2020
Vistage Virtual Sales & Marketing Forum
Featuring Ali Schwanke
April 23, 2020
Harnessing the Power of Video Marketing in 2020
Presentation by Ali Schwanke as part of the AMA Lincoln Signature Speaker
Jan 9, 2020
Lincoln, NE
How to Setup & Use Analytics for Smarter Marketing
The Inland NW Digital Marketing Summit 2019 hosted by Digital Crush
Oct 11, 2019
Kennewick, WA
Inbound 2019 Recap
HubSpot User Group hosted by Simple Strat
Sept 24, 2019
Omaha, NE
