About Nate
As an social business entrepreneur and professional speaker, Nate Riggs consults with business of all sizes to design and implement content marketing programs, as well as online community management teams. In the last three years, he’s also founded two startups: Team Cbus, a content marketing production team and Tweet My Time, the first distance racing twitter application. Nate also specializes in helping global Fortune 500 companies use the web to launch new products across social media networks.
An internationally read blogger on social media and content marketing, Nate’s blog {nateriggs.com} currently generates more than 25,000 new visitors monthly. He is also a regular contributor to the Content Marketing Institute, Chief Content Office Magazine, Spin Sucks Pro and his expert opinions have been quoted in in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Ohio News Network, Business First and more recently, USA Today. His first book – the first style guide for blog post writing which is yet to be named – is due to be published by CMI Books in Q1 of 2012.
Most importantly, Nate is blessed with playing the roles dad and husband in a wonderful blended family. He enjoys spending time with them, reading books, camping and distance running. You can follow him on Twitter @nateriggs, on Google + and all the other spots where the cool kids hang out online.
What People Are Saying
“Nate has led our use of social media as a driver of internal culture, as well as a way to provide outstanding service to our clients’ customers.” — Sam Falletta, Incept
“Nate’s core knowledge of social media and community management were key in the success of our team. He is solely responsible for teaching our team the fundamentals of social media and brand management.” — Stephen Smith, Incept
“Nate is an outward focused individual intent on serving the needs of others. His passion, dedication, hard work, creativity, expertise and desire to succeed on the behalf of his clients make Nate a great partner. If you want to get your arms around what social media can mean to your organization, I highly recommend you reach out and have a conversation with Nate.” — Mark Whitman, Team Builder Search
“Nate has the chops and the passion to help deliver social media strategy advice and execution to your organization. His presentation at the Ohio Growth Summit left me feeling that his intentions are in the right direction and that he’s heading in a good direction. Nate definitely deserves consideration for his abilities.” – Chris Brogan, Kitchen Table Companies
“Nate is THE go-to-guy here in Columbus for anything related to social media. In fact, I’d venture to say he’s one of the most influential social media strategists in the Midwest.” — Jacob Stoops, Agent-SEO
“Nate is energetic, smart and (as Seth Godin would say) knows how to ship.” — Justin L. Bryant, Think Design Studio
“Nate is results oriented and pragmatic thinker. He is extremely experience with online marketing best practices. His insight and openness to contribute are key in making his a great team player.” — Jason Krac, Limited Brands
My Professional Disclosures
- I hold a degree in Organizational Communication and Media from Otterbein College.
- I sit on the board of the IABC in Columbus.
- In the past, I was an advisor to the Transportation Marketing & Sales Association.
- I serve as the professional adviser to The Ohio State University Social Media Society.
- I make some money from all the banners you see in the sidebar of this blog as an affiliate partner. Now you know.
- If I mention the folks from the banners in links in my content, chances are I make money on those too. Hey, my kids have a weird addiction to food.
- In 2009, I was named as a Top 30 under 30 Tweeters.
- I have advised the Akron Taylor Institute for Direct Marketing on how to build command centers and community manager training programs.
- In winter quarter of 2011, I’ll be teaching Ohio University’s first social business class on business blogging.
- I’ll absolutely talk about my clients here. When I link to them, I’ll let you know they are a client.
- I’m publishing my new book with Content Marketing Books and will make money selling that book when it’s ready.
- I was a semi-finalist in the 2010 Innovation Awards, and am not affiliate with TechColumbus.
- Most of the time I speak for money. On occasion, I will speak pro-bono or for the cost of travel if the opportunity is right or if it benefits a non-profit that I support.
- I’ll openly support most non profits that help animal rescue and advocate agains breed specific legislation, just in case you’re here from one of those organizations.
- I sometimes work in partnership with Eric Leslie and OnScene Digital Productions. When I do, Eric pays me money.
