TrainerRoad: Value-Based Marketing with Emotionally Engaging Storytelling

February 13, 2018 by Zach Leighton

TrainerRoad: Value-Based Marketing with Emotionally Engaging Storytelling On the 14th Episode of the Active Lifestyle Marketer, we interviewed Nate Pearson, CEO and Co-founder of TrainerRoad. A successful entrepreneur and passionate cyclist, Nate shares how the idea of TrainerRoad came about and talks strategy and tactics behind the company’s rapid growth. This article expands on the […]

Total Body Fitness and Experiential Brand Strategy

July 18, 2017 by Zach Leighton

Total Body Fitness and Experiential Brand Strategy We recently interviewed Bill Driskill, CEO and Co-Founder of Total Body Fitness, on The Active Lifestyle Marketer and today we wanted to follow up on that conversation and expand on some of the things we discussed in episode 12. Before we get started though, for those that didn’t […]

Brand Transparency with Flo Cycling

May 18, 2017 by Zach Leighton

Brand Transparency with Flo Cycling To start, this episode of The Active Lifestyle Marketer was one of our longest episodes because Jon and Chris, co-founders of Flo Cycling, went into such great detail around their business. The episode was incredible. They were super generous with their insight and experience. The content that came out of […]

Purpose Driven Brands Like Rasputitsa Win

May 15, 2017 by Zach Leighton

Heidi Myers – Rasputitsa Gravel Race Rasputitsa in Russian means “muddy season.” The Rasputitsa Gravel Race is a gravel road race that takes place in April every year in Vermont and the race name is perfectly fitting as a descriptor for what participants can expect on race day. Everything about this gravel road race supports […]

strava and communal storytelling

Strava and Communal Storytelling

May 9, 2017 by Zach Leighton

Strava and Communal Storytelling with Mark Gainey We recently had Mark Gainey, CEO of Strava, on The Active Lifestyle Marketer and the content that came out of that episode was powerful. You can listen to the episode HERE. Mark is an incredibly talented entrepreneur and it was great having him on the show to share […]

Storytelling to Carry Your Brand Beliefs

March 18, 2017 by Zach Leighton

TAM Cycling Inc. A couple of weeks ago we had Nicola Cranmer on The Active Lifestyle Marketer. You can listen to the episode HERE. TAM Cycling Inc. is a non-profit women’s cycling organization with multiple cycling teams under the TAM Cycling umbrella. Most notably is Team Twenty20, a women’s pro cycling team with their eyes […]

Archetypes in Storytelling and Belief-Based Marketing

February 22, 2017 by Zach Leighton

Mike Henderson from Hendo Design A couple of week’s ago we had Mike Henderson from Hendo Design on The Active Lifestyle Marketer. You can listen to the episode on iTunes or on our Blog.  Mike is an incredibly talented creative who has worked with some of the biggest names in and outside of the active […]