I'm a serial entrepreneur with an educational background in Finance. I've acquired knowledge in different fields from my business ventures in the influencer, fashion, and tattoo industries and a non-profit foundation for suicide prevention.
MENTAL HEALTH
Based on my experience in losing my brother to suicide, I learned that most people don't get sad or depressed because of their situation; it's because of their perspective.
After talking to thousands of people with my apparel brand, Fükitt [foo-kit], I've learned that a negative perspective evolves into anxiety, depression, drug abuse, etc., and eventually suicidal tendencies. Everyone is exposed to inspirational content every day but they're all meaningless unless you actually make a decision.
Depression, anxiety, drugs, suicide, etc. are results, not the cause. It's impossible to solve any problems by remedying results instead of the cause and waiting for symptoms. This is why we started, Start Day One, a non-profit to proactively help people's mental health by distributing inspirational content, speaking at schools, companies, events, etc., and making life coaching services more affordable.
If you're interested in having a speaker for a mental health event at your organization, please reach out! ricardo@startdayone.org
INFLUENCER MARKETING
From my experience with my apparel brand, I've learned that most influencers are unprofessional and without business experience. All of the problems in the influencer industry stem from influencers and a lot of influencer platforms help sponsors but nothing exists that actually help influencers. It's like teaching people how to tattoo instead of helping tattoo artists to master their skills.
Transactions in the influencer industry typically take weeks or months to finalize because of the lack of trust. Paid Exposure helps build trust in the marketplace by applying a system that provides transparency, credibility, and accountability, where transactions are finalized within 48 hours.
We empower anyone to become an entrepreneur by monetizing valuable exposure with a platform to manage and scale your own business and connect with advertising sponsors and agencies to promote brands/products. But we also help guide sponsors on the most cost-effective way to implement influencer marketing.
If you're an influencer struggling to get sponsors consistently on a full-time basis or if you're a business owner who needs help implementing influencer marketing to grow your business, please don't hesitate to reach out and ask me your questions!
Available For: Speaking
Travels From: Toms River, NJ
Speaking Topics: Influencer Marketing, Mental Health
| Ricardo J. Zulueta, Jr. | Points |
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| Academic | 0 |
| Author | 0 |
| Influencer | 2 |
| Speaker | 0 |
| Entrepreneur | 0 |
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