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Jay Baer (Born September 29, 1969) is an American marketing consultant, speaker, and the author of the ''New York Times'' bestselling book,〔(Youtility on the New York Times Hardcover Business Bestsellers List )〕 Youtility. As President of Convince & Convert and the founder of five companies, Baer has worked with over 700 brands including Nike, Cold Stone Creamery, Sony, ExactTarget, and ConocoPhillips since 1994, including 25 of the Fortune 1000. His Convince & Convert blog is ranked among the world’s top marketing resources, and was named #3 social media blog in the world by Social Media Examiner. ==Early life== Baer was born in 1969 in Lincoln, Nebraska and grew up in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. He is a Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Arizona (1991) with a major in political science and a minor in communications. Baer attended college as a (Flinn Scholar ), prestigious leadership and academic scholarship given to 20 Arizona high school seniors annually. From 1998 through 2000, Baer served as the National Chairman of Ad 2, a division of the American Advertising Federation for emerging professionals aged 32 and younger with a membership of 2,000.〔(Phoenix Business Journal article heading: New Ad 2 Chairman Looks To Improve Communication )〕 He was the first person elected to two terms.〔(Phoenix Business Journal article heading: Baer National Chair Again )〕 Prior to holding this national position, Baer was president of the Phoenix chapter in 1995.〔 In his early career, Baer was a political campaign manager on congressional, gubernatorial and Arizona initiative campaigns. He also served as a political consultant advising campaigns on marketing including direct mail and radio strategies. When Arizona Senator John McCain ran for president in 2000, Baer ran his email program and built his fundraising website.〔()〕 The interactive nature of McCain’s campaign boosted the campaign and showed how the internet could impact politics.〔(Forbes: Net vs. Norm )〕 Baer also worked in public relations, and as a marketing manager for Waste Management, Inc. He began his online marketing career in 1994, as Vice President at Internet Direct, Arizona's first Internet Service Provider, and a pioneering Web hosting company. Internet Direct was eventually sold to Mindspring. After Internet Direct, Baer was the co-founder of azfamily.com, a local content website powered by KTVK 3TV, KASW-WB61, Phoenix Magazine, and KEZ Radio. A division of MAC America (a family-owned media conglomerate), azfamily.com was Arizona's second-largest content website, and a major designer and developer of corporate websites. In 1999, azfamily.com and all MAC America assets were sold to Belo Corporation. In 2000, he spent a short period working as a Vice President at visitalk.com, a free VOIP calling and video calling service that functioned similarly to today's Skype. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jay Baer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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