Partner with Evan Carmichael

Very few brands have successfully established themselves as a friend of small business. To discuss how we might be able to work together please contact Evan at evan@evancarmichael.com.

I help brands:

• Become the default company small business owners think of when they are looking for solutions for their companies
• Create a vibrant online resource center for entrepreneurs
• Drive small business website traffic
• Increase social media engagement
• Ultimately generate more sales
• Follow a proven 12 step formula designed to maximize results

Thought Leadership

• Business owners don't want to be "sold" to
• Establish a relationship through Thought Leadership, win their trust, earn a lifetime of business
• Evan Carmichael creates and promotes Thought Leadership content for brands to help them build trusted relationships with business owners

Proven Initiatives

• Contributing expert content to your existing websites and social media properties
• Creating independent guides recommending your products
• Promoting your reports to our small business audience
• Generating YouTube videos and linkbait blog posts to build a social media presence
• Publishing your small business content on our website
• Running contests using your products to build awareness and buzz
• On-site live coverage of your small business events
• Consulting on how to effectively target and engage the small business community

About EvanCarmichael.com

• Helped over 14 million entrepreneurs with motivation and strategies to grow their businesses
• Over 50,000 entrepreneur newsletter subscribers
• Almost 100,000 Twitter followers
• Popular blog with 20-200 comments per post
• YouTube channel with over 100,000 views
• Almost 200,000 pages of content recognized by Google
• The largest collection of famous entrepreneur profiles anywhere online
• Over 100,000 recognized incoming links by Google
• An established and recognized authority website for small business owners
• Featured in New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, many others
• Over 5,000 contributors including Donald Trump, Michael Gerber, Tom Peters
• Entrepreneur forums community with over 30,000 posts
• Launched line of famous entrepreneur trading cards called "First Rate" and "Cool" by Seth Godin
• Created Entrepreneur Blog Network with over 150 participating small business blogs

Helping Brands Connect to Entrepreneurs

Evan follows a proven 12 step formula to help brands build strong connections with the entrepreneur community. The focus is to establish a relationship through Thought Leadership, win their trust, and earn a lifetime of business. Some of the brands he's worked with include:

To arrange a time to discuss your project with Evan, please email him at evan@evancarmichael.com.

Example: TELUS Talks Business

• TELUS Talks Business small biz blog
• Bi-weekly leadership posts featuring profiles of famous entrepreneurs (Example: How to Care, Be Your Target Market, and Network like L.L. Bean)
• Contests encourage community engagement
• Consistently get the most views and comments of all posts on the blog
• First post generated over 8,000 views and 29 comments
• Post video content to YouTube channel with over 100,000 views
• Currently also helping plan for the 2nd generation launch of the site
  
  
  
  
• About: TELUS is Canada's third-largest telecom service provider and provides wireline voice services to 3.8 million customers and Internet access to about 1.2 million. The company's wireless unit serves almost 7 million mobile phone customers nationwide with voice, data, and mobile Internet services. Through its Optik TV unit, it offers high-definition TV, video-on-demand and pay-per-view television, and personal video recorder (PVR) services to more than 265,000 homes. TELUS International provides businesses with outsourced contact center, BPO,  and IT services. TELUS has approximately 35,000 employees.

Example: Sage Simply Accounting

• Createdcontent to promote Sage's Business Resource Centre for entrepreneurs
• Videos and posts hosted on the popular EvanCarmichael.com blog (Example: How To Grow Your Business On A $0 Advertising Budget – Ask Evan)
• Consistently get 50-200 comments per blog post
• Creating line of financial literacy posts and videos (Example: Balance Sheet Tutorial - How to Use Your Balance Sheet to Make Important Business Decisions) to educate entrepreneurs and promote Sage Simply Accounting
• All posts get spread through our various social media streams (YouTube, Facebook, Twitter) to achieve maximum awareness
  
  
  
  
• About: Sage Software provides a variety of business management applications for small and midsized companies, such as those focused on accounting, customer relationship management, not-for-profit and government management, human resources and fixed asset management, and contact management applications. The company also provides industry-specific applications for customers in fields such as construction, real estate, and health care. Sage has approximately 4,000 employees.
  

Sample Packages

Package #1

• Monthly post (500-1,500 words) to your website on topics that will resonate well with entrepreneurs
• Sample topics include: modeling the success of famous entrepreneurs, answering questions from your or Evan's audience, how to videos on specific areas which complement your products and services
• Custom video to support the post every month
• Promotional support via our newsletter, Twitter account, YouTube channel, Facebook page.
• 1 day of consulting per month to help guide SMB strategy and support your team

Package #2

• Monthly post (500-1,500 words) to your website on topics that will resonate well with entrepreneurs
• Sample topics include: modeling the success of famous entrepreneurs, answering questions from your or Evan's audience, how to videos on specific areas which complement your products and services
• Custom video to support the post every month
• Promotional support via our newsletter, Twitter account, YouTube channel, Facebook page.
• No consulting support

Package #3

• Monthly post (500-1,500 words) to your website on topics that will resonate well with entrepreneurs
• Sample topics include: modeling the success of famous entrepreneurs, answering questions from your or Evan's audience, how to videos on specific areas which complement your products and services
• No video or promotional support
• No consulting support

To discuss these packages or design your own please contact Evan at evan@evancarmichael.com.

Media Coverage

Evan has been interviewed / featured as an entrepreneurship expert by media across North America including:

Contact

To discuss how we might be able to work together please contact Evan at evan@evancarmichael.com.