Owen Frager

In a 30-year career as an agency owner, marketing executive, top-producing salesman and Internet entrepreneur, Owen Frager has helped global brand leaders champion technology revolutions and accelerate growth. With an absolutely original mind, and a unique way of looking at the world, Owen Frager builds brands and sales from smart ideas — and the value they create.

His marketing concepts and programs have generated over $7 billion of shareholder value, advanced middle managers to CEO and led to the acquisition of private companies by billion-dollar brands.

Long before there was an Internet, Frager was pioneering the concepts of social marketing. He remains among the few who understand how to monetize the technique to a sponsor’s bottom line advantage. For example, his acclaimed “Teammates” program for Friden postage meters enlisted employees, customers and partners in the first-ever grass-roots promotion of the Olympic games. As for results, it unseated Pitney Bowes from corporate mailrooms and doubled Friden’s sales from $60 million to $120 million in just one year.

Frager created such programs as March With a Buddy (to raise awareness and funds for AIDS), Ambassador (that engaged early IT adapters as champions to sell the then fledging Citrix brand deeper into their organizations), Open Your Heart, Open a Perrier and the Gay Games.

In addition to operating his own creative services agency, Frager’s blogs and online communities attract tens of thousands of visitors a day, and he has blazed a new trail to the fastest growing ethnic segment in online SHOE shopping with THOUSANDS daily followers.

Frager was previously a sales and marketing executive responsible for customer-focused communications and lead generation at Océ, Citrix Systems and Alcatel. Product names created by Owen include 89 trademarks that are part of the office lexicon in Fortune 100 companies around the world. His work has been featured on NBC and CBS; in Print Magazine, The New York Times and Wall Street Journal.

Mary Charles
Mary Charles recently sold Hawaii’s largest destination management company, MC&A, which she built from the ground up, growing from a two-person operation to offices on every island. She has entertained millions of guests attending some of the most important corporate and civic events in the world and has worked closely with the CEOs and boards of just about every Fortune 100 company.

Considered the “queen of theme,” Mary’s parties are legendary in putting brands front and center in ways that other campaigns simply cannot — to fire enthusiasm and imagination, build company loyalty, encourage creative thinking and teamwork and create long-lasting memories.

“She was instrumental in putting Hawaii at the forefront of the meetings, conventions and incentives world,” said Mike Murray, director of corporate meeting and incentive sales for the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau.

Today Mary’s retirement avoidance syndrome consists of being Hawaii’s most passionate champion, restoring and managing a quaint escape on the island of Lanai and spending more time with her husband Tom, whose own event, media, Internet and apparel brands include 150 XTERRA branded events in 17 countries; 14 nationally syndicated television shows; advertising and P.R. efforts; a Website with five million qualified visits annually; and the XTERRA line of branded and licensed products.

Ken Norkin: Award-winning copywriter
Ken writes business-to-business marketing communications copy that sells technical, professional or industrial products, services and ideas. For over 30 years, Ken’s clients in business, associations, government, ad agencies and design studios have told him time and again that he gives them what they rarely get from other writers: Someone who can actually understand complex products, services or issues, grasp important customer or stakeholder benefits, and then convey their message, image and brand in copy that’s easy to read and to the point.

As a freelancer, ad agency copywriter and corporate communicator, Ken has written brochures, annual reports, Web sites, print and broadcast advertising, direct mail pieces and public relations materials for clients such as Sprint, Nextel, Citrix, Bell Atlantic, MCI, IBM, Texas Instruments, Savin, Sharp, Chemical Manufacturers Association, American Gas Association, NIH, Pfizer, Overseas Private Investment Corporation … and dozens of less well known but highly successful organizations.

Before launching his successful freelance career in 1991, Ken served as vice president and copy chief of The Washington Agency, a copywriter with Stackig, Sanderson & White, publications manager for GEICO, a public affairs writer with the Atomic Industrial Forum and a marketing writer and technical editor with NUS Corporation.

Jeff Zbar: Award-winning Journalist
Jeff Zbar, Chief Home Officer and moderator of Domain Success’ Gratitude series is by day a veteran freelance journalist, business columnist and corporate copywriter. He writes the weekly marketing column for the South Florida Business Journal, and he’s also been published in Florida Trend, Advertising Age, Costco Connection, Inc.com and Entrepreneur. An ardent proponent of freelancing and a fledgling domainer, Jeff’s blog “MyDaddyWorksInHisUnderwear.com” is one domainers can relate to, and it offers great tips for achieving better work life balance. Among the domains Zbar owns and operates are ChiefHomeOfficer.com, HomeOfficeHighway.com and several others focusing on home-based business and telework.

Ottip Ramos: Award-winning art director
Ottip Ramos is the most visually gifted digital artist we’ve ever known. He’s helped us transform images for Ricoh, IKON, Citrix, Equitrac, Oce, Swiss Post, RCI, MC&A, Perrier, Hiram Walker, Ellis & Ellis, Met-RX, and Stadtlanders. And also serves Nature’s Cure, Real Read, WW Communications. At Domain Success he’ll produce all of the logos and design direction as well as provide concept boards and PowerPoints for meetings with high value domain prospects.