Ricky Engelberg is the Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Vista.

Vista is a marketing partner to millions of small businesses around the world. As CMO, he oversees important functions such as customer experience and digital product.

In this episode Alan and Ricky discuss his early career in the entertainment industry in Athens, Georgia, and how that has shaped his career and how he sees the world today. Tune in to hear more about how the experience made him realize the importance of finding your audience and investing in relationships to make them successful.

In this episode, you'll learn:

The art of finding your audience
Creating a customer relationship across all product offerings
What makes a successful partnership

Key Highlights

[01:41] Ricky's early entertainment career

[04:37] Learning how to find the right audience

[09:23] Vista's mission and vision[13:26] Building customer relationships

[15:54] The shift to partnerships in creating brand awareness

[19:12] Vista's partnership with Humberto Leon

[24:40] The ingredients for a successful partnership

[29:22] An experience that makes Ricky who he is today

[31:43] Ricky's advice to his younger self

[34:34] What marketers should be learning more about

[39:19] The biggest threat and opportunity to marketers

Resources Mentioned:

Ricky Engelberg
Vista
Vistaprint
99Designs by Vista
VistaCreate
Humberto Leon and Chifa Restaurant partnership (NY Times)
Power forward with Celtics Sports Partnership
Liverpool Football Club partnership
Washington Commanders Football team
Web3 - FWB
Liquid Death
Marvel & Disney
Supreme
Palace
GoPuff

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306: Earning the Customer Relationship with Vista’s Ricky Engelberg