About

Brian Hamlett is the Owner/President of mPower Consulting, a strategic onlin marketing consulting firm based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He works with small to mid-sized companies educating and guiding them in how to leverage the power of new media marketing combined with solid, proven traditional channels to build brand awareness, increase operational efficiencies, and build engaging relationships with customers.

Brian Hamlett has spent the past 10 years in small to mid-sized businesses in a variety of marketing roles.  His work with organizations has helped many transition to their next phase of growth, which for some ended in extremely beneficial acquisitions.

As the founder of mPower Consulting, Brian leads the consulting practice in helping small to mid-sized companies learn how to improve their marketing strategies by leveraging new media technology such as social media, communications & collaborative tools, community platforms, web conferencing, and more to translate marketing activities into high-performance drivers of brand awareness, customer acquisitions, relationship-building, and increased sales.

Disclosures and Relationships

• I am the founder and President of mPower Consulting, a strategic online marketing consulting firm in Charlotte, North Carolina.
• I am the founder and owner of the upcoming “New Media Workshop” online community (newmediaworkshop.tv)
• I am on the advisory board for the University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s SIFE team (so you will see me write about them)
• I am on the board of the Charlotte Business Professionals (so I will promote events, speakers, or any news I view as interesting to you, my audience)
• I use Skimlinks to monetize some of my product/service references (but the plugin does all the work… I just talk about only products or services I would recommend – unless I end up giving a not-so-glowing review)
• I am an affiliate for Elegant Themes premium WordPress themes (because I love and use them… just not here… yet)
• I am an affiliate for GoDaddy for domain names and hosting services (love them or hate them… they’re the best I’ve experienced after 10 years of developing/hosting web solutions!)
• I am an affiliate for Mind Meister (it’s been a great tool to visually outline my ideas, internal and client projects… though I’ve recently found Gliffy…)
• I am an affiliate for iContact email marketing services (for one, I have met and know Ryan Allis – the CEO – and two, I like their interface so far the best… but we’ll see.)

I have to thank Chris Brogan for the idea to simplify my disclosures.  I had a more complex page setup before and would have confused the hell out of any of you! Thanks Chris!