The Gh👻st in the Machine
HAVE YOU EVER MET ANYONE THAT'S REALLY PASSIONATE?
So passionate... it's almost scary?
Maybe they love cats, and have 137 of them.
THAT’S HOW OUR TEAM FEELS ABOUT DATA AND MARKETING, WE LOOOOVE IT!
We wanna marry it... We look at lead tracking spreadsheets like some people look at all you can eat buffets… they get us excited!
If you can point out your perfect customer, we’ll find a way to clone them.
If you say you want to be seen, we’ll clone you, too!
WE MAKE MARKETING MAKE SENSE.
If you’ve got a campaign in mind, we will figure out how to track it, improve it, and repeat it.
Call us, we’ve got a heart-on for marketing data and we want to share the love!
MEET THE TEAM
David Carroll CEO
About David
David Carroll is the CEO of DOPE Marketing, but is also a serial entrepreneur, and the rule-breaking visionary behind Dope360: our automated Direct Mail marketing tool.
David is 34 years old and has been an entrepreneur since starting his first business at 24. David’s first business, Lions Share Maintenance, is based in St.Paul, Minnesota. Lions Share has 15 employees with an annual sales of 1.2million per year and pretty much grows itself now.
David has phased himself out of Lions Share over the last few years to focus on his dope new passion for direct mail, data, and the true automation of traditional marketing.
David also started his first data compiling business, A Type Data, in 2015. A Type Data provides business and consumer data lists including postal, telemarketing, and email information to businesses that want to market their services to new customers. A Type Data offers several list services including; list purchasing, data appending, and data analysis. David quickly saw that the data business needed a branded marketing front end, so he opened DOPE Marketing. DOPE Marketing is the front-facing marketing business that uses and executes on the data sold by A Type Data, in addition to providing our clients with the greatest marketing tools of all time; including ringless voicemails, yard signs, door hangers, and a lot more!
Joe Cote COO
About Joe
Joe Cote is the COO of Dope Marketing.
Joe and CEO David Carroll are assembling the greatest army of marketing coaches (with all the best marketing tools) that the world has ever seen.
Why?
To turn mediocre marketers into DOPE marketers.
In Joe's early career he created the world’s largest dance website (Dance.com), and founded + exited both an active apparel brand, and an international touring agency.
Today, Joe's recent work includes the naming, marketing strategy, and visual identity design of hundreds of companies, including DOPE MARKETING.
Joe has been an untamable serial entrepreneur since he can remember, and he loves to share the lessons he has learned along the bumpy road of brand building with anyone who is making the world more awesome.
Fun Fact:
Joe is a native New Hampshirite, and ex-New Yorker living in Rincon, Puerto Rico, and he has a guest house called Mango Mountain.
Birynne Carroll Marketing Coach
About Birynne
ABOUT BIRYNNE
Birynne Carrol, a Marketing Coach specializing in Print Marketing Communications & Fulfillment here at DOPE has been managing teams for as long as she can remember.
Birynne's recent experience running a successful home maintenance company means she speaks the language of entrepreneurs everywhere.
Birynne is familiar with all forms of lead generation for service-based businesses. With a die-hard focus on the details and a fast turnaround time on every order, she keeps our manufacturing and client success teams well organized and can easily guide any print campaign to the best ROI possible through proper messaging, strategy, placement, and design.
Fun Facts:
Birynne is the head of a household of 6, with 4 kids of her own,, and there isn't a marketing campaign on earth that is more complex than keeping up with her family schedule!
Birynne's Favorite Brand:
Aside from DOPE, it is The Ritz-Carlton... for its everlasting and irrefutable commitment to making sure all guests are treated exactly like the royalty in the presidential suite.
Kristina Client Support Manager
About Kristina
Experience: 9 years experience in Sales, Marketing, and Customer Service
Favorite Quote: "Impossible is just an opinion"
Favorite Ad Campaign: Mercedes-Benz Invisible Car
Favorite Product Design: Samsung Odyssey G9 Curved Gaming Monitor
Ryan Sales
About Ryan
Experience: 4 years in Marketing, Sales & Promotions
Favorite Quote: "Anything is possible" - Kevin Garnett
Favorite ad: Mayhem by Allstate
Favorite Product design: Remote car start (it gets cold in Minnesota!)
Short Bio: As a 2021 University of Minnesota graduate who majored in marketing and minored in strategic management, I know I'm working for the right company for me. I'm a sports addict, competitive when both playing and watching and helping my teams win. My goal is to help grow your business by implementing the best practices I've learned through school and professional experience.
Ryan Sales
About Ryan
Experience: 4 years in Marketing, Sales & Promotions
Favorite Quote: "Anything is possible" - Kevin Garnett
Favorite ad: Mayhem by Allstate
Favorite Product design: Remote car start (it gets cold in Minnesota!)
Short Bio: As a 2021 University of Minnesota graduate who majored in marketing and minored in strategic management, I know I'm working for the right company for me. I'm a sports addict, competitive when both playing and watching and helping my teams win. My goal is to help grow your business by implementing the best practices I've learned through school and professional experience.
David Sales
About David
Experience: 2 Years in Marketing - BA in Strategic Communications
Favorite Quote: "A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor"
Favorite Ad Campaign: Budweiser Lost Dog Super Bowl (2014)
Favorite Product Design: Icelantic Nomad 95 Skis
Short Bio: I started working at DOPE Marketing prior to my graduation from the University of Minnesota. I am a Minnesota native and a die-hard Vikings fan. I like to spend my time camping in the Boundary Waters, skiing on our abundance of snow, and growing brands like yours.
Abegail Executive Assistant
About Charizza
Experience: 9 years experience in customer service and sales; 1 year in marketing.
Favorite Quote: “Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”― Dr. Seuss
Favorite Ad Campaign: Coke's 'Share a Coke'
Favorite Product Design: Samsung Z Fold 3
Charizza Assistant Client Support Manager
About Charizza
Experience: 9 years experience in customer service and sales; 1 year in marketing.
Favorite Quote: “Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”― Dr. Seuss
Favorite Ad Campaign: Coke's 'Share a Coke'
Favorite Product Design: Samsung Z Fold 3
Kim Customer Success Assistant
About Kim
Experience: 2 years in the Education Field
Favorite Quote: Every day is a fresh start.
Favorite Ad Campaign: New Balance
Favorite Product Design: Dalmore
Raffy Data Assistant
About Raffy
Experience: 8 Years in Teaching & 1.5 years with DOPE Marketing
Favorite Quote: "When nothing is going right, go left."
Favorite Ad Campaign: 2022 Ford Everest
Favorite Product Design: Bose SoundLink Mini II
Kit Assistant for Sales and Success
About Kit
Experience: 13 very lucky years in client management.
Favorite Quote: "No regrets in life, just lessons learned"
Favorite Ad Campaign: Mercedes - Benz
Favorite Product Design: Smart Watch
Fred Content Writer
About Fred
Experience: # Years in BLANK? 6 years in banking and finance, 8 years in customer service, 2 years in teaching, and 7 years of combined experience in copywriting, journalism, and proofreading.
Favorite Quote: "You can't give what you don't have."
Favorite Ad Campaign: McDonald's Netherland's Maestro Burger's 'Always Open for Good Times'
Favorite Product Design: Ford Mustang Shelby GT500
Short Bio: I have successful experience in various customer service and writing positions. I have demonstrated passion, commitment, and pride in my work, and created an environment that was fun and easy to work in. I'd love to continue to be a part of this kind of atmosphere and look forward to becoming even better.
John Neil Graphic Designer
About John Neil
Experience: 7 years in the design industry with a combined experience in advertising, digital art, basic 3D, and animation.
Favorite Quote: "Positive Mind. Positive Vibes. Positive Life."
Favorite Ad Campaign: The Microsoft Office app by Microsoft 365
Favorite Product Design: Banksy's Shredded Painting
Short Bio: I am a self-taught artist who started creating digital art for fun. I started earning as a graphic designer in 2015 in a local advertising company while working with my own little apparel business and being a creative director of an event production team. Aside from arts and design, I fancy riding my motorbike to different places. Natural places, especially, beaches are my favorite destinations. I desire to enjoy life wherever fate brings me.
Van Graphic Designer
About Van
Experience: 8 years of experience in Graphic Designing
Favorite Quote: The ultimate inspiration is the deadline
Favorite Ad campaign: Pola Apex Distorted Beauty Campaign
Favorite product design: PlayStation 5