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Most Companies Sell. Few Create Fans.
Learn how to grow your business by building human connection in a world of digital chaos.
Meet David
Visionary
For over two decades, my pioneering ideas have sparked major shifts in how to generate attention using real-time marketing, sales, and PR. Today I'm focused on how to build the genuine human connections that grow fans.
Learn More About DavidAuthor
I’m the international bestselling author of a dozen books published in 30 languages. My books are go-to guides for entrepreneurs and creatives and are required reading in colleges and universities worldwide.
Explore David's BooksAdvisor
I’m an advisor and investor focused on the clever entrepreneurs who are building emerging companies. I help them develop business growth strategies and implement effective ways to grow business at little or no cost.
Work with DavidSpeaker
I deliver high-energy keynote presentations, masterclasses, and virtual events that educate, energize, and inspire. My talks show people how to generate attention, spread ideas, and grow business.
Learn What Makes David's Keynotes DifferentA Passionate Fan
I dive deep into the things I love including swing dancing, The Grateful Dead, the Apollo lunar program, and surfing (to name a few). I help organizations showcase passion to build deeper, more human connections.
Learn About David's Passions
The Fandom Playbook
The Fandom Playbook will be published by Entrepreneur Press in late-2026. My new book extends the ideas in Fanocracy to make it easy to create strategies to grow fans of any a brand, product, person or idea.
I’m writing The Fandom Playbook as a fun, practical, and engaging guide for entrepreneurs, marketers, creatives, and organizational leaders who want to grow devoted fans and generate new business.
What People Are Saying
“...he KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK!”
"David was the keynote speaker at our HPE Storage Marketing All-Hands team meeting and he KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK! For an established business that deals with B2B relationships, he challenged the teams thinking of how our customers interact with us in a world of social media and ubiquitous information availability. I can’t wait to see how our team rises to the challenge of the Real-Time Marketing mindset.”
Patrick Osborne, Director of Product Management and Marketing at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
“...the most practical and powerful marketing presentation I’ve seen...”
“David, you delivered the most practical and powerful marketing presentation I’ve seen. Outstanding! Thank you!”
Tony Robbins
“...‘Top 10’ in Presenter Effectiveness...”
“David knocked our partners’ socks off at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference. Out of 231 sessions presented this year at WPC, David again makes it into the coveted ‘Top 10’ in Presenter Effectiveness."
Megan Casey, Leadership Track Manager at Microsoft