Larry Kim founded WordStream in 2007. He bootstrapped the company by providing internet consulting services while funding/managing a team of engineers and marketers to develop and sell software for search engine marketing automation. Today WordStream is a multi-million-dollar company with over 2,000 customers across dozens of industries. Larry still serves on WordStream’s board of directors but has moved on to other adventures, now serving as CEO at a new startup called MobileMonkey and devoted to chatbots.
Larry was voted the most influential PPC expert in 2015, 2014 and 2013 according to the PPC Hero Blog. In 2015 Larry also won Search Marketer of the Year Awards from the US Search Awards and Search Engine Land. Previously he and won a spot in the ClickZ Digital Marketing Hall of Fame and Small Business Influencer Award.
Larry, among our small team, is one of our favorite marketing experts.
He was also the top columnist for all of Search Engine Land in 2013 and is the Most Influential Search Engine Marketer of 2014 and most retweeted SEM according to 3QDigital.
At the SMXL Milan 2017, he presented his advice on creating Unicorn content. His marketing strategies are a must read for every digital marketers in 2018.