Cynthia Zhang, SmithStreet – Accelerate Growth & Solve China Business Problems

“Before working with Kurt, the marketing department was in search of both a strategic marketing plan and marketing campaigns to increase awareness for SmithStreet’s consulting services. Kurt calmly worked with our marketing team to understand our current operations and identify areas that needed to be improved. He helped us not only organize a simple, yet customized marketing plan but also helped implement procedures and workflows to execute our marketing campaigns. We now have a solid marketing plan with clear goals to execute and measure our marketing campaigns. From identifying our target market to creating compelling content, Kurt helped get us on the right path.”

Don R. Rahtz, J. S. Mack Professor of Business The Mason School of Business at The College of William and Mary

“Kurt Hunter demonstrated that he had a solid understanding of the evolving marketing and consumer landscape. His insights on how to successfully engage and build relationships with the target market helped create a solid planned giving marketing strategy for Riverside Health System. On the project we were working on he exhibited a solid grasp of consumer psychology, as well as linking that into a marketing execution. Kurt shows he has a sense of things from the creativity standpoint and  has an entrepreneurial way of thinking that will go a long way in helping any organization.”

Thanks for visiting. More about me below.

Feel free to connect with me via Twitter (Kurt_Hunter), LinkedIn, or comment on my blog posts.

 I Was Born in Turlock, California.

Moved to St. Louis when I was 6 months old. Became a  St. Louis Cardinals fan (and Star Wars fan – see t-shirt -) at the age of 3.

 

Moved to Batesville, Arkansas at the Age of 7.

Where I Went Through a Rambo Phase – My Mom was Not Impressed

Developed my love for playing sports

 Moved to Charlottesville, VA at the age of 7

I Have a Sister and 6 Step-Siblings (4 Step-brothers and 2 Step-sisters)

 Successfully Sold the Family Insurance Business and My Four Rental Properties

Used Proceeds to:

Enroll in Full-Time MBA Program at the College of William & Mary

 

Where I Connected with Classmates from 17 Different Countries

 I Moved to San Francisco After Graduation

My Old Apartment at 17th & Dolores in the Mission District

 

 Traveled to Thailand…..

Traveled to Bali, Where I Attempted to Ride an Elephant….

Bathed and Fed Sumatran Elephants

And Met Some New Friends

Spent a Month in Shanghai for a Marketing Consulting Project

I Love Exploring the Bay Area

I Discovered My Love for Craft Beer

And Wine

 

 

 

 

Moved North to Beautiful Sonoma County in 2015

 

Love the Outdoors: From The Pacific Coast…

To the Sierra Mountains….

To the Rivers…

 Testimonials

 Rob Garland, President of Rob Garland Photographers

“Kurt Hunter’s dedication to marketing and his “company first” approach was exactly what we were looking for in 2011 when we decided to restructure our operations and marketing strategies. Mr. Hunter was dedicated to the cause and provided us with many ideas he developed and acquired from some of the top executives in the world while completing his MBA at The College of William and Mary. We could not be more pleased.”

Edmund Amoye, Luxury Brand Guardian + Digital Native

“I have worked with Kurt in a variety of situations – in and out of the classroom. Kurt is dedicated to producing work at the highest level of quality. He played a huge role in our team in the Customer Experience Management course (MBA program), especially because of his insight on consumer behavior and motivations. I hope I can work with him again soon.”

Barry Golliday, Entrepreneurial Business Strategy Consultant

“Entrepreneurial, smart, creative, great potential and a pleasure to work with.”

Mohan Chitrapu, Product Manager at Enova Financial

“I have had the privilege to know Kurt from MBA class of 2012, William and Mary. We worked on a few class projects and the one I vividly remember is the Business Plan we worked on for a gourmet business in Virginia. While the plan garnered enough support, the best part was working with Kurt. He clearly showed his grasp on the fundamental courses we went through in the first year and to be specific – marketing, operations and microeconomics. Since the very beginning, Kurt has shown his tremendous interest in Marketing. His opinions he expressed in the class were extremely thoughtful and well articulated. Post MBA, he has been living his passion of Marketing and in this direction; he has been providing consultations to organizations such as Shelter Planners (VA). The one thing most commendable of Kurt is his focus on simplicity. He expresses his well-observed and researched points in a thoroughly simplistic fashion making it easy for the reader to understand. It is always a challenge to write high quality content in such a way and Kurt successfully manages it. His blogs highlight such interesting facts around us that we usually tend to ignore. Be it on cross-marketing techniques that businesses apply or how courteous staff can increase the goodwill and in turn the business of an international airline, Kurt’s articles always help to learn more about the Marketing domain. Its been a pleasure knowing Kurt and I hope to work with him in the near future.”