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Marketing O’Clock is brought to you by the team at Cypress North, a full-service digital agency in Buffalo, NY. We started the show as a tool to help educate our clients and keep them informed. Today, 350+ episodes later, we're proud to foster conversation within the digital marketing community and move the industry forward. We deliver the latest marketing news with plenty of sass each week and share successes, shortcomings, and resources from our IRL work lives.

 

 

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Greg Finn

Host & Co-Creator@gregfinn

Greg has been managing internet marketing campaigns for more than a dozen years and is a certified Google Ads partner. He is on the Search Marketing Expo (SMX) programming team helping to build content around Digital Advertising. Greg has been a featured speaker at some of the largest search engine conferences like Search Marketing Expo, eSummit & Pubcon. He fearlessly leads the marketing team at Cypress North, helping to hit goals, drive revenue & keep clients satisfied.

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Jess Budde

Host & Co-Creator@JessicaLBudde

Jess is Vice President of Marketing Operations and Client Service at Cypress North. She works closely with both clients and our internal team, overseeing account staffing to ensure client satisfaction. When not at the office, she can be found slinging beer at her husband’s bottle shop/craft beer bar. Or listening to metal. Or both.

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CHRISTINE "SHEP" ZIRNHELD

Host@shepzirnheld

Christine is a Senior Digital Marketing Manager at Cypress North. “Shep”, as she is affectionately known to our team, was named a 2021 PPC Hero Rising Star in PPC. In 2020, she co-authored The Ultimate Google Ads Playbook with other members of the Cypress North marketing team. She has been interviewed on various industry podcasts and quoted in and contributed to industry publications like Search Engine Land and Search Engine Journal.

When Christine is not at her desk or behind a mic, you can find her singing off-key in her car, watching Murder She Wrote, or consuming large amounts of noodles.

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JULIA METEER

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Julia is a Digital Marketing Strategist who joined Cypress North in June 2022. She spends her days in the office working on PPC strategies and helping manage budgets for some of our largest clients. ​​She brings experience in Google Ads, Microsoft, Meta, Linkedin, Hubspot, and  some of the biggest eye rolls the show has ever seen.

When not in the office or behind the mic Julia enjoys hiking, exploring Buffalo, and watching the latest reality dating shows.

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