Scott Marlow – Indie Marketer
My first sales job was literally funded by quarters; an independent coin-operated equipment distributor out of Cleveland, Ohio hired me to sell vending machines in Indiana.
With a B.S. in marketing from Indiana University School of Business, and a minor in water polo – I swam to Seattle in 1993.
I managed sales and marketing for an independent hotel, developing one million dollars in new sales. Business development for two high tech startups taught me about online marketing and search engine optimization (one company was developing search software to compete with Google).
After the dot-com bust, I developed a marketing department at Cascade Bicycle Club, where I sold the first-ever title sponsorship for the Group Health Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic.
My interest in community organizations is influenced by my core values:
- balance
- directness
- diversity
- economic justice
- integrity
- social capital
Growing up as a minority in St. Louis, I learned to appreciate diversity, hip hop, strawberry soda, and, of course, donuts (not scones). My summers were spent in rural, conservative Indiana, listening to Duran Duran and Randy Newman, and working for the family-owned wholesale business, where I learned the value of a good education, an Amish-like work ethic, and, naturally, Bobby Knight’s IU Hoosier basketball team.
I’m addicted to outdoor activities – including: hiking, mountain biking, photography, rock climbing, scuba diving, and volleyball. I work from my West Seattle bungalow, where I live with my girlfriend, Jen. Call me and you may hear the echoes of a crazy calico cat or the sweet chirps of three laying hens.
