About Mike Popowski / President
Mike started Truth+Tribe early in 2008 to help brands communicate online within today's rapidly changing, decentralized, and highly social World Wide Web. He brings ten years of online marketing experience as a publisher, agency and client.
Mike most recently was Director of Accounts and a member of the leadership team for an Inc. 5000 online marketing agency based in Washington D.C. He led a team while managing daily relationships with the company's top clients such as AOL, AARP and Rackspace Managed Hosting. Mike worked in tandem with the founder to grow the agency's revenue 400% in three years. He also implemented email and search engine marketing programs that still remain as the agency's key revenue stream today.
Prior to his agency years, Mike worked in Business Development at AOL in 2001 and 2002. There he supported the Internet advertising outside sales team with a deal pipeline worth $25MM. Mike assisted the closure of $4MM worth of business while personally managing and closing $200k in sales. His team managed a sales pipeline of Fortune 500 pharmaceutical companies such as Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer.
Michael graduated Cum Laude from The University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business. He earned a Bachelor of Science in both Management and Marketing, while obtaining a minor in Spanish.
