about STAUFFER MEDIA

 

Stauffer Media™ is a consulting and business services firm that is passionate about helping publishing and media companies and small businesses be successful. We enjoy bringing big business marketing strategies to small businesses, and low-cost, results-based, small business entrepreneurial thinking and practices to publishers and media companies. When it comes down to engaging audiences, creating presence and client interaction and building revenue, these markets have much synergy with common goals, and Stauffer Media is right there with all the tools, techniques and most of all, passion and commitment.

 

about the team

 

Brad Stauffer, President & Founder, Stauffer Media™

After almost 25 years serving in senior management positions in business-to-business and consumer media companies, Brad joined the entrepreneurial community as a publishing consultant and branding and marketing specialist.

 

Prior to launching Stauffer Media, Brad served as Senior Vice President of Operations at 101communications (now 1105 Media), a business-to-business publisher. Prior to 101, Brad was General Manager and Director of Operations at Bobit Publishing (now Bobit Business Media); Associate Publisher/Director of Operations for San Francisco Focus Magazine (now Modern Luxury’s San Francisco), where he was responsible for launching new products and brand extensions, as well as KQED Books & Video. Brad was also Assistant Publisher & Director of Operations at Creative Age Publications and worked with several other publishers. In addition, he was co-owner and Publisher of choice Magazine, the magazine of professional coaching and is now their business coach and consultant. He is also currently Associate Publisher (consulting) with the SingularCity.

 

Brad is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach through the Coaches Training Institute, and a Certified Dream Coach® through Marcia Wieder’s Dream University. He is also a member of the International Coach Federation and ICF-Los Angeles. Brad has been a member of Toastmasters International for seven years and District One Speakers Bureau for two years. He is currently President of the Western Publishing Association and was on the Board of Directors of WFMA. In November 2006, 2007 & 2008, Brad was named in Media Business Magazine's as a "Who's Who in Business Publishing". He is a frequent speaker at publishing conferences presenting on digital media, email marketing, print production and audience development. Brad has also been an inspirational speaker and small business coach for the last four years. He is a graduate of the Stanford Professional Publishing Course and earned a Bachelors Degree in Communications.

Joleen O'Brien, Project Manager

Joleen has worked in publishing for nearly 18 years. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Art and started out as a graphic designer and art director. As Project Manager, Joleen works manages and supports a wide range of projects, including new magazine launches, e-book production, collateral printing, print production, vendor management, audience marketing, database management and website development. Previously, she was Production Director at 101communications overseeing traditional print and web magazine products, and as Data and Privacy Officer where she launched a master database of 4.5 million subscriber names and implemented company-wide data handling policies. Joleen approaches new projects with a wealth of experience in print and online magazines, from launching PDF publications and e-newsletters to privacy law, database management and audience marketing. Joleen’s expertise is in her ability to quickly access needs of a project, communicate the details and manage the process; all with an eye on the budget, the schedule and especially the long-term goals.