meet Andy Boenau

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People hire me to help them tap into the power of storytelling to stand out from the crowd.

Businesses:
Increase leads, sales, and media coverage. Product specs, awards, and low prices aren’t enough. Let’s create, distribute, and amplify stories that bring your business more business.

Solopreneurs:
Conformity is not maturity. You might be looking to compete with established brands or pivot your career. Personal stories open doors. It’s networking that gives you an unfair advantage.

Storytelling for businesses that want more business.

I help get the right stories in the right form in front of the right audiences.

I’ve worked with startups, local businesses, and global consultancies. Large or small, they share a common problem: they offer a great product or service, but blend in with everyone else.

You’ve read blogs, watched YouTube videos, and sat through webinars telling you that stories are important, that humans love stories, that stories lead to sales, and on and on.

But you’re left wondering how to make and tell stories. You might be:

  • a bikeshare operator needing to increase brand awareness.
  • a professional service firm wanting to show thought leadership.
  • a technology startup plotting a go-to-market strategy.
  • a freelancer writing grant proposals.

Should you launch a blog? Publish case studies? Host a podcast? Activate a new social media account? And who’s going to create all this content? The more questions you ask, the more crushing the anxiety can feel.

Let me offer some hope: your competitors have procrastinated for the same reasons you have.

Few companies in any industry take the time to think through the memorable stories, the best tone and style to use, and the most effective platforms to distribute content.

I’m here to help. I’ve won awards for writing, podcasting, photography, and filmmaking. When I’m not making up true stories about the world around me, I’m teaching others how through consulting, workshops, and online courses.

Buzzword experience

I’ve served as Chief Marketing Officer for startups, and held several senior corporate roles where I was responsible for the entire customer journey.

I’ve guided industry-leading companies with digital marketing strategy, brand management, client relationship management, media services, lead generation, and creative (production and distribution).

I’ve appeared on and produced dozens of webinars, virtual summits, live streams, and other online education outlets. I’ve developed my own curriculum for every training program or course, teaching thousands of professionals around the world.

Virginia Tech, University of Virginia, University of Richmond, and Virginia Commonwealth University have each featured me as a guest lecturer.

Let’s talk!

Are you ready to stand above the competition? Use one of the buttons below to contact me.

Recognition

  • New Urbanism Film Festival, award-winning short films (2013, 2014, 2015)
  • American Planning Association, award-winning podcast (2013)
  • Style Weekly, Top 40 Under 40 (2014)
  • Engineering News-Record, Top 20 Under 40 (2015)
  • Federal Transit Administration, award-winning book (2016)
  • University of Richmond, Transportation Today and Tomorrow exhibition (2016)
  • LinkedIn, Top 1% industry social selling rank (2019-present)
  • LinkedIn, Top 1% network social selling index (2020-present)

Featured by

  • Institute of Transportation Engineers Journal
  • American Planning Association Journal
  • Richmond Times-Dispatch
  • Sustainable Cities Collective
  • The Urban Dispatch
  • Urban Daily
  • The Black Urbanist
  • City Farmer
  • Humankind
  • The Outlaw Urbanist
  • The Sidewalk Ballet
  • Style Weekly
  • Mobility Lab
  • Smart Cities Dive
  • Urban Land Institute
  • Prosperity Indiana
  • Virtuous Cycle
  • Bike Portland
  • HERE Mobility Blog
  • Bike Shop Girl
  • Shift Up Podcast
  • Cycling Industry News
  • The Spokesmen Podcast
  • Urban Mobility Daily
  • Planetizen