Steve Shepherd (MobileGive.us)

Founder Leader of Mobilegive and other projects

Location: Orange County, California Area
Industry: E-Learning

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Steve Shepherd (MobileGive.us)'s Overview

Current

Founder/Publisher at BibleLifeCoaching.com
Founder, Principal at MobileGive
CEO at ZFARI

Past

Marketing Director at MobileCause
1st VP at Advertising Federation of Central Oregon
Founder, President at Zeal.com (formerly Zeal Media Group)

Business Development at Smart Solutions
Director of Marketing at Multnomah Publishers

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Connections

500+ connections

Websites

2010:
Had such a great time developing the MobileCause.com site and helping the team grow to become the leading software for mobile fundraising, that we decided to branch out. Now we can offer mobile web sites and mobile fundraising for nearly any 501c-3 or even political candidates.
-Text2Give: $5 or $10 keyword works with all major carriers in US/Canada
-Text2Donate allows for text donations of ANY amount
-Free web widgets
-Text2Screen for any size events
-Full web-based, real time reporting

2009:
New site and platform launched: MobileCause.com. Text Donations and Audience Response Systems via mobile and Twitter. Clients include: Charity Water, EarthDay DC, Causecast, National Breast Cancer Fdn, Ovarian Cancer Research Fdn, Union Rescue Mission, Virgin Mobile Freefest, Invisible Children, Big Brother Big Sisters, ....

2008:
Moved from Bend, Oregon to Orange County, California.
Launched new marketing and web consultancy, ZFARI in 2008. (www.zfari.com). The primary focus is to help businesses and non profit corporations succeed by strengthening and extending their brand to customers through the internet (web development and marketing) and new technologies.

Most recent projects include concepting and developing mobile marketing strategies and new revenue production models for clients through MobileCause. (www.MobileCause.com)

Founder, Director of BendWebCon (www.BendWebCon.com). Featuring executive level keynotes from Yahoo!, Facebook, Microsoft...

1st VP, Advertising Federation of Central Oregon (www.adfedco.org)

Background in marketing, publishing, creative writing and broadcast production spans two decades and covers dozens of industries and every type of media. Past clients include a NASCAR and Super Bowl champion to a New York Times #1 Bestseller; from professional golf to televised beauty pageants...
National experience and personal attention to clients of all sizes.

Specialties

Mobile giving, fundraising, branding, creative marketing solutions, web development, mobile web sites (WAP sites), internet marketing, mobile phone marketing, e-mail, PR, book publishing and GREEN business marketing.

Founder/Publisher

BibleLifeCoaching.com

January 2011 – Present (1 year 6 months)

Founder, Principal

MobileGive

September 2009 – Present (2 years 10 months)

CEO

ZFARI

January 2008 – Present (4 years 6 months)

Marketing Director

MobileCause

October 2008 – November 2009 (1 year 2 months)

1st VP

Advertising Federation of Central Oregon

2007 – 2008 (1 year)

Founder, President

Zeal.com (formerly Zeal Media Group)

September 2006 – November 2007 (1 year 3 months)

Business Development

Smart Solutions

August 2004 – September 2006 (2 years 2 months)

Director of Marketing

Multnomah Publishers

August 1998 – November 2003 (5 years 4 months)

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Interests:

Trail running, marathon running, mountain biking, camping, photography, writing, helping non-profit organizations, cause marketing, green businesses, sustainability, alternative energy, family stuff...

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