Today we’d like to introduce you to Natalie Henley.
Thanks for sharing your story with us Natalie. So, let’s start at the beginning and we can move on from there.
I graduated from college in 2007, right into the recession. I know that the prospect of another recession around the corner has made a lot of people frightened, but I felt like that experience really gave me a lot of the qualities I needed to succeed in my career path.
With a Political Science Degree (aka basically useless degree) and very little job experience, I really had to start from the bottom and work my way up. I joined a campaign the summer after graduating – the campaign literally hired everyone who applied, since the hours were sunup to sundown, six days a week, going door to door in the heat of summer. It also only paid a couple of hundred bucks a week. However, I took the job seriously (where many didn’t) and worked hard.
My dedication to the job was noticed by the campaign manager, who then hired me for his mailing company. There I got much better hours (8-6) in an air-conditioned warehouse stuffing envelopes for minimum wage (so an upgrade in every way). Again, I worked really hard and focused on doing the best possible job for him. Then when one of his friends was hiring in DC for a world-class PR agency, he made a warm referral into a company that was almost impossible to get hired at.
My career path continued on in much the same way until fast-forward to today, where I am not CEO & part-owner of the Digital Marketing agency I was hired at seven years ago.
In every stage of the way, a few values have really driven me: (1) Work Hard (2) Gratitude (3) Loyalty.
Recently, we’ve started a new movement in Colorado to engage other local agencies to help our amazing Small Business community. We’ve had an overwhelming response with 30 local agencies signing up to adopt a huge range of small businesses who have been affected by COVID-19. This has been really such a rewarding experience and so exciting to see so many companies get involved: https://www.adoptashop.co/
Great, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
Some of the biggest obstacles/challenges I’ve overcome in my career:
– Working for wages that put us below the poverty line when I lived in Washington, DC.
– Making a move to Denver 11 years ago (without a job or a place to live) and having to build up a career & network here.
Alright – so let’s talk business. Tell us about Volume Nine – what should we know?
We are a Digital Marketing agency, and we specialize in helping companies build brand, drive traffic and make sales online.
There’s a few things we’re really proud of:
– Our clients – we’ve been fortunate to work with some amazing brands (Fortune 500s, big Denver companies, etc.)
– Our extremely unique company structure that allows us to solve a lot of problems for our clients.
– Our team – we have some of the top experts in the industry.
We’ve also done some big thought leadership in the past year that has gotten a lot of traction:
(1) We coined the phrase Lifestyle Digital Marketing – https://www.v9digital.com/resources/guides/guide-to-lifestyle-marketing/
(2) We developed a comprehensive Social Media Engagement process & checklist – https://www.v9digital.com/resources/guides/social-media-engagement/
Is there a characteristic or quality that you feel is essential to success?
– Drive – Being self-driven to do a great job, stay resilient, stay loyal & work hard.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.V9Digital.com
- Phone: (303) 955-5228
- Email: [email protected]
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/volume_nine/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/volume9inc
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/volumenine
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