Brent Hill

Brent Hill is Vice President of Advertising Services at FeedBurner, the market-leading feed management provider, where he cultivates relationships with both traditional and interactive marketing agencies and corporate marketers. Prior to FeedBurner, Brent was President of Classic Kids, a national children's portrait studio and an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at OCA Ventures. Prior to OCA, Brent held the position of Executive Vice President at Styleclick, a unit of Interactive Corp., where he launched and operated the multi-channel retail businesses for the NBA, NHL, PGA Tour and NASCAR. Prior to that, he served various executive roles including Board Member at MVP.com and Big Edge, both Internet and catalog retailers. Brent also worked in the Technology Practice at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture). He is a frequent speaker on the topic of feed advertising and his insights have been published in a variety of publications including Advertising Age, Adotas and DMNews. Brent received a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Bradley University and a MBA from the University of Chicago.
Places Brent has spoken or will be speaking
- Shop.org Chicago Regional Retailer Meeting October 20, 2005, Northbrook, IL
- Northern Illinois Advertising Federation April 21, 2006, Rockford, IL
- DMA Annual Catalog Conference May 10, 2006, ChicagoJoin Brent Hill from 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. CST for a panel discussion, Web 2.0 Technologies and How They Are Being Embraced by Marketers: RSS, IM and Blogs
- New Technologies 201 Webinar May 18, 2006, OnlineJoin Brent Hill from 1:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. EST for a session titled, How Savvy Marketers are Leveraging RSS, Wikis, IM, Tagging & Blogs
- Shop.org Regional Retail Meeting May 24, 2006, San Francisco, CAJoin Brent Hill for a few RSS-related roundtable sessions.
- Affiliate Summit East 2006 July 10, 2006, Orlando, FLJoin Brent Hill from 11:30 am-12:30 pm for a panel entitled, Introduction to Affiliate Marketing for Affiliates. Schedule time to meet with Brent at the show.
- Commission Junction University (CJU) September 17, 2006, Santa Barbara, CABrent Hill conducted a fun-filled session about new media.
- Word Up - Canada's Word of Mouth Conference November 14, 2006, Toronto, CanadaJoin Brent Hill for an exciting look at feed-driven word of mouth marketing.
- MediaPost's Email Insider Summit December 4, 2006, Park City, UTBrent led a panel on Emerging Technologies.
- iMedia Connection: Breakthrough March 25, 2007, Henderson, NVJoin Brent Hill at 2pm as he presents "Feed an Ad Strategy and Watch the Audience Grow: Successful RSS Ad Programs."
- Future of Online Advertising June 7, 2007, New York, NYVP of Advertising, Brent Hill, will be among other advertising experts from Ogilvy, Tribal DDB and the IAB at this Carson Systems event.
Interviews Brent Has Done
- Revenue: The Web, Take Two May 25, 2007
- iMedia Connection: Interactive Media's New Role in Elections May 3, 2007
- DM News: Marketers vying to balance power between user and brand: ad:tech speakers April 26, 2007
- Business 2.0: Feedburner Launches Ad Supressor April 26, 2007
- Media Week: RSS Manager FeedBurner Launches AdClimate April 26, 2007
- MarketingSherpa: Special Report: How to Buy RSS Ads - Formats, Pricing & Response Rates April 3, 2007
- Adotas: An RSS Refresher: FeedBurner's Brent Hill Fires Off on the State of Feed Management December 13, 2006
- Adotas: Feeding Your Word-of-Mouth? Why the Age-Old Buzz Building Tool Needs a Non-Traditional Nudge December 5, 2006
- Adotas: The Future of Feeding: Why the RSS Frenzy Isn’t Just for Media Anymore September 27, 2006
- Adotas: The New Media Chasm: Examining the Efficiencies of Aggregating Emerging Media September 15, 2006
- Direct: FeedBurner Lights a Fire under RSS Ads August 16, 2006
- MarketingProfs.com: How Web Feeds Link Publishers and Subscribers August 8, 2006
- DM News: Burpee, Marriott Develop Casual Communications With Customers July 31, 2006
- Adotas: Syndicated Content Sells: How to Solidify Ad Strategies within Distributed Media July 20, 2006
- Internet Marketing Voodoo: RSS Advertising: Podcast Interview with Brent Hill July 19, 2006
- Revenue: Hot Seat: Brent Hill (print version) July 19, 2006
- WebProNews: FeedBurner Blazes Trail For Web Ads May 17, 2006
- ClickZ: FeedBurner Migrates RSS Ad Network to Sites May 16, 2006
- Adotas: Feedburner Unveils Ads-for-Sites System May 16, 2006
- Adotas: Feedburner's Brent Hill Fires Off on the RSS Feeding Frenzy April 12, 2006
- Duct Tape Marketing: Marketing Podcast with Brent Hill of FeedBurner February 27, 2006
- ClickZ: Building Critical Mass for RSS Advertising November 7, 2005
- DM News: RSS Ad Services Start Flowing September 21, 2005
- ClickZ: Return Path Gets into RSS Ad Sales September 14, 2005
- DM News: Return Path Offers RSS Ads September 14, 2005
- Media Post Publications: Return Path Pulls FeedBurner to Push RSS Ads September 14, 2005