About Alexa D’Agostino
The Doctor of Marketing
Marketing through content.
Management through tech.
Modification through data.
A forward-thinking technology enthusiast that uses the combined power of content, creative, data and technology to bring forth a new class of strategic marketing. Demonstrated achievements in strategy, sales , marketing, communications, data analytics, and website development.
Meet the Doctor of Marketing
Dr. Alexa D’Agostino, A.K.A. Doctor of Marketing, is a heart-centered serial entrepreneur, Investor and Fractional CMO. Alexa has generated over $6 BILLION in sales over her career.
As a successful entrepreneur and skilled marketer, she has built 15 multi-million dollar companies (largest $400m+) and has had six exits totaling over nine figures by age 30. She has also successfully scaled over 400 multi-million dollar client businesses (the largest $350M). Alexa also has five degrees, including a Ph.D. and three master's degrees, in business, technology, and marketing. More importantly, Alexa has helped raise over $100M for charities worldwide.
As a master marketer and a data enthusiast, these achievements have helped Alexa and her team win 8+ Two-Comma Clickfunnel Awards ($1M in a single funnel).
Her work has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, USA Today, CBS, Fox, and The Wall Street Journal.
Alexa’s Story
Everyone has a story. Alexa’s story starts in the small country of Cuba. Alexa’s family came to America to look for a better life, and when they arrived, they all naturally became entrepreneurs due to their lack of ability to speak English. Growing up, Alexa was surrounded by entrepreneurs from her mother, father, sister, aunts, uncles, grandparents, and friends.
Her passion for entrepreneurship started at 8 when she began to sell ice cream to her neighbors and at age 12 when she discovered she could upsell the most popular books at the bookstore if she were to buy all or resell them.
At age 18, she finally dived in and started her first real business giving up a full scholarship to college by simply posting a single ad on Craigslist. That business quickly scaled to 8-figures within a few years. Alexa helped hundreds of businesses take an idea to create a complete brand and turn it into a multi-million dollar brand. Partnering with several of these brands, Alexa became equity partners in three of her clients’ brands, helping them exit in only a few years. Alexa quickly started working for larger brands, including Apple, Mercedes, American Express, and Skype.
In 2014, Alexa had the offer to sell her marketing agency to one of the largest advertising agencies in the US. Ready to make a significant pivot in her career, Alexa took this offer. After selling her fourth business, Alexa started a new career in higher education and pursued her Ph.D. in teaching.
For the next several years, while teaching, Alexa still consulted on several projects and equity deals. By the age of 30, she had over nine figures worth of exits. Alexa also pursued consulting in higher education. Several notable institutions recruited Alexa to assist in rebuilding their marketing and sales programs, adding additional unaccounted revenue as high as $50M in a year. Alexa is now a consultant working with over 25 institutions to reach their revenue goals.
Alexa combined her passion for teaching with her success in marketing and entrepreneurship. She started a coaching company, Thynktank, where she consults with brands from $0 to $5M on how to scale to multi-millions. Alexa also owns a full-service Marketing and PR agency, Thynkfuel, where she helps various industries, from technology, marketing, food/restaurant, fintech, education, ed-tech, beauty, retail, health and wellness, pet, healthcare, finance, banking, and more.
Demonstrated Experience & Skills
Data Analytics
Tableau | Google Analytics
SAS | SPSS
Website Development
HTML | CSS | PHP | SQL | Coldfusion
ASP | Python
Digital Advertising
DISPLAY | SOCIAL | SEM PROGRAMMATIC
CRM Integration
Salesforce | Hubspot
ZOHO | Custom
Website Development
Custom | SEO | Drupal | Wordpress
Joomla | Magento
Creative Director
Logos | Branding | Brochures
Postcards | Signage | Videos
Traditional Advertising
Radio | OOH | Print | TV
Communications
Internal | Crisis | Enrollment
Content Development | Influencer
Highlights:
17 years experience in technology, marketing, communications and sales.
PhD in Business, MBA in Management and Marketing, an MS in Internet Technology and Cybersecurity, BS in Business & Computer Science
Started career as a programmer and transformed into a data-driven marketing executive.
Managed small and large marketing budgets as high as $12mm.
Led teams as small as 2 and as large as 130.
Built and sold three applications to major brands.
Successfully grew and exited two agencies.
Fractional CMO for a private equity company that successfully sold an asset for 9-figures ($40M above the goal)
Has helped build over 400 multi-million dollar businesses with the largest over $400M
Sold her own digital agency in 2014 and had 5 other exits (largest $120m)
Has raised over $100M for charities worldwide
Alexa In The Media
Alexa has been featured in many news mediums. In 2015, 914 INC Magazine named Alexa one of the top 22 professionals under 30 in Westchester.
In 2016, The Westchester Business Journal named Alexa one of the 40 under 40 rising stars of Westchester.
Some other media highlights:
Medium, Building a Marketing Team from Scratch, September 2020
Forbes Magazine, Six Lessons Learned During The Pandemic About Marketing And Business, November 2020
Forbes Magazine, Why Marketing is a 24/7 Job, Feb 2021
The US News, Alexa D’Agostino Shows Entrepreneurs the Need for Effective Marketing and Coaching Through Marketing by Modification, March 2021
Yahoo! Finance, The 5 Top Digital Marketing Agencies that Dominated Q1 of 2021, March 2021
Yahoo! Finance, The Top Influencers Making an Impact on Clubhouse, March 2021
Disrupt Magazine, Alexa D’Agostino Shares her 5 Tips for Starting an Online Business, March 2021
US Reporter, Alexa D’Agostino Unlocking the Entrepreneur in People and Helping Them Achieve Their Dream Lives, March 2021
NY Weekly, Alexa D’Agostino Shares How Her Success Drove Her to Become One of the Most Influential Business Coaches Today, April 2021
LA Wire, Marketing by Modification Founder Alexa D’Agostino Sheds Light on the Power of Passion, April 2021
Forbes Magazine, 15 Networking Strategies To Make A Great First Impression At Events, April 2021
The American Reporter, Alexa D’Agostino Showing Entrepreneurs How to Run Profitable Businesses, April 2021
The Chicago Journal, Alexa D’Agostino Explains the Value of Passion in Carving Success-Enabling Paths, May 2021
In addition, Alexa has been interviewed by some of the top podcasts and TV Stations. You can view the interviews here:
Tribe, Building Your Brand with Alexa D’Agostino, October 2020
CBS, Exclusive Interview with Alexa Dagostino, Jan 2021
Clubhouse Lead Gen Podcast, March 2021
Money Talks, April 2021
Alexa On Tv
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“Alexa runs this show with skill and vision. Her ability to execute projects both efficiently and effectively has proven itself tenfold. With a quick mind and progressive nature Alexa has pushed Black Rhino Solutions to the forefront of the high end, cutting edge world of design and development..”
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Karen Kuslansky, Graphic Designer
“Alexa has a unique combination of excellent technical skills and a wonderful service ethic. She gets things done and the people she works with hold her in the highest regard.”
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William McGrath, former SVP, Pace University & Regional VP at Con Edison
“Alexa is a very sharp young lady with a lot of technical knowledge. She has shown a lot of desire to improve the organization and can get results done.”
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Chris Blanton, Senior Manager, Apple
I reported to Alexa when she worked at Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, NY. In a few short years, I watched her build a marketing team from the ground up, manage the launch and redesign of a new college-wide website and implement new branding for all marketing and advertising. During her tenure, the College also saw a jump in student enrollment. Many other initiatives were accomplished on a daily basis - and did I mention that during this time, she also earned her M.B.A. and coached a women’s soccer team?! To say Alexa is driven is an understatement. She always has her eye on the big picture and overall goals while managing the people and smaller details needed to get things done. She has a keen understanding of marketing, including an intuitive knowledge of design – what’s working and what isn’t and how it all relates back to data analytics. Data...Data...Data See? I WAS listening. Always a pleasure to work with and for someone who is smart, no-nonsense and a true professional. Alexa has it all.
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— Nancy Devico, Senior Graphic Designer, Mercy College
“Alexa has excellent creative skills, conceptual thinking and flexibility in understanding each project. She is pleasant to interact with, works fast and efficiently, and has patience for technologically challenged clients!”
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Chris Blanton, Senior Manager, Apple
“Alexa is a consummate professional and I highly recommend her. She is smart, always has creative ideas and solutions and is the first member I'd want on my team.”
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Melissa Evans, Full Stack Developer, Pace University
“I worked with Alexa to implement a new template for a company website. Her design cleaned up the existing code and greatly improved the sites look and functionality. In addition she was prompt with any questions we asked or changes we requested. Alexa was great to work with and I strongly recommend her.”
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Stephen Barker, Senior Web Developer, Joe Shopping Inc
“Alexa is incredibly sharp and has the ability to develop solutions that not only address problem/request at hand but will be agile enough to grow with future needs.”
Amit Patel, Director of Data Science, Nuvance Health