A fresh voice in strategy with 20 years of real-world business experience, 10 of which have been spent online. Valeria Maltoni is Principal, Conversation Agent, LLC.
Specialized in helping companies
focus their promise and create a platform that delivers
strength,
resilience, and
endurance to the
business.
Valeria delivered digital brand strategies to Anheuser-Busch InBev, Allstate, and GE Appliances, and performed communication consulting for Target. She has held senior business roles executing growth and exit strategies from global Fortune 500 to startup businesses, in 5 industries.
Since 2006, Valeria’s
Conversation Agent is consistently ranked among the top 30 marketing blogs in the world on
AdAge Power150. Handpicked by
Fast Company as Expert Blogger, Valeria is on the Advisory Board for the International MBA, the Fox School of Business at Temple University, adviser to
SmartBrief on Social Media, and a co-author of
The Age of Conversation.
An active member of the
Social Media Business Council, and a sought-after keynote speaker, Valeria is an Accredited Business Communicator (ABC) and a Board Member and VP of Marketing, IABC Philadelphia. She built one of the first online communities associated with
Fast Company magazine.
Valeria is a frequent speaker on what's next in business and the role of technology in modern marketing. She publishes in both English and Italian. Educated at the University of Bologna and Villanova University, Valeria combines New World sensibilities with Italian style.
Other Publications
- Her feature article Relationships and Brand Building in the Social Media Age was published by Philadelphia Direct Marketing Association Direct Views in winter 2012.
- Her feature article Strength in Numbers on integrating marketing and communications with social media for a more interactive and engaging experience was published by IABC CW magazine in November/December 2009 (browse a facsimile of the article here).
- She has had interviews published by Fast Company magazine, Inc., Forbes, Business Week, The Philadelphia Inquirer, USA Weekend, Post magazine supplement, and Enterprising Women magazine.
- Her introduction to “Working and Writing in Groups” was published in Ohio State University Prof. Locker’s Business and Administrative Communications, 6/e (2003, McGraw-Hill).
- From 2003-2006, Italian management consulting firm Trivioquadrivio has published her essays on Distance in Conversations, Make it Real - Authenticity is for Profit, and Representation as Creation, on the increasing importance of social networks and blogs.
