{"id":19,"date":"2015-09-22T16:16:47","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T16:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gardnermarketingsolutions.com\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2026-10-27T17:39:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T17:39:50","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gardnermarketingsolutions.com\/?page_id=19","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Me<\/h2>\n<h4>Marketing and Content Creation Pro<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gardnermarketingsolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/KDG_head_2014-150x150.png\" alt=\"KDG_head_2014\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\"  \/>\n\t<p><strong>Kurt D Gardner<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"mailto:gardnerkurt7@gmail.com\">Email<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(818) 694-9147<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\tI have a wealth of experience providing effective marketing solutions for B2B and B2C companies. I&#8217;ve worked with such varied businesses as national publishers, consumer product companies, educational institutions and local retailers. I&#8217;m certified for all aspects of inbound marketing, including social media and PPC.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nWhen preparing a custom plan for a client, I begin by analyzing their needs and strengths and evaluating their competition. Based on that information, I develop customer personas to assure that the communication being developed resonates with the target audience.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nI provide full content creation services, too. Whether it&#8217;s a Slideshare presentation, an infographic, an online video or advertisement, I manage all the creative, assuring that it&#8217;s on time, on target and on budget.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nI&#8217;m also a cultural critic, writing about film, live music and theater for three sites: <a href=\"http:\/\/blogcritics.org\/author\/kurt-gardner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blogcritics<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsbeatla.com\/author\/kurt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ArtsBeatLA<\/a> and my own San Antonio entertainment site, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artscenesa.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ArtScene SA<\/a>. \n\t            <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/goose4739\" data-widget-id=\"413044852830375936\">Tweets by @goose4739<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Me Marketing and Content Creation Pro Kurt D Gardner Email (818) 694-9147 \u00a0 I have a wealth of experience providing effective marketing solutions for B2B and B2C companies. I&#8217;ve worked with such varied businesses as national publishers, consumer product companies, educational institutions and local retailers. I&#8217;m certified for all aspects of inbound marketing, including&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6YI0D-j","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gardnermarketingsolutions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gardnermarketingsolutions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gardnermarketingsolutions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gardnermarketingsolutions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gardnermarketingsolutions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.gardnermarketingsolutions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":489,"href":"https:\/\/www.gardnermarketingsolutions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gardnermarketingsolutions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}