Ask the Experts: Multifaceted Marketing

Austin Walker is the owner of A+ Solutions, a multifaceted consulting and freelance company dedicated to finding creative marketing and event solutions. She has vast experience in both operations and marketing in the festival and event industry. Her background includes directing the month-long SC Festival of Flowers at the nonprofit level, developing quality-of-life programming for rural communities, and directing the Abbeville Opera House - a 300-seat historic venue that holds 40+ events a year. In all her spare time, Austin is also the Digital Content Producer for Lander University and is a Public Image and Public Relations committee member for Rotary District 7750.

Haley Tinkle is an award-winning, event planning expert with nearly a decade of experience. Tinkle is the Director of Events at Downtown Vision Inc.: the business improvement district in downtown Jacksonville, Florida. She has grown her department with three core events: First Wednesday Art Walk, Third Thursday Sip & Stroll, and Jax River Jams, two fundraisers, the #DTJax Awards and the #DTJax Gala and three new promotional events: Halloweek, Small Business Saturday, and Dashing through Downtown. Tinkle oversees and plans all of the events, from conceptualization to implementation. Her award winning events bring together Jacksonville, known as a city of neighborhoods, to the heartbeat of the city, Downtown. Along with her work in Downtown Jacksonville, she owns and operates Haley Wright Photography, which specializes in portraits and weddings. Then, with her husband, they operate an event venue management company and are blessed to manage two beautiful and historic venues in Jacksonville. When she's not bustling around town, she's cuddling her five fur babies or packed up the '86 Bronco to tow the '82 Shasta Camper all over the state of Florida.

Jessica Jones is the Director of Marketing Operations at Eventeny. She helps over 400+ event organizers improve organization, increase discoverability, and skyrocket growth for their events with Eventeny. She thrives on creativity and loves developing unique content that inspires and moves people. As an idea-driven individual, Jessica finds immense joy creating unique opportunities for event organizers to feel more connected and united with their community!