Tag: Jake Bjorseth

Why these Gen Z marketers want KC startups to channel the power of TikTok Shop

By Tommy Felts / April 2, 2024

A Kansas City-built Gen Z ad agency is opening a TikTok Shop challenge this spring — scrolling through plans to elevate startups’ and small business’s social media brands and offer a chance to win $100,000 in services.  TRNDSTTRS Media —  ranked No. 3 in client revenue on TikTok — expects the challenge to run May…

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TRNDSTTRS reboots to link companies to new wave of Gen Z consumers

By Tommy Felts / July 13, 2019

After a period of significant traction that included a merger, TRNDSTTRS Media has returned to Kansas City with a redefined vision and laser focus to better elevate Gen Z in the entrepreneurial and advertising landscape, explained Jake Bjorseth.  “We really wanted to take that next step in growth and rather than compete at these lower…

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‘Millennial’ isn’t a curse word — it’s a critical marketing tool, says Social Apex Media

By Tommy Felts / September 13, 2018

Social Apex Media is designed to feed the creativity of hungry millennial entrepreneurs who don’t fit into the corporate culture of many other marketing agencies, said Brandon Priest. “We’re building Social Apex on the backs of entrepreneurs. That means instead of employees who feel like, ‘OK, I just got to work 9 to 5 every…

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Teens’ marketing startup TRNDSTTRS aims to amplify its own business influence

By Tommy Felts / July 27, 2018

Staying young and hungry is everything, said the teenage entrepreneurs at TRNDSTTRS Media. With a team of ten 18- to 19-year-old go-getters, the tech-based firm focuses on providing affordable, in-depth marketing service to small and mid-sized companies. They use their age as an advantage rather than seeing it as an obstacle, said Jake Bjorseth, founder…

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