Episode 82: Marketing Professional Kelsey Vredeveld Talks The Ins and Outs of Digital Marketing and Social Media
Release Date: 08/21/2024
Music for The Soul Podcast
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On this week's episode of the Music for the Soul Podcast, we are starting a new series where we want to hear from you! We are looking for listeners who have been deeply impacted by music in their lives and would like to come on the show to share those stories with out listeners. Steve Siler shares his story of how music transformed his life and how a piece he originally wrote for a friend about the AIDs epidemic, We're All In This Together, helped kickstart his journey of what would eventually become Music for the Soul. Steve speaks about how music is truly a tool for transformation and...
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If you would like to reach out to Kelsey for work in Marketing, Social Media Management, or anything else she discussed in today's episode, you can reach her at her email: kvredeve@gmail.com