KEYNOTE SPEAKER: CLARK COVINGTON
The keynote speaker for the Southern Marketing Seminar is Clark Covington.
Mr. Covington is the founder of the seminar whom insists on making the seminar a productive, non-pitch related workshop that produces tangible results for the attendees. Mr. Covington is a professor, businessman, author, and passionate football fan. He owns several companies that at there core work to serve the needs of the internet marketing community.
Mr. Covington’s first attempt at internet marketing came in the spring of 1994 when he became a beta tester for Windows 95 before it’s official release After his approval as a beta tester. Mr. Covington formed a group of people that wanted to be beta testers and sold them slots in the group for $400 a piece. The slots sold out quickly, and the beta testing group went on to write a special report for a major internet news publisher. The report was published several months later and received critical acclaim. Mr. Covington was a freshman in high school.
After spending four years at Ohio Wesleyan University Mr. Covington graduated with a B.A. in Politics and Government. Shortly after graduation Mr. Covington moved to Columbia, South Carolina. As a young and ambitious college graduate Mr. Covington started his first internet business, importing surplus goods from the Middle East and Asia to buyers in the U.S. While building a profitable business Mr. Covington enrolled at the University of South Carolina’s speech communications program. After two years Mr. Covington earned a Masters of Arts in Speech Communications and English with an emphasis in business communication and education.
Mr. Covington began teaching in the summer of 2002 and has since taught several classes each year.
After just 2 years Mr. Covington’s internet business was grossing over $600,000 per year, and on the fast track to becoming a multi million dollar company. It was at this time Mr. Covington started a small chain of upscale clothing boutiques to cater to the twenty something consumers looking for edgy apparel in ultra conservative Columbia, South Carolina.
For the past four years Mr. Covington has been an adjunct professor of speech communications and English literature at the University of South Carolina, Limestone College and other prestigious universities. Mr. Covington spends the majority of his time consulting others on how to make money on the internet through his company, rufusspaceindustries.com
At the age of 26 Mr. Covington has amassed a lifetime of business experience and memories, and hopes to spend the foreseeable future helping others learn from his experiences. Mr. Covington can be reached via email.
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