Derek Halpern burst onto the marketing scene in 2011, and built the wildly popular marketing blog Social Triggers. Known for his no-nonsense approach for getting traffic, gaining leads, and making sales, Derek has been told that he gives “insanely practical advice” that almost anyone can implement. Derek is also known for managing all of the marketing efforts for the world-class Thesis Theme Framework. Prior to that, he was “behind the scenes” of several popular blogs, one of which attracted more than 1,000,000 views in a single day.