Corporations Are Betting On Personal Brands

Want to scale your brand? Let’s discuss: https://calebralston.com For those who have no idea who I am (rightfully so), I’m the guy who’s been behind the biggest brands in business online. If you don’t believe me, feel free to check out my LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebralston/ Or if you’d rather stay on YouTube, here’s a bit more on my journey: 2008: Started filming training videos for local bodybuilders 2009: Hired by IFBB Pro Bodybuilder & Powerlifter, Stan Efferding, produced his hit training DVD “Proving It” 2010: Hired by Universal Nutrition to film the “Animal Cage” at the Mr. Olympia 2011: Hired by 7x Mr. Olympia, Flex Lewis + American Media Inc. 2012: Landed a "big boy job" as a Jr. Editor at Logos Bible Software 2013: Promoted to Assistant Editor and moved to the Marketing Department 2014: Instagram featured me as a "Suggested User" for new accounts 2015): Promoted to Lead Editor, overseeing main brand campaigns at Logos Bible Software 2016: Major layoffs at Logos Bible Software—I was one of them 2016: Landed two i502 Cannabis Companies + three other brands as freelance clients 2016: Doubled my previous income while freelancing in Bellingham, WA 2017: Hired as a Video Producer for PureWow and moved to Brooklyn, NY 2017: Gary Vaynerchuk, who owned PureWow, pulled me up to Team GaryVee as his traveling videographer & editor 2018: Partnered with David Rock & Gary Vaynerchuk to create his hit series “Trash Talk” – I was the Lead Editor 2018: Gary assigned me to take over his TikTok account and go all in (grew it from 300K → 3.5M in 3 months) 2019: Transitioned over from Team GaryVee to VaynerMedia’s client side 2019: Offered a Producer role at Constellation Brands to help build the Direct-to-Consumer team 2020: Launched Wild Media—a side project with my best friend to create innovative content for the Harley Davidson community (this led me to move to Las Vegas) 2022: Offered a Creative Director role by two of the biggest names in business today to scale their brand and build out their in-house media team 2023: Led the brand and media execution of a major book launch campaign, registering over 500,000 attendees 2023: Scaled the internal media team from outsourced vendors to 18 full-time members 2024: Officially stepped out to build my consulting firm, Ralston "You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future." - Steve Jobs While the path didn’t always make sense, I now look back and realize through these many different experiences (so many not mentioned), I was gaining skills that kept laddering up to the next opportunity. I just kept my head down and focused hardcore on the opportunities in front of me, trying to maximize each one. For those on a similar journey, keep it going. The path might not make sense right now, but one day you look back and see what this was all building up to. I’m rooting for you.