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About Linda Zappulla

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Linda Zappulla, Founder and Senior Consultant, Workshops and the Work. Linda has more than 25 years of marketing experience, working in and leading every marketing discipline for highly regarded consumer brands as well as start-up ventures.

As founder and senior consultant with Workshops and the Work, she provides solutions to marketing needs of business, while teaching and mentoring their employees to enhance their marketing capabilities, and increase their engagement and retention.

As Director of Brand Marketing at Payless ShoeSource, she provided cross-functional leadership, helping Payless deliver its new strategy to transition from a private label purveyor to become a House of Brands.  Prior to joining Payless, Linda was Vice President of Marketing for Birch Telecom, a Kansas City based local telephone company. Prior to that she served in a number of strategic marketing and brand management functions for consumer products companies such as Revlon, Lenox China and Corning Glass.

Linda received her MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, and her undergraduate degree from Barnard College. She is a Certified Mentor at SCORE, Kauffman FastTrac Alumna, volunteer with foreign exchange students, and President-elect at Congregation Beth Torah.


Financial Poise Contributions

  • You're Ready to Start Marketing. Now What? Webinar premiered on March 18, 2020 Webinar Series: Digital Marketing Tips for the New or Old Business Owner 2020
  • Which Marketing Channels Should You Use And Why? Webinar premiered on February 19, 2020 Webinar Series: Digital Marketing Tips for the New or Old Business Owner 2020
  • Marketing First Steps: Planning, Budgeting & Hiring Webinar premiered on January 22, 2020 Webinar Series: Digital Marketing Tips for the New or Old Business Owner 2020
  • Focus on Retail Webinar premiered on April 17, 2019 Webinar Series: Chapter 11 Special Issues 2019
  • Your Niche and Your Brand 2019 Webinar premiered on April 9, 2019 Webinar Series: The Business of Law and Accounting 2019
  • HR-101: Finding, Negotiating With & Retaining Potential Hires Webinar premiered on March 19, 2019 Webinar Series: The Start-Up / Small Business Advisor 2019