Marc Gordon shows organizations how to create customer experiences that strengthen relationships and build loyalty.
Marc is the internationally recognized authority in the field of customer experience. He works with companies who understand the importance of creating exceptional experiences that cultivate relationships and build loyalty.
Marc Gordon has consulted and provided marketing services for some of the world’s most respected organizations and has also spoken on stages from Toronto to Tehran and from Montreal to Miami.
Regularly featured on television and radio for his opinions, Marc has shared his thoughts on topics that include the boycotting of brands, customer service in the airline industry, and companies such as Sears, Toys R Us, the NRA, and Starbucks.
Marc’s syndicated articles appear in over 200 business publications in four countries. He has also been listed as one of the Top 100 Marketing Experts to Follow on Twitter. And his YouTube channel, marctv.net, has been rated as one of the top 50 channels for small business.
As a speaker, Marc brings fresh insight and sensible ideas, delivered in his trademark high energy style. His presentations have been called “powerful”, “a game changer”, and “the best choice to start or finish any conference”.
Marc Gordon is also the founder of a marketing and consultancy firm that works directly with companies seeking a competitive edge. Working with both management and front-line workers, he helps implement marketing and customer service strategies the deliver exceptional customer experiences while making the most efficient use of resources. Past clients have included Bausch & Lomb, Toyota, Mondelez International, Johnson & Johnson, many non-profit associations, and dozens of small businesses.
Bringing a life’s worth of experience Marc’s first steps into entrepreneurship began at the age of eleven as a victim of relentless bullying. By painting Dungeons and Dragons figurines for the students in his class, Marc learned how people’s behaviour and attitudes can change if they see value in what they purchase. This was a lesson he would remember throughout his career.
At the age of 16, Marc Gordon was back in business for himself. Over the next 8 years he would be importing collectible model cars, have his own clothing line, and even sell lingerie to escorts and strippers. During that time he would see his businesses grow faster than he could handle, stumble due to economic conditions or get squeezed out by aggressive competitors.
In 1994, unemployed and with no job prospects, Marc invested $2,500 in a gold plating machine and started GoldPro Canada. In that first year, operating out of his parent’s basement, sales totalled just $4,000. However by 2000, the company had grown into a multi million dollar manufacturer and distributor of automotive equipment and accessories, servicing over 2,400 car dealerships and body shops across Canada.
In 2003, after emotional and physical burnout, Marc sold GoldPro for seven figures. Owning virtually no inventory or capital equipment, the high value of his company was based on GoldPro’s name, distribution network, brands, and web presence. This was a testament to Marc’s skills as a marketer.
After taking a year off, Marc started Fourword Marketing as a way to provide the marketing and consulting services he wished were available to him when he was starting out.
Fourword specializes in developing and executing marketing programs for companies ranging from startups to public companies in dozens of different industries. Fourword’s list of services include web design, print production, promotional campaigns, and public relations.
Marc is an active participant and volunteer in a number of organizations and educational symposiums that provide free marketing tools and management experience to new entrepreneurs.
Marc lives in Toronto with his wife Natalie and children, Allison and Blake.
