Speakers - Content Entrepreneur Expo

Content Entrepreneur Expo – is August 24-26, 2025 at the Cleveland Convention Center. CEX is the one event to help content entrepreneurs build audience, drive revenue, and learn better content operations.

We are hard at work filling out our 2025 speaker roster so please check back in February of 2025. Until then please check out our list of last year’s speakers.

2024 Main Stage Speakers

Andrew Davis

Bestselling Author and Internationally Acclaimed Keynote Speaker

Rafat Ali

CEO & Founder of Skift

Latasha James

Founder and Creative Director of James + Park Creative

Joe Pulizzi

Founder, The Tilt

Justin Welsh

The Saturday Solopreneur Newsletter Founder

Ann Handley

Chief Content Officer, MarketingProfs

Soundarya Balasubramani

Author of Unshackled

Justin Moore

Founder, Creator Wizard

Kate Ertmann

Creator, Kate Loves Math

Pamela Slim

Author, Business Coach and Co-Founder of K’é Community Lab

Alexis Grant

Founder and CEO, They Got Acquired

2024 Workshop and Breakout Speakers

Simon Owens

Tech and Media Journalist and Host of The Business of Content

Cat Margulis

Author, Book Coach, and Podcaster

Jordache Johnson

Founder, The Web3 Bridge (W3B) Community

Jay Clouse

Founder of Creator Science

Rachel Smith

Founder, Rachel's English

Lianna Patch

Founder, Punchline Conversion Copywriting

Paul Roetzer

Founder and CEO of Marketing AI Institute

Luis D. Camejo

Co-Host of Content Is Profit

Mike King

Founder/Managing Director, iPullRank

Claire Bartholic

Author and Host, The Planted Runner

Pierre Jeanty

USA Today bestselling author

Cathy McPhillips

Chief Growth Officer at the Marketing AI Institute

Keenya Kelly

CEO of If You Brand It

Adam Schaeuble

Host, Podcasting Business School

Roberto Blake

Creative Entrepreneur, Marketer, Speaker, Author

Lali Szumowski

Director of Marketing, Lulu

Mike Kaput

Chief Content Officer, Marketing AI Institute

Jen Matichuk

Strategic Partnerships Manager, Memberful

Ann Gynn

Managing Editor, The Tilt

Austin L Church

Writer, Marketing Consultant, and Business coach

Robert Rose

Founder and Chief Troublemaker, The Content Advisory

Holiday Kinard

Digital media executive and entrepreneur

Julia McCoy

President, Content at Scale

Jenny Magic

Co-Author, Change Fatigue

Michelle Martello

Designer and Digital Strategist, Minima Designs

Matt Briel

Vice President of Marketing and Communications, Lulu

Michael Stelzner

Author and Founder, Social Media Examiner

A. Lee Judge

Founder, Content Monsta

Christopher Mitchell

Travel Content Creator, travelingmitch

Joe Solari

Managing partner of Author Ventures LLC

Purna Virji

Content Strategist and Author

Abagail Pumphrey

Co-Founder & CEO of Boss Project

Robbie Fitzwater

Founder of MKTG Rhythm

Caleb Dempsey

Creative Project Manager, Ecamm Network

Katie Brinkley

CEO and Author

Bonnie Paulson

USA Today Best-Selling Author

Thomas Smale

Founder and CEO of FE International

Brian Piper

Director of Content Strategy and Assessment, University of Rochester

Sharon Toerek

Founder and CEO of Toerek Law

2024 Moderators

Carmen Hill

Founder & Principal Strategist Chill Content, LLC

Marc Maxhimer

Director of Growth and Partnerships, The Tilt

J. Thorn

Host, Writers, Ink podcast

Brian Clark

Founder, Copyblogger & Leading Expert

Beth Kapes

Founder & President, Moving Words Into Action, LLC

Annie Schiffmann

CEO, Founder, Downstage Media

Jim Kukral

Professional Keynote & Workshop Trainer