Travis Chambers

Digital Strategist

OutpostX

We build Outposts where travelers gather at the edge of civilization. 

Imagine hotel meets theme park meets airbnb. That’s OutpostX. An immersive experience unlike anything else. 

Our Utah location has been open 1.5 years with 87% occupancy, 120M social media views, 600k website visitors and features in all the regional and design press.

We’re building 10 Outposts with one in development in Rincon, Puerto Rico and the next project will be a Viking Village.

Founder, Chief Experience Designer

Stack

Angel Investor

Chamber.Media

$17M Exit 2021. 
Solo founded company with no capital or investors, bootstrapped 100% growth 7 years in a row to 125 employees, $14M/yr, Inc 5000 fastest growing companies. Sold majority to PE group Kirtland Capital Partners. 
Chamber.Media was the world leader in data centric video ads, with over 4,000 productions, $100M in managed spend, and $800M in tracked revenue, massively scaling direct to consumer e-commerce companies, tripling the revenue of 5 multi-million dollar brands and taking MrCool from $10M/yr to $100M/yr in 3 years.

Chief Media Hacker, Founder

Twentieth Century Fox

Directed social media teams on the following feature films/theatrical for 20th Century Fox:
-Gone Girl
-Let's Be Cops
-Kingsman: Secret Service
-Night at the Museum 3
When I was 11-years-old I told my parents I wanted to be the guy who made commercials for movies. Weird flex. Then at 26-years-old I got that dream job and realized it wasn't my dream after all, and started Chamber.Media, which turns out, is my dream job.

Director of Social Media

Crispin Porter Bogusky

I've supervised a social media team on vitaminwater, Old Navy, A.1. Steak Sauce and Triscuit and worked on strategy and consulting for Aspen Dental, Milka and the Free Birds movie among others. 

I designed the marketing plan at CP+B for a Turkish Airlines YouTube video, Kobe vs. Messi: the Selfie Shootout, which garnered 120,000,000 views and 500,000+ shares in 11 days, 136MM views and 950k+ shares in 6 weeks, the new most viewed commercial online of all time, viewed more than twice as much as Old Spice What Your Man Could Smell Like. Won AdAge Viral Video Award for Most Viral Celebrity Spot.

Consulted on script and strategy for A.1. Sauce New Friend Requests viral video, garnered 1.3 million views. Grew Old Navy Facebook page from 2 to 8 million likes.

Social Media Supervisor

Xylem Inc.

Conducted global marketing campaigns for $4B Xylem Analytics $15M/yr WaterLOG brand.

-Redesigned Waterlog marketing and packaging materials, adhering to new corporate branding directives.
-Established and curated social media presence on major platforms
-Web page UX/conversion optimizations, calls to action doubling lead generation in first two weeks 
-Re-wrote product copy for web, shifting focus from features to benefits
-Designed product landing pages for increased lead generation
-Implemented system for managing and nurturing leads
-Optimized email campaigns for maximum CTR
-Researched and implemented product keywords, increasing relevant traffic, organic SEO
-Researched and named new product, "Storm Central," cloud/software program for Storm 3
-Designed logo and branding for Storm 3, new product
-Lead nurturing via marketing automization software Marketo

Marketing Communications Manager

Mountain Force MMA

I created the first Mixed Martial Arts(MMA) Sporting Event Series/Promotion in Cache Valley, Utah, advertising on social media, print, interactive, events, radio, and TV, drawing crowds of 1,500+, now called Mountain Force MMA with dozens of events, 9 years running. It has grown to events in multiple cities in the Rocky Mountains region and is one of the main growing grounds for up and coming fighters, some of which have ended up in the UFC. In the beginning I handled all facets of the business myself- health insurance, bonds, licensing, media placements, PR, web development, sales, signing fighters and managing a 15 person staff at events. 
I Partnered with Olympic Gold Medalist Rulon Gardner for branding. We produced $52,000 in ticket sales, sold-out our venue, were on the front page of Herald Journal and Utah Statesman. 
I sold the promotion in August 2012 to focus on other endeavors.

Founder

IQ Agency

I constructed a social media plan for an online quiz celebrating the web's 20th anniversary for visibility with potential clients. I developed a newsworthy story around the quiz and seeded it to bloggers, Twitter influencers, journalists, publications and researchers. 

My organic strategy led to 130,000 page views in 10 days with no media spend. This quiz assisted IQ Agency in being named a top 100 Social Media Agency by Forbes. 

It was featured by Chris Coyier (also tweeted) on CSS-Tricks.com, the Atlanta, Houston, Orlando and San Francisco Egotists, tweeted by Robert Scoble (200,000+ followers), featured on stumbleupon.com, 20kaido.com (Japan), elwebmaster.com, webdesignerdepot.com, efectosocial.net, and conecti.ca to name a few. 

Copywriting

Draft press releases about new campaigns, client affairs, new technology product and app releases and also content for the Web IQ Quiz, blogs, IQ's twitter accounts, and marketing emails.

Utah Prep Star

I sourced, booked and managed clients for ad space in a regional sports print publication- I hired, trained and managed 9 sales managers throughout the state, designed and conducted recruitment presentations and managed publication distribution to communities throughout Utah.

Advertising Sales Manager

Bountiful Painting

I built a painting company with 25 clients and three crews, producing $60,000 in a summer. This was a challenging but good experience with a low profit margin and great lessons in growing a business.

Owner

Bootstrapped Chamber.Media to $14M/yr, sold it for $17M. Built hotel Outpostx, sold out first location before opening, has been open a year with 90% occupancy, 70M views, 90k emails, 500k site visitors, booked out perpetually 5 months in advance. Accredited investors dm me on Instagram @travis_chambers

Building experience hotels in Utah, Puerto Rico, and Idaho @chamberstays. ChamberStays.com

Forbes 30 Under 30 (2018)

$17M Exit 2021 (Chamber.Media, 2 time Inc 5000 fastest growing companies) 

-Solo founded Chamber.Media with no capital or investors, bootstrapped 100% growth 7 years in a row to 125 employees, $14M/yr, Inc 5000 and Utah 100 fastest growing companies.
-Sold majority to PE group Kirtland Capital Partners. -Chamber.Media was the world leader in data centric video ads, with over 4,000 productions, $300M in managed spend, and $1B in tracked revenue, massively scaling direct to consumer e-commerce companies, tripling the revenue of 5 multi-million dollar brands and taking MrCool from $10M/yr to $100M/yr in 3 years. 

Ads writing workshop 
www.travischambers.com 

Keynote speaker at Google Growth Summit, VidCon, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Featured in Inc, Entrepreneuer, AdWeek, HuffPo, among others.

In 2013 led distribution and content strategy for "YouTube's #1 Ad of the Decade," Kobe vs. Messi with 140 million views at Crispin Porter + Bogusky. Past work, Yahoo, Kraft, Old Navy, Coca-Cola, Mondelez, Amazon. Took Old Navy from 2M to 8M Facebook followers.

Features:
Forbes 30 Under 30: https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2018/marketing-advertising/#1031d93cbcc6
https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/advertising-channels/video/direct-consumer-response-marketing/
Huffington Post: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/your-2018-marketing-strategy-should-bet-heavily-on_us_5a0e2801e4b023121e0e911f
Hootsuite: https://blog.hootsuite.com/viral-video-dead/
AdWeek: http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/crazy-entertaining-skincare-ad-throws-everything-you-see-what-will-stick-174501
Youngry: https://youngry.com/creator-top-ad-century-reveals-built-5m-video-agency/

100% growth 7 years in a row to 125 employees, and the Inc 5000 fastest growing companies. Added PE group Kirtland Partners in 8 figure deal as we continue doubling every year. Chamber.Media is the world leader in data centric video ads, with over 4,000 productions, $100M in managed spend, and $800M in tracked revenue, massively scaling direct to consumer e-commerce companies, tripling the revenue of 5 multi-million dollar brands and taking MrCool from $10M/yr to $100M/yr in 3 years. 

Chamber.Media has pricing options for every size of company and owns 6packadscourse.com/go, a DIY video course, and UnicornAds.com, an AI powered database that studies thousands of ads with neural nets, identifying what creative converts to diagnose what ads to make. Learn more at www.chamber.media.

BookJEDI

BookJEDI is an acronym for a book's Journey of Evolution, Disruption, and Impact. For both the reader and the author.

Our lives are defined by the stories we tell and the questions we ask. What's your JEDI story? Are you living the life you want? It's time!

You are only ONEAWAY from you best life. One connection, one story, one moment, one thought, ONE...

Chip is an AI and Web 3.0 futurist and investor, a connector, and a storyteller. He writes the best books with the best humans on how to be the best you. He also runs high-end experience events, connecting you with your ONEAWAY and creating the life you've always wanted.

Founder and CEO

Direct Credit Funding, Inc

Advisor, Strategy and Business Development

Mental Gurus

Advisor, Strategy and Partnerships

Lincoln Academy- UT

Soar.com

Powerful U

Partner, Strategic Partnerships and Influencer Relationships

BluNovus Consultancy

Lucid

Defined Lucid’s future corporate strategy, value proposition, and competitive landscape.

Advisor, Strategy

Momni

Developed product and marketing strategy generating over 1 million video views and securing funding.

Chief Sales and Marketing Officer

Dunn Hoisington Leadership International

Led day-to-day operations, defined target market, and developed and maintained enterprise customer relationships for Dunn Hoisington Leadership, a global performance improvement company delivering customized training and consulting on change management, leadership development, and organizational effectiveness.

President and COO

Chip Hopper is the founder and CEO of BookJEDI, a personal evolution company focused on improving the way we live and love. He is also the founder and CEO of Disrupt Normal, a strategic partnership and mastermind company tackling massive moonshots on an exponential scale. Chip is passionate about connecting people and resources and is a highly sought-after futurist and strategy consultant. He sits on several advisory boards with a focus on companies passionate about positively disrupting the way we live, learn, and work. Chip partners with other entrepreneurs, authors, thought leaders, and visionaries around the world to create and amplify knowledge, tools, and connections that help people thrive and live their best lives.

Over the last twenty-five years, Chip has consulted numerous businesses and business leaders and held executive leadership or advisory roles including, Chief of Business Development and Strategic Partnerships for Powerful U, a personal evolution company, Head of Strategy for Lucid Software, a leader in diagramming software, Chief Sales and Marketing officer at Momni, an information technology and caresharing network for mothers, and President of Dunn Hoisington Leadership, a global leadership development company. He has held leadership positions with or consulted for companies including Nike, Intel, IBM, Coke, Franklin Covey, Soar, BluNovus, Everspire, Profluent, Amplified Minds, Walmart, Edward Jones, Fidelity Investments, Medecision, and the Women’s Information Network. Chip also spent over a decade with Verisk Analytics and Xactware, a $2B leading data analytics provider, where, as part of the senior leadership team, he played a significant role in driving innovation and growth; helping lead Verisk Analytics to be named by Forbes as one of the most innovative companies in the world in 2015 and 2016.

Chip’s passion for helping develop people and leaders also extends to working with youth and is a big factor in his love of coaching youth sports including football, basketball, baseball, and soccer. He has also served in elected community positions including as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Draper City Chamber of Commerce and on the Board of Directors for Alta Youth Football. Chip received a BA from Brigham Young University and an MBA from the University of Utah.

Chip has four children and currently resides in Utah.

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