Brent has an MBA in Financial Planning from California Lutheran University, and a Master of Arts in Teaching degree from Oregon State University. Prior to starting Advisor Web Marketing in 2009, he was an elementary school teacher and a college and high school basketball coach for more than 15 years. In 2018, Brent took an in-house position as Marketing Manager with Alturas Capital Partners, a commercial real estate investment fund, but missed being a business owner. In addition to writing for the TRA blog, he is a VIP Contributing writer to the second-largest SEO site in the world – Search Engine Journal – and was syndicated on Steamfeed, Business 2 Community, and Social Media Today. Brent has presented at XY Planning Network, FinCon, and NAPFA, and has appeared on several industry podcasts and webinars. Learn more here.