Quit Day Job: Full-Time Online Video & Marketing

May 21, 2009

Today I quit my day job as Consumer Product Director at Merck, where I marketed Propecia. Thanks to all of my Merck friends for tolerating me and teaching me so much.

Now it’s full-time to follow my passion: making videos, working with Hitviews, and starting my own consulting practice that will help brands engage in social media, especially the most visceral kind: online video. Stay tuned next week for more details.

Do what you love, peeps. I have an MBA in entrepreneurship and a passion for marketing, social media and video. Time to put it to work.

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1 Taylor Marek May 23, 2009 at 9:05 am

Nalts, that is AWESOME!! I’m happy for ya and hope you enjoy it! :) ))

2 kevinnalts May 23, 2009 at 9:32 am

Twittering from the beach. What did I do before bberry cams and twitter?

3 Taylor Marek May 23, 2009 at 10:46 am

Lol, probably actually sat around on the beach!… ;P

4 JimmerSD May 23, 2009 at 11:28 am

Before I forget this… NALTerior Motives.

5 marquisdejolie May 23, 2009 at 12:31 pm

@55
Hahaha! You think he’s up to something?

6 JimmerSD May 23, 2009 at 12:40 pm

Thought this described his new company rather nicely. My guess is that his focus will be in telling firms how to market through the internet without ‘MARKETING’.

7 jishchinger May 23, 2009 at 6:04 pm

did you know that you can put potato chips in almost anything?

8 Klim May 24, 2009 at 1:58 am

When I saw this in my rss feed I held back the temptation of clicking it right away thinking this was a silly link bait trick… you couldn’t be serious and you couldn’t fool me.
I guess you are? I’m not sure if I believe you, even thought it seems genuine enough.
Fine, I’ll believe you. Congrats!!! Awesome!

9 Marilyn May 24, 2009 at 7:25 pm

Kevin:
If this is really true, I wish you and your family only the best. How does Jo feel about everything?

10 marquisdejolie May 24, 2009 at 10:43 pm

I already did this. With gypsies. Here’s the lowdown on my production company:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy2wR5O20e8

11 Daniel Sevitt May 25, 2009 at 4:39 am

Wow, this is huge!

Was I the first person ever to pay you for your videos?

Does that make any of this my fault?

I wish you everything you wish for yourself… and chopped liver.

12 Paul Sanchez May 26, 2009 at 12:46 am

congrats nalts! So good to see reach this dream! I’m already full time but I eat rice and bugs to survive.

13 Marc Monseau May 26, 2009 at 7:21 am

Congratulations, Kevin. I’m really glad to see you take the plunge and pursue your passion. As you focus all your wild-eyed energy and enthusiasm on what you really want out of life, that success will surely follow. Keep in touch!

14 overlander May 26, 2009 at 10:44 pm

bout time

look forward 2 seeing how things go

15 PB May 27, 2009 at 1:14 am

Thought this described his new company rather nicely. My guess is that his focus will be in telling firms how to market through the internet without ‘MARKETING’.

16 somecallmejim May 27, 2009 at 9:47 am

Geez, you wander off for a few weeks and look what happens.

I see that the Propecia site still uses your picture for their front page pic on their website though. It’s probably a good thing you quit with that hairline of yours, buddy. Way to be a company spokesperson!

Okay, seriously, congrats! I mean that with all my heart. I couldn’t be happier for you. Well, I mean, I could be happier if you decided to hire on a Minnesotan YouTuber with hardly any subscribers and virtually no updates in the last 6 months. That would excite me a little more.

Keep up the good work.

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