Marcus "Esports" Howard

Gold Standard Gaming

Need Customers? Want to reach the 18-34 demographic daily? We can help. 

Gold Standard Gaming an Esports consulting agency at the forefront of a new era of esports and gaming. In an industry where authenticity is everything, we help brands turn their audience into a tangible community. 

Our focus is on helping our clients deliver better, more effective advertising and event programming with more engaging content and clear messaging to Millennials and Gen Z.

Cut directly through the noise by allowing your consumers to get hands-on with your brand. Provide your audience with an experience they can’t forget and they’ll do all the talking for you.

Director of Business Development

OVR Technology

OVR is a company that focuses on advancing the human experience through intersection of our most advanced technology and the art and science of olfaction. Creating new technologies to allow people to experience scent in a digital landscape. 

We're attending GDC later this month, to demo the prototype for our technology.  Let me know if you'll be there, and we'll find time for you to demo digital scents. We've launched a new program, to help innovators get early access to our tech! 10 game developers will get free dev kits, plus our team's implementation support. If your team wants to create more immersion in its games, let's chat.

Business Development Strategist

Self Employed

90% of customers polled on LinkedIn are interested in their favorite product/service brands engaging them with video games. Over 90% of employees polled on LinkedIn are interested in their employers engaging them with video games, too. Sign up for my free training, to help your brand learn how to use video games to level up its brand engagement: https://bit.ly/gamedrivenbrandgrowth

Game-Driven, Sustainable Brand Growth Coach

Gamers Home

Gamers Home empowers people to turn their passion for video games into a career. We host career webinars for gamers and streamers, so they can learn from industry experts. We also provide specialized training, so gamers and streamers can get hands-on practice in a variety of domains including voice acting, narrative design, and game marketing. Soon, we're launching a platform for premium freelancing in the gaming industry, so gamers and streamers around the world can use their vetted skills to work with awesome gaming studios. In the meantime, you can visit our Gamers Home Store for gaming-inspired comfort clothing and home decor for gamers and streamers of all ages.

I lead business development for Gamers Home, creating meaningful value for our game studios and other strategic partners. I also host Gamers Home's career insights webinars, helping our featured guests share priceless career advice.

At Gamers Home, we're on a mission to close the PayScale gap. If you work in the gaming industry, and you'd like to help us close the PayScale gap, please take a couple of minutes to share your perspective in our PayScale gap survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QNBGG96

Founder & COO

Emotional Ideas, Inc.

The future of sports, esports, and family entertainment.

Gaming & Esports Advisor

Vessel Creative Solutions

We're redefining education and workforce development with esports. We offer end-to-end services clients needs to create a truly wow factor esports gaming space or large scale arena. We recently completed the world's largest investment in the high school education esports space. Reach out to us if you have any projects or questions that we could help you with.

www.vesselxr.com

Chief Growth Officer

Johnson C. Smith University - JCSU

I'm leveraging my decade of gaming industry experience to teach the virtual course "Esports Business & Trends". I've designed a unique course that challenges students to learn esports through direct experience and professional development, rather than just memorizing specific names/dates/info for tests. My goal is that my students will have the specific tools and knowledge to successfully start their professional careers in esports when they graduate college.

Esports and Gaming Management Adjunct Instructor

UKnightedXP, Inc.

Senior Strategic Advisor

Blockchain Game Alliance

The Blockchain Game Alliance is an organization committed to promoting blockchain within the game industry. Its goal is to spread awareness about blockchain technologies and encourage adoption by highlighting their potential to foster new ways to create, publish, play, and build strong communities around games.

The BGA also provides an open forum for individuals and companies to share knowledge and collaborate, create common standards, establish best practices, and network.

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MetArena

Two thirds of Americans play video games, and gamers make up nearly half of the world's population. It's highly likely that you brand has gamers as employees and customers. MetArena provides your brand with the insights and technology to authentically engage your entire community, so you can use video games to achieve your brand's goals. Some great examples include selling products or services, recruiting incoming freshman to your school, or raising funds for your nonprofit.

I have 15 consecutive years of strategic/tactical experience with building startups in various industries, including gaming, news media and restaurants. I specialize in identifying exponential growth opportunities and converging trends in consumer markets. Also, I excel at creating/executing blue ocean business strategies. Growth Hacker. Innovator. Techie. Leader.

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