Press · Speaking · Appearances

A few of the rooms I've stood up in.

Pitches, panels, events and a podcast on marketing, growth and the creator economy. If you're booking a speaker or chasing a quote, the door's open: alice@influenceradvisory.com.

Alice Ksendzova pitching Fixon AI on stage

Recent appearances

Since 2026

Host, The Brand Growth Podcast

The podcast where we discuss brand building from 2026 to 2035, and influencer marketing, with the people doing it.
2024

Pitching Fixon AI at LaunchHub Angels

Presented Fixon AI, an all-in-one social commerce platform, for seed round investment to a room of angel investors, walking through the growth story, the market, and how it stacked up against Shopify, Stan Store and Calendly.
2024

Hosting the Richmond Hill Board of Trade, WIB Symposium

Hosted local business leaders at the Women in Business Symposium, helping members connect, grow and find their next opportunity.

What I can speak to

For producers, podcast hosts, journalists and event organizers sizing up the fit.

The creator economy

How brands and creators actually work together, why a few partnerships pay off and most don't, and where the money really goes.

Vetting creators

Comment quality first, then engagement, then the extremes: how to tell bought audiences from real ones before a brand pays.

Creator communities

Discord communities, perks and an anchor name: how brands get creators to want in and to stay.

Organic plus paid

Organic creator content finds the winners, paid media scales them. Whitelisting and how to budget for it.

Growth for early brands

Lessons from two failed brands and a pivot into growth: what builds real demand when you can't out-spend anyone in the room.

Marketing psychology

Color, context, cold outreach: the small decisions that quietly steer what people buy without them noticing.

A bio you can copy

Short

Alice Ksendzova is Partner Manager at Influencer Advisory, an influencer agency with science creators, for health and wellness brands, and the host of The Brand Growth Podcast. She is based in the Greater Toronto Area.

Long

Alice Ksendzova is Partner Manager at Influencer Advisory, an influencer agency with science creators, for health and wellness brands. She started with two e-commerce brands of her own, Vie Lariat and Unthinkable, then moved into startups, leading marketing and growth at names including GetCove, Fireflies.ai, Fixon AI and Willow (YC X25). Her work now is building the overarching strategy for a brand's creator program: matching the segment to the creative and the creators, acquiring customers at a low cost and growing their lifetime value. She hosts The Brand Growth Podcast and writes about the creator economy at aliceksendzova.com. She is based in the Greater Toronto Area.