Barbara Rozgonyi

Barbara Rozgonyi leads CoryWest Media, a strategic sales and marketing consultancy that attracts attention, builds brands, and connects communities in four dimensions: digital, direct, dynamic and data.

Rozgonyi works with people and organizations who are frustrated by the complex challenges of modern sales and marketing to streamline success with a proven 4D framework to transform sales and marketing into more profitable client [and team] relationships for tomorrow, today.

A top sales performance coach who left the corporate world to become an entrepreneurial consultant, Rozgonyi’s client portfolio includes projects for Fortune 500 companies, associations, startups, events, government agencies, nonprofits and small businesses. A member of American Marketing Association and the prestigious National Speakers Association, Rozgonyi serves on the board of NSA’s Carolinas chapter as VP of Membership.

Corporations and conferences engage Rozgonyi to present enlightening, energetic and effective programs. She’s presented for ITC – a World Trade Organization and United Nations joint agency, Joint Commission, Bosch Power Tools, Kirkland and Ellis, Sears, TechWeek Chicago, Social Media Week, CarnegieComm, Federal Reserve WEDGE Conference, IMEX Frankfurt, IACC Annual Conference, MDRT Annual Conference, Association Forum Forum Forward, IX Chicago, MPI Potomac, MPI Chicago, ISHMPR, Influencer Marketing Days and many more.

A digital marketing pioneer, Rozgonyi launched her first site in 1996, produced Chicago’s first sold out writing for the web conference in 2002, began blogging in 2006 at http://wiredPRworks.com, and

founded Social Media Club’s Chicago chapter in 2008 where she produced over 60 events. Nokia chose Rozgonyi as one of two social media experts to represent the U.S. at Social Media Week Berlin.

A contributing author to two best-sellers, Rozgonyi contributed the LinkedIn chapter to "Success Secrets of the Social Media Marketing Superstars," and the PR chapter to “Success Secrets of the Online Marketing Superstars.” Named one of the top 50 content marketing influencers on Twitter, Rozgonyi's digital brand is @wiredPRworks. In 2021, wiredPRworks.com ranked #11 on a list of the 90 top global PR blogs. Growing Social Now, Rozgonyi’s podcast for digital innovators, launched in 2021.

Her work is cited in several books including "Mom Blogging for Dummies" by Wendy Piersall; "Sticks and Stones: How Digital Business Reputations Are Created Over Time" by Larry Weber; "The Zen of Social Media Marketing" by Shama Hyder; and "The New Rules of Marketing & PR" by David Meerman Scott. A former national sales trainer whose customized programs increased sales by as much as 400%, Rozgonyi loves connecting her audiences with future success RN [right now]. Ready? Let’s go!!!