Steven was born in Winnipeg, Canada in 1966. He graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce (Honors) from the University of Manitoba in 1988. While in college, Steven spent a summer working in London, England designing the first management compensation database used by Argos Distributors, which was one of the United Kingdom's largest retailers. In his senior year, Steven convinced the University to outsource the publication of its campus map to his micro company. Steven gave the maps to the University for free and earned his revenues from the sale of advertising around the borders. After graduating, Steven sold the business to two of his friends and moved to Minneapolis.

Steven enrolled at the University of Minnesota School of Law in 1988. While in law school, Steven was selected for and had his article published by the University of Minnesota Law Review. In 1991, Steven graduated and was admitted to the bar. While Steven worked as a judicial law clerk in the fall of 1991, he founded Adguide Promotions, later re-named Adguide Publications, Inc. (the Company). Steven is intimately involved with all operational and strategic decisions. He is also primarily responsible for sales and marketing efforts, including the publication of CollegeRecruiter.com Newsletter, which is emailed to tens of thousands of job seekers, and the Company's affiliate program, through which it buys on-line advertising from thousands of other web sites.

Steven has become widely recognized as an expert in online marketing, particularly in the fast growing areas of affiliate / revenue share programs; emailed newsletters; audio and video podcasts, blogging, and job sites.

Steven has been widely quoted by local, regional, national and international print and on-line media, including ABCNEWS.com, American Way (in-flight magazine for American Airlines), Associated Press, Black Collegian, Business Week, Chicago Tribune, CNN.com, Emerging Business (Small Business Administration), Entrepreneur, Fortune Small Business, Globe & Mail (Canada), Human Resource Executive, Journal of Career Planning & Employment (National Association of Colleges and Employers), Marketing Matters (American Marketing Association), Microsoft bCentral, MyBUSINESS Magazine (National Federation of Independent Businesses), Reuters, Sales & Marketing Management, Smart Business (Ziff Davis), StarTribune.com, USA Today, Washington Times, Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal.

Journalist Testimonial "You're a journalist's dream!" -- Ellen Mcgirt of MONEY Magazine while interviewing Steven Rothberg

Steven is also a frequent guest on radio and television shows, including Bloomberg Radio (nationwide), CNN Headline News, CNN Radio, CTN: The Energy Network, Entrepreneur radio, KCCO radio (Minneapolis / Saint Paul), National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation (186 stations nationwide), NBC Nightly News (nationwide), WBIX radio (Boston), WNBC, and WCCO radio (Minneapolis / Saint Paul).

Steven regularly speaks at conferences, trade shows, and seminars related to on-line marketing and staffing. His style is to be highly interactive, humorous, and a bit self-deprecating. Recent and upcoming speaking engagements include dozens of events organized by the Advanced Learning Institute, American College Personnel Association, Arkansas Association of Colleges and Employers (keynote), Eastern Association of Colleges and Employers, HR Technologies, HRO World, International Quality and Productivity Center, Kennedy Information, Midwest Association of Colleges and Employers, Mountain Pacific Association of Colleges and Employers, National Association of Colleges and Employers (for copies of the evaluation forms, click here for page one and here for page two), New York Cooperative & Experiential Education Association (keynote), OnRec Global Expo, Recruiting Roadshow Unconference (keynote), Southern Association of Colleges and Employers, and Southwest Association of Colleges and Employers.

Conference Organizer Testimonial "Steven is a passionate and knowledgeable speaker. He brought a lot of excellent information and insight to his presentation at the seventh annual Recruiting & Staffing Summit." -- Carey Bradshaw, Managing Director, Human Resource IQ Recruiting & Staffing Summit

Steven is also an active volunteer in the non-profit sector. He has served on the Program Advisory Board for the Art Institute of Minnesota, was the Co-President and Vice President Membership for Temple Israel Men's Club and is now their Vice President Public Relations, and was repeatedly elected to the Board of Directors for Temple Israel, a synagogue with 2,000 member families. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Nechama: Jewish Response to Disaster and chairs the Web Site / HaKol (monthly bulletin) Committee for Temple Israel.

Steven can by reached by clicking here.

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