Brent Herrig speaking on creative marketing and AI systems
Speaking & Education

Creative Marketing Speaker & Educator

Brent Herrig speaks on how modern brands actually grow visibility and revenue at the intersection of visual craft, local search, and AI-assisted systems.

His sessions are grounded in real commercial work. Restaurant shoots. Local business marketing. Global brand campaigns. Ongoing experimentation with AI ranking, AEO, and geographic visibility.

From university guest lectures to local business groups and monthly teaching inside AI-focused communities, Brent helps audiences understand how visuals, search, and systems connect in the real world.

No theory loops. No surface-level tactics. Just usable frameworks.

Composition and Balance for Photos and Videos presentation
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Keynote Topics & Workshops

Local Visibility Systems for Restaurants & Small Businesses

How local SEO, GEO signals, and AEO actually work together today.

This session focuses on:

How Google Business Profiles, local pages, and entity signals work as a system

The role of visuals in local ranking and conversion

How AI-powered search changes what “ranking” really means

What restaurants and service businesses should prioritize now

Built for restaurant owners, hospitality groups, and local business communities who want clarity instead of conflicting advice.
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Commercial Photography That Drives Action

How restaurant and hospitality visuals support search, conversion, and brand trust.

This session focuses on:

What makes food, cocktail, and interior photography work commercially

How photography impacts local SEO, listings, and click-through behavior

Planning shoots that support menus, websites, Google profiles, and social

Avoiding one-off visuals that do not scale

Designed for hospitality teams, marketers, and creatives working with real budgets and real timelines.
Behind the scenes restaurant photography

Visual Systems for Scale

How to plan and capture visual assets so one shoot supports many channels, platforms, and markets.

This session focuses on:

Asset planning before the shoot, not after

Building visual libraries that scale across web, social, paid media, and local listings

Structuring content so teams stop reshooting the same things

Ideal for brands and groups managing ongoing content needs.

Hybrid Creative Workflows

How to integrate AI into commercial creative workflows without losing quality or brand integrity.

This session focuses on:

Craft-first thinking with AI used as an extension, not a replacement

AI-assisted previsualization and concept alignment

Still-to-variation and still-to-motion workflows

Where AI adds speed and where it does not belong

Built for creative teams, agencies, and educators who want practical systems.

Additional Sessions Available

Shorter talks and focused workshops tailored to specific audiences:

Google Business Profile strategy and optimization

AEO and AI visibility fundamentals for modern search

Lighting foundations for commercial food and hospitality photography

Content planning for small teams with limited time and budget

Often delivered to universities, BNI-style business groups, and in-house teams.

Partners

Trusted Educational Partner

Universities, communities, and business groups. Guest lectures, workshops, and ongoing monthly sessions across academic, professional, and small business environments.

Iowa State UniversityBNI Business Network InternationalNYSRA
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Brent works with universities, hospitality groups, creative teams, and business communities to deliver sessions that match the room and the real problems being solved.

Every engagement is tailored. No recycled decks. No generic advice.

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Learn to Rank with AI

Strategic insights into modern search and AI visibility.

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