As Founder & Chairman of Zilker Media I work alongside our team to empower the success of our clients as we work together to build meaningful, magnetic brands.

As CEO of Zilker Media I work with our team to deliver our clients the best agency experience they will ever have.We handle PR, Digital Marketing and Platform Development for the world's most respected brands and thought leaders, from Captain "Sully" Sullenberger to Chicken Soup for the Soul and beyond.Learn more at www.zilkermedia.com

Following the acquisition of Shelton Interactive by Advantage Media Group in February of 2016, I was honored to become Senior Marketing Strategist at the company.In this role Rusty works with the company's clients (Members) to help them develop marketing strategies that drive authority-building and lead generation.

Shelton Interactive was successfully acquired by Advantage Media Group in February of 2016. Shelton Interactive is an award-winning digital marketing and PR firm based in Austin, TX that has directed digital strategy for some of the world’s largest and most respected brands, including Chicken Soup for the Soul, IBM, Amazon, The Kellogg School of Management and Harvard Health Publications. Ranked as one of the top ten social media marketing agencies in the U.S. in 2015 by Clutch, a marketing research firm based in Washington D.C., the company has five key departments – web development, social media, public relations, design and SEO – and each department works hand-in-hand with the others to ensure clients have a well-rounded, integrated digital marketing and PR strategy.In addition to working as the agency of record for leading businesses and brands in Austin, Texas, and beyond, the firm is proud to have led digital strategy for some of the biggest bestsellers of the past few years, including The One Thing, by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan, The Confidence Code, by Claire Shipman and Katty Kay, Big Data, by Kenneth Cukier and Viktor Mayer-Schonberger, One Thousand Gifts, by Ann Voskamp, Take the Stairs, by Rory Vaden, How The World Sees You, by Sally Hogshead, Eat Move Sleep, by Tom Rath, Winning From Within, by Erica Ariel Fox and many, many others.What do our clients like most? We get results – from growing Facebook pages from under 3,000 likes to more than 1.3 million, to securing hits in top media outlets like The New York Times, Fast Company, Forbes, and many others. Ranked #15 on Austin Business Journal’s 2014 Fast 50 List, which ranks companies in the fast-growing city who are experiencing extreme revenue growth, Shelton Interactive prides itself on helping clients start conversations that matter.