Steve Anderson

Welcome

My name is Steve Anderson. I have over a decade of experience in digital brand building, marketing, graphic design, and publishing. I'm interested in helping small to medium sized businesses generate sales while building their online presence.

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Kyrgies

I'm best known for co-founding Kyrgies. Kyrgies is a lifestyle slipper brand that works directly with a very cool factory in Kyrgyzstan. I created and developed the Kyrgies brand from scratch, managing all aspects of marketing the company for seven years.

In that time, we sold a lot slippers, and we developed a fervent customer base. Kyrgies is a social-impact brand wrapped in warm and fuzzy wool felt.

Perhaps most importantly, our partner factory in Kyrgyzstan was able to hire somewhere around 100 people to meet the demand that we created for their slippers in the United States. Most of these people were women. Visiting Kyrgyzstan and interacting with these artisans was easily the highlight of my Kyrgies journey.

• Kyrgies

The American Scholar

I've also spent more than 15 years in print publishing. Or rather, I've worked to bring print publishing to the digital world. This is where I cut my teeth in all things digital marketing, online content management, and traditional direct mail campaigns.

The American Scholar is a general-interest magazine that is printed quarterly. It is published by The Phi Beta Kappa Society. I promise, it's not as stuffy as it sounds.

Perhaps most importantly, my time at The American Scholar reintroduced me to books as an adult. It was amazing to work alongside a staff full of voracious readers who are dedicated to the world of ideas. If you're hanging with me and looking for a conversation starter, ask me what I'm reading.

• Read the Scholar here

Found and Gathered

I created a commonplace book website called Found Gathered. It's one of many side projects I've built over the years. I haven't updated it lately, but it still exists. It was created as a way for me to practice web development and graphic design.

Not sure what a commonplace book is? It's a collection of quotes from books you've read. It used to be something that was very common to keep. This is back in the day when being able to read well was a big deal and there was a general consensus that books contained wisdom.

• Found and Gathered

Other Projects

I've been involved with a few other things over the past 15 years. Some of them were even successful. The gist of these projects involved brand building, graphic design, and front-end web development.

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