Arik is an independent social media consultant for mid-sized and large companies with more than 25 years of industry experience. He has helped 80-plus companies achieve results through social media and digital marketing over the last 15+ years.
Arik is a social media power user, an award-winning marketer, and an early adopter. His social media blog, which he founded in 2008, now has more than 1,500 published posts and is one of the longest-running blogs in the industry. The Hanson & Hunt Podcast, which he co-hosted with CHS' Kevin Hunt, has more than 175 episodes in the can and was one of the longest-running social media podcasts in Minnesota.
Arik is also an adjunct professor at the University of St. Thomas and the University of Minnesota where he's been teaching classes in social media and digital marketing since 2019.
