About Dan

Reach Me: danzelikman@gmail.com

What I Love: Spending time with my family and friends. Surfing, climbing, hiking and travel. Movies that make me laugh or think. The New York Giants, Jeep Wranglers, pizza with toppings, burgers with bacon and good beer.

What I Do: Digital marketing, promotion, analytics and strategy. Blogging about media, surfing, and exploring Hawaii. Keynote presentations on technology, communication and the benefits of digital marketing and analytics.

Dan is the Marketing/Community Host for CivilBeat.com – a news startup keeping Hawaii informed and engaged through public interest journalism.

As the Community Host, Dan is fully engaged with the readers on the site. He is responsible for pushing content through multiple media platforms while discussing the different issues with readers. From answering questions to sharing opinions, Dan is responsible for Civil Beat’s voice in the community – both online and off.

Dan is also tasked with Civil Beat’s digital marketing efforts. From analyzing web data to promoting content, Dan uses technology to understand what Civil Beat readers enjoy reading most. Between data and reader’s input, Civil Beat tries to apply that feedback to become better every day.

Before joining Civil Beat, Dan worked for Anthology Marketing Group – Hawaii’s largest advertising agency. There he was the Director of Digital Marketing where he focused on designing digital and community solutions for clients like Microsoft, Sprint, Bank of Hawaii, Marriott, Farmers Insurance and Hawaiian Telcom.

Dan was born in New York and has studied around the globe in parts of New England, Sweden and Australia. Dan loves exploring Hawaii – and when he’s not blogging about his adventures you can find him surfing waves, climbing mountains and hiking off the beaten path.

Dan only attends “board meetings” that are held in the ocean.