Who We Are

Founded in 2009 as Capture Media Associates, Dream Local Digital began with a simple goal — to help local businesses succeed using always-changing online marketing tools.  Dream Local Digital makes online marketing simple while you run your business.

In its first year, Dream Local Digital offered online marketing advice to hundreds of small businesses in Maine through seminars and hands-on work. Now, it serves clients throughout North America. Each member of the team brings unique experience and insight to help businesses with their marketing needs.

Our Team

Shannon Kinney, Founder, GM, Client Success Officer
Shannon has over 15 years of experience in the development of successful Internet products, sales and marketing strategies. She has worked on the teams developing successful Internet brands such as cars.com, careerbuilder.com, and over 60 online media properties for newspapers all over the U.S. and Canada. Prior to that, she spent over 10 years in media sales and sales management in Maine. She is an experienced speaker, trainer, and consultant, and has worked with small and large companies alike. Shannon is considered an expert in the field of online marketing and social media, and speaks regularly at conferences on the subject. She serves as an advisor to many established and start-up companies, and local charitable groups such as the Maine Lobster Festival Committee. After spending many years away, Shannon is pleased to be again based in Maine, working with businesses to assist in their growth.
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Tobin Slaven, Partner, Creative Director
Tobin is the Co-Founder of Mindboom Media and Mobile Marketing of Maine, which merged with Dream Local Digital in 2012. In joining the Dream Team, Tobin will take on the role of Creative Director, Marketing Strategist, and Account Manager. He will also lead research and development of the best tools and strategies to serve the small business community. His own self-stated mission is to save Main Street – one small business at a time, with practical information about how social media and mobile technology is changing the rules of how we do business, and giving small business owners an unfair advantage over the national brands and big box store competition. Tobin’s focus in on lead generation and getting more business from the web using 3 main channels: 1) social media – because social is fast becoming the new search; 2) Video – because YouTube is now the second largest search engine and video is the number one way to drive engagement; 3) and Mobile – because the cell phone is the one channel where you can reach everyone, where they live, work, and play. Tobin is married to his beautiful wife Martina, while living and working from Bangor, Maine where they are raising their family of four teenagers (and one fur child).
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Molly Gray, Senior Account Executive, Bookkeeping
Molly’s enthusiastic personality has driven her toward and helped her be successful in customer service, general management, real estate and sales. Molly is originally from Bethel, Maine. She attended Gould Academy and then Jacksonville University in Florida for high school and her bachelor’s. She has lived in Midcoast Maine since 2007. Her career has led her not only to a variety of positions from sales and management in the hospitality industry, real estate, and being an entrepreneur; it’s also led her around the country to Florida and Colorado for some time. Dream Local Digital has been a fresh move forward for Molly. She’s excited to combine many of the skills she has obtained throughout her career and looks forward to working with future clients.
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Martina Slaven, Partner, HR and Project Management
Martina, also a Co-Founder of Mindboom Media and Mobile Marketing of Maine, joins Dream Local Digital with official title of Dream Team Lead and responsible for jointly managing with Alyssa, the various project teams and deadlines. Martina carries over from Mindboom a focus on the Google Places program, including oversight of local search and directory services to maximize client exposure. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, Martina’s served a number of years in the hospitality industry. Born and raised in Central Europe, Martina brings a unique perspective, determination, and people skills to the Dream Team. She enjoys interacting with different cultures and has lived in a number of locations internationally. With her children, she enjoys a shared love of languages and a wider appreciation of how differently people live and make their way in the World.
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Jason Andreoni, Lead Designer and Production Manager
Jason has demonstrated success in helping businesses market themselves through print and online media, having worked for a combined nine years as a graphic designer and web designer/developer for a local media company. He has also been working in Web Design and Front End Development since 2004 on a freelance basis with a client base that spans the state of Maine. He handles every aspect of the process from the initial client meeting to the full deployment and delivery of their web site. At Dream Local Digital, Jason manages all production of graphics, Facebook page customizations, web work, graphic design projects, e-mail campaigns and more.
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Alyssa Rolerson, Senior Project and Research Manager
Alyssa began at Dream Local Digital in April of 2010 as an intern and has since been promoted to Online Marketing Strategist and Project Manager. In May of 2012 she will receive her Bachelor of Science in Business Management from the University of Maine at Augusta. Alyssa is born and raised in Maine, attended the University of New Haven for one and a half years before transferring to UMA. Alyssa has really enjoyed the transition from intern to Project Manager as it’s allowed her to get to know Dream Local Digital’s clients and internal process at a more detailed level.
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Bethany Snow, Online Marketing Strategist
Bethany is a proud Maine native and is excited about the opportunity to support local businesses. After graduating Scarborough High School in 2002 she enlisted in the U.S. Army and served for five years at bases from California to Korea. In 2010 she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Mount Holyoke College and began working with the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine. These diverse experiences allow for a fresh perspective and an enthusiasm for working with people and businesses.
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Jeff Howland, Online Marketing Strategist
Jeff Howland is a Maine native, who has lived in the midcoast area on-and-off for over 12 years, living now in Camden with his wife and two young children. Since graduating from the University of Maine with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering Technology, he has held positions within the industrial sector, as a software engineer, and the financial and marketing sectors, in a broad range of technology management and client support roles. Currently, Jeff is on the Board of Directors at the Camden Conference, where he serves as chairman of the Technology Committee, and he is also on the Board of Directors at the Literacy Volunteers of Midcoast Maine, where he serves as Treasurer. Growing with the Internet over the last two decades, Jeff’s innate interest in its technical facets, combined with the socio-cultural dimensions the Web now permeates, have opened a path to his true passion, helping people. With a logical and scientific approach, balanced by a creative, aesthetic feel, and keen insight into what works, Jeff works closely with our clients and team to develop and implement online marketing strategies. In his free time he enjoys reading, writing, and running.
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Jeremy Cote, Online Marketing Strategist
Jeremy Cote has been promoted from Intern to Online Marketing Strategist. Jeremy began at Dream Local Digital as an intern in February of 2011 and was promoted to an Online Marketing Strategist in November due to his hard work and commitment. Jeremy is originally from Connecticut but moved to Maine to pursue a degree in Marketing and will graduate with a Masters degree from Husson University in May of 2012. Jeremy’s creativity and insight make him a great asset to the Dream Local team. He is based in our Bangor Offices.
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Mark Whittaker, Online Marketing Strategist
Mark loves to use his more than 30 years of experience to help clients communicate with customers and prospective customers. He has been a newspaper writer, editor, online director and consultant. He has a journalism degree from Temple University in Philadelphia and a master’s certificate in Internet marketing from the University of San Francisco. Mark now lives in Pittsburgh, where he and his wife, Susan, spend their spare time learning to live in a house ruled by five cats and a dog.
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Laurie Trifoso, Client Service Manager
Laurie is a New York native but has lived in Maine since 2006. She studied marketing at the University of Maryland where she also was a member of the swim team. After three years, she was drawn to Maine where she is finishing her degree and will graduate with a BS in Business Administration with a marketing concentration this May. Her plan is to start her MBA soon after. Her focus on customer service is what makes her a good fit at Dream Local Digital. She has vast experience dealing with customers at different levels. Including working as a personal assistant for Sunrise International and Interning for First Arena in Elmira, New York. Laurie joins us in July and was quickly promoted to her current role of Client Service Manager. Her work ethic, personality and skills will be an asset to all current and future Dream Local Digital clients.
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Stan Gauss, Advisor
Stan has been involved in local digital media since the onset. Working with media companies like Gannett, Advance and others he helped launch sites such as Phillyburbs.com and PressofAtlanticCity.com. After leaving the newspaper industry, he spent two years with Planet Discover, a start-up technology company providing search technology to media companies, as VP of Market Development. Currently, he is the founder of three growing local brands-LocalHabit, RecessLabs and current Dream Local Digital partner, GaussMedia. Stan will advise Dream Local Digital on matters related to Local SEO, Small Business Identity and Reputation Management. Stan lives at the Jersey Shore with his wife and 3 boys.