Rich Brooks is a Maine-based marketer and entrepreneur who wears many hats. Along with his 20-year-old digital marketing agency, flyte new media, Rich organizes and hosts The Agents of Change Conference annually, produces a weekly marketing podcast, and is a recent first-time author. He's also a die-hard Patriots fan and a sales guy from way back...but don't hold that against him!

The Local Marketing Diaries series shares the journeys of business owners and entrepreneurs as they strive to grow and scale their businesses. This is Rich's story, as told to Patrick Liddy of Vendasta.