Deborah Deras

Instructor

Helps business owners with social media marketing strategy, content creation, SEO, and resources to increase revenue via organic social media.

Started with WEV

2023

Languages Spoken

English

Spanish

Experience and Expertise

12 years in Social Media Marketing and Teaching

Inspired By

Oprah Winfrey & Jennifer Lopez

Favorite Central Coast Activity

Wine Tasting in Santa Ynez Valley

Path to WEV

Deborah has been a business owner since 2002, providing Fortune 100 companies with peak performance corporate training, and is also an international speaker and author. She has served as a marketing consultant to various Small Business Development Centers with expertise in digital marketing. With a Master’s degree in Education and Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Deborah specializes in content creation, social media strategy, YouTube, SEO, Facebook, live streaming, podcasting, Instagram sales, and how to speak with confidence on camera. She speaks English and Spanish and has been a sought-after professional speaker for over 20 years.

Deborah loves helping small business owners, particularly women and owners from historically marginalized communities, succeed. Her own experiences with business ownership inform her work, teaching other business owners how to avoid making the costly mistakes that she did. Deborah shares resources, strategies, and easy-to-apply actions to give small business owners the knowledge and inspiration to be successful and profitable in business.

“I love to be able to help small businesses make money without spending a lot of money through organic social media strategy.”