Nathan Allen Pirtle
Nathan Allen Pirtle
Press photo of Nathan he shares in social media.
Nathan Allen Pirtle is a Marketing strategist and CEO for Work With the Coach, a digital marketing firm he founded. [1] Forbes named him one of the top 8 Marketing influencers in 2017. [9]
Background
Early Life
Nathan Pirtle was born in East St. Louis and raised in Decatur, Illinois. As a kid, he always had a passion for selling and marketing things. [1]
When he was in 10th grade, he dropped out of school and engaged in crime.
Some publications have said that he was involved in gang activity for many years.
Criminal History
The mugshots of Nathan when he was once part of gang life.
As a young man, he was arrested for armed robbery and faced a sentence of 15 years
Education & Digital Marketing
He started out taking online classes for digital marketing at Kaplan University and practicing and testing his skills on his personal music.
That is where he learned and honed the ins and outs of digital marketing.
Mr. Pirtle attended St Louis University where he earned a degree in business administration. While in school, he managed the digital marketing for a large freight brokering company. [5]
Work & Career
Move to Los Angeles
Nathan poses next to a Bentley.
According to an article by Forbes, they wrote that after the death of Nathan's father in 2013, he packed up his things and moved to Los Angeles, California. He started out working at a Coffee bean and a call center. [2]
Meeting Malcolm Spellman
Photo of Nathan with Paula Abdul at an event.
In the parking lot of Coffee Bean, Nathan had found a wallet on the floor he had to choices: return the wallet or use its contents to get ahead.
He decided that he would return the wallet to the man who dropped it who was inside of a BMW truck.
The man inside of the vehicle turned out to be the Executive producer and Writer of Empire, Malcolm Spellman. [2]
Mr. Spellman couldn't thank him enough and Nathan asked him who he was.
After Malcolm told him what he did, Nathan told him he has a digital marketing company with only one
client, but it turned out that Mr. Spellman was actually looking for someone who was doing just that.
He gave Nathan his first big client, Fantastic Negrito. [2]
Digital Marketing & Work With the Coach
Today, Mr. Pirtle is known as a digital marketing specialist and strategist.
He is Director of Digital Marketing for Blackball Universe, an independent record label founded by Malcolm Spellman.
As an independent consultant, Mr. Pirtle contracts with Empire’s marketing team, Universal Motown Records, Radar Music, Rashidi Harper (film producer) and various independent artists, producers and personalities.
Mr. Pirtle’s skill and techniques have landed artists on the top 10 Billboard charts and number 1 on ITunes, and resulted in relationships with some of the top agencies in the world including WME.
Mr. Pirtle works effectively under constant deadline pressure and his team manages multiple projects.
He specifically takes pride in and loves growing brands from the bottom up.
Mr. Pirtle has close to 10 years of Digital Marketing experience.
Personal Life
Post on Instagram where he shares a written note about how his best friend Karl Smith, helped him when he hit rock bottom.
He currently lives in Beverly Hills, California where he works very closely with the Entertainment industry. [0]
He thanks one of his best friends, Karl Smith, for the way that he stuck with him and helped him during his life when he hit rock bottom.
He often quotes Fight Club as motivation for when facing the struggle of hitting rock bottom. [8]