Marketing and psychology expert, founder of the School of Effective and Ethical Marketing, international speaker and business psychologist

Maria
Zavyalova

From more marketing —to greater effectiveness

I develop brand platforms that help companies get better results from marketing through precise positioning, compelling brand meaning and an understanding of the psychology of consumer choice, rather than by increasing budgets and expanding teams.

Maria Zavyalova
Marketing · Brand · Strategy

Expertise

Professional focus

  1. Personal branding
  2. Brand marketing
  3. Neuromarketing
  4. Growth strategies
  5. Scaling personal and company brands
  6. Brand platform development
  7. Helping leaders move from operational management to strategic leadership while retaining oversight of processes and decisions

Education

Saint Petersburg State UniversityAdvertising and Computer Technologies
Massachusetts University of PsychologyPsychology of Consumer Choice
Stockholm School of EconomicsSales Organisation
Vladimir Pozner's journalism courseJournalism
Video production course with director and music video maker Irina MironovaVideo production
Course in personality assessment and strategyPersonality assessment and strategy
Coaching and mentoring course with Mikhail Nosov at UMAN UniversityCoaching and mentoring
Dmitry Nagiyev's course in cognitive and body-based tools for self-expressionCognitive and body-based tools and public speaking
Neuromarketing and sales psychology course at Moscow Business AcademyNeuromarketing and sales psychology
Personal branding and public speaking with Lina Arifulina (Star Factory)Personal branding and public speaking
Igor Makarov's course in developing a business brand platformBrand platform development

Professional experience

I built a business from the ground up, creating a company that produced and sold colouring-in wallpaper and scaling it into a nationwide dealer network.

Over three years, I built a regional blog around a personal brand and made it the leading regional blog for monetisation and audience loyalty (as of 31 December 2023).

Companies I work with include:

Kia Motors, Leroy Merlin (Lemana Pro), Rostelecom, VkusVill, MegaFon, Tele2, Haval, jewellery manufacturers Sokolov and Kabarovsky, Buyskiy Chemical Plant, and others.

Collaboration with the Department of Culture and the Kostroma Region Administration, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Russian Orthodox Church's metropolitan diocese.

More than 100,000 followers on social media.

Teaching and consulting

Maria Zavyalova

Original courses and lectures delivered across Russia and internationally.

Teaching and consulting