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Liam Dempsey

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to support local businesses and non-profits

in and around Chester county, Pennsylvania

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Liam Dempsey is a marketing and design consultant working with businesses and non-profits. With clients in the US, UK, and beyond, Liam supports organizations with a history of success and growth – but which lack a structure for doing so. Through his boutique company, LBDesign, Liam brings that structure and methodology to enable clients to capture a bigger and more sustainable return on their marketing efforts.

Jumping into podcasting in 2017, Liam launched Hallway Chats with a friend and colleague in the WordPress community. Together, Liam and his cohost published 150 episodes before turning the show over to new hosts in 2021. As a marketing consultant, Liam helps clients start and produce their own podcasts – and secure sponsors for their programs.

An avid traveler, Liam moved from Chicago to London in 2002, fulfilling a long-held dream of living in Europe. He returned to the USA in 2009, relocating from a village near Oxford, England, to Chester County, Pennsylvania.

An active community builder, Liam is a co-founder of the Philly ‘burbs WordPress Meetup, which he ran for twelve years before stepping down as an organizer in 2024. A member of ITAG – a public-private partnership spearheaded by the Chester County Economic Development Council – since 2017, Liam has served on the Executive Committee of the ITAG Board. Liam is on the Communications Committee for the Crime Victims’ Center of Chester Chester.

Liam Dempsey
Liam Dempsey