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Meet The Dames
Most marketing agencies lead with a pitch. We lead with integrity.
Our job has never been to convince someone they need something they don't. It's to make sure your business gets found by the people who do. We don't sell services that don't fit, inflate metrics to hide weak results, or go quiet when something needs to change. We tell the truth — about what's working, what isn't, and what we're doing about it.
That's not a differentiator for us. It's just how we work.
Alex Colley
With over 20 years in marketing and creative services, Alex brings a rare combination of strategic depth and hands-on execution to every client she works with. Her guiding question — "Who still needs to know about this, and how do we get that message across more clearly?" — has driven her work across industries ranging from economic development and healthcare to food and beverage, retail, and business networking.
Alex holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and Advertising from the University of Tampa and an MBA from the University of West Florida. She co-founded dameSpeak in 2021 with a clear conviction: that small and mid-sized businesses deserve the same caliber of strategic marketing that enterprise brands take for granted.
In the Kansas City business and AI community, Alex is a recognized voice on AI search and digital marketing strategy. She serves on the KC2026 AI Committee, moderates the AI Roundtable, and previously held the Social Media Chair role for the Kansas City AI Club. She is a former Board Member of the Kansas City Healthcare Communicators Society and a 2018 Women of Distinction honoree.
Outside of work, Alex is a self-described crazy dog lady, proud fun aunt, wannabe foodie, and avid marathoner.
Lori Davies
Lori brings 25 years of business development and marketing experience to dameSpeak — and a genuine belief that the best marketing is built on real relationships, not just reach. She is a lifelong learner who has always asked why, a habit her parents tried to manage by buying her a copy of "The Book of Why" when she was a child. That curiosity has never left her.
Her career spans multiple verticals with deep roots in healthcare, and she approaches every client engagement with a scalable process designed to ensure that strategy doesn't just sound good on paper — it actually works in execution. Lori excels at finding the clearest, most compelling way to communicate a brand's value to the people most likely to act on it.
In addition to her work at dameSpeak, Lori teaches a marketing citizenship class at Avila University — bringing real-world strategy into the classroom and helping the next generation of marketers think about their work with both skill and intention.
Outside of work, Lori loves walking her dog, spending time with her husband, her cat, her many friends, and catching up with her two children and granddaughter.
Our Story
dameSpeak was born in 2021 — not from a business plan, but from bold timing and shared vision. Amid a pandemic and economic downturn, co-founders Alex Colley and Lori Davies found themselves at a professional crossroads. After working together in previous years, a simple LinkedIn message — "Want to start our own business?" — sparked something bigger than either expected. Alex's "Absolutely!" lit the match.
In their first meeting on January 13th, they sketched the foundations: name, logo, services — but more importantly, they built on honesty, trust, and the belief that marketing could be more human, more strategic, and more accessible. The focus was clear — dameSpeak was created to help small and mid-sized businesses grow with clarity, confidence, and real results.
In the years since, the search landscape has transformed. AI-powered tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews have fundamentally changed how people find businesses — and dameSpeak has stayed ahead of that shift. Today we specialize in AI Search Optimization alongside SEO, social media, content strategy, and advertising — a fully integrated approach built for the way search actually works in 2026.
We're still the same two people who started this on a handshake and a shared conviction. We're just operating in a much bigger arena now.