Mitch Joel

Mitch Joel (b. May 1971) is a journalist and publicist. He is president of Twist Image, a digital marketing agency and president and a founding partner of Distort Entertainment.

Joel grew up in Montreal, with three brothers. His family was an early adopter of computers, something that fascinated him. He graduated from the pre-university music program at Vanier College (he played bass), then he quit his philosophy studies at Concordia University after less than a semester, to start a publishing career. He worked in Montreal as a freelance music journalist and as publisher/editor of two music magazines, Arena Rock and Enrage. His first interview, in 1989, was of Tommy Lee.

Joel worked in 1999 and 2000 at Mamma.com, a meta search engine started in 1996, where he held the title of Director, Sponsorship and Advertising. In January 2001 he became Director of Marketing at Airborne Entertainment, a mobile content provider headquartered in Montreal. He credits an Unleash the Power Within conference in 2002 for the change in direction that lead to his success; he has been a speaker at a number of the organization's conferences since then.

In 2002, Joel joined Twist Image, a digital marketing company that was then two years old. He is now president of the company, one of four equal partners. He began blogging in September 2003, posting at Six Pixels of Separation – The Twist Image Blog. In May, 2006, he launched a weekly podcast. Both the blog and podcast focus on the intersection of digital marketing and personal branding.

In July 2006, Joel was named one of the twenty most influential authorities in the world on the topic of blog marketing by the UK-based research firm Onalytica. In January 2007, Marketing Magazine called Joel "Canada's Rock Star of Digital Marketing." In May 2009 he was named to the Top 40 under 40 in Canada.

By mid-2009, Twist Image had a second office, in Toronto, and employed 65 people. By October 2009 it had 90 employees. By the end of 2009, its clients included Home Depot, Microsoft, Scotiabank, TD Canada Trust, Fujifilm, and Dairy Farmers of Canada.

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