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Meet Dominic de Souza<\/h1>\n

Storyteller, visual designer, marketer.<\/h2>\n

Born in New Zealand, raised in Australia, studied in Fiji and France, now living in the United States.<\/p>\n

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Storytelling is my personal passion. It’s why I love helping brands stand out and spellbind.<\/h2>\n

In the last 15 years, I’ve been fortunate to work in branding, marketing, and design for amazing people. After writing my first novel at 13, and coordinating magazines for a private school, I realized that I have a superpower. Seeing the story and potential in a brand.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So many brands I worked with have strong stories, and vibrant visions. But few really owned their story, and created reasons to delight, excited, and engage people. In frustration, they kept buy ads.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 2019, I launched DreamAgain. I partner with small, wildly-passionate brands to help you stand out, spellbind, and stay top of mind.<\/p>\n

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My lovely little family; Maria (Peanut) on the left, Maria on the right.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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My first business hire. Meet Kiffles, HR. See Instagram<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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My Story: where my dream came from, and why I love small, smart, & savvy business.<\/h2>\n

I’m a high school dropout. And a college dropout. And that’s actually a good thing, because each time I was dropping out to work.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At the time, I worked in the family business. My dad was a traveling speaker. Every ten years, he would reboot his career on a new continent.<\/p>\n

So we kids moved 25 times before I was 21. I know. Crazy. Funnily enough, I promised myself that I would I never, ever<\/em> run my own business. You see, I’m an introvert. If a charismatic extrovert like my dad struggled to pay bills, what chance did I have?\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

But that’s the power of things, isn’t it? Introverts can actually see and do things differently.<\/p>\n

And that’s become a new passion for me. Helping people to see their own magic, to own their unique story, and find their special path to deliver amazing service.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When I launched my own brand, I had no idea what I was doing. But then, like now, my convictions stay the same. I’m going to serve people to the very best and fastest I can. I’m going to help make the world a better place – a more human place.<\/p>\n

And together, we’re going to create exciting, spellbinding brands that people want to follow and engage with.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The caveat: do everything without spending a dime in advertising.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I wanted to make friends and network my way to success. The only tools in my kit are a love of story, kickass graphic design skills, and a passion for connecting with people.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Like you, my story isn’t over. They say failure is the best teacher? I say she’s the best cure for ego, and the best breeding ground for better, more exciting ideas.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That’s my dream. To build a business that helps people like us thrive and find success – on our own terms – without having to adspend our way to success.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

We can spellbind, and our stories are the fastest way to fascinate.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sometimes it’s hard to read the label when you’re inside the bottle.<\/h2>\n

My skills as a novelist bring you and your marketing a unique edge. I can help you see things from the outside, the way your clients do.<\/p>\n

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Now, I could give you my resume. But hey, that’s what Linkedin is for. So you can head on over there for my work history<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I want to share with you the interesting stuff.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Like why I’m an accidental world traveller, and where I’ve been.<\/p>\n

That part of my story started before I was born. My dad was a motivational speaker with wanderlust, born in Brazil, married a Californian girl during a stint in Canada, and hung his shingle in New Zealand when he couldn’t make South Africa work.<\/p>\n

Then came me. And 7 other kids. One of those huge families where sharing and storytelling come naturally.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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I leaned into the early morning gale at Easter Island, while waiting for the 727 to refuel.<\/p>\n

The dense, bright humidity of Singapore, as clean as a diamond and crawling with midnight cats.<\/p>\n

Dinner with the royal family of Brazil, deep in the ancient traditions of Sao Paolo, over masses of feijoada.<\/p>\n

I dropped pebbles off the side of the Corcovado in Rio.<\/p>\n

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Tore up and down the white beaches on Nananu-i-ra, sucking wild mangoes from the trees, and floated over deep blue coral wells, thick with colored parrotfish.<\/p>\n

Climbed through purple clouds of jacaranda trees in Australia (spiked with bees), kicked my way through Karate, and biked like Stranger Things<\/em> was real.<\/p>\n

Long hours sitting on verandahs or the corrugated aluminum of the garage roof, staring at kangaroos, kookaburras, and the outback over a book.<\/p>\n

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I stared into the stalls of the Lippizaner stallions in Austria, and sailed down the Danube, skirting castles and forests.<\/p>\n

I remember being snowed out of home in Pennsylvania, having to park the van at the bottom of the hill and trudge through the drifts up to home.<\/p>\n

I busked in small, picturesque towns, like Jim Thorpe, and sang with my family choir at a local bakery.<\/p>\n

Flew to Arizona, and baked in heat as hot as a radiator off a car engine. Searched the desert stars above the Scottsdale Quarter for meaning in the depths of depression.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Married a fiery, beautiful woman, and promptly had a fiery, beautiful girl.<\/p>\n

Today, settled in a small home in South Carolina, and my adventure\u2019s only just begun.<\/p>\n

Because now you and I’ve connected.<\/p>\n

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