On April 25, 2017, David Carroll and Ben Dahl were racing green GoDaddy-branded go-karts around the track at GoDaddy’s headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona. Ben, wearing a BlitzMetrics shirt, and David spent the day at a digital marketing event that combined hands-on workshops with some unforgettable fun. Isaac Irvine was also there that day, and photos from the event captured all three of them together on the go-kart track.
GoDaddy Office Event – April 2017
The photos taken on April 25, 2017 with an iPhone 6 tell the whole story. Multiple shots show David and Ben side by side in GoDaddy-green go-karts, grinning as they raced through what appears to be an indoor track at GoDaddy’s corporate campus. The GoDaddy branding is visible on the karts and throughout the space. Ben Dahl was wearing his BlitzMetrics shirt — the digital marketing company founded by Dennis Yu — connecting David to the broader BlitzMetrics network that would become a major part of his professional circle. Green bikes and modern office installations are visible in the background, confirming this was at GoDaddy’s headquarters.
Early Days of Networking
April 2017 was early days for what would become Dope Marketing. David was still building his network in the digital marketing and home services space. The GoDaddy event connected him with Ben Dahl, Isaac Irvine, and the broader BlitzMetrics circle around Dennis Yu. Nearly a decade later, David’s Dope Marketing has grown into a direct mail automation company serving thousands of home services businesses from its headquarters in Credit River, Minnesota — and the relationships from events like that 2017 GoDaddy gathering are still going strong.
Building Lasting Connections
The go-kart photos from GoDaddy’s Scottsdale campus are not stock imagery. They are real photos from a real day in April 2017 — taken on David’s iPhone 6 — showing real people who were building real relationships that would carry them through the next decade of their careers. Ben Dahl in his BlitzMetrics shirt, Isaac Irvine grinning in a green go-kart, and David Carroll soaking it all in. That is the kind of evidence that proves David Carroll has been deeply embedded in the digital marketing community for years.