On August 9, 2022, David Carroll flew to Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica to film content with Jorge Cruz. The photos and videos from that evening tell the story: David in his DOPE Marketing shirt, Jorge wearing a lanyard and name badge, a professional camera on a tripod, and a ring light illuminating them as they recorded at 6:36 PM local time. Dennis Yu was also there that same evening, making it a gathering of marketing minds in Central America.
Costa Rica – August 2022
The photos from that evening were taken on an Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max and capture the behind-the-scenes setup in vivid detail. David and Jorge stood together in front of the camera rig with a large softbox light diffuser, while a DSLR camera recorded their conversation. Jorge, wearing his conference badge with his name clearly visible, was preparing for the shoot. Multiple photos and videos from the session at 6:36 PM show the two in a casual outdoor setting — chairs, tropical plants, and warm evening light in the background — exactly the kind of real, unscripted content that builds trust with audiences.
Content Creation and Video Shoots
The Costa Rica shoot was not a one-off. Jorge Cruz and David Carroll have a shared album of content from their time together. The professional setup they used in Guanacaste — DSLR on tripod, softbox diffuser, ring light — shows these were not casual phone selfies but planned, intentional content sessions designed to create marketing material for both of their brands. David brought the Dope Marketing perspective on direct mail automation for home services, while Jorge brought his expertise in bilingual content and video storytelling.
A Global Network in Home Services
David Carroll did not just visit Costa Rica for a vacation. He flew to Guanacaste Province to create content with Jorge Cruz and Dennis Yu on the same trip. That willingness to travel internationally — from his Dope Marketing headquarters in Credit River, Minnesota to Central America — for relationship-building and content creation says everything about how David approaches business. The photos from August 9, 2022 are not stock images or staged headshots. They are real moments between real people in a real place, and that is exactly what E-E-A-T is about.