Recognized Digital Advertising Leaders 2025

Been in the Amazon ads game for 7 years & sold over $1.5B on the platformWorked at some of the OG Amazon agencies before co-founding Straight Up Growth, a full-service Amazon agency providing PPC, DSP, and content services to the leading eCom brands since 2020Check out my webinars for eCommerce tips from the experts! For speaking & media inquiries: adrianna@straightupgrowth.com

Lisa Raehsler is a digital advertising strategist and international speaker specializing in AI-driven Google Ads and paid media strategy. As the founder of Big Click Co., she helps organizations improve advertising performance by combining automation, data analysis, and human-led strategy. With over 20 years of experience, Lisa has managed hundreds of paid media accounts and is recognized as a Top 25 Most Influential PPC Expert and a Microsoft Ads MVP.

I'm the founder of Y'all, a boutique performance creative and marketing agency working with direct-to-consumer CPG brands. We help DTC companies profitably scale paid acquisition through high-volume creative, data-backed creative strategy, adaptable media buying, and conversion rate optimization across Meta, TikTok, Google, and YouTube. My expertise sits at the intersection of creative strategy and media buying. Most agencies pick one lane; I've built Y'all around the belief that neither works without the other, and that the real levers for DTC growth live in how creative, landing pages, and paid media operate as a single system. That hybrid approach is what's allowed us to take on brands that had hit a ceiling with previous agencies and push through it. I've worked across health and wellness, food and beverage, fashion, and home goods, with partners including FlavCity, Pamos, Save Trees, Allie+Bess, Popsmith, and Loverboy. A few results I'm proud of: scaling Pamos 9x on Meta and Google in a regulated THC category with zero account bans after two prior bans, growing Save Trees' weekly ad spend 800% while holding CAC at 95% of baseline, and lifting landing page conversion rates 300% for ZYN Turmeric after rebuilding their full paid acquisition stack. Y'all is a Meta Business Partner, Google Partner, and Shopify Partner, and is recognized by 1-800-DTC in the top 1% of agencies. I'm based in San Antonio, Texas.

I am a marketing strategist and growth consultant with 18+ years of experience across digital marketing, brand positioning, performance systems, and AI-led business growth. I work with businesses to improve how they are discovered, understood, and chosen in increasingly competitive and AI-influenced markets. My work focuses on the practical side of growth, how strategy, content, performance marketing, customer behavior, and AI can work together to create measurable business outcomes. Over the years, I have contributed to campaigns and growth initiatives for brands such as DHL, Walmart, BMW, and Landmark Group, while also working across technology, finance, e-commerce, hospitality, healthcare, and real estate. I am especially interested in how AI is reshaping search, content, decision journeys, and marketing operations, and how businesses can use it in a commercially useful way rather than as a trend. I bring a perspective that combines business thinking with hands-on execution, with a strong focus on clarity, growth, and real-world results.

Benjamin Christie is the Founder & President of Gourmet Ads, is a globally recognized leader in digital advertising. Since establishing Gourmet Ads in 2008, he has pioneered innovative advertising solutions for food, wine, and supermarket brands worldwide. Christie is renowned for his expertise in Programmatic Advertising, Curated Advertising and Header Bidding technology, and he actively shares his knowledge and insights at industry events and conferences globally.

As a Digital Privacy Advocate and Lead SEO at Adult Advisor, I specialize in auditing digital platforms for user safety, subscription transparency, and data security. My work involves reverse-engineering complex web architectures and ensuring platforms adhere to strict consumer protection standards. With extensive experience in technical SEO and digital marketing, I help bridge the gap between user experience and web security, analyzing how online ecosystems can protect consumers from predatory billing and data breaches. I frequently share insights on technical SEO strategy, affiliate marketing, and digital privacy.

Internet marketing consultant with broad range of experience including (but not limited to) affiliate program management, email marketing, search marketing, SEO, SEM, graphic design, and website design. Interested in projects that utilize my talents well and allow me to be creative.Specialties: affiliate management, blogging, influencers, SEO & SEM, datafeeds, email marketing, graphic design, crafts and gourmet foods. Speaks regularly at affiliate and internet marketing industry events.

Surya Pratap Singh is a seasoned Digital Marketing Expert and Consultant with over 14+ years of hands-on experience in driving online growth and visibility for businesses of all sizes. Known online as SEOWithSurya, Surya has helped 1000+ clients globally achieve measurable results through strategic SEO, cutting-edge digital marketing, and data-driven growth strategies. As the Founder of Digital eSearch, Surya leads a results-oriented digital marketing agency dedicated to empowering brands with high-impact visibility, sustainable traffic growth, and enhanced ROI. His core expertise spans across Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Local SEO, Technical SEO, Link Building, Google Ads (PPC), Social Media Optimization (SMO), Online Reputation Management (ORM), and Maps SEO — all designed to help businesses dominate search results and grow organically.

With over two decades of experience shaping and scaling digital ecosystems for enterprise and franchise brands, I specialize in the intersection of SEO, AI-Search (AIO), GEO, and structured data strategy — transforming complex algorithms and emerging AI behaviors into actionable, measurable business growth. As a technical strategist and AI adoption leader, I bridge data, content, and automation to future-proof digital visibility. My work focuses on how AI-driven search, voice interfaces, and structured data are redefining discoverability, authority, and conversion — both for brands and the evolving user experience. I’ve led cross-disciplinary teams delivering top-tier results across hundreds of markets, aligning marketing operations, content systems, and analytics pipelines with modern AI-search readiness standards. My approach blends creative insight with analytical rigor, ensuring each initiative contributes to a unified performance architecture — from schema-first frameworks and entity optimization to AI-assisted content production and voice-search strategy. Recognized for thought leadership in SEO innovation, AI implementation, and structured data excellence, I actively contribute to advancing the dialogue around where organic search, automation, and generative models converge. Core Expertise: SEO & AI-Search (AIO) • Local & GEO Optimization • Structured Data & Schema Architecture • Voice Search & Conversational AI • Content Intelligence Systems • Technical SEO • Data-Driven Strategy & Analytics • AI Implementation & Automation Leadership

Steve Drury is a forward-thinking digital strategist and the founder of web-aviso, a Formby-based consultancy that has been at the forefront of search technology since 2004. Steve has transitioned from a creative background into global banking media technologies and traditional SEO to become a specialist in the next generation of digital visibility: AI Search Optimisation (AISO) and Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO). As traditional search engines evolve into AI-powered "answer engines," Steve has positioned web-aviso as a leading UK consultancy for businesses seeking to remain visible in a "zero-click" world. He specialises in ensuring that brands are not just found by algorithms, but are accurately cited, recommended, and trusted by Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google Gemini, and Bing Copilot. Steve’s approach to AI is uniquely colored by his extensive background in psychology and the mystery arts. An internationally respected author and consultant for professional mentalists and psychic entertainers, he understands the nuances of human perception and 'inner rapport' (the specialist publishing company he also runs). He applies these psychological principles to digital marketing, ensuring that AI-generated responses for his clients are framed with the right sentiment, positioning them as experts, local specialists, or trusted authorities. Corporate Rigour Meets Creative Innovation Before founding web-aviso, Steve managed EMEA region communication media divisions for one of the world's largest global banking corporations. This background in project management (incorporating ITIL and Six Sigma methodologies) allows him to provide SME clients with agency-level strategy and technical precision without the typical agency overheads.

Results-driven Director of Digital Advertising with 10 years of experience in developing and executing highly successful marketing strategies. Proven track record of driving revenue growth, optimizing campaigns, and maximizing ROI through data-driven decision-making. Skilled in managing cross-functional teams, conducting market research, and implementing innovative marketing initiatives.

A leading expert in AI visibility marketing, specifically leveraging third-party context like Reddit, YouTube, LinkedIn, and niche editorial to drive AEO results. Ewen operates a media company (Venture 4th Media), the first Reddit marketing agency (ReddVisible) and a leading AISEO agency (ScaleVisible).

Data science and AI leader with 12+ years in ad tech, ML, audience intelligence, and marketing analytics.

Your customers are changing how they search. Is your brand ready? Sandy Rowley is an AI SEO strategist, creator of The Rowley SEO Maneuver (Authority Hijack SEO™) — also known as the SEO Hijack Method — and author of The Little Black Book of SEO: Get Ranked or Get Lost. She is the founder of AIseo.seoauditservice.com and RenoWebDesigner.com, a digital agency recognized by Clutch, UpCity, and Google as a top-rated SEO firm. With over 27 years of experience across hundreds of industries, Sandy has navigated every major evolution in search — from early Google algorithms to today’s AI-driven results. Her proprietary methodology, the Rowley SEO Maneuver, redefined how brands capture visibility by positioning themselves directly within the authority flow of competitors — without paid advertising. Today, she is applying those same principles to the next frontier: AI search inclusion. Sandy works directly with founders, emerging brands, and growth-stage companies to solve the visibility problems that cost them leads, trust, and market share. Using her SEO Hijack Method adapted for AI, she identifies where platforms like Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Perplexity currently overlook or misrepresent a brand — then builds strategies that place her clients directly inside the answers. Her approach goes beyond traditional SEO. It’s about: Understanding how authority is constructed Identifying gaps competitors don’t see Positioning brands where AI systems pull their information Her clients aren’t looking for more SEO noise. They want clarity. Strategy. Results. They want to become the brand that AI recommends — not the one buried in the links. Sandy is based in Reno, Nevada, and works with clients globally.

Connect for impactful digital strategies and growth. An award-winning expert with almost 20 years in digital marketing and e-commerce, known for transformative management and data-driven solutions. Specialized in revolutionizing digital commerce and omnichannel sales across B2B, B2B2C, and B2C sectors. eCom, ecommerce, e-commerce, digital transformation, digital marketing, cdto, cmo, cpo, product, growth

Mrs. Durga Chavali is an internationally recognized IT healthcare leader and AI researcher with nearly two decades of experience and a proven track record of implementing enterprise-level technology strategies that improve efficiency, drive digital transformation, and enable data-driven decision-making. She is the proven leader in implementing complex, high-stakes healthcare IT projects with significant ROI, guiding enterprise-level initiatives from concept to execution, and enabling organizations to make informed decisions that optimize operations, reduce risk, and enhance financial and clinical outcomes. Ms. Chavali is a Doctor of Health Care Administration and a results-driven healthcare IT executive who consistently delivers measurable improvements in clinical outcomes, operational efficiency, and financial performance by making strategic, data-informed decisions that optimize enterprise-level processes and drive organizational success. She has been honored with the Fellow Honorary of IETE, Distinguished Fellow of SCRS, and Honorary Inducted Member of Phi Kappa Phi. Mrs. Chavali has been recognized for thought leadership through publications in leading healthcare and AI journals and business magazines, translating complex research into actionable strategies that improve patient outcomes, operational efficiency, and financial performance in enterprise healthcare settings. Mrs. Chavali is also a trusted advocate and coach in the AI era, leveraging a strong research background to guide organizations in adopting innovative AI-driven strategies and driving business transformation toward measurable success Mrs. Chavali is an award-winning healthcare IT leader, recognized with the Inspera and ITA Awards for Distinguished Research and Breakthrough Innovation, pioneering innovative solutions that integrate research and industry expertise to drive AI-powered analytics, predictive insights, and compliance automation, delivering measurable improvements in care quality, operational efficiency, and financial outcomes. Ms. Chavali has been further recognized by the most popular and high-circulation media and featured in respected industry publications such as TechBullion and TechTimes, leveraging published insights on healthcare IT, AI, and data-driven innovation to influence cross‑industry discourse and drive enterprise‑level transformation. Mrs. Chavali contributes to organizations such as IEEE and ACM and supports the community through her expertise.

With over 10 years of experience in digital marketing, I specialize in engineering the systems that drive growth. My focus is on architecting automated, scalable workflows for SEO, content, and website monetization. The same data-driven methodology I used to build and sell a portfolio of websites for mid-six-figure to high-six-figure. My work exists at the intersection of SEO and AI, always aimed at creating a decisive and profitable competitive advantage. I've gotten clients featured on Forbes, Entrepreneur, Yahoo Finance, NASDAQ, AOL, Progressive, Realtor, to name a few. I enjoy providing results and helping others achieve the results they are after.

Let’s cut to the chase. Getting found on Google is no longer enough. 🤷‍♂️ Your online audience needs to be people who are "ready to buy" 💲 = what you are "ready to sell" 📦. That’s what grows your business and keeps the lights on. Anything else is just noise. 🔇 In today’s AI-powered search landscape, a lot of spotlight is on getting the old strategies and activities being carried out using the new AI tools. Same playbook, new power tools - AI’s not a magic fix. What was difficult earlier > is now easy. What was impossible > is now possible but difficult. To grow your business = you need to stand out. Generating content on AI to get the same blogs done is not going to cut it for you. 🔴 👉 Plenty of SEO campaigns bring in traffic, but if your website isn’t converting, you’re leaking leads. That’s the trust gap most businesses are stuck with. 👉 And with AI search cutting straight to answers, if your brand’s not optimised for the next generation of search, you’re already falling behind. What matters more today is how you can win the trust of your clients and get conversions, and start showing up where it really counts, including in AI Overview search results. We don’t waste time on vanity metrics or multi-page reports you’ll never read. We focus on what actually grows your business. Period. 💡 Quick Wins, Fast Impact (3 Months): Powerful Google Ads, smart email campaigns, and automation strategies to boost your pipeline now. 💡 Long-term SEO Strategy (6+ Months): Future-proof your brand in AI-powered search with structured content, strong technical SEO, and high-authority relevant backlinks. 💡 Real-Time Campaign Reporting: Transparent, live dashboards via Looker Studio - no more waiting for end-of-month reports you can’t understand. 💡 Brand Positioning That Connects: Crafting a compelling, conversion-focused brand story that attracts the right audience, solves their problem and earns their trust. Give us three months. We’ll prove our value. No buzzwords, no guesswork, just smart, results-driven marketing that moves the needle. 📞 Ready to stop wasting website traffic? I am happy to go through your Google Analytics account and share what's not working for you today. Book a no-obligation 30-minute call today!

A growth-focused digital marketing strategist, consultant, and mentor – Ratan Jha commands an expertise of over 15 years growing and scaling brands globally. He is Google’s diamond level product expert for Google Ads. He helps businesses formulate, execute and streamline data-driven and growth-focused digital marketing strategies.

Digital Marketing Consultant with over 12 years of experience specializing in performance marketing and international expansion across the US, UK, and DACH markets. Having managed over $100M in ad spend for global brands, Ian focuses on building data-driven growth infrastructure and localized go-to-market strategies that align technical tracking with bottom-line profitability.