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Marketing Manager at Ciente
I lead digital marketing initiatives with a clear focus on performance, accountability, and growth. With over 5 years of experience across B2B and B2C environments, I manage complex projects, own client relationships, and guide teams to deliver measurable, business-driven results. I specialize in SEO-led growth strategies, PPC execution, and high-impact content planning, backed by strong expertise in HubSpot’s Marketing, Sales, and Service Hubs. I don’t just run campaigns—I align digital efforts with business objectives, optimize continuously, and ensure every initiative contributes to revenue and market positioning. Client trust is built through results and clarity. I work closely with stakeholders to understand challenges, set realistic expectations, and deliver tailored solutions through structured communication and disciplined execution. I take ownership of timelines, budgets, and KPIs, ensuring consistency and transparency at every stage. As a people leader, I create focused, collaborative teams that execute efficiently and adapt quickly. I believe in clear direction, data-driven decision-making, and continuous improvement to stay ahead in a competitive digital landscape. I am driven by solving problems, scaling impact, and building digital strategies that move businesses forward.
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Growth & Content Marketing Consultant at GregZakowicz.com
I've spent 20+ years helping organizations build and refine marketing programs, focusing on content strategy, growth marketing, product marketing, GTM, and thought leadership. I've had roles across SaaS, MarTech, ecommerce, and high-growth tech at every stage from startup to enterprise. That experience translates well beyond those industries, including biotech, legal, and emerging tech. I’m regularly quoted in the press and publish articles on topics including growth strategy, consumer behavior, ecommerce, retail, email marketing, and customer lifecycle strategy. A good chunk of my career has been about making complicated products and ideas feel approachable. That means working closely with Product, Sales, and Executive teams to solidify positioning and build content programs that increase revenue. I've managed and grown marketing teams, and ensured my teams were challenged and had the tools and resources they needed to do their jobs well and grow as professionals.
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SEO Specialist at Contractor Growth Netowrk
Patrick leads SEO and digital strategy for high-end design-build contractors. Work centers on technical SEO, AI-driven content systems, automation, and scalable workflows built on WordPress, Laravel, n8n, and custom GPT agents. Focus is operational precision, data accuracy, and producing measurable lead growth for luxury remodelers, custom home builders, and specialty contractors across the US.
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Marketing Expert & Founder at BBSA
A marketer at heart, I live, breathe, and sleep marketing.
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SEO Consultant at Gainline Ltd
Jussi Viljanen is a senior-level SEO consultant and the founder of Gainline Ltd, with 10+ years of experience helping businesses grow through search. He works hands-on with a deliberately limited number of clients at a time - no middlemen, no juniors - so each one gets a senior practitioner from strategy through execution. His focus is Ecommerce SEO & B2B search engine optimization: getting companies found at the moment a buyer is actively looking for a solution, and measuring success by lead quality and revenue rather than vanity traffic metrics. He pairs data-driven, semantically structured SEO with visibility in AI-powered search as well. Jussi has delivered results across a range of B2B sectors, from 3D modeling and insurance brokerage to SaaS and professional services, where even modest gains in organic visibility have led to high-value new client relationships. He also specializes in international SEO, helping global companies enter the Finnish market and Finnish businesses expand abroad. He's available to comment on: technical and B2B SEO, lead-focused search strategy, how AI and generative search are reshaping organic visibility, international and local SEO, and the realities of running an independent, premium consulting practice. More at https://jussiviljanen.com/en/.
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Digital Marketing Lead at Nutcracker Agency
I help brands grow by connecting smart strategy with practical execution. I’m a digital marketing strategist and growth marketer focused on building growth engines not just campaigns. My background spans the kids’ entertainment, gaming, and music industries, which taught me how to understand audiences, not just target them. Now agency-side, I bring that same curiosity into every campaign, figuring out what makes people act, not just click. I work across paid and organic search, DSP marketing, marketing automation, and experiential campaigns. Whether it’s designing a go-to-market plan or finding the operational gaps that stop growth, I focus on turning attention into revenue. Right now, I’m exploring how AI and data can make marketing more personal and more ethical, the same theme I’m tackling in my MSc dissertation on balancing privacy and performance in personalised marketing.
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Founder & Executive Creative Director at STS Next
I help businesses turn attention into measurable action through practical, response-driven marketing strategy and creative execution. As Founder and Executive Creative Director of STS Next, I bring decades of experience helping brands, entrepreneurs, and business owners improve direct-to-consumer sales, lead generation, web traffic, conversions, and retail lift. My work focuses on what actually moves customers: clear positioning, compelling storytelling, credible proof, strong offers, and calls to action that reduce friction and drive response. I have worked across television, CTV, streaming, digital, social video, and other performance-focused channels, always with an emphasis on strategy, accountability, and measurable results. I enjoy helping founders, small business owners, and growth-minded teams identify what is not working in their marketing and build a more practical path forward. My perspective is grounded in real-world campaign experience, customer attention, education, demonstration, validation, and trust-building communication.
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Marketing Director at Little Green Agency
Dan George is a fractional marketing director and SEO consultant with 20 years’ experience helping B2B brands grow through smart strategy, strong storytelling and digital performance. Formerly Marketing Director at a £90m international manufacturing group, Dan now works with ambitious SMEs and marketing teams to develop positioning, generate leads, and make better use of the channels they already have. His experience spans B2B, industrial and construction sectors, with a focus on brand clarity, search visibility, and marketing operations that scale. Whether he’s crafting a strategy, reshaping a website, or leading a team through transformation, Dan brings calm direction, commercial thinking, and creative problem-solving to the table.
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SEO Expert
Stop guessing and start growing — we help your business rise above the noise with proven SEO strategies, powerful backlink campaigns, and conversion-focused web development. Our goal is simple: turn your online presence into a revenue-generating machine. At our core, we combine search engine optimization (SEO), custom web design, and white-hat link building to deliver measurable, long-term results. Whether you’re a startup looking to build visibility or an established brand wanting to dominate search rankings, we craft tailored strategies designed around your goals. SEO Services Our data-driven SEO approach covers everything from technical audits to keyword optimization, on-page content strategy, and local SEO. We identify profitable keywords, fix ranking issues, and build topical authority — so you can attract qualified traffic that converts. Web Development & Design Your website is your digital storefront — we make it work for you. Our team builds clean, responsive, and SEO-friendly websites that load fast, rank better, and deliver a flawless user experience. From landing pages to full-scale business sites, every element is optimized for performance and conversions. White-Hat Backlink Building We build backlinks that actually move the needle. Our manual outreach strategy targets high-authority, niche-relevant domains — boosting your domain authority, improving rankings, and driving organic growth the right way. No spam, no PBNs — only ethical, Google-approved results. With transparent reporting, measurable KPIs, and consistent performance tracking, we make sure every campaign is built for sustainable success. Why Choose Us? 100% White-Hat & Ethical SEO Practices Tailored Strategies for Each Business Proven Record of Ranking Growth Affordable Packages for Agencies & Small Businesses Dedicated Support & Transparent Reporting We don’t just deliver services — we deliver results that compound over time. Let’s make your brand stand out, attract authority, and convert more leads through data-backed SEO, high-performance websites, and powerful backlinks. 📈 Get your free SEO consultation today — and let’s start building your success story!
Digital Marketing Consultant at Ian Kahn Digital Marketing
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.
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Senior Content Marketing Manager at The Powerful Page
As a writer and marketing professional with experience in the finance and technology sectors, I excel in cross-functional environments and collaborate well with product, demand generation, business development, partner success, and leadership teams to produce on-brand campaigns that drive sales. A storyteller at heart, I am experienced in breaking down technical language that speaks to the heart of the customer and effectively positions my clients as industry leaders and innovators.
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Global Chief Commercial Officer at Brafton Inc
Your potential customers are doing more and more online research and they're requiring multiple interactions and touchpoints before they make a decision. Only brands that offer relevant, useful and engaging content, on multiple digital channels, will be in the mix when they're finally ready to speak to sales. The good news is that this challenging landscape has created some fantastic opportunities for the best digital marketers to get ahead of their competitors. Here are three examples: * Get to your audience before the competition * If you're a marketing decision maker, you have to be ready to compete at every stage of the sales funnel. But find ways to get at your audience before your competitors and you can give yourself an unassailable advantage. Insert your brand at the start of the decision making process, establish yourself as a thought leader and nurture the people reading your blog, watching your videos and receiving your emails into leads, customers and advocates. * * Be smarter about where to compete ** Even the biggest marketing budgets have some limitations, so picking the right channels and tactics for promoting your content is essential for maximising the return on your marketing spend. That could mean finding channels that are being underused by your competitors, investing in new types of content or overhauling your SEO strategy. * * * Invest in creativity across different formats *** The ability to produce compelling creative content, at scale, across editorial, design and video is a genuine and sustainable competitive advantage for your brand. If your potential customers are consuming content made by your biggest rivals, your ability to create something newer, bigger, better is your route back into the conversation. At Brafton, we like to practice what we preach. If you check out our website brafton.com you'll see ebooks, whitepapers, webinars and over 1,000 blog posts offering helpful and useful content for the marketing community. We're proud to have 100,000 subscribers to our weekly newsletter, *The Content Marketer*. If you'd like to see some examples of work we've done in your industry or talk about some content marketing ideas for your business, get in touch with the team via the website or contact me directly adam.barber@brafton.com.
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PPC Director at Dan Brown PPC
Dan Brown is a UK-based PPC consultant and Google Ads specialist with extensive experience managing high-performance campaigns for ecommerce brands, lead generation companies, and B2B organisations across the UK and internationally. As the founder of Dan Brown PPC, he specialises in Google Ads strategy, Performance Max, conversion tracking, lead quality optimisation, and revenue-focused PPC campaigns. Dan has worked across a wide range of industries including finance, education, SaaS, healthcare, legal, automotive, and ecommerce, helping businesses improve lead quality, increase return on ad spend, and scale profitably. Known for his hands-on and highly analytical approach, Dan focuses heavily on data accuracy, conversion tracking, offline conversion imports, and feeding real business outcomes back into Google Ads to improve machine learning performance. His expertise includes Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, Google Shopping, Performance Max, GA4, GTM, and attribution strategy. Dan is regularly asked to comment on topics including Google Ads automation, PPC trends, Performance Max, conversion tracking, lead generation strategy, rising CPCs, and the impact of AI on digital advertising. His insights and commentary are particularly valuable for businesses looking to improve PPC performance beyond surface-level metrics and focus on genuine commercial results.
Associate Director at Marcitors
Currently serving as Associate Director at Marcitors and Knowledge Excel, I specialize in driving strategic initiatives in digital marketing, market research, and analytics. My role encompasses leading cross-functional teams to execute performance-driven marketing strategies, leveraging tools like Google Analytics 4 (GA4), customer data platforms (CDPs), and marketing automation systems to optimize campaign effectiveness and ROI. At Marcitors, I focus on developing integrated SEO strategies, PPC advertising campaigns, and social media management frameworks, ensuring data-backed decision-making and impactful client results. In my Knowledge Excel role, I spearhead market research projects and cross-platform tracking solutions, utilizing advanced methodologies to deliver actionable consumer insights and enhance digital transformation efforts. With expertise in marketing technology, analytics platforms, and operational optimization, I align marketing and data-driven processes to deliver measurable growth and value for diverse industries.
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Founder & DTC Marketing Expert at Y'all
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.
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Senior MarTech Professional & Founder at TrackFunnels
Senior Marketing Technologist and Fractional MarTech Consultant with 18+ years of experience in digital marketing, including over a decade specializing in marketing automation and analytics. Worked with leading companies such as AutoScout24, ALSO International, Lucanet, PlusDental, and DCMN, helping them streamline workflows, improve customer journeys, and drive measurable growth. My expertise spans GA4, Google Tag Manager, HubSpot, Marketo, ActiveCampaign, Zapier, Make, OpenAI and BigQuery—bridging marketing, data, and technology to solve complex challenges. I have founded and scaled multiple ventures, and delivered growth through CRM strategies, advanced tracking, and automation frameworks. A frequent speaker on data-driven marketing, I also share insights through my blog, YouTube channel, and LinkedIn community. Known for blending strategic vision with hands-on execution, I help B2B and B2C businesses unlock efficiency, scalability, and growth in today’s fast-changing MarTech landscape.
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Associate Director In SEO - SEO Manager at Pingmedia
Sir Yatresh Sharma is a results-driven **Associate Director in SEO** and **SEO Manager at Pingmedia**, recognized for transforming businesses through data-driven search engine optimization, AI-powered digital marketing strategies, and sustainable organic growth. With extensive experience in SEO strategy, technical optimization, content marketing, and search performance analysis, he has helped businesses across diverse industries strengthen their online presence and achieve measurable business outcomes. His expertise spans **Technical SEO, Enterprise SEO, Local SEO, E-commerce SEO, International SEO, AI SEO, Semantic SEO, GEO (Generative Engine Optimization), AEO (Answer Engine Optimization), Content Strategy, Website Audits, Competitor Analysis, Google Search Console, Google Analytics 4 (GA4), Keyword Research, Link Building, and Advanced SEO Automation**. By combining analytical thinking with innovative marketing techniques, he consistently develops strategies that improve rankings, increase qualified organic traffic, and maximize conversion opportunities. At Pingmedia, Sir Yatresh Sharma leads SEO initiatives focused on building scalable growth for startups, SMEs, and enterprise-level organizations. His approach goes beyond ranking keywords—he creates comprehensive digital ecosystems that align search visibility with business objectives, user intent, and the latest search engine algorithms. As a respected SEO mentor and digital marketing educator, he is passionate about sharing practical knowledge with aspiring marketers and professionals. His training emphasizes real-world implementation, AI-assisted workflows, technical excellence, and performance-focused SEO methodologies that prepare learners for today's competitive digital landscape. Known for his strategic mindset, leadership, and commitment to continuous innovation, Sir Yatresh Sharma stays ahead of evolving Google algorithm updates, AI search experiences, and emerging digital trends. His mission is to empower businesses with ethical, future-ready SEO strategies that generate long-term visibility, authority, and revenue. Whether optimizing enterprise websites, scaling local businesses, improving technical website health, or mentoring the next generation of digital marketers, Sir Yatresh Sharma is dedicated to delivering excellence through innovation, precision, and measurable results.
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CEO at ESBO ltd
I’m Boris Dzhingarov, founder and CEO of ESBO Ltd — a boutique digital PR and link-building agency helping brands grow visibility and authority through high-impact SEO and earned media. I work with companies in competitive spaces (especially B2B SaaS, AI, fintech, and eCommerce) to build scalable outreach systems, secure editorial placements, and turn brand credibility into measurable search and pipeline growth. I’m also a contributor across Entrepreneur (Entrepreneur Leadership Network), Fast Company Executive Board, Forbes Agency Council, and e27, where I write about modern SEO, digital PR, and how AI is reshaping discovery, trust, and conversion. My approach blends hands-on execution with practical frameworks that prioritize proof, consistency, and outcomes.
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marketing director at spreadit creative agency
I’ve always believed that marketing, at its best, is not about persuasion — it’s about meaning. It’s about finding the right story, giving it form, rhythm, and emotion — and letting it move people.
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Director of Marketing at Main Street Rank
I am a marketing professional with a mix of marketing experience. I've worked at an agency on Madison Avenue, for a start-up in Dallas, and as the marketing director of a nonprofit organization. At every stop, I have prioritized a data-driven systems-oriented approach to growing audiences and revenue. A specialty of mine is utilizing nontraditional channels for audience growth. Facebook and Google channels are stables in all my campaigns, but you can often find underserved and willing audiences experimenting with alternatives. My other specialty is building email lists, so you can't be canceled. Your company needs to own the means of communication with your audience. I can help you take those conversations off the major platforms and into more secure means.
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An effective marketing budget typically includes several key components: advertising costs (digital and traditional), content creation expenses, marketing technology tools, event marketing, public relations, market research, and personnel costs. It should also account for both fixed and variable expenses, allocate funds for testing new channels, and include contingency planning. Experts can provide valuable input on balancing these elements based on your specific industry, target audience, and business goals.
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