Badass MarketingOwner and Digital Marketing Strategist
May. 2013 - Apr. 2016Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina AreaBadass Marketing was a boutique publicity, marketing, and design consultancy working exclusively with authors. • Planned, managed, and executed branding, advertising, and social engagement campaigns both on- and off-line. Designed all visual elements using Adobe Photoshop, wrote all ad and marketing copy, created written campaign plans, and undertook end-to-end supervision of every project. Previous campaign highlights include placing two books on the USA TODAY bestseller list, tripling one client’s social media following (from 12,000 to 41,000), increasing another client’s newsletter subscribers 2000% (from 700 to 14,000), and allowing a third client to quadruple her income (from $50,000 to over $200,000) over the course of 9 months. • Created, developed, and grew online platforms using SEO strategies. Undertook thorough and detailed existing platform evaluations, determined the most relevant primary and secondary keywords for each client’s goals, streamlined website look and copy, created lead funnels using both MailChimp and Infusionsoft, and increased social audience engagement via viral posts and offers. • Engaged in social media management. Used HootSuite and Buffer to create, schedule, and analyze metrics for posts across multiple channels (focusing primarily on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest). Created viral social share campaigns and offers using trending topics and relevant themes as well as contests and giveaways. • Developed and managed SEM, PPC, and lead generation ad campaigns in Google AdWords, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Pinterest, using A/B testing (via Optimizely/Unbounce) and analytics to improve campaign performance. Determined and managed ad budget (daily, weekly, and lifetime) and tracked campaign performance using built-in analysis tools for each platform and Google Analytics. • Tracked social ROI of all social media engagement campaigns (paid and organic) by creating detailed campaign reports.