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Digital Marketing & Content Strategy

Former Marketing Director with hands-on experience in SEO, AI search, video, and paid media. I turn ideas into websites, content, and search campaigns that help businesses get found and earn attention.

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Websites

Recent website builds across events, legal, education, home services, and professional services.

SEO

Three SEO engagements where I owned the strategy and the work. Figures come from GA4 and Search Console.
SEO

SEO Campaign

Technical & On-page SEO

+11.64%

Organic sessions (GA4)

Sessions, Jan–Jun
10,451
Sessions, Jul–Dec
11,667
Goal, work & results

Goal

Grow organic visibility for core services and service areas in local and AI-driven search.

Work

  • Technical SEO fixes across the site
  • New and improved service and location pages
  • Local search and AI search optimization

Results

  • GA4 organic sessions grew from 10,451 to 11,667, an 11.64% increase half over half

Details

  • A separate Semrush snapshot showed 56 AI mentions and 155 cited pages. That is a point-in-time visibility measure, not a growth or lead figure.
SEO

SEO Campaign

SEO & AI Search

+48.1%

Active users

Active users, August
1,029
AI referral sessions
9 → 22
Goal, work & results

Goal

Increase qualified traffic to service pages and build visibility in AI search tools.

Work

  • Service-page content and on-page optimization
  • Technical SEO and internal linking improvements
  • AI search optimization for key service topics

Results

  • 1,029 active users in August, up 48.1% month over month
  • AI referrals rose from 9 to 22

Details

  • AI referral numbers come from a small baseline and are shown for context.
SEO

SEO Campaign

Content & Search Visibility

+28.2%

Engaged sessions

Engaged sessions
232
Search Console clicks (+17)
115
ChatGPT sessions
14
Goal, work & results

Goal

Drive more engaged visits from search and emerging AI referral sources.

Work

  • Content improvements for key service pages
  • On-page SEO and Search Console monitoring
  • AI search optimization

Results

  • 232 engaged sessions, up 28.2% month over month
  • 115 Google Search Console clicks, up 17
  • 14 sessions referred from ChatGPT

Details

  • Engaged sessions measure meaningful visits; this is not a measure of total organic session growth.

Content

Ideas, strategy, scripting, filming, editing, thumbnails, and publishing. I handle every step from concept through distribution.

Matt the Mortgage Guy

Mortgage education for homebuyers, including timely market takes and practical pre-approval advice. Matt consistently gets $30k–$40k in monthly revenue from YouTube and social media.

Why you need to buy a house before 2027

8,716 views

Why Your Pre-Approval Might Be Worthless (And How to Fix It)

1,210 views

Wedding Showcase

Event promotion and an ongoing episode series on trends and planning for couples. Ticket sales increased 127% year over year through social media campaigns.

Wedding Showcase at Cal Expo February 25, 2024

182 views

Top Wedding Trends That Are Staying in 2025 | Wedding Showcase Ep15

9,188 views

Steven Lam Real Estate

Part of an integrated Bay Area buyer campaign: a 99-page buyer's guide, video series, and landing page. Steven's YouTube and social media strategy started from scratch, and his monthly revenue increased 31% in just six months.

Integrated campaign: 99-page Bay Area Buyer's Playbook, supporting videos, and a dedicated landing page.

View the Bay Area Buyer's Playbook(opens in a new tab)

6 Things That Will Break Your Real Estate Deal (Avoid These!)

1,320 views

The 6 Best Places to Live in Walnut Creek (My Top Picks!)

1,161 views

Testimonials

Alex

1:25

Social media consulting

Matt

0:47

YouTube and social media

Jan

0:37

Video content strategy

Resume

  1. Aug 2016 – Present

    Freelance Marketing Consultant

    Independent

    Independent consulting alongside employed roles, full time since October 2022.

    • Led SEO, AI search, paid campaigns, measurement, and analytics
    • Planned and built websites and landing pages from structure through launch
    • Owned video and content strategy, production, and distribution from concept through publishing
  2. Jun 2022 – Oct 2022

    Marketing Director

    Knit

    • Directed paid acquisition with a $40–50k monthly ad budget
    • Owned content strategy, the company website, landing pages, and campaign execution
  3. Aug 2021 – Jun 2022

    Marketing Director

    We-Bridge

    • Hired, trained, and managed a team of 6 SDRs
    • Owned content strategy, the company website, landing pages, and campaign execution
  4. Mar 2017 – Apr 2020

    Digital Marketing & Project Delivery

    Luxer One

    • Digital Marketing Manager, April 2019 to April 2020
    • Executed digital marketing initiatives after progressing from project delivery
    • Earlier project delivery role, March 2017 to April 2019, managing nationwide installations

Education

Bachelor of Media Arts and Graphic Design

Southern New Hampshire University

Tools

  • GA4
  • Google Search Console
  • Ahrefs
  • Semrush
  • HubSpot
  • AI search optimization

Contact me

Based in Sacramento, CA · Available for fully remote marketing roles.

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