Balaji V

BalajiOnBrand

Building HERO BRANDS for Coaches through Brand Strategy + Design Frameworks + Hero Systems → Reducing Content Design efforts by 70% to focus on attracting PREMIUM clients.

Founder

Sky10 Social Media Private Limited

GoCinema is a technology platform for movie enthusiasts to collaborate, share, and socialize over Cinema. A one-stop community space for people to follow multi-lingual movie interests. The main idea revolves under personalization, belongingness, interactions & sharing of info. It was built under the values of confidence, creative thinking, innovation with open communication. 

👨🏻‍💻Tools Used: Microsoft Office, Google Suite, iWork, Mail Chimp, Sketch, Adobe

🏆Achievements🏆
- Launched the platform within 14 months in 4 different languages and further scaled to 8 languages in 24 months 
- Achieving targets for the ‘New User Acquisition’ & ’User Engagement’ resulted in 6.5M page views, 19M hits, and served over 10M views 
- Getting GoCinema featured in Mint - A Wall Street Journal India Publication
- Successfully running the Marketing campaign across social/web ensuring ROI with a targeted 15% increase in user adoption month on month

► Design
- Conceptualized and designed UI/UX wireframes for web & mobile app development using Sketch 

► Marketing
- Spearheaded the new user acquisition program by monitoring data-driven trends and develop creative marketing strategies
- Networked with PR, video influencers and movie bloggers to work on an ongoing basis to boost awareness
- Written, edited and executed numerous e-mail marketing campaigns and resulted in a 20% consistent increase in adoption every quarter
- Tracked and analyzed data-driven social media trends and strategized digital marketing campaigns with ROI resulting in the targeted 15% increase in user adoption every quarter

► Operations
- Mentored a 6-member apex team and was responsible for persona identification, benchmarking, competitive research, platform determination, messaging, budgeting and ensuring design consistency across platforms with best practices
- Oversaw business operations and led a cross-functional team of 7 and launched the platform within 14 months in 4 different languages

Co-Founder

Sieger Parking - Sieger Spintech Equipments Pvt Ltd

Spearheaded the initiatives to build the Brand, Marketing & Account Management verticals from scratch. Continuous market research helped fuel the roadmap for product mapping, feature sets, sales & brand strategy. I worked with the CEO to build a scalable brand and product marketing strategy focusing on user experience. 

👨🏻‍💻Tools Used:  Microsoft Office, Google Suite, iWork, Mail Chimp, Salesforce, Sketch, Adobe.

🏆 Achievements🏆
- Growing Sieger’s revenue to 7Mn from scratch and positioning the company to be one of the top 5 manufacturers in the country in 3 years
- Exceeded sales quota by 140% in the most challenging year ‘2016’ in business
- Maintained 70% hit rate for renewals/ up-sells worth $2M 
- Increased product awareness through trade shows/cold prospecting/campaigns boosted product enquires by 40% 

► Account Management & Business Development
- Cold prospected and successfully closed new businesses and exceeded quota by 140% 
- Engaged with C-level executives to gather insights, deliver strategic recommendations, and process improvements 

► Branding
- Designed and developed content for creatives, collaterals, and pitches across web/social/sales decks for sales enablement
- Designed media strategies, including content planning for product brochures, and storyboard design for product photography and videography for web, social media, and trade shows 
- Created exclusive content for conferences/trade shows involving C-level executives 

► Sales
- Hired, trained, and led a 5-member cross-functional team 
- Monitored KPIs’s ensuring planned vs. actual, led to winning prestigious projects worth 4.5M in 2 years
- Successfully penetrated tier 2 cities increasing YOY revenue by 15%

Manager - Branding And Business Development

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India

Deloitte was a dream start to my career. I was hired for being dedicated support for all activities under the ‘Middle Market’ program. I reported to the program’s country head. I was lucky to have access and to work along with Partners and Senior Directors that served with excellent direction and mentorship. It helped me grow my boundaries and go beyond my best.

👨🏻‍💻Tools Used: Microsoft Office, Google Suite, iWork.

 🏆Achievements 🏆
- Successfully assisted and co-ordinated the CNBC televised roadshow focusing on SME clusters across 5 cities
- Successfully managed 5 middle market accounts which kick-started the business unit generating revenue of $500+k 

► Sales
- Actively engaged in developing client relationships to identify opportunities to promote solutions and services 
- Built strategic portfolio plans to influence internal stakeholders in supporting the middle-market program positively 

► Internal Firm Services
- Served as a dedicated resource for all Middle Market activity to ensure consistency in regional execution 
- Worked closely with middle-market companies and Deloitte teams across geographies to understand the markets and presented findings to Senior Directors 

► Marketing
- Supported Senior Managers, towards building Deloitte services around the middle market space, as well as generating various brand-compliant presentations for internal pitches

Assistant Manager

Tools Used: Microsoft Office, Google Suite, iWork.

 🏆Achievements🏆
- Successfully won and managed 5 middle market accounts which kick-started the business unit generating revenue of $500+k 
- Conceptualized and designed the pan India marketing collateral ‘Our focus, for the stars of tomorrow‟ 
- Part of the compilation team for the “SME Vision Paper, 2009,” a Deloitte Publication, launched by the then “President of India, Dr. APJ. Abdul Kalam” 

►Sales & Account Management
- Prime owner for 5 SME accounts, understanding client requirements, providing need-based solutions by  highlighting the right combination of services across Deloitte verticals 
- Maintained customer feedback program to review and present key insights to better envision approaches 

► Internal Firm Services
- Served as a dedicated resource for all Middle Market activity to ensure consistency in regional execution 
- Worked closely with middle-market companies and Deloitte teams across geographies to understand the markets and presented findings to Senior Directors 

► Marketing 
- Conceptualized and designed the pan India marketing collateral ‘Our focus, for the stars of tomorrow‟ 
- A key member involved in extensive secondary data collection, analysis, and compilation for the “SME Vision  Paper, 2009,” a Deloitte Publication, launched by the then “President of India, Dr. APJ. Abdul Kalam”

Marketing Analyst

- Key member of the “SME Vision Paper, 2009” a Deloitte Publication, involved in extensive secondary data collection, analysis and compilation of various presentations for the middle market study

Intern

Building HERO BRANDS for Solopreneurs through Brand Strategy + Design Frameworks + Hero Systems → Reducing Content Design efforts by 70% + Improving Brand Recall → attracting PREMIUM clients consistently.

Everyone says, ‘Build your Brand Identity’, that's the best way people relate, connect, and remember you.
It’s easier to say than to ‘Create’ your HERO BRAND Identity.

I’ve seen:

➔  Amazing people lost in trying different ways to create a cohesive Brand Identity on Social.
➔  Consistently write good content, but get stuck when putting it into a good design that attracts engagement.
➔  People feel disconnected from their Branding and give up because they don’t see the results and quit only to make it worse.

👇 This is how ONE of my clients reached out:

"I feel overwhelmed and don't know how and where to start.

There was a time when I wasn't overly critical of myself, but now I just have a sort of paralysis when it comes to Branding & Designing Content.

The very thought of all this has left me procrastinating for months."

🎓 After being on my 1:1 Champions Program 🏆

"Joining your Champions Program was the best decision that I have made in 2022.

I was looking for a Coach who could help me with Brand Strategy & Brand Design to attract my ideal clients and build a brand that could help me stand out.

I could have easily seen myself wasting 100’s of hours, thankfully this program gave me a ton of value.

Balaji, you’ve always been encouraging, patient, and available for any guidance/support throughout the program, making the entire experience so rich and seamless."

🤝 We can do this 1:1 with:
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➔  Making your Brand Identity authentic & differentiated
➔  Cut through the noise and deliver a clear message
➔  Create visual consistency that represents your brand's personality
➔  Be trusted and recognized by your ideal customers

📲 The BIGGEST ONE ➔  with design frameworks your Content Design efforts are reduced by 50%
You can focus on building your business and not get caught up in producing content.

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“World’s #1 Copywriter” — My Father | Helping cause-driven + Quirky Founders & Brands | Premium Copywriter

Dayal has been featured on LinkedIn News India, written for the Paris Post, and was named one of the "Top 24 LinkedIn Marketers in 2024" by BTalkz.

Over the past few years, he's helped & ghostwritten for Founders, Coaches, Entrepreneurs, Solopreneurs, CEOs & Managing Directors build their Personal Brand on LinkedIn and helped scale their visibility. 

Dayal also mentors and coaches Personal brands on how to grow and create their presence throughout platforms. He continues to research AI-driven content marketing, and elevating Personal Branding to new levels and heights, not just limiting to LinkedIn, but with content strategies that go beyond.

Today along with building Personal Brands, he also runs and hosts his podcast "Influence - Personal Branding for Founders" ranking in the Marketing charts on Apple in several countries including India, Botswana, HongKong, Armenia and Thailand.

Dayal is also the co-author of several books, most notably “You Are All I Need” by Penguin Random House India, a national bestseller in India. 

Learn more on brandingwithdayal.com and join in on his journey.

DAYAL PUNJABI 🔵

"Sometimes the audience you want is not the audience you have."

Abhishek Jha said that during our live last weekend. And I second that. The question you must be asking is how much attention is your ICP paying to you, your presence, your words or your content. 

Check out what he has to say below.

Find the full episode available on Influence - Personal Branding for Founders here:
 https://lnkd.in/duT8NTF9

Dayal Punjabi

Top Personal Branding Strategist for Thought Leadership • Podcast Host @ Influence: Personal Branding for Founders • Featured on LinkedIn News India • Human 2 Human content • Top 24 LinkedIn India Marketers 2024

One of my clients once shared this with me:

Build trust, and care less about legacy, about what people will think and how you’ll be remembered. Instead, if you build trust by being yourself people will still remember you gor who you are. And what you built for them, with them. 

That’s the thing I love about it. I don’t spend too much time thinking about legacies. I just build trust. And that’s it. 

That’s what the best personal brands I know do. And guess what; legacies work that way too.

People will doubt you until you do this:

Build authority by consistently showing up. And to do that, you need to share what you've learned and how it has helped you transform your life with strategies, frameworks, ideas and lessons.

The real value you can add is the values that have helped you grow. It adds a personal touch, helps you tell your stories and connect with your audience on a much deeper level. 

In simplest terms, it builds trust. And when your audience trusts you, you grow and sell faster than you've imagined.

Who are B2B leaders and what do they actually want?

At the end of the day, they’re just:
↳ Humans
↳ Looking for solutions

Yes, B2B cycles are long.
Yes, decisions are complex.
Yes, it takes multiple touchpoints and hours of content before someone converts.

But none of that changes a simple truth: they’re still humans first. So before you ship that content piece that reads like an investor memo or a data dump, pause for a second and ask:
↳ Will they feel this?
↳ Will they understand it without effort?
↳ Does it speak to a real problem they wake up with?
↳ Does it actually connect?

Because in B2B, the fundamentals haven’t changed:
↳ People buy from people
↳ And humans act like humans, no matter the industry

These lines aren’t just my principle for content; they should be yours too.

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