Organic Growth Marketing

Growth Advisor

Sketch Artist/Drafter

Ten Speed

- 3x'd brand growth in <12 months using an integrated content strategy
- Produced and grew a podcast from ~ 70 downloads/month to 800/month in 12 months (11X)
- Responsible for Leads (Nurture potential) and MQLs (Conversion potential)
- Responsible for marketing strategy, services marketing and website messaging, paid social, organic social, SEO and blog creation/distribution, case study creation, newsletter creation, co-marketing, podcast production and co-hosting, guest outreach/appearances

Marketing Manager

- In charge of 8 - 10 accounts at any given time
- Average account growth across all owned accounts of 166% (range of pre-seed to series D clients)
- Owning SaaS content strategy creation and pitching, creating an integrated plan to ensure SEO worked across all marketing channels for enhanced distribution, repurposing, and increased influenced conversions from content, identified technical website health, created briefs for writers, and handled administrative communication + retention efforts by acting as the main POC for accounts

SEO Content Strategist

phenomenon

Sr. SEO Manager

Marketing Supply Company

SEO Content Manager (acquired by phenomenon)

Green Gardens Community Farm

-Developed content based on SEO strategies to increase engagement and amplification via comments, shares, saves and reach for social media (Facebook/Instagram). Since beginning in October, amplification and comments have increased by 200% per post.
-Creation and management of marketing calendar to keep sales and management teams aligned and accountable to campaign dates.
-Strategic goal setting to ensure content has a channel and purpose.
-On-page SEO for greengardensfarm.com
   -Google Search Console, Ubersuggest, Google Analytics to evaluate strength of links, SEO keyword research. After one month of technical fixes and backlink reconnects, traffic to the site has risen from 1,000/mo to 4,000/mo.


As a Freelancer for the past 6 months I have taken part in several content creation projects:

-Website Design/SEO - Squarespace and Unbounce
-Videography - EXP Reality/Food Bank of Southwest Michigan and Join The Fight/Custer's Last Stand
-Photography/Social Copy - Green Gardens Community Farm - Instagram/Facebook
-Ebook - 5 Questions to Determine if the Green Box is Right For You - Green Box Program
-Podcast - Green Gardens Community Farm - On the Farm

Social Media and Content Marketing Manager

-Manage small teams of 4-6 crew members (includes assignments, weekly goal setting, logistics, and quality standards)
-Developed yearly succession plans including calendar/excel sheets for 45 vegetable crops
-Identify and treat pest and disease pressures using university researched Integrated Pest Management recommendations for organic farming practices.
-Implement content marketing strategies for all social media channels (Instagram/Facebook)
-Design and Edit using SEO on company website (Squarespace) and landing pages (Unbounce) to perform A/B testing and drive new leads through the customer acquisition funnel for our Green Box program

Field Operations Manager

Newaygo County RESA

-Mentored and coached students 15 to 19 years of age to increase critical reflection and patterned critical thinking skills (Soft-skills development)
-Lead E-mail communications with families, students, and faculty.
-Developed curriculum for career exploration, community service, and soft-skllls training
-Managed and reported data of student progress and community service hours to stakeholders
-Developed marketing materials using Canva, Microsoft Office, and Adobe tools (Graduation Event Invitation/College and Career Night Out Postcards)

Training: 

-Cognitive Coaching Part I: Days 1-4
-Growth Mindset training and practice
-Youth Mental Health training

Early College Services Specialist

Newaygo County College Access Network

-Wrote and managed grant materials (Drafts, layout, budget documents, images, dataset presentation, calendar) for 3 grants worth more than $250,000
-Functioned as the face of WE CAN! Newaygo County at countywide and statewide college access conferences (MCAN Conference, Fremont Career and College Night Out, 5 school district specific events)
-Collected, organized, and presented data on college access for Newaygo County from the Michigan State University College Advising Corps., Michigan College Access Network, and the American Community Survey
-Created, refined and documented processes and systems for improved sustainability of institutional knowledge
-Organized/Coordinated College and Career Night Out event (20 volunteers, 48 college and university representatives, 5 college access speaking professionals, and 400+ families)

Network Assistant

Michigan State University

-Conducted research using organic compounds and their effectiveness for use as herbicides in certified organic farming
-Designed and systematized research experiments
-Recorded and maintaining data
-Analyzed other university research to aid in future experimentation design and effectiveness.
-Maintained horticultural demands of crops (seeding, transplanting, watering, fertilizing, pruning)

Training:
-Radioactive Materials Management and Handling training course from Michigan State University

Lab and Greenhouse Research Assistant

-Consulted one-on-one with students/families about post-secondary planning and options with more than 1,100 students advised in two years
-Created a college-access curriculum and calendar for freshmen, sophomore, junior, and senior students
-Served as a member of the Affordability Action Team designed to create and implement strategies to reduce the financial barriers associated with attending college and receiving career training
-Served as a member of the Hesperia High School Scholarship Committee
-Coordinated statewide event and initiatives (College Application Week, FAFSA Completion weekly meetings, and Decision Day Celebration)

College Adviser (AmeriCorps)

-Attained chauffeur's license to Drive the catering delivery truck
-Served as an individual server in various environments including suite service at hockey, basketball, and football events (MSU athletics), wedding receptions, and wine and cheese expositions

Banquet Server

Clean Water Action

-Managed college-aged staff in groups of 5-7 (fundraising communication techniques, on-site training, route placement, and daily performance reviews)
-Collected community data from door to door interviews and letter writing campaigns
-Counted and Confirmed monetary donations
-Practiced Door-to-door canvasing and fundraising techniques (average 100 doors/day)
-Disseminated communication between the Director and canvassers

Field Manager

Hands-on Marketing and Content Leader - A content optimization specialist turned generalist, there isn't a type of content I haven't experimented with

A creative trained in the technical world, I began my marketing career as an SEO Specialist studying algorithms and driving up organic traffic. In short order, I worked my way up through several agency promotions to be an SEO content strategist.

As the main point of contact, serving 10 to 15 SaaS companies at any given time, my interests expanded from algorithms and content to integrated content strategies, newsletters, CRO, and social (which is probably how you found my profile). This evolution of my career trajectory was a natural process as a result of 2 questions.

1. How do I offer consultative advice for marketing strategies and tactics that support the companies I work for beyond offering SEO services?

2. How do I become a Director of Content, a Growth Marketing Director, or a CMO one day?

My solution: I moved horizontally into a Marketing Manager role where I can play an active part in paid, social, email, optimized content, case studies, partnership discussions, podcasting, branding and design decisions, and work cross-functionally with a sales teams.

Cheers to continued success and a never-ending journey of learning. And let me know if I can ever be of help to you and your team!

Derek Flint

Justin Simon

JustinSimon.co

I helps solo marketers and small marketing teams figure out what to say, where to post, and how to stay consistent—in just 90 days.

Coach and Consultant

Block Imaging

Director of Content Marketing

Distribution First Academy

Get the proven strategies to get your content seen, grow your audience fast, and boost your ROI without creating more content.

Founder

Distribution First Podcast

This podcast focuses on helping you get more out of the content you create by teaching you strategies and tactics for effective repurposing and distribution. Every week we'll release a new episode with stories, playbooks, motivations, and strategies to help ensure your content doesn't get lost in the sea of content out there. Join us today to take your content marketing strategy to the next level.

Listen and subscribe today: https://distributionfirstpodcast.com

Podcast Host

AudiencePlus

Advisor

Content Repurposing Roadmap

Stop creating content that never gets seen. Get 10x the results using the content you have sitting around.

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Senior Content Marketing Manager

TechSmith Corporation

Responsible for:

1. SEO
2. Content Marketing
3. Social Media

Global Content Strategy Manager

Grew TechSmith’s organic blog traffic over 25% in the first year (while cutting posting frequency in half).

Web Content Strategist

• Draft, edit, and proofread copy for TechSmith marketing and sales initiatives, collaborating with designers to complete most projects.
• Develop plans for marketing content.
• Proactively review TechSmith websites and make recommendations for updates and improvements – ensuring content is current, relevant, accurate, and engaging across all language variants.
• Create and add new content utilizing a CMS.
• Implement on-page SEO optimizations.

Marketing Content Specialist

Draft, edit, and proofread copy for TechSmith marketing and sales initiatives, collaborating with designers to complete most projects.

Work within a CMS creating new pages and editing existing pages.

Develop content that utilizes SEO terms for all webpages created for TechSmith.com.

Marketing Content Intern

Understand the key concepts an uses of the TechSmith software. Main objective is obtaining vital product and customer data in order to help improve sales opportunities throughout the country and world.Utilize creative thinking skills by assisting in the creation and development of the Sales team operations.

Sales Intern

SB Nation

Covering the NFL and NFL draft for Pride Of Detroit as part of the fastest-growing online sports media brand.

Staff Writer - PrideOfDetroit.com

DetroitLionsDraft.com

I contribute articles on the NFL, specifically focused on the Detroit Lions.

Contributing Writer

Hey there! I’m Justin Simon.

👉 3x Head of Content
👉 Launched 3 podcasts with 50K+ downloads
👉 Helping marketing teams turn existing content into 100x ROI assets (without creating more)

Most marketing teams are stuck creating content that no one sees. They hit publish, cross their fingers, and hope it ranks. But hoping isn’t a strategy.

The truth? You don’t have a content creation problem. You have a distribution problem.

I help small marketing teams remix what they already have and build a system for consistent content distribution across multiple platforms. You get more reach, more leads, and less burnout.

📈 Does it work?

- One client tripled their content reach in 90 days without writing anything new
- My own content repurposing system has helped generate millions of views evert year
- The Distribution First Playbook has helped 1,000+ marketers rethink their content strategy

📩 Let’s connect

If you’re tired of watching your great content sit around, let’s fix that.

DM me here or grab my free playbook: https://course.justinsimon.co

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