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Editorial Content Manager, B2B

Thought Leadership Marketing

Some of my clients and results:

+ Community Director at Content Hacker: 
Planned and launched a paid community in Circle.so for marketers and small business owners.

+ Product Marketing and Success at Content at Scale
Created product videos, knowledge base articles, tutorials, and conducted live product trainings.

+ Head of Content at RevGenius
Relaunched RevGenius Magazine as a thought leadership publication for revenue professionals and acted as the Managing Editor, publishing 17 articles. Wrote original thought leadership articles about community-led growth.

+ Thought leadership writer at Clari

+ Ghostwriter at Category Pirates

+ Content strategy consultant at Pandago


Services:

- Book Coaching & Ghostwriting 
- Thought Leadership Content 
- Research Reports 
- Not Boring SEO

Marketing Strategy Consultant & Premium Ghostwriter

Okanagan College

Teach digital marketing, search marketing, and marketing research at the Okanagan School of Business.

Professor

Dooly

- Designed and launched three lead generation campaigns with online quizzes (scorecards), bringing in more than 1,000 leads.
- Published original research reports and other data-driven assets.
- Wrote/Edited and optimized dozens of blog articles, including a library of Sales Templates.
- Launched a Thought Leadership motion, creating original content with the CEO and the VP of Revenue. 
- Launched The Sidekick, Dooly’s newsletter.


- Planned and executed Thought Leadership strategies and content with internal and external SMEs.
- Managed and built partnerships with sales organizations and influencers (Pavilion, JB Sales, Sales Assembly, Kevin Dorsey, 30 Minutes to President's Club)
- Wireframed and wrote landing page copy.
- Assigned articles to freelancers and edited and published final pieces.
- Wrote a bi-weekly email newsletter.
- Created video assets for social media.
- Supported the team with the promotion and planning of events, email campaigns, and website updates.

Community & Content Marketing Manager

Rhema e-School

Rhema e-School is an online alternative education program focused on technology, entrepreneurship, the arts and mindfulness. We develop the abilities of each student while they enjoy learning about themselves and the world.

At the launch of this startup, I was in charge of overseeing all the marketing activities and our go to market strategy.

- Website creation
- Social Media marketing campaigns
- Facebook Ads and A/B testing
- Demand generation campaigns
- Content creation: blogs, videos, info graphics, landing pages.
- Product Marketing
- Email marketing

Co-Founder & Advisor

Apollo

+ Created and executed SEO and Content strategies to increase traffic and conversions.
+ Developed and oversaw the Social Media Strategy - Increased LinkedIn followers from 6k to 14k+
+ Launched the Apollo blog and published 30+ articles
+ Led a team of one freelance writer and one social media manager

Content Marketing Manager

Author

Don’t just be better than the competition. Be the only one.

Becoming the go-to expert in your field is not easy, but quite possible — if you follow the right path. This book decodes the secrets that successful entrepreneurs have used to become thought leaders and make a lasting impact in their industries.

The Solo Thought Leader will show you how to:

- Charge higher prices as the expert in your niche
- Innovate and rise above the competition
- Sell more by building a community of loyal fans
- Set industry trends as the voice people listen to in social media
- Leave a legacy with visibility, authority, and credibility
- Create a business that runs by itself and frees you to do what you love

Building upon his experience as a business consultant and B2B marketer, and numerous interviews with business practitioners, Diego Pineda lays out the strategies and tactics you need to climb to the top of your domain.

Author: The Solo Thought Leader

Vengreso | Prospect Better. Sell More.

+ Increased website traffic 5x in 7 months
+ Positioned top 50 keywords on page #1 of Google
+ Developed email campaigns with CTR of 30%
+ Increased SQLs by 250%

In this role I oversaw the Digital Marketing and Content Marketing departments (including graphic and video design), providing SEO and content strategy, and helping in its implementation. I also wrote long-form content for https://www.linkedin.com/redir/suspicious-page?url=vengreso%2ecom%2e

Director of Digital and Content Marketing

As the Content Marketing Manager at Vengreso, I was at the helm of driving the strategy to generate qualified leads for our sales team.  This strategy included:

+ Digital Marketing (SEO, SEM)
+ Content Plan (blogs, videos, podcasts, publications, webinars)
+ PPC and retargeting strategy
+ Social Media Marketing Strategy
+ Lead Nurturing and Email Campaigns

Leadership: Managed the marketing team as the Acting Director of Marketing for 45 days. Also acted as hiring manager in the recruitment process of members for the marketing team in conjunction with the HR department and the CEO.

Tools used: MarketMuse, SEM Rush, Google Analytics, Keyword Finder, Yoast SEO.

As the Senior Content Writer, I created original blog content, guides, e-books, case studies, press releases, and other long-form content. I also supported the social media marketing strategy, writing social posts for Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn and editing videos and optimizing them for YouTube. Aditionally, I edited and prepared audio files and show notes for two podcasts: The Modern Sales Podcast and the Modern Marketing Engine podcast.

ABOUT VENGRESO

Vengreso is the first company to deliver a full suite of digital sales training and consulting services helping B2B sales teams create more conversations with qualified buyers through three solutions:

1.	Content for Sales Enablement
2.	LinkedIn Profile Makeovers 
3.	Digital Sales Training and Coaching

Senior Content Writer

Video editing projects for various clients, including Growth Genie, FrontSpin and BeMo Academic Consulting.

Final Cut Pro | Adobe Creative Suite

Freelance Video Editor

CloudTask

Editing & Copywriting | Video Production & Editing | Digital Marketing & Social Media Marketing 

CloudTask is a managed workforce provider for companies looking to increase their sales, customer retention and revenue, through trained and managed teams of outsourced sales, customer support and customer success experts.

I worked in the Marketing Department, regularly creating unique blog content, landing pages and infographics. Authored dozens of articles on marketing, sales, outsourcing, customer support and more.

Senior Content Creator

Thought Leadership Marketing Pirate | Marketing Professor | Author & Public Speaker

WRITER: I am the author of four novels, 10 non-fiction books, and hundreds of articles and blogs as a science writer, a business writer, and a sales and marketing writer.

PUBLISHER: In 2007, I founded a publishing company with a fiction and a non-fiction imprint, selling thousands of copies for authors across America. I sold the company in 2012.

BUSINESS CONSULTANT: In 2013, I worked as a business consultant with the Crankset Group. As such, I offered consulting services for business owners, helping them make more money in less time, get off the treadmill, and get back to the passion that brought them into business in the first place.

SOLOPRENEUR: I’ve founded, grown, and sold two businesses. Most recently, I co-founded with my wife an online school for children in Latin America to teach them about technology, entrepreneurship, arts, and mindfulness.

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Erin Balsa

Content Marketing Consultant and Writer 

I build and execute content marketing strategies for sales-led B2B SaaS startups that sell complex, enterprise-ready solutions.

Erin enjoys B2B content marketing, keeping the Halloween spirit alive year-round, and talking about herself in the third person. 

No but really ... 

I've been working in content since 2011 when I landed my first job as an editor. Since then, I've worn a bunch of hats like:

- Content marketing agency leader
- Inc. 5000 B2B SaaS marketing director
- Freelance content strategist, writer, and editor

Over the years, I've written for a bunch of brands you probably know including:

- HubSpot
- Drift
- G2
- Intuit
- And a Fortune 100 that shall not be named

These days, I help marketing teams at B2B SaaS companies (Series A-C) survey a representative sample of their ICP and write a 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 original research report that positions their brand as a credible authority — to secure press mentions and close enterprise deals.

If you're ready to publish research that builds trust instead of skepticism, let's chat. And if you just want to connect with a fellow marketing nerd who decorates for Halloween in July, I'm here for that too.

Hausofbold.com

Content Marketing Consultant

I build and execute content marketing strategies for sales-led B2B SaaS startups that sell complex, enterprise-ready solutions. 

Unlike some strategists and agencies, I don't hand you a content strategy and say, "Best of luck!" I ensure your success by helping across four buckets:

▶ People 
▶ Process 
▶ Strategy
▶ Execution 

Learn more and read client testimonials at: hausofbold.com

It's been 3 years since I joined Navattic as a marketing advisor.

In celebration,  I'm pressing buttons on my keyboard! 

(Look at me go.) 

I remember reaching out to Devin Reed and asking him how he got into advising. A simple question — but putting my intention out into the world changed things for me. 

Next day, Natalie Marcotullio reached out ... and the rest is history!

I'm grateful to have found such a wonderful long-term partner. Amazing people, amazing product, and super customer-obsessed. What's not to love?

👉  If your B2B needs regular guidance from a content/brand leader with deep experience in content strategy, original research, and thought leadership, drop me a note.

B2B Content Marketing Leader & Advisor | Creating Data-Backed Narratives That Make Selling Easier

I opened my LinkedIn notifications to see that someone left me a mean comment. 

My blood instantly started to boil. 

"Your research report reads like a sales brochure — you just don't know it yet."

𝘞𝘰𝘸. 𝘙𝘶𝘥𝘦! 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘦?!

Oh. 

It was me.
I posted that.
A few days ago. 

This is what happens when you take the advice to "lead with a spicy hook." It comes back to haunt you every time you open your notifications. 😂

It’s 9:07am and we have already:

- eaten breakfast, twice
- built a haunted house out of Picasso tiles 
- made cookies with Play-Doh 
- put ghost stickers on a sheet of paper 
- colored (but not on the wall this time)
- played in 3 feet of snow 

Ah, what other joys will the day bring? 

I know one thing it won’t bring: the ability to work in silence. 

Those days are long gone. 🙃

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If your buyers are skeptical — and they are — would your research pass the sniff test or raise red flags? 🚩 

Most B2B research falls into one of four categories based on:

Rigor of methodology (competence)
Transparency of reporting (integrity)

Here’s a quick gut-check:

Is your methodology rigorous or sloppy?

Q: Was your sample size large enough to support the claims you made?
Q: Was your sample actually representative of your target market?
Q: Was the person who designed the survey and handled the data properly trained?
Q: Did you do data quality checks to weed out bots and people speeding through for rewards?
Q: Did your screener questions weed out respondents who lacked relevant, recent experience?
Q: Were your survey questions clearly worded, non-leading, and free from bias?
Q: Did you run cross-tabulations to analyze relationships within the data?
Q: Did you clearly disclose your confidence levels, margin of error, and study limitations?

Score it like this:
1 point for every “yes”
Higher score = higher rigor

Is your reporting transparent or selective?

Q: Did you set out to test a hypothesis rather than go digging for interesting stats after the fact?
Q: Did you report on the findings that challenged your assumptions — and not just the ones that supported them?
Q: Did you publish your survey questions verbatim instead of paraphrasing them?
Q: Did you distinguish between correlation and causation?
Q: Did you invite external experts to interpret your findings?
Q: Did you acknowledge limitations and uncertainties in your data?
Q: Did you keep your analysis neutral without turning it into a sales brochure?
Q: Did you show the full distribution of responses instead of only highlighting favorable results?

Score it like this:
1 point for every “yes”
Higher score = higher transparency 

Tally up your answers and see where you're at: 

High rigor + high transparency = Believable Research 
High rigor + low transparency = “Trust us” research
Low rigor + high transparency = Amateur research
Low rigor + low transparency = Hogwash research

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Your research report reads like a sales brochure. You just don't know it yet.

Here's how it happens:

You start with a conclusion instead of a testable hypothesis. 

You write leading survey questions that nudge respondents toward "the right answer." 

You get the data back. You cherry pick the stats that support your claims and quietly bury the rest. 

You make sensational claims like "HR professionals are facing a mental health crisis" even though you only surveyed 100 of them. 

You publish it. You call it "original research."

Buyers read it. They smell the BS from three zip codes away. They move on. 

The irony?

You spent $25k and six months on a report that made skeptical buyers even more skeptical of your brand. 

👉 Research should build trust and credibility. But when it's done wrong, it does the opposite. 

So what separates good research from "research" that triggers eye rolls?

It boils down to two things:

1. Your story is built on a foundation of credible, high-quality data. 
2. Your story reflects what's actually happening in your industry.

This is how we doooo it 🎶 
My copy's tight and I feel all right
I click to share, it's a fresh vibe
Yo I feel like a smarty, man they'll eat it up —
Anonymous llama, get the hell out my doc!
Insecure 'cause I'm jaded
Llamas in the doc say, Hate it can we change this?

- B2B content marketers

I help B2B marketers create survey-based research reports 📈

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