Acadium

Providing marketing career coaching and mentoring to digital marketers in support of securing their first/next marketing job.

Developed a structured learning program focused on applied learning of digital marketing skills, professional skills and coaching on navigating marketing career paths.

See if you're a good fit for an upcoming cohort - https://acadium.com/acadium-plus/

Acadium Plus: Marketing Career Membership Program - Marketing Lead, Instructor & Career Coach

Acadium Plus is a career acceleration course designed specifically to help digital marketers secure the right role. Our exclusive community supports new and early stage digital marketers with access to real-life exercises, projects and networking connections that prepare us for a successful digital marketing career.

See if Acadium Plus is the right fit for you - www.acadium.com/acadium-plus

Acadium Plus Member

Unicorn Labs

Focused on supporting the growth of the Unicorn Labs brand, services and outcomes. 

Including supporting the marketing team with copywriting, content development, and promotional strategy around the comprehensive library of leadership training resources.

Also supporting Unicorn Labs with executive and leadership coaching, career development, career pathing, and team building projects.

Fractional CMO & Leadership Coach

The University of Vermont Continuing and Distance Education

I worked with the University to develop the overall course curriculum.  I was able to leverage my network and relationships to curate instructors for each marketing session. 

This course was recently recognized as the #1 online certification course in digital marketing.

http://www.bestmarketingdegrees.org/top-online-digital-marketing-certification-programs/

I participate by teaching the first session - Introduction to Digital Marketing and final learning session - Developing your personal brand and starting / evolving your career in Digital Marketing.  

I love teaching, learning and sharing my knowledge with those that are passionate about the Marketing industry.

Lead Instructor, Digital Marketing Professional Certification Course

The Marketing Help

👉 Lead all marketing initiatives for the TMH brand and website - including SEO, CRM/email, paid ads and referral marketing.

👉  Serve as Fractional CMO for businesses between $2M - $20M in annual revenues, providing marketing strategy, go-to-market campaign launches, lead generation, digital presence optimization and team management.
 
How TheMarketingHelp helps marketers:

👉 Exclusive, one-on-one career coaching calls (navigate a job search, interview, job offer, challenging manager or developing teams)
👉 Fractional CMO support for marketing team leaders (almost as a 'chief of staff') seeking to solve for modern disruptions and challenges - e.g. reduce churn and improve overall performance,  integrating generative A.I. solutions, return-to-work plans, preparing for mergers/acquisitions.

Head of Marketing and Fractional CMO

The Marketing Careers Podcast

The only podcast dedicated to accelerating your career in marketing. Find our marketing career discussions & expert interviews wherever you get your podcasts.

Interested in reaching our audience of passionate marketing managers & leaders? Get in touch: connect(a)themarketinghelp.co

Podcast Host

AWeber Communications, Inc.

Became company's first marketing lead hire to focus on establishing more efficient, overall marketing operations, vision and strategy.

👉 Built a marketing team as large as 15 to execute paid, owned and earned media campaigns. Included roles in PR, Content Marketing, Product Marketing, Email Marketing, Business Development and Affiliate Marketing
👉  Launched the company's first dedicated outside sales function
👉  Organized digital ad agency RFP process to identify key partners for paid search and SEO support
👉  Orchestrated the company's first in-person customer summit that hosted over 300 small businesses and entrepreneurs

Chief Marketing Officer

Socialight Media Marketing

Work with Founder of the leading B2B Social Marketing consultancy on business model evaluation, competitive guidance and strategic marketing solutions.

Strategic Advisor

eBay Enterprise (now Radial)

True Action (now eBay Enterprise) is an AdAge top 15 digital agency services division of GSI Commerce/eBay Inc.

* Developed and integrated the agency's first Centers Of Excellence division that provided best practices, processes and client / team development across all digital channels. Leveraged my deep knowledge and experience across SEO, paid search, affiliate, email, social, mobile, CSE, display channels.

* Spearheaded the agency's social media practice, including consultation and strategic development for client's (CPG, Retail, Apparel) social media needs.  Drove holistic paid, earned, and owned media solutions and help clients navigate the social commerce landscape. 

* Developed digital marketing/media investment and performance models to support US and EU client business goals.

* Developed POV's and other agency IP around the social media landscape, strategies and best practices.  

* Developed/managed internal workshops and training programs to ensure expertise across all digital marketing channels. 

* Managed global vendor relationships (Google, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) and contract negotiations.

*Served as Agency services lead for supporting GSI / eBay Corporate Development initiatives that aligned with digital marketing channels and practices.

* Was an instrumental contributor towards the agency's operational development and overall growth, resulting in an AdAge Top 15 interactive agency ranking.

* Managed a team of 18-20 marketing professionals responsible for driving digital marketing strategies and initiatives for leading online stores in sports vertical; including online store destinations for NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, ESPN, Sports Authority and Modells.  Included directing initiatives across all digital channels including; paid search, SEO, email, affiliate marketing, CRM, social media, display media and mobile marketing.

Vice President / Group Marketing Director

Refinery Inc (now G2 Interactive - Philadelphia)

* Led business development efforts against digital media initiatives

* Assisted with growth of performance media department to meet client demand and new business

* Served as client lead across marketing initiatives within Travel, Retail and Financial verticals

Performance Marketing Director

directMASS

* Acquired by Refinery, Inc. in May 2005.

* Instrumental in developing our service solutions for B2B, agency and direct client partners. 

* Served as outsourced search marketing services solution for AdAge top 20 digital agencies. 

* Trained clients on paid search and SEO fundamentals.

* Led business development efforts for cross/up sell opportunities.

* Managed clients in financial, retail, entertainment verticals.

VP, Director Of Media Services

Marketing Strategy & Growth Leader | Marketing Career Coach | Fractional CMO | B2B SaaS

Discover more on how I help marketers transform their careers (+ free resources) 👉 linktr.ee/erikharb

💡  My 25+ year career journey as a marketer is now focused on helping other marketers in a few ways...

👉 As a Marketing Career Coach: the person you contact if you want to find, define or refine your ideal marketing job or career path.

I've coached and mentored thousands of marketers throughout their careers to achieve promotions, ideal roles and entrepreneurial pursuits.

Yes - I've helped marketers get jobs at Amazon, Google, Drift & IBM -- but also at smaller, mission-driven agencies or startups - because that's what mattered to them.

If you are a marketer seeking to launch, navigate or change the trajectory of your marketing career - I can help with:

✅ Defining your starting point
✅ Marketing Interview tips and guides
✅ Marketing Career advancement direction
✅ Access to hiring managers for marketing roles
✅ Guide your hard skill and leadership skill development


👉 As Digital Marketing practitioner and fractional CMO:  An experienced marketing leader that can help you assess, hire or develop your marketing team, or establish marketing operations to help your marketing scale.

If you manage a business, digital marketing agency or marketing team, I can help you with...

✅  Identifying, and connecting you with, the right marketing talent to fill your open roles or pipeline (entry level to executive)
✅  Creating personalized development plans for your existing team
✅  Identifying and helping you hire the right marketing professionals for your company
✅  Creating processes to help scale your lead generation, conversion and revenue growth
   
🤝 How I Can Help You:

𝑼𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑻𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝑨𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔
- Building digital marketing strategies
- Persona development
- Marketing research
 
𝑪𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝑨𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏
- Strategic and tactical understanding of digital marketing channels
- Developing measurable brand awareness
- Product marketing strategy and execution
- Building and executing demand generation
- Building go-to-market marketing plans

𝑫𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏
- Developing high-converting lead funnels
- Develop high performing teams
- ROI based marketing programs

💬 𝑨𝒔𝒌 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕:
- Developing the first merchandising Facebook page for NFL
- Selling my boutique digital agency
- How becoming a certified wedding officiant helped me close 3 new clients

Erik Harbison

Lucinda Store

Email Marketing Manager

Julie Fischer Coaching

Increase brand awareness by developing an integrated marketing strategy through social media, email marketing, and creating personalized content to engage the target audience & aligned with organizational goals. Execute lead-generating campaigns through paid ads & email nurture for event promotion, manage monthly newsletters, and use analytics to guide strategy and decision-making.

Accomplishments: 
📈 Increased website traffic by close to 200% through targeted event advertising, reaching 5,000 people and delivering 13,000 ad impressions.
✅ Generated 6 event sign-ups from an automated email campaign sent to 194 targeted individuals.
🎉.Achieved close to 60% email open rate compared to the industry average of 40%.
🚀 Gained close to 100 new followers on LinkedIn  and increase in reach by 100% and content interaction by 200% on Facebook in the 1st 30 days.
📈.Increased reach by 40% and content interaction by 84% on Instagram compared to the previous month, demonstrating content effectiveness.

Growth Marketing Manager

Digital Marketing Redefined

Craft a cohesive integrated marketing strategy aligned with company goals, leveraging social media platforms and email marketing for enhanced brand visibility and lead generation. Segment audience and develop personalized messaging by analyzing engagement (open rates, click-through rates, and bounce rates) and demographics for nurturing relationships. Conduct A/B tests to discern which content or approach better resonates with the target demographic.

 1st 30-day achievements:
 🚀Email Open Rate: Achieved an open rate of up to 80% compared to the B2B industry average 
      of 30-40%.
📈 Increased Twitter followers by 15%.
 📊 LinkedIn Engagement Rate: Outperformed industry competitors by 602.6%, highlighting content strategy effectiveness in connecting with the target audience.
📈 Competitive Success:  Drove a significant 69.2% rise in followers on LinkedIn, indicating increasing interest in the company's offerings and leadership.
🔼 Unique visitors: Increased unique visitors by  67.7% in LinkedIn compared to the previous month underscoring the expanding reach and impact of IRM Consulting & Advisory's social media initiatives.

Growth Marketing Consultant    

Increase social media awareness, brand followers, and geographic presence for an aesthetician to promote a unique offering through Instagram, Google, and local Facebook groups as the primary channels. Craft content strategy to resonate with the audience and implement it into an actionable calendar. Leveraging industry best practices and account analytics, I optimize content timing and type for maximum impact.

1st 30 days achievements:
📈Increased Reach: Experienced a significant 112%  increase in overall reach, with a 47% increase among followers and an impressive 272% increase among non-followers.
🚀 Enhanced Engagement: Account engagement surged by 227%, with interactions among followers
soaring by 195% and non-followers by an impressive 9x.
💥Profile Visitors: Profile visits surged by 354%, indicating heightened interest and curiosity about the 
new offering.
🚀 Content Interaction: The overall content interaction skyrocketed by ten times, reflecting the successful
execution of the devised content strategy and calendar.
📈Follower Growth: Follower growth rate skyrocketed by 160% compared to the previous month.

Social Media Marketing Manager

Marketing Program Manager

Google

🌐Owned and led end-to-end execution of global marketing campaigns across multiple channels such as emails and webinars, developing messaging and content strategy by understanding target buyer persona needs and journey.
 📧Championed global email marketing strategy focusing on Pixel & Nest for Google retail store advocates across the globe. In addition, owned the end-to-end execution of branding, content strategy, metrics establishment, and amplification strategy for webinars.
🌍Worked with cross-functional global teams such as product marketing and external resources on content, landing page, and survey translation. 
📊Managed agencies to design toolkits with guidelines, creative templates, and best practices to streamline and simplify the elements needed to produce a successful, local, live stream across regions. Constantly leveraged analytics to improve efficiency.

Marketing Campaign Manager

🖥️Demonstrated proficiency in crafting and implementing a comprehensive online business strategy by designing and building a website that effectively established the company's digital presence and heightened brand awareness. 
 📝Successfully curated compelling content aligned with the brand's unique value proposition, ensuring an engaging and informative user experience. 
🎨Implemented strategic navigation elements and employed adept design principles to enhance the overall aesthetics and functionality of the website, contributing to a more impactful online brand representation.

Marketing Consultant

Established social media presence and built-up brand awareness for small businesses on platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. Revisited social media strategy by studying various metrics/analytics including audience growth, reach, impression, and content interaction.

Operational Performance:
📈Audience Growth: I witnessed a remarkable 63% increase in followers on Instagram, an impressive 300% rise on Facebook, and doubled the subscriber count on YouTube within the initial three months, indicating a significant surge in audience interest.
🌎Global Outreach: Successfully reached a global audience of 50k through well-designed Facebook ads, expanding visibility on an international scale.
📊Performance Enhancement: Boosted vital metrics, including reach, impressions, views, and engagement, by leveraging monthly analytics insights, allowing for strategic adjustments.

Established processes, key metrics, and reporting for a high visibility, executive-sponsored marketing program to measure and manage co-marketing relationships with top global customers. Worked cross-functionally with global teams to identify and provide visibility to the entire Cloud Product Marketing organization on the highest priority launches for flagship events such as NEXT.

Operational Performance:
🚀Led quarterly product launch tiering process for Google Maps, Chrome, Google Workspace Essentials, and Google Cloud products by partnering with 20+ product marketing groups to identify top launches out of 1K+ launches.
🔄Drove a major work refresh of 30+ pages to align with corporate events, enable lead generation, surface technical content, and improve navigation.

Skills:  Cross-Functional Stakeholder Collaboration, Program Management, End-to-End Project Execution, Process Improvement & Automation, Status Reports, Risk Mitigation, 

Technology Snapshot: Asana, Google Suite,

Druva

Managed numerous marketing initiatives for acquisitions, partnerships, and international/domestic events in collaboration with global teams. Collaborated with global partners to understand business requirements and allocate resources to complete the project. Provided visibility into project status and timelines for the entire marketing organization and mapped progress to meet marketing goals. Directed activities including analysis, press briefings, web refreshes, sales/channel enablement, demand generation, and social campaigns.

Operational Performance:
📈Led customer advisory board with the goal of including 20 C-level executives, developing customer stories, and promotion within several amplification channels.
🌐Managed marketing initiatives for tradeshows including AWS Reinvent and VMWorld including booth creative, building microsites, and integrated campaigns.
🔄Owned marketing initiatives for new product introduction (NPI), including analyst, press briefings, web refresh, sales/channel enablement, demand generation, and social campaigns, enabling an integrated effort.
🌐Managed agency partners for website management.
🤝Worked with Sales to brief the team on upcoming marketing campaigns and gather feedback.

Skills: New Product Launches, Event Management, Demand Generation, Cross-Functional Stakeholder Collaboration, Program Management , End-to-End Project Execution, Process Improvement & Automation, Status Reports

Technology Snapshot: Wrike,  Google Suite, WordPress,

Marketing Project Manager

All Industrial Electric Supply

Project Coordinator

Intrigo Systems, Inc.

Project Coordinator/PMO 

-Specializes in developing tailored marketing strategies aligned with organizational visions and goals.
-Maximizes brand presence and lead gen across diverse channels: LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook(paid ads and organic), and email.
-Orchestrates integrated campaigns, fostering engagement and delivering results.
-Develop content strategy and create content that resonates with target audiences throughout the customer journey.
-Utilizes analytics and insights to refine strategies and optimize ROI.
-Draw from experience managing global marketing programs for Meta, Google, and startups.
-A dynamic blend of strategic foresight, analytical acumen, and cross-functional collaboration.

Top 3 accomplishments:

-Engagement rate soared in LinkedIn past industry competitors by an impressive 602.6%, showcasing the effectiveness of the content strategy in connecting with our target audience.
-Experienced a notable increase of 69.2% in follower count on LinkedIn compared to competitors, signifying a growing interest in the company's offerings.
-Increased engagement by 227% and account reach by 110% on Instagram.

Tools used:  HubSpot, Canva, LinkedIn Analytics, Twitter Analytics, Meta Business Suite, Facebook & Instagram Analytics, MailChimp, and Pictory.AI (video creation).

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