AdAge 40 Under 40 - CEO at Growth Skills - Fractional CMO - Search Engine Land SEO Innovation Landy Award Winner - 2022 U.S Search Best Campaign Winner - 2nd Degree Black Belt - Bare Knuckle Karate Champion

I’m a performance driven Growth Marketing expert. I help brands acquire customers and increase their value over time. I have a deep speciality in SEO & Content Marketing. I made AdAge's 40 under 40 for innovating in these areas. I'm a self taught marketer so I can talk theory but also do hands on execution. 

Philosophy: There are only two relationships in Nature. Symbiotic and parasitic. Humans and corporations can chose to be either. I’ve chosen to grow and nurture symbiotic relationships with friends, family, coworkers and clients. I also help connect people who I know would thrive together. 

Kyokushin Karate: I’m a bare knuckle Kyokushin Karate champion. I equate bare knuckle Karate to growing a start up. You have to embrace the suck, be fearless and stare the problem in front of you right in the eyes and solve it. I’ve learned that martial arts has very little to do with kicking and punching but everything to do with life.

Specialties: Business and Team Growth, SEO Management, SEO, Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine Marketing, SEO Product Development, Social Media Marketing, PPC, Website Development, Video Editing, Video Production, Project Management, Partnerships, Negotiation, Sales, Content Marketing, Email Marketing, PR, Brand Building, Brand Positioning

Lavall Chichester

My little startup turned 5 years old today. Her name is
Reyna Maya Chichester, named after Maya Angelou. 

Maya Angelou was a poet, dancer, singer, activist, scholar and a world-famous author. 

My daughter sings, dances, and fixes in justices on the play ground. 
When Reyna talks about the origins of her name, we want her to be able to connect with a strong black woman who made positive change for others in the world. 

Reyna Maya turned five to day and she reminded me that we have to use our skills for good. A woman stole packages from our building and Reyna recommended that we buy her, her own package, so she doesn’t have to steal.

Our children are born empathic even though they are growing up in a world that is losing it’s empathy. Most of us are masters of our craft and have the means to make change.

Be like Reyna Maya, let’s help others get the care and support they need, so the future can be proud of us.
#change #spreadlove #bethechange #careeradvice

AdAge 40 Under 40 - EVP, BarkleyOKRP & MissionOne Media - Search Engine Land SEO Innovation Landy Award Winner - 2nd Degree Black Belt - Bare Knuckle Karate Champion

If you search January 6th or January 6th insurrection on Google.
The White House is using SEO & Content marketing to influence the search results. 💡 

The White House claims the top stories position for both terms. 📈 

Leaving politics aside, this is an example of how SEO & Content Marketing
can and is being used for reputation management, reframing a story, brand marketing and more. 🥋 

Anyone claiming SEO is dead, is not paying attention. ☠️ 

Here is why the page is ranking and will claim the top organic positions soon. 🎓 

Why?
-White House dot gov has high domain authority 
-The content mention January 6th 47 times
-The content uses entities relevant to the topic like Congress, specific congress people
-Meta titles & descriptions are optimized enough to matter
-The article contains words, images and multiple video which will make time on site higher
-They have a social media share bar that follows you making it easy to share
-They have a downloadable report
-They have gotten links from other websites

Results: 💸 
-They have the top stories position
-They rank for over 106 keywords in a day
- They will eventually rank on the front page for these words and more
-They have gotten hundreds of backlinks from other sites the page spreading the story and reinforcing the rankings
-People will find this and be influenced in one way or the other

ChatGPT & Perplexity have not yet been influenced.

Doesn’t matter, because according to SEMRUSH Google
search is 373x bigger than ChatGPT search. Meaning more
people use Google and find before it starts to rank on ChatGPT and the others.

SEO is more vital than ever to get your message in front of people.
SEO is so powerful it is actively being used to rewrite history.

I’d love your thoughts on this in the comments.

#seo #contentmarketing #growthmarketing #aio #searchengineoptimization

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🥋 I'm Lavall EVP of SEO & AI Optimization at BarkleyOKRP & MissionOne Media. 
I’m a second degree Black Belt, Bareknuckle Karate Champion and do Full Contact Growth Marketing for my clients.
💰 My posts will help you increase search rankings, brand awareness and revenue using Growth Marketing. 
🎓 My posts will help you Learn How to Learn to grow your career and business.

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Stop building content your audience doesn't want!
Watch this video to learn how I use SparkToro's new Take Action feature + Replit to build a fully functional interactive tool in 30 minutes. 💡 

Not 30 days. Not 30 hours. 30 minutes. ⚡ 

Here's what you'll learn: 🎓 
-How to use SparkToro's audience intelligence to generate content ideas that actually match what your target audience cares about
-How to take those AI-generated recommendations and prompt Replit's agent to build real, working tools
-How the agent literally QA tests your build for you (it takes the quiz itself to make sure everything works)

Why this is a must-watch: 🥋 

Google's AI Overviews are eating your traffic. Static content isn't cutting it anymore. And your competitors are still stuck in "let's write another blog post" mode while you could be shipping interactive experiences that convert.

The example I built? A personalized protein product finder for The Vitamin Shoppe that asks about fitness goals, diet preferences, and lifestyle, then recommends specific products. 💪 

Two things that made me laugh during this build: 😂 
I told the tool I was vegan and it recommended whey protein. Had to remind the AI that diet preferences should probably come before "let me sell you cow juice." 🐄 

Also, watching Replit's agent click through my quiz like an eager intern running QA was oddly satisfying. 

Shout out to Rand Fishkin Amanda Natividad Casey Henry for launching the new Take Action feature. I love it we are using it more and more for our clients.


#contentmarketing #seo #vibecoding #ai #aiskills #Replit #cursor #loveable #guides #sparktoro #audiencedata #audiencedevelopment 

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🥋 I'm Lavall EVP of SEO & AI Optimization at BarkleyOKRP & MissionOne Media. 
I’m a second degree Black Belt, Bareknuckle Karate Champion and do Full Contact Growth Marketing for my clients.
💰 My posts will help you increase search rankings, brand awareness and revenue using Growth Marketing. 
🎓 My posts will help you Learn How to Learn to grow your career and business.

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We are hiring an SEO & AI Optimization Supervisor. Come work with some of the best people in the world. Our clients are amazing and our SEO team is small but growing fast. Come join us from the ground up so you can impact our culture, process and product.

This is a dream job for anyone interested in:
-SEO, Content, AI etc
-Working at a large independent agency not a holding company
-Hybrid working experience (some in office) 
-Want to work with a great team
-Freedom to be creative at work
-Learning from the amazing people at BarkleyOKRP and MissionOne Media

#hiring #seoroles #seojobs #aioroles #aijobs #aiojobs #contentmarketingroles #contentmarketingjobs
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🥋 I'm Lavall EVP of SEO & AI Optimization at BarkleyOKRP & MissionOne Media. 
I’m a second degree Black Belt, Bareknuckle Karate Champion and do Full Contact Growth Marketing for my clients.
💰 My posts will help you increase search rankings, brand awareness and revenue using Growth Marketing. 
🎓 My posts will help you Learn How to Learn to grow your career and business.

Liked this post? Want to see more?
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Associate Director, Talent Acquisition | Hiring Media & Client Experience talent for BarkleyOKRP

Do you have a sixth sense for when Google is about to shake things up - and the technical chops to respond before anyone else does?

BarkleyOKRP and MissionOne Media need an SEO & AI Optimization Supervisor to join our innovative team.

You’ll own organic growth for key clients by blending technical SEO, AI-assisted search, and smart strategy across both traditional and generative channels. If you thrive on autonomy, love working alongside devs and content teams, and driving measurable impact by an agency that champions bold thinking, you should move fast.

Send your resume - or apply online!

#newyork #kansascity #seo #ai #movetheneedle #supervisor #pleaseshare

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Big On Social

Under Big On Social, I offer my consultancy services on a project basis, or as a Fractional Director of Social Media, for companies seeking continued support.

In the background I’m building phase two of BOS - a first-of-its-kind platform and peer network for social media professionals.

Founder & Consultant

HERE Technologies

Bringing strategic thinking to social media at HERE Technologies.
I use data and extensive experience to build out robust social strategies and implement guiding principles for the wider organisation.

Strategy Lead, Global Social Media

Managing Editor, HERE 360

Manager, Social Media

SocialMedia.org

SocialMedia.org is a U.S. based community for social media and digital leaders at the world's greatest brands.
As a Board Member, I represented HERE Technologies in  confidential discussions and meetings with other senior leaders at major organizations.

Board Member

POPSUGAR

For over two years I was working on a full-time freelance basis with Popsugar.
I worked as the Social Media Consultant and Online Editor for the German fashion section of the company. I was responsible for creating daily content, managing and updating all social platforms, writing articles in German (the language I studied at University) and providing monthly stat reports.

My role also involved attending Mercedes Benz Fashion Weeks as their Online Editor twice a year, and writing reports of the shows for their huge readership.

Online Editor & Social Media Consultant

Acer

Since 2013 I have been providing weekly creative content for Acer. The photographic content which is researched, sourced, styled and created by me is then posted globally on the technology giant’s various social platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, alongside text that I write to accompany the images.

I was also hired as the Strategist and initial Community Manager for the Acer Instagram account, in order to get their presence on the platform off the ground. Implementing that account was a huge success, with a large following gained in a very short period of time.

I also often provide copywriting services for the company; compiling engaging text for email, online and print campaigns.

Global Content Editor & Manager

Since 2012 I have been using my social media consultancy skills to work with Hewlett Packard as a member of their Global Influencer Advisory Board.

Alongside nineteen internationally recognised influencers from technology and creative fields, I have been working with hp to help them make informed and strategic decisions for product and communication.

Advisory Board Member

adidas

In January 2013 I was hired on a consultancy basis to give a Social Media presentation at the annual Adidas Global PR Conference in Munich.

My audience consisted of the heads of PR within Adidas teams from all over the world.

Social Media Consultant

I’m Michelle Gibbs-Kurme, founder of Big On Social & social media consultant to some of the world’s #1 brands.

With almost 20 years of industry experience, I spent most of the last decade working in-house at a billion dollar tech company, most recently in the role of Global Social Media Strategy Lead.

I recently jumped the corporate ship and realised it was exactly the right time to start sharing the deep expertise I’ve garnered over my career so far. 

While offering project-based consultancy services and longer term support as a Fractional Director of Social Media, I’m also building a first-of-its-kind platform & peer network for social media professionals.

Excited is an understatement! ✨

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