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I'm a co-founder (and the grow side) of Grow and Convert.
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Content builds brand. Brand isn’t a logo, a tagline, or a font choice. It’s what people remember when you’re not in the room. It’s the space you…
Content builds brand. Brand isn’t a logo, a tagline, or a font choice. It’s what people remember when you’re not in the room. It’s the space you…
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Many brands make the same mistake. They think that category keywords should only be targeted with their homepage or a landing page and don't even…
Many brands make the same mistake. They think that category keywords should only be targeted with their homepage or a landing page and don't even…
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Experience
Education
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San Diego State University-California State University
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Activities and Societies: Sigma Chi
Deans List
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Activities and Societies: Surf team
Volunteer Experience
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Mentor
SDSU Alumni Mentor Program
- Present 11 years 7 months
Education
Mentor seniors at SDSU who are about to graduate.
Presented at the spring semester Transitioning into the Workplace event on "Using LinkedIn To Build Your Personal Brand and Find a Job in Marketing."
Publications
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3 Keys to Create Engaging Content for More Customers and Sales
Entrepreneur.com
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Why Sales And Marketing Don't Get Along - A Marketer's Perspective
Grow and Convert
At most organizations, sales and marketing teams don’t get along. I share why and what to do about it.
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How to Get The Marketing Job You've Always Wanted
Grow and Convert
If you’re a marketer looking for a new role, the way to get a job has fundamentally changed from what you’ve likely been told you should be doing.
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The Huge Content Marketing Opportunity That Airbnb Is Missing Out On
Grow and Convert
If Airbnb were able to capture stories from both their hosts and travelers about their experience using Airbnb, it would lead to higher brand awareness, stronger relationships with their community, more positive media attention, increased results in the SERPs, wider adoption, and more profit.
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Content Promotion: How We Grew from 0 to 32,977 Users in 5 Months With Zero Paid Traffic
Grow and Convert
In true Grow and Convert style, we case study the thought process behind everything that we’ve done to grow our blog to 32,977 unique visitors in 5 months using only content promotion via communities.
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Why Marketing Has Become The Hardest Position to Hire For
Grow and Convert
In this post, I explain why marketing has become the hardest position to hire for and I explain some ideas on how to solve the problem.
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How a Simple Email Popup Can Score 6-figure Deals
SumoMe
In our last article I shared how we grew traffic from 0–12k organic visitors in six months.
In this article, I’m going to share how we converted that traffic into revenue.
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Podcast: 40,000 Visitors in 6 Months
The WPChick
We've only met once in person and the interesting dynamic of our business relationship comes out in our first podcast interview with the WPChick. Hear the background of how our project got started and how we plan to grow going forward.
Learn:
- The formula for developing a good content strategy for your business.
- Some good distribution tactics for sharing your content
- Some of the challenges they’ve faced in their own businessesOther authorsSee publication -
Why I Quit My "Life"
Medium
The story behind why I quit my job and left SF to travel and go all-in on my startup.
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Growing a Site From 0 to 40K Uniques per Month in Six Months
Zero to Scale
Interview on the Zero to Scale podcast. We share how we got started, where we're at, why we've grown so quickly, and our plans for moving forward.
Other authorsSee publication
Projects
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Benjihyam.com
Built the site with Wordpress. This is a live experiment of how to grow an engaged community. I test hypotheses on my audience and write about my experience with the goal of sharing my learnings with others.
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Rebranding of the Executive Street Blog
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Vistage started a corporate blog entitled “The Vistage Buzz Blog” in April 2010 in order to create a voice for Vistage outside of our already established community. But six months after the launch, growth topped out around 2,000 unique visitors per month,because the content looked like it was coming from an organization instead of a trusted source.
Since I rebranded the blog as Executive Street, unique monthly visitors have grown from 2,000 to more than 20,000. Not only has the…Vistage started a corporate blog entitled “The Vistage Buzz Blog” in April 2010 in order to create a voice for Vistage outside of our already established community. But six months after the launch, growth topped out around 2,000 unique visitors per month,because the content looked like it was coming from an organization instead of a trusted source.
Since I rebranded the blog as Executive Street, unique monthly visitors have grown from 2,000 to more than 20,000. Not only has the organization established a voice outside of its community, but the revamping of the blog has also resulted in the acquisition of new members who may not have previously experienced the Vistage brand.
Honors & Awards
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2013 Emerging Generation: 25 In Their 20's
San Diego Business Journal
Finalist
Organizations
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Sigma Chi Fraternity
2x Rush Chair, Social Chair, Historian, Alumni Chair
- Present- As Rush Chair I was in charge of recruiting all new members through direct marketing, social media and developing large scale marketing campaigns on campus that would attract new members. Led the entire house in the campaign and delegated activities for each member of our household. - As Social Chair I was in charge of a $30,000 social budget that involved everything from planning to production of social events. - As historian I was responsible for documenting key events throughout my…
- As Rush Chair I was in charge of recruiting all new members through direct marketing, social media and developing large scale marketing campaigns on campus that would attract new members. Led the entire house in the campaign and delegated activities for each member of our household. - As Social Chair I was in charge of a $30,000 social budget that involved everything from planning to production of social events. - As historian I was responsible for documenting key events throughout my tenure. - Alumni Chair- I was the liaison between the undergraduates and the alumni chapter.
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