solve your attribution problems
Scale your paid media
solve your attribution problems
Scale your paid media
Aakash
Full-time freelance performance marketing consultant since 2012.
Deep experience with DTC brands, subscription box co's, venture-backed e-commerce household names... as well as affiliate marketing (BH and WH), lead gen, nutra, pay-per-call models. Well-connected in both worlds.
Uncommon combination of quantitative (former PhD statistics student) and creative thinking. That said, my belief is that the most important skill for a marketer is empathy and excellent (not "good") communication ability.
Obsessed with storytelling using performance creative in novel ways to trigger psychological pain point --> solution combinations, which unlocks scale through direct-response advertising.
Spent >$450m advertising for unicorn startups, leading mobile apps, public companies & too many e-commerce brands Case-studied by Top 5 MBA professors. Ads under purview featured on both Facebook and TikTok official ad leaderboards. Developed custom bidding algorithm responsible for optimizing 9 figs of ad spend Direct video editing teams Own ad buying, copywriting (ad copy, LP headlines, LP leads, long-form sales pages), and creative strategy Lead paid acquisition lifecycle. Equally analytical & creative, worked with multiple billion-dollar brands
Previous Clients (partial list) - - Cisco - - Ford Motor Company - - Credit Karma ($8 billion acquisition) - - HelloFresh (IPO) - - Grove Collaborative (IPO) - - Brigit ($100m+ funding) - - Sun Basket ($1b+ unicorn) - - Anova Culinary (Acquired $250m) - - Shopkick (Acquired $200m) - - Machine Zone (#1 iOS app globally) - - Insomniac (#1 music festival promoter globally) - - Forward Health (>$250m VC funding) - - Perpay (#5 Inc 5000) - - Danielle Leslie - - Backbone - - Oats Overnight - - Splendid Spoon - - Jumpcut (YC) - - Metadata (500 Startups)
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How The Starters Stacks Up:
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Time to hire | Less than 24 hours | 3-5 days | 1-2 weeks | 4-12 weeks | 4-12 weeks |
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Cost | Starting at $50/hr | $90/hr - $200/hr | Starting at $10/hr | $50 - $200k / year | $10 - $50k / mo |
Vetting Process | Experience review, interview, sample work, reference check | Experience review, interview | None | N/A | N/A |
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Minimum Committment | None | $1,500/mo | None | None | 6-12 months |