- Vibe CodingMarketing
What 'vibe marketing' means, why it's trending, and how brands use it, with real examples. Plus how to hire a fractional marketer to run it.
San Francisco, CA, USA
I have 20+ years of diverse experience in traditional brand management, new product development, direct response, and DTC e-commerce.
My superpower is my ability to immerse myself in a business to quickly understand a brand, category, and target audience and identify growth opportunities, while also staying deeply involved in driving successful execution.
As a consultant, I've brought entrepreneurial, innovative thinking to large companies, like Del Monte, Clorox (Burt’s Bees brand), Guthy-Renker …
Background: Recognized primarily for their digestive benefits, prunes began to experience double-digit sales declines as the core consumers—women 55+—were dying off. Sunsweet realized that market expansion was imperative.
Action: I executed a repositioning effort to appeal to a new 35-55 year old target with:
Background: MealEnders started selling their weight management product direct to consumers online in January, 2015. Cost per aquisition was too high and the company was unable to scale.
Action: After taking over marketing in May 2015, I jump-started the company's growth primarily by:
Shifting the brand from a pseudo-medicinal image to a warmer, more accessible personality w…
Background: Rise Bar's growth had slowed and then plateaued for the last 5 years of its 11-year run. The founder needed strategies to reinvigorate sales.
Action: I conducted a complete audit of the brand, its financials/sales data (Shopify, Amazon, & Google Analytics), all its touchpoints (website, social media, Amazon PDP, etc.) and advertising/promotional activity. I interviewed sta…
Background: Guthy-Renker experienced several years of decline in the subscription stick rate and overall sales for Proactiv Solution. The product team's primary goal was to reverse that decline.
Action: I worked cross-functionally to ensure that the brand messaging of the infomercials was consistently conveyed via other tactics, thus reinforcing neglected elements of the Proactiv bra…
Background: Mountanos Brothers Coffee & Tea Company had a long heritage and small, but loyal customer base for its direct-to-consumer business. They hired a design firm to update their logo, packaging and website while still staying true to the brand. I was the brand strategy partner for the firm charged with developing the brand identity, architecture, and design briefs.
Action: I st…
Background: Nature’s Cure, an Acne Treatment company, struggled to transition into new categories.
Action: I identified the Yeast Infection segment as a good fit with the key equities of the brand, including its "inside-outside positioning," and its appeal for desperation categories. And, I recognized that the less cluttered and image-driven nature of the segment would work to a small com…
Fractional CMO & Marketing Consultant
Oct 2011 - Present
Bringing an entrepreneurial, action-oriented test-and-learn approach to large companies and infusing classical brand marketing strategy along with scrappy tactical guidance to start-ups and small brands
Fractional CMO & Advisor
Sep 2021 - Oct 2022
Online marketplace and delivery service for local goods.
Fractional CMO
Apr 2015 - Sep 2021
Direct-to-consumer e-commerce start-up selling a weight management product based on behavioral psychology and sensory science.
Fractional Head of Brand
May 2013 - Apr 2015
Natural period care start-up with e-commerce and brick-and-mortar distribution.
Vice President, New Project Development
Sep 2009 - Jul 2010
Worldwide leader in building direct response TV brands like Proactiv Solution and Meaningful Beauty by Cindy Crawford.
VP Marketing & Innovation
Dec 2000 - Sep 2009
Health and beauty products company combining conventional and natural treatments