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HELLO.

With 15 years of professional experience, I have a demonstrated history of working with small businesses to Fortune 500 companies, including B2B and B2C industries.


Core skills include digital media, marketing, public relations, online reputation management, content creation, and event planning. 

Since 2019, I have been co-owner of two Bio-One franchises, a crime and trauma scene cleaning business focused on helping community members in their greatest times of need.


In 2021, I partnered with Bio-One Inc. to guide and implement national marketing strategies.

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PORTFOLIO

Samples of My Work

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FOUR SEASONS FORD

LINHART PR

SERVICEMAGIC.COM

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RECOGNITIONS & AWARDS

Professional Achievements

CHPRMS AWARDS

2018

-Top Healthcare Digital Marketing Campaign in the Carolinas
-Marketing on a Shoestring Budget with the Mission Health Blog
-Best Healthcare Social Media Page in the Carolinas

FEEDSPOT.COM

2018

-Top 50 Health Education Blogs and Websites on the Web

COLORADO PRSA

2014

-Gold Pick Award for Cascadian Farm Crunchy Oats & Honey Granola Bars 2013 SHAPE Snack Award blogger campaign

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PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

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CO-OWNER BIO-ONE FRANCHISES

January 2019 - Present

Co-owner of Bio-One Asheville and Bio-One Colorado franchises, a crime and trauma scene cleaning business helping community members in their greatest time of need.

DIGITAL MARKETING CONSULTANT
MISSION HEALTH

July 2017 - December 2019

Responsible for the research, planning, implementation and measurement of key content marketing strategies (digital and social) that advance both the image and business objectives for the organization. Managed 15+ marketing campaigns, 3,300 social media posts, and 300+ blog posts in 2018.


  • Day-to-day management of the Mission Health Blog, social media platforms and social ad campaigns, including content curation, scheduling, engagement and social media service recovery (SMSR).

  • Online “Mission Health” brand sentiment improved YOY with a 164% increase in positive sentiment and an 89% decrease in negative sentiment.

  • Drove 54% increase in YOY traffic from the Mission Health Blog to the flagship consumer site, missionhealth.org.

  • Social media costs per engagements (CPE) improved 23%, cost-per-click (CPC) decreased 49%, Facebook content drove nearly 50k blog users, up 57% YOY, Instagram traffic to the blog increased 415%.

  • Clinical program Facebook ad campaigns increased from two in FY17 to 56 in FY18.

  • Fiscal year social media ad campaigns generated 25k link clicks, 40k engagements and 2.7m impressions.

  • Advocate and executive engagement increased with a “Twitter in 12” training session to help interested team members kick off personal Twitter handles aimed at improving advocacy, thought leadership and community engagement.

Key Campaigns

  • 2018 Flu Surge: Daily ED flu visits decreased from a spike of 19 visits per day to 7 visits per day by the end of January 2018, Elevated webpage visits to walk-in clinics by 83% and the virtual clinic by 241%, 1.7m social media impressions, 25.1k social media engagements.

  • Mission Hospital McDowell Opening: 484k social media impressions, 22k social media engagements, 8k link clicks.

  • Hendersonville Orthopedics Opening: 51 whitepaper form submissions (online conversions), 9k website pageviews (13% of traffic from social media), 644k social media ad impressions

  • Mission Hospital North Tower Call for Artists: 135k social media ad impressions, 1.4k social media ad engagements, 963 social media ad link clicks.

COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
FOUR SEASONS FORD

April 2014 - July 2017

  • Joined family business in the pursuit of developing entrepreneur and C-level management skills.

  • Responsible for planning and launching integrated marketing campaigns, which included creating graphic designs and messaging for e-blasts, website landing pages, Facebook ads, and SEM ads.

  • Managed CRM processes and coded email templates.

  • Owned and vetted SEM/SEO third party partner relationships and provided guidance for upcoming marketing campaigns, meeting Ford’s impression share KPI’s, and redefining targeted audiences.

  • Achieved 98,661 website sessions in 2016, a 92 percent increase from 2015; due to mobile-friendly website redesign and integrated marketing campaigns.

  • Achieved a 22.8 percent average email blast open rate in 2016.

  • Helped achieve an increase in gross revenue across all departments in 2016; Sales 45 percent, Parts 47 percent, Quick Lane 62 percent, and Service 23 percent.

  • Responsible for sales onboarding process, including managing and reviewing training materials and NADA ethical guidelines. Planned annual marketing events including Customer Appreciation Day and Motorama.

  • Participated as on-air talent for FOX Carolina TV advertisements and worked closely with their production team on strategy and scripts.

DIGITAL MEDIA MANAGER
LINHART PUBLIC RELATIONS

January 2012 - April 2014

Supported B2B and B2C Fortune 500 companies by identifying digital and social media opportunities, and executing digital strategies to meet business objectives.


Newmont Mining

  • Monitored online conversations (social media, forums, comments on articles, etc.) locally and globally, including the United States, Australia/New Zealand, Peru, Indonesia, and Ghana.

  • Alerted Newmont of anti-mining strikes and negative sentiment, and recommended online crisis messaging and responses.

  • Developed and sent weekly social media reports featuring a regional executive summary, social media channel KPI results, and examples of online mentions for C-level executives.


Verlasso Salmon

  • Developed relationships with chefs and introduced the salmon to bloggers, while also generating content for the Verlasso blog; resulted in 37 chef interviews and 150 blogger engagements.

  • Trained Co-Founder and Managing Director best practices of Facebook and Twitter.

  • Collaborated with the PR team to develop and send weekly monitoring reports featuring PR and social media mentions, share of voice metrics, competitor news, and industry news.


Cascadian Farm

  • Leveraged the Crunchy Oats & Honey Granola Bars 2013 SHAPE Snack Award win with 10 blogger giveaways, 14,000 unique giveaway entries, and 1,496 e-newsletter opt-ins; this program won a 2014 Colorado PRSA Gold Pick Award.


Muir Glen

  • Launched “Chili Round-Up”, a 4 week Facebook sweepstakes giving away a chili lover’s prize pack (Muir Glen, Bob’s Red Mill, and Simply Organic products, and a slow cooker); received 9,200 entries, 2,900 new likes, 7,800 page engagements, 4,200 e-newsletter opt-ins (6 percent growth).


Crocs

  • Developed the Crocs 2013 Global Social Media Plan to align global social media channels. with brand messaging, online reputation management (ORM), campaigns and measurement.

  • Composed monthly social media posts for the Americas Crocs’ social media team, including product promotions, blogger and celebrity partners, and Crocs Cares initiatives.

SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER & PUBLIC RELATIONS COORDINATOR
SERVICEMAGIC.COM*

June 2010 - January 2012

*This business is now called HomeAdvisor.com

  • Combined social media strategy and content development into monthly editorial calendars for Facebook, Twitter, and the ServiceMagic Connection blog that resulted in a 45% increase in Facebook interaction, a 16% increase in Twitter followers and the re-launch of the ServiceMagic Connection blog.

  • Collaborated with the online reputation management team to resolve 367 online ServiceMagic complaints by responding to posts on the Facebook page, ServiceMagic Connection Blog and the ServiceMagic Twitter handle.

  • Generated and presented weekly and monthly social media and public relations reports for C-level executives.

  • Led strategy and creative development for the re-launch the ServiceMagic Connection blog, including design, searching for and gaining buy-in from guest bloggers, and coordinating posts with product and public relations announcements.

  • Assisted in the making of an online video for the release of the ServiceMagic HomeSmarts mobile app.

  • Leveraged Google Analytics to help test and enhance the quality of social media website traffic.

  • Collaborated with the SEO team for website updates, Google search modifications, and proper SEO implementation for the ServiceMagic Connection blog, ensuring content aligned with keywords and other SEO initiatives.

  • Managed social media content creation and execution, including graphics for the Facebook page, Facebook post scheduling, and ServiceMagic Connection blog posts.

  • Executed the 2010 Facebook social media plan which resulted in a 39 percent increase in ServiceMagic Facebook followers over three months.

  • Collaborated with Senior Management to develop the quarterly Home Remodeling & Repair Index, which provided valuable data regarding how home improvement project spending trends have changed each quarter.

  • Generated a summary of media coverage for the Q2 2010 Home Remodeling & Repair Index and recorded 90 media impressions, which included USA Today, CBS MoneyWatch and MarketWatch.

  • Published informational city webpages for the Q3 Home Remodeling & Repair Index for targeted city and business reporters.

MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST, VERILUX, INC.

August 2009 - June 2010

  • Implemented Verilux’s first social media initiatives with Facebook and Twitter that resulted in customer product reviews, interaction with bloggers and increased awareness of Verilux.

  • Wrote copy for marketing materials, packaging, manuals, catalogs, press releases, website content, sales documents, product displays, advertisements and retailer websites, such as Verilux product pages for Amazon.com.

  • Collaborated with Public Relations agency to deliver product samples to VIP editors, review press releases and provide product information to print and web media.

  • Created media kits and organized media events, such as the Healthy Living Media Event, IHA Tabletop Exhibit and Green Products Expo in New York.

  • Public Relations efforts resulted in media coverage from American Baby, People, Esquire, The Giz Wiz (Dick DeBartolo), Burlington Free Press, HFN, HomeWorld Business, Examiner.com, ABC’s World News Now, Business Talk Radio, Newsday, Boston Herald and Kitchenware News.

  • Generated a Costco demonstration training manual, set-up manual, packing instructions and training video script to be used nationally in 400 Costco stores.

  • Organized and implemented photoshoots for catalog, website and sales images.

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Mary Louise Alcott

"I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship."

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