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Told you storytelling drives results. Here are the receipts.

Grew company revenue 53% in under three years

Start Under 3 years later +53%

Ten consecutive quarters of growth, including 32% in 2025.

DTC ecommerce · 2023 to present

Became the most-cited brand in the category across AI search

The brand 1,291 Nearest competitor 986

Got in early on generative engine optimization and started tracking LLM visibility before most brands knew it was a thing.

DTC ecommerce · 2023 to present

Grew organic search 32% while the industry dropped 2.5%

The brand +32% Industry −2.5% 0

A record 38,097 monthly sessions. Organic search now drives 2.3× the revenue of paid search.

DTC ecommerce · 2023 to present

Built a team, then helped them grow

Hired (7)Inherited (2)▲ Promoted (3)

One voluntary departure in three and a half years. Two functions, marketing and ecommerce, brought together as one team mid-year.

DTC ecommerce · 2023 to present

Grew blog conversion from 3.1% to 15.3%

3.1% 15.3% Before After

Blog sessions up 89% and blog revenue up 104%, year over year. The blog is a store, not a library.

DTC ecommerce · 2023 to present

Earned 69% of attributed web revenue through owned channels

69%

DTC ecommerce · 2023 to present

Brought social in-house and grew engagement 144%

+144%

Engagement, year over year

35.4K→56.6K

Followers across eight platforms

Platform benchmark 0.3–1.4% 4.5% 0%5% The brand

Monthly follower growth

DTC ecommerce · 2023 to present

Put paid media and TV to work

~5×

ROAS on conversion campaigns across paid social, YouTube and retargeting

<$3

Average CPM on the company's first linear TV and CTV pilot

DTC ecommerce · 2023 to present

Scaled content to 40+ pieces a month

BeforeAd hoc Now40+ Plus long-form authority hubs and ebooks

Content production scaled from ad hoc requests to 40+ published pieces a month, on a documented plan with owned KPIs.

DTC ecommerce · 2023 to present

Brought the direct channel back to double digits

+12.5%YoY

Q3 2024 delivered the first double-digit direct channel growth since 2018.

DTC ecommerce · 2023 to present

Captured 500 customer stories

500stories

Captured through the customer hero club in a category where customers rarely speak publicly, feeding content for more than a year. Each dot is five stories.

DTC ecommerce · 2023 to present

Drove 2,800% ROAS with direct mail

2,800%

Return on ad spend

+45%

Year-over-year sales growth from the program

Direct mail for hospitality and healthcare product brands, run alongside a website redesign that grew traffic 30%.

Hospitality and healthcare products manufacturer · 2015 to 2021

Built the company's first integrated marketing strategy

+16%Ecommerce +49%Amazon +50%Lead conversion

Ecommerce up 16% in the first six months, Amazon up 49% through paid search and keyword targeting, and online lead conversion up 50% after a website rebuild.

Foodservice equipment manufacturer · 2014 to 2015

Design recognition

2022Graphic Design USA Health + Wellness Design Award, direct marketing brochure
2023Cape Fear Home Builders Association MAX! Award, website
2023Cape Fear Home Builders Association MAX! Award, print materials

Independent consulting · 2021 to 2023

10consecutive quarters of growth+32%organic search, industry −2.5%15.3%blog conversion, from 3.1%+144%social engagement69%of web revenue from owned channels2.3×organic revenue vs paid<$3CPM on first CTV and linear TV pilot$3Mfirst $3M sales month$10M+YoY ecommerce growth in FY20263design awards, 2022 and 2023
Nicole Irmo

Marketing executive who turns brand positioning into commercial results, and builds the teams that sustain it.

nicole.irmo@gmail.com
Barrington, Illinois

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