Leader of sales, partnerships, and growth for Relevance.com, a specialized growth marketing firm. I began with this organization as employee #2, and have overseen sales, business development, strategic partnerships, and other areas. Under my leadership the company's monthly recurring revenue tripled in a two-year period. During Covid, we lost the ability to go to conferences, which had been a primary business development pipeline for the company. I focused on growing a referral network to develop new business, leading the company to record revenue for 2020 and 2021.
Will Erlandson
Chief Growth Officer
Bio
I currently serve as head of growth for Relevance.com, a digital growth marketing agency that helps companies own their industry through organic search, digital press, and thought leadership. Past organizations I've been a part of include Influence & Co., Keeling & Associates, and US Army Special Operations Command where I served as a detachment commander for a PSYOP/MISO detachment. I did not come from an affluent background, and have been well-served by my mentors and coaches. I'm on GM to help send the elevator back down, so let me know how I can help with topics related to marketing, strategy, or leadership.
Expertise
Building a team
At Relevance I undertook a special project as we grew our team to ensure that we were hiring for the right values and cultural alignment, not just technical knowledge. I can suggest interviewing best practices that have helped us with strong employee retention while respecting DEI and making sure that our company culture continued to reflect our values.
Content marketing
Often, content marketing takes place in a silo. If you're blogging just to blog, or creating content with hope as your strategy, let's talk about aligning it. No piece of content should exist in a vacuum; good content starts with the end goal in mind and should interlock with your other efforts; e.g., a podcast should be turned into a blog post, which should be quoted in digital media, and have a backlink to your site.
Mindset coaching
It took me years to find the habits and thought patterns to bring out the best of me in all aspects of life. Don't wait to focus on this critical component of entrepreneurial and leadership success.
Sales
I've led sales at a startup, achieving 50 percent YoY growth during the pandemic. This was in marketing, which was facing significant headwinds during the early pandemic period. Let's chat about how I can help you stay on track, whatever challenges you're facing.
Toolkit
Ahrefs
8 years of experienceFour-plus years experiences using AHREFS. I've explored the tool thoroughly, but have primarily used it for finding the right keyword opportunities to help organizations grow, tying these to content strategy, press, and other channels.
Pipedrive
9 years of experienceI've been a PipeDrive user for over 4 years, and have managed Imports, Exports, and Implementations, as well as helping to advise on practices for using PipeDrive within a unique sales process.
Industries
SEO
My experience ranges from an entry-level account manager and sales person, to leading these two business functions, to growing a referral partner program.
Experience
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