Authentic Marketer

Authentic Marketer specializes in crafting customized marketing strategies for service-based businesses that build trust, attract leads, and generate sales.

We've worked with a wide range of small businesses and leading brands such as Bean Ninjas, SYSTEMology, Realise Business, and Hub Australia. Our work has been featured in leading publications such as Forbes, Inc., Valiant CEO, and Huffington Post.
 
Our services include:
- Developing marketing strategies and ongoing coaching
- Writing compelling articles that rank on Google
- Getting authors and business owners booked on podcasts to promote their work

Want some help to level up your marketing in 2023? DM me to schedule a complimentary 15-min marketing blastoff call.

Fractional CMO & Marketing Consultant

The Trusted Voice

The Trusted Voice is a membership that helps you build your marketing, personal brand, and increase your sales online. You’ll get access to a supportive community and proven marketing strategies designed for success.

I coach TTV members through monthly check-ins and Content Lab workshops to help them build visibility, publish consistently, and grow their personal brand.

Marketing Coach

Our Kinds

Our Kinds is an innovative startup and movement dedicated to shifting consumption culture through supply chain redesign. Our first goal is to make the single-use takeaway cup redundant globally by fostering community partnerships and leveraging technology.

I'm excited to join the team as Chief Marketing Officer. I will lead the marketing strategy for raising capital and communications and also influence the culture, systems, and ways of working.

Fractional CMO

Academy of Entrepreneurs

At the Academy of Entrepreneurs, we redefine education. 

Our International Business College offers students a unique experience: learning directly from entrepreneurs, engaging in real projects, networking with top leaders, exchanging ideas with like-minded peers, and receiving coaching, public speaking, and investor pitch training. Join us and access our extensive investor network.

Award-winning programs:
- BSB50120 Diploma of Business
- BSB60120 Advanced Diploma of Business

As a mentor and lecturer, my role is to guide and support aspiring entrepreneurs in developing real-world marketing and business skills.

Lecturer and Mentor (Digital Marketing)

Birchal

Birchal simplifies fundraising so that forward-thinking businesses can build communities of engaged supporters and get back to shaping the future we all want to see.

Birchal is a market-leading equity crowdfunding platform. Early-stage businesses have now raised over $289 million across 380 successful CSF offers through the CSF platform since it commenced in 2018.

As Fractional CMO at Birchal, I lead strategic planning and hands-on execution one day per week. My role includes overseeing marketing KPIs, guiding team management, resource allocation, campaign execution, and delivering progress reports.

Heatseeker

Heatseeker is an AI-powered SaaS platform that helps scale-ups and start-ups quickly run experiments and navigate through data to enhance market fit, validate new features, and identify customer segments.

As Head of Marketing at Heatseeker.ai, I develop our GTM strategy and lead a dynamic team in crafting compelling narratives, executing data-driven campaigns, and enhancing our market presence and growth. (In other words, making sure we're the hottest thing in town 😉)

Head of Marketing

Journey

As a Growth Marketing Mentor at Journey, I supported the growth marketers on our team by providing coaching and guidance. I helped them navigate client relationships, manage workload challenges, and develop problem-solving strategies. My role was to offer support, share insights, and help them build confidence in delivering effective marketing solutions while balancing their responsibilities.

Growth Marketing Mentor

Helping Saas companies scale revenue and build a rockstar brand in the accounting industry.

Journey is a global consulting firm with a decade of experience. We help Saas providers succeed in the accounting industry all over the world.

We exist to help you accelerate sales, product adoption and brand awareness within the accounting community.

As Growth Marketer, my primary objective is to assist Journey clients in maximizing their revenue by enhancing their pre and post-sales funnels. I am responsible for creating and fine-tuning persuasive email marketing campaigns and optimizing content at various stages of the customer journey, all aiming to drive higher conversion rates.

Growth Marketer

The Growth Hub Global

The Growth Hub helps property professionals grow their businesses through outsourcing with virtual assistants so that they can focus on the things in their business that matter most. Creating greater freedom, more impact, and fulfilling your purpose in business and life.

With our specialized marketing strategy session, you can leverage TGH's framework to identify areas of improvement in your marketing efforts and create a custom 30/60/90-day action plan tailored to your specific growth goals.

Get in touch if you'd like to learn more.

Marketing Strategist

The Growth Hub is a strategic growth partner for Australian real estate companies. Our experienced growth experts and virtual assistants support real estate professionals in optimizing their businesses for growth, freeing up their time to focus on the things that matter most. 

Our holistic approach positions us as a true virtual growth hub for scaling real estate businesses, providing the support and resources needed to drive growth and achieve business goals. 

As fractional CMO, I am responsible for developing and implementing marketing strategies that support the company's growth. This includes leading the marketing team, driving brand awareness, generating leads, and establishing The Growth Hub as an invaluable real estate services industry resource.

SmartQMS

SmartQMS helps Australian scientific laboratories and medical tech companies build smart quality management systems that improve compliance and quality. All while enabling them to obtain and maintain ISO certification easily. 

As CMO (Chief Marketing Officer) at SmartQMS, I'm responsible for developing and executing the company's marketing strategy, focusing on increasing brand awareness, generating leads, and driving revenue growth through effective marketing campaigns and initiatives.

Bean Ninjas

Bean Ninjas offers best-in-class bookkeeping, accounting, virtual CFO, and tax services for 7 and 8-figure eCommerce businesses looking to scale.

The Bean Ninjas Podcast provides insights and case studies to help 7-figure and 8-figure eCommerce businesses scale and reach an exit by improving their eCommerce finances and accounting. 

As Podcast Producer, Anfernee oversees the entire production process of the podcast, including planning, recording, editing, publishing, and promoting the episodes.

Podcast Producer

Bean Ninjas offers best-in-class bookkeeping, accounting, virtual CFO, and tax services for 7 and 8-figure eCommerce businesses looking to scale.

As Learning & Community Lead, Anfernee was responsible for devising strategies to consistently attract and retain new clients, positioning the Bean Ninjas brand as a trusted resource for financial training and community among digital entrepreneurs. His efforts aimed to deepen client relationships, ensuring they remained engaged and found enhanced value over time.

Results:
- Launched and organised a series of bi-weekly learning webinars with expert speakers for BN community at the start of COVID
- Launched BN community slack group and managed engagement with members
- Designed and facilitated an internal cohort-based Emerging Leaders training program for the BN team
- Designed, launched and promoted a Xero Financial Literacy course (DIY and cohort-based) 
- Produced the BN podcast, incl. sourcing and booking expert guests and promoting the podcast

Marketing Coordinator / Learning & Community Lead 

Fractional CMO, Marketing Consultant, and Content Creator for 6-figure+ Accounting & Real Estate firms. | Follow for posts about authentic marketing, online business & personal wealth

Some people think of marketing as just getting more eyeballs on something. But the best marketing doesn’t just grab attention—it teaches, builds trust, and creates real connections. That’s the kind of work I do.

I’ve:
✔ Helped 200+ students across nine schools in Laos develop leadership & problem-solving skills through hands-on learning (DFC Laos).
✔ Grown organic traffic by 400% in six months for an online bookkeeping service by refining its content, SEO, and podcast strategy.
✔ Hosted a virtual summit with 500+ attendees and 25 speakers, bringing global experts together to discuss remote business growth.
✔ Led marketing strategy for innovative companies Hub Australia, Birchal, Heatseeker.ai, and Our Kinds—helping them scale, attract high-quality leads, and build sustainable growth engines.


⭐ What I Actually Do ⭐

I help mission-driven organisations create impact through education, content, and community. 

Sometimes, that looks like:
🎯 Facilitating a workshop that helps founders cut through marketing overwhelm.
✍️ Creating content that simplifies complex ideas so people actually engage with it.
🤝 Building communities that feel like real conversations—not just another Slack group that everyone forgets about.

I’ve worked with Digital Marketing Collective, Frank Team, and Realise Business, helped Bean Ninjas scale their Financial Literacy for Xero Users course, and built learning experiences that connect, educate, and inspire.

I’ve shared my approaches in Forbes, Inc., Valiant CEO, Agorapulse’s Agency Summit, and The Content Byte podcast. I believe marketing isn’t just selling—it’s about teaching and creating lasting value.

⭐ What I’m Focused on Now ⭐

I’m moving from fractional CMO work to teaching, coaching, writing, and community-building—work that better aligns with my Projector Human Design.

🌍 Community for Migrant & Minority Professionals – Exploring workshops & memberships to help professionals grow wealth in career, business & life.
🎤 Teaching & Speaking – Leading digital marketing & business courses with academies & organisations.
✍️ Writing & Content – Writing for major publications, finishing my books Dare to Escape & Trust Signals.
🚀 Coaching Startups – Helping founders build content engines with hands-on strategy & execution.
🏡 Tiny Home Life – Planning an off-grid move for more freedom & sustainability.

⭐ What’s Next? ⭐

Are you looking to create impact through education? Whether you need a facilitator, writer, or strategist to help bring your ideas to life, let’s chat.

📩 DM me, and let’s explore how we can work together.

Anf Chans ☕

Lemonade Beach

In August 2017 Evolve Business Advisory rebranded to Lemonade Beach.

An approachable, modern and vibrant professional services and business advisory firm, Lemonade Beach believes that every business, large or small should have access to great business advisory services.

Our goal is to become the Trusted Advisor of our clients through building strong relationships based on the foundation of our corporate values, outlined below.

Access Granted: Business owners need access to their advisors and partners. We value client relationships and act promptly on requests and communications.

Embrace Change: The world moves fast and technology is here to stay. We embrace change and use it to enhance our service delivery.

Seek out the Blue: We seek out new ideas and opportunities both for ourselves and our clients.

Two Heads are Better than One: Collaboration built on trust and mutual respect enhances value exchanged.

Ignite the Heart: Understand the purpose and passion that drives an individual and help them live it.

Know your best player: Teams are composed of individuals with a myriad of skills, the game of business requires the utilisation of best players at the best time. We have a network of specialists and don't hesitate call on them so that our clients always have the best talent on their team.

Founder

Lemonade Beach (formerly Evolve Business Advisory) is an Accounting and Business Advisory firm based on the Gold Coast in Queensland. We specialise in providing Accounting, Compliance, Tax and Business Strategy services to small-medium businesses throughout South East Queensland, and Northern New South Wales. 

As a Chartered Accountant, I have extensive experience in all areas of compliance and Australian Taxation Law. 

Through our Business Accounting and Tax service, I assist clients with:
•	Preparation of Financial Statements including Management Reports
•	Preparation of Tax Returns for all entity types including Individuals, Trusts, Companies and SMSFs
•	Preparation of Business Activity Statements and FBT Returns
•	Due Diligence and Valuation services when purchasing or selling a business
•	Specific Taxation Advice
•	Manage your Company Annual Statements

At Lemonade Beach we also work with business owners to recognise performance issues and to simplify decision-making and implementation.

As Director and Co-Founder of Lemonade Beach, my role is to develop strong customer and referral relationships in order to enact our vision of enabling business growth and success for our networks. I also utilise the many skills, tools and knowledge that I have learned through undertaking executive business management training to partner with clients for their success through the provision of services such as:
•	Management accounting systems and analysis of performance 
•	Establishment and monitoring of KPIs
•	Formulation and implementation of business strategy
•	Strategic structuring advice and implementation
•	Systemising internal tasks to drive efficiencies
•	People and Leadership development programs
•	Government taxation requirements and advice

Director

Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

Queensland Public Practice Panel Member

The Money Edge

The Money Edge is an innovative and proactive consultancy firm offering a range of complimentary services to individuals and businesses. 

My role at The Money Edge is to provide leadership and support whilst managing the accounting and business services division. This includes developing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders and referral sources in addition to mentoring internal team members.  I also develop, adjust and maintain internal systems and procedures in order to streamline processes and leverage knowledge and skillsets.

As a boutique firm I am able to work with business owners from a variety of industries to provide them with high-level technical knowledge and advice, profit optimization and business strategies to assist them in achieving their business objectives.  I am highly involved in the development and delivery of new products and services including client education programs and enjoy being involved in the implementation and following client business improvements of suggested strategies.

Senior Manager

Bundaberg & District Chamber of Commerce

Committee Member

Merrotts Chartered Accountants

Team Leader

Leanne Rudd Business Specialists

Senior Accountant

Walsh & Walsh Chartered Accountants

I love to truly understand different businesses, their owners, and what makes them tick.  From what motivated someone to leap into their own business in the first place to what’s worked for them so far and what they’re having problems with.  I relish being able to offer up a different perspective and contribute to generating possible solutions to conundrums. 

Having a background in accountancy I also understand that for many business owners, finance, tax and corporate structures equal headaches, confusion and glazed eyes.  So, it’s my role to educate and empower them so they feel as comfortable discussing the financial aspects of business as their core product.  However, as we aren’t all numerically minded, I use visual tools to connect the business owner with their numbers in a comfortable way that resonates with them.


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