Barbara Turley

Founder & CEO at The Virtual Hub | Speaker | Podcast Host 🎙| Operational Efficiency Enthusiast 💥| Passionately helping businesses remove bottlenecks & scale 🚀

A 'Mum first' entrepreneur who has bootstrapped and scaled a 350 employee, digital first support assistant company with clients spanning the globe, all while attending toddler ballet, kids ski club, playdates and living between the mountains of Europe and the beaches of Australia.

The usual question I get asked is 'how the hell did you do that?' 

To which my usual reply is ......

'By focussing on building great systems, nailing process delegation and leveraging cost effective teams of support assistants in The Philippines.'

Platforms. Processes. People. 

Everyday I see great companies full of great people who are roadblocked by the vortex of busywork. From small businesses with 5 people to large organisations with 500 people the story is the same. Great people bogged down by necessary but inefficient and time consuming busywork. 

By identifying the 20-50% of most peoples day that is taken up by admin and/or process driven tasks any business can strategically optimise their human capital budgets by delegating to a team of offshore virtual assistants. 

From e-commerce and SAAS to coaching and service businesses, we help unlock business growth by freeing great people from the time-suck of busywork.

At The Virtual Hub, we provide fully managed, in-house trained and dedicated virtual assistants starting at $750 USD per month.

By integrating great support assistants inside your business we act like a 'bolt on' scaling partner to your growth plans.

Founder & CEO

Helping companies work smarter, move faster & scale better with a combination of operational efficiency frameworks, tech stacks that work and offshore team strategies.

AI Marketing Summit

In the AI-Powered Marketer program we've distilled the most successful marketing strategies from the world's leading brands, turbocharged them with AI and tailored them specifically for marketers in all levels of business. Join us to learn the latest and greatest AI technology, become a prompt engineer and fuel your business growth with marketing. 

Want a taste? Join us at the AI Marketing Summit in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane or Gold Coast for a day packed with incredible prompts, AI tools and insights to set your marketing apart. Visit www.theaimarketingsummit.com.au for more information.

Co-Founder & AI-Powered Marketer

Vivo Marketing

CREATIVE STRATEGISTS WITH HEART.
We’re dynamic | creative | techy | efficient marketeers, and we care. Day in, day out, we collaborate with conscious brands to build marketing strategies, campaigns, creative, websites, ads and so much more, to magnify brand appeal and accelerate growth. And we bring heart to each and every project - because we are devoted to consciousness, wellness and spreading love. 

We work with brands in a variety of ways. Our ‘fill the gap’ mentality means we become an extension of your marketing team – bringing strategy, expertise and execution to all the areas you need it most.  Our case studies demonstrate a range of strategic marketing projects, creative, production, brand identity and design, social media, digital advertising, PR, events and more.

Our Mastermind Program The Creator Circle is a conscious incubator that supports entrepreneurs in building their business and breathing life into their vision. This high-frequency container is for creatives and entrepreneurs who have a business that they want to launch, expand or grow. This incubator is packed with value and efficient DIY ways to grow your business.

To learn more about VIVO feel free to reach out at laura@vivomarketing.com.au.

Founder & Marketing Director

The Creator Circle

The Creator Circle is a vibrant community of heart-centered, ambitious women who have a desire for personal growth, deeper connection, contribution, impact, and influence.

This container is a space for you to explore your gifts, genius, and purpose, and create the reality your heart desires. Before you see it, you need to be it. The circle provides the fertile community, practices, and resources, for you to become the woman that can support and sustain the life you dream of. The feminine builds from within.

We provide the structure for you to build your vision, in 6 key areas of life, in alignment with your true self and purpose. Through accessing our greatest superpower, our intuition, we set growth-oriented goals based on our 90-day cycle. The circle provides a weekly space to set intentions, focus on an area of your vision, create aligned action steps, clear inner blocks and resistance, and build momentum in your life.

Fear, isolation and shame are three of the biggest barriers women face when creating the life they desire. The Creator Circle provides a powerful and inspiring space to shift past resistance and go for it.   

When you step into your true power and lead from within you become a magnet for opportunities and potentials flow to you and through you. This enables you to bring your vision to life with playfulness and ease.

Co-Founder

Carlton & United Breweries

-Project management of $9 million in media and marketing spend
-Brand growth +10% for 2015. 
-Media portfolio management – media buying, requirements, sponsorships, 
-Create management – TVC creation, outdoor, radio, digital, CRM, POS instore. 
-Rebrand of Carlton Dry – back to the ladder stage (functional and emotional benefits), brand technical footprint (liquid), new creative positioning work. 
-Management of sponsorships – World Surf League major partner, Mile High (Perisher) Snowboarding Competition named parther, Motorcross series, Music festivals major beer (activations at Splendour in the grass, Groovin the Moo, Soundwave, Stereosonic, Laneway, Harbourlife, Listen Out). 
-Worked with amabassadors – Cam Sinclair (Motorcross), Craig Anderson (Surf), Yamaha Motorcross team and influencers on a reach campaign.
-Social media management and launch of Instagram account. Moved Carlton Dry’s engagement from 3% to 7% with reach increasing 312%.  
-Commercial and supply chain management. 
-Extensive research project encompassing 14 groups of Carlton Dry consumers in 3 states of Australia.  
-Management of a direct report
- CX, UX design - development of website & app.

Brand/Marketing Manager Carlton Dry

L'Oréal

The haircare portfolio encompassed 4 brands including Elvive, Hair Expertise, Elnett and Studio Line. 

Role responsibilities included: 
-Project management of innovation projects: Launch of 13 NPD within 12 months including a new pack size for Elvive. 
-Launch of entirely new hair styling brand ‘Studio Line’.
-Working closely with cross functional teams including local leadership teams, regional and local supply chains, R&D teams (formulation, packaging) and local sales teams. Flexed influencing skills to achieve desired outcomes and ensure projects ran smoothly. 
-Creative campaign management including the adaptation of global TVCs and print material, creation and execution of consumer promotions and sampling.
-Medium to long term brand strategy including comprehensive media and digital strategies. 
-Managing and liaising with agencies – creative, digital and media.
-Consumer testing and insight analysis – TVC testing, concept testing etc.     
-Complete repositioning of Elvive in the market
-Presentation and sell in of brand strategy, NPD and support plans for 2015+ to WW, Coles, Priceline, Variety and Pharmacy customers and internally in a conference.
-Stock Forecasting and management.
-Budget management (Elvive $5M, Hair Expertise $500K, Elnett $250K, Studio Line $250K)
-Management of a direct report

Brand Manager - Loreal Paris Haircare

Unilever

-Long term innovation roadmap and category strategy for Hot Tea in Australia 
-Long Term Brand Strategy (5 year) for Lipton and Bushells.
-Project management of innovation projects from Idea Generation stage through Feasibility and Capability to Market Ready handover with local Brand Building teams.
-Full mix development including packaging design and format, new product formulation (blend) and product proposition, communication development and strategy, recommended pricing strategy, business case and trade story. 
- CX & UX design - web development for the region and digital asset creation. 
-Integrated Brand Communication development including TVC creation or adaptation of global TVC, radio script creation and recording. 
-Concept testing, product benchmarking, Ad idea generation testing (Snapshot, idea screener), Ad pre-testing (PreView), mix testing (BasesII) PreView, qualitative concept / product testing, Neilson briefs. 
-Managing and liaising with agencies – ATL, digital, BTL.   
-Working closely with cross functional regional leadership teams, local leadership teams, regional and local supply chains, R&D teams (formulation, packaging), local brand and go-to-market teams. Flexed influencing skills to achieve desired outcomes and ensure projects ran smoothly. 
-Undertaken a multitude of training including a 10 week intensive digital course. 
-Budget management

Brand Development - Hot Tea (Lipton, Bushells)

-Heavily involved in the strategy and phasings of the launch, creation of systems and processes for the brand, the writing of channel plans and category value drivers, solving many supply chain complexities involved in importing the product from the US and the creation of the visibility suite and sales rep tools from scratch. 
-Stock Forecasting and management (working with demand planners – writing a bottom up forecast for launch), stock issues and management of write off risk (clearance of stock going out of date), freezer forecasting (working with asset management) and NPD forecasting, pricing and gate documents.
-Supply chain and distribution contact and problem solving.
-Launch and execution strategy (new customer acquisition targets, channel and type of customer etc), development of category value drivers, writing the channel plan and strategy to drive sales / close sales gaps, competitor analysis and franchising plans for our scoop stores.  
-On-boarding large national customer accounts (category section of the presentation).
-Below the line marketing for the brand (including scoop store marketing and promotions): POS creation from scratch and distribution (working with our inhouse design studio, printers and warehousing and distribution contacts), creation of scoop store POS and collateral (uniforms etc), creating and executing customer promotions and activations instore (P&C stores, route stores), organisation of sampling events, creation of gift with purchase items and the creation of sales reps sales presenter and other rep tools. 
- CX and UX design - web development and management. 
-Control of the substantial channel budget.
-The writing and roll out of projects to drive sales (perfect store), sales tracking and analysis (working with sales ops/analysis teams, creating trackers for sales teams).
-Internal link between Brand and Sales team. 
-Substantial amounts of presenting at national conferences, distributor conferences, sales team events etc.

Category Manager - Ben & Jerry's

-Tracking and analysis of targets, rolling forecast estimate (RFE), GSV, turnover, VTS (trade spend). 
-Strategic relevance of these key indicators and how to manipulate each to reach business targets. Levers that can be utilised to achieve GSV, turnover, VTS and market share targets such as consumer promotions and trade incentives that the reps can sell in at an individual store level.
-Negotiation with the Metcash Beauty buyer – case deals, catalogue spots, off-location commitment, consumer promotion sell in, NPD sell in and category management suggestions (delete poor performers etc). Category and brand reviews with buyer.  
-Communication to the field teams of upcoming events.
-Devising promotional tactics and case deals to drive sales within allocated VTS percentage. 
-Deep dive analysis of promotional effectiveness and return on investment. 
-Organisation of trade shows and conference presentations. 
-Stock forecasting with demand planners.  
-Creation of 2 ‘Health and Beauty Celebration’ booklets to drive sales and highlight upcoming activity to retailers. 
-NPD new line trackers and performance assessment.
-Sales admin: promotional booking forms, entering promotions into enterprise, GS1 code creation etc.

Assistant Customer Manager - Metcash Beauty

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AI-Powered Fractional CMO | Marketing Strategist | Digital, Creative & Media Expert | Founder @ vivomarketing.com.au | Co-founder @ theaimarketingsummit.com.au | lauracraig.com.au

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Hi I'm Laura, an experienced marketing strategist, ai marketing expert, transformational coach, business and life strategist, mentor and successful entrepreneur. I have a deep love for marketing, business and personal growth, transformation, creativity, consciousness, and wellness, and support others in developing both personally and professionally. 

I'm the founder of the AI Marketing Summit and VIVO Marketing where I have supported hundreds of businesses in building strategies for growth and executing their marketing plans. I'm a passionate and dedicated marketer, trainer and coach with 18+ years of experience in corporate and start-up marketing. I love the transformation process where we inject companies with innovative marketing strategies that accelerate their growth…. and now AI. 

I'm passionate about training and upskilling marketing teams to leave a lasting impact on the companies I work with. My competitive edge is combining big brand strategy with efficient execution and making budgets go further. I enjoy the process of executing marketing plans with our incredible resource pool of creatives, artists, freelancers, and magic creators. 

I have a significant background in psychology and have spent two decades developing competency in a variety of methodologies including the work of Joe Dispenza, William Whitecloud, DeMartini, and Tony Robbins. I have also delved deeply into embodiment, femininity, love and relationships, sensuality, nutrition, longevity, and abundance.

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