Darion Rae Consulting

Founder

Elite Engagements

Co-Founder

Secret Scribez

The Mindful Creator | I talk about mindset, creativity, & content writing | Building The Mindful Creation Blueprint

I wasn’t supposed to be here.

Five and a half years ago, my life was going the other way...

I was: 

🔹Drinking every day
🔹Running from myself

And one night alcohol took my right eye in a freak accident

That was my wake-up call.

I had two choices: 

1. Keep spiraling downwards (and potentially die) 
2. Rebuild myself

I chose to rebuild.

I got sober. 

Which forced me to face the sides of myself I’d been running from. 

And in the process, I discovered something most people never realize...

Your identity shapes your whole reality. 

Who you believe you are determines what you're capable of creating. 

That lesson became the foundation of everything I do now.

When I started my consulting business...

I was in college studying audio engineering.

Just a normal guy who had to figure it out from scratch.

Since then... 

I built my consulting business to six figures organically on LinkedIn.

And I've watched my clients break through the same walls I had broken through in my own life.

Today, my mission is simple:

To help established leaders and creatives get to $20K/m by doing the inner work combined with the business work.

Because I know what it feels like to lose everything.

And I also know what it takes to build yourself back stronger.

Darion Rae

The Beard Club

Sr. Director of Retention

PetHonesty

• Led customer retention strategy for the DTC business with a focus on converting leads and increasing LTV through email, SMS, direct mail, and onsite marketing campaigns.

Director of Retention

• Grew monthly email revenue 457% in first 6 months at the company
• Launched SMS marketing channel

Senior CRM Manager

Hopsy

• Led CRM strategy and implementation for the business.
• Doubled conversion rates for leads (acquisition), canceled subscriptions (win-back), and lapsed users (retention) through targeted, automated email flows.
• Executed multiple product launches, acquisition offers, and expansion into new U.S. states.

CRM Manager

FanDuel

• Launched CRM program for new Sportsbook product in September 2018.
• Developed and executed weekly CRM campaign calendar with focus on onboarding, promotions, and cross sell from our Fantasy product.
• Continuously tested and optimized targeted customer life cycle campaigns.

Manager, Sportsbook Retention

• Managed CRM calendar on a weekly basis, prioritizing and scheduling all stakeholder requests. Made strategic decisions on channel selection that drove impactful results.
• Built automated campaigns and dynamic landing pages that increased campaign efficiency and provided users with a more personalized customer experience.

Associate, CRM

• Coordinated the daily execution of email and mobile marketing campaigns with a focus on customer retention, reactivation, and cross selling.
• Built an email metrics dashboard that contained all engagement metrics, A/B tests, and trend data, making recommendations for improvement.

Coordinator, Email Marketing

GCP Applied Technologies

• Managed email, website, and social media marketing strategy including topic and calendar development, creative copywriting, website editing, analytics, and video creation.
• Acted as interim traffic manager for all projects within marketing communications department and created a new file naming structure as part of a project/asset centralization project.

Marketing Communications Specialist

Elmwood Day Camp

• Led eight 30-45 minute classes per day teaching children ages 3-10 years old the fundamental skills of four sports: basketball, baseball, hockey, and soccer.

Athletics Specialist

Cornell University

• Provided day-to-day support for the coaching staff and development of players.
• Created Excel database with player info to streamline recruiting process.

Men's Basketball Manager

Baltimore Ravens

• Interned for the Baltimore Ravens the summer after they won Super Bowl XLVII.
• Provided friendly customer service and helped execute all fan events at training camp.

Training Camp Marketing Intern

You can sell anything with the combination of copywriting + storytelling + email. Join 15,000+ entrepreneurs, and I'll show you how every week at writeoncopy.co

The back of my baseball card:

Experienced customer retention marketer. Generated over $50,000,000 in revenue throughout my career through Email & SMS marketing.

What I'm working on:

By day, you'll find me at Beard Club, laser-focused on increasing retention rates and lifetime value (LTV) for our subscription business. If you want to grow the best beard of your life, hit us up!

By night, I'm building:

• A loyal twitter following - https://twitter.com/joe_portsmouth
• A newsletter to help you become a better copywriter - https://writeon.beehiiv.com/

DMs are always open!

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