Devin Bramhall

DEVIN

I will help you overcome obstacles and achieve your goals faster - devinbramhall.com
- Scale your agency and increase profitability
- Increase marketing ROI
- Improve output from your own leadership

I’m not a talking head. I’ve executed at every level from IC to manager to VP and CEO and use my hands-on experience to identify opportunities for your company and set up a foundation that you can easily maintain and build on.

For over 15 years, I’ve helped startups, agencies and enterprise companies grow by building repeatable, scalable frameworks in marketing and agency operations that expedite progress toward their growth targets. 

Cisco, Google, Wistia, Saasworks, Help Scout, Animalz

Services include:
- Growth strategy 
- Building your first marketing function
- Hiring
- Team structure & KPIs
- Reporting

Growth Advisor

Don't Say Content

A podcast for marketing leaders and business executives. We use our combined 20+ years of experience to explore the challenges and opportunities behind industry hype to bring listeners fresh perspective, strategy & insights. Our goal: Increase the business impact of marketing by creating shared understanding of its purpose and outcomes among marketing leaders, founders/CEOs & others in the C-suite. From business and marketing strategy to hiring and talent, weekly episodes inspire and reinvigorate hundreds of leaders who tune in & engage every week.

Podcast Co Host

Animalz

Highlights
- Achieved +3x revenue growth in 2 years at 19% profit margin
- Built C-suite team 
- Grew team from 18 to 130 people
- Diversified product line
- Attracted biggest names in tech including Google, Amazon, Slack, Spotify, Facebook & more

Chief Executive Officer

• Grew revenue: 33% 2018 • 57% 2019
• Grew team from 18-50, evolved org structure & roles to improve content marketing function
• Advised on customer content strategy including Google, GoDaddy, Wistia 
• Updated Animalz brand across messaging, look/feel, and product positioning

VP of Marketing

Self-employed marketing and communications consultant

Freelance Marketing Consultant

Help Scout

Developed strategy to grow traffic and customer acquisition. Managed a team of content marketers and collaborated with design and development teams on campaigns, website, and brand initiatives. Accomplishments included:

- Grew website traffic from ~300k to 430k monthly unique visitors
- Created goals-driven content strategy focused on traffic and subscriber acquisition.
- Managed content partnerships and led strategic partnerships with Support Driven, the largest community for customer support pros.
- Managed brand awareness including PR, conferences, and community management 
- Launched customer service education platform, HelpU (https://www.helpscout.net/helpu/), to increase customer acquisition and grow brand awareness.

Director of Content

Boston Content

Boston Content is the largest community group and career development resource for content marketers in Boston, founded in 2011 by Jay Acunzo and Arestia Rosenberg. 

As Executive Director:

- Led 6-person executive committee in charge of events, membership, and sponsorship  
- Oversaw development of first volunteer program
- Grew membership 100%
- Launched "Content Marketer to Watch" award
- Created Boston Content’s blog posting 2x/week
- Developed marketing “Jobs” page and weekly jobs email to our 1,200+ members
- Doubled event programming, attendance and sponsorship program

Executive Director

The Master Slam

The Master Slam is a story slam-style debate that turns the traditional panel discussion into an exciting evening of live performance. Held four times a year and covering a variety of topics from Startups, Tech, Marketing/Advertising, Education  and more, the Master Slam is the new way for anyone passionate about their industry to flex their intellectual muscles in a fun, creative environment. http://www.themasterslam.com/

Founder

Alignable

Lead community engagement strategy through ongoing research, relationship building, testing and analysis to discover what small businesses need and how to incorporate that into our marketing strategy and product.

Marketing Manager

Shareaholic, Inc.

Product Marketing Manager

Springpad

Increased engagement among Springpad's 5M users through unique content marketing campaigns, including a live Google Hangouts series focusing on creative ways to use our app for organization and project management. Developed strategic partnerships with influential bloggers and brands to drive brand awareness and user acquisition.

Content Marketing Manager

Managed community of over 5 million users, providing technical support and content for all support/help pages as well as in-app to improve user comprehension of the Springpad's robust features on all platforms.

Streamlined customer support using new CRM tools. Curated engaged community of users to help evangelize and promote Springpad. Executed large and small scale beta testing and user feedback sessions of new features.

Happiness Specialist

Co-host: Don't Say Content. Marketing Advisor. Agency Growth Strategist. Former CEO of Animalz.

As a growth advisor, I bring over 15 years of marketing & leadership expertise at startups, agencies, and large corporations. 

I am the former CEO of Animalz, the leading content marketing agency for B2B SaaS companies, where I successfully grew revenue 3x in two years to nearly $12M.

I am also a fervent community builder and previously served as the Executive Director of Boston Content, the largest community group and career development resource for content marketers in Boston. During my 2-year tenure, I more than doubled membership and revenue from sponsorships and programming. 

Storytelling is at the root of my passion for marketing. I founded The Master Slam, a poetry slam-style debate about startups and tech. I am also a TEDx organizer and speaker trainer and have competed in several storytelling competitions. Additionally, I created an incredibly popular General Assembly workshop called "How to Use Storytelling to Get What You Want," which is still taught today.

Your CEO doesn’t hate marketing. They hate that you can't prove that it works.

I’ve sat on both sides of this table.
As the marketer who lost the room pitching “brand.”
As the CEO who had to choose what to fund.

Here’s the pattern. Execs don’t fund activities. They fund de-risked outcomes.
And when you speak marketing, you sound risky.

Here's what I mean: Two leaders pitch the same plan.

Leader A: “We need thought leadership content to build trust.”
Leader B: “We are losing deals in month seven because trust shows up too late. This content builds trust in month two. That cuts our close time nearly in half.”

Leader A got a nod and a freeze.
Leader B got the budget and two hires.

Same plan. Different frame.

Here’s the translation guide.

“Brand awareness” → “We are invisible to in-market buyers.”
“Thought leadership” → “We cut months out of the sales cycle.”
“Community building” → “Customers close deals for us.”
“Content strategy” → “Prospects show up already convinced.”

The work doesn’t change. The way you sell it does.

When I missed, it wasn’t because the strategy was wrong. It was because I made my CEO choose between understanding my plan and trusting me with their budget. They picked what they understood.

So ask the uncomfortable question. If your CEO doesn’t get it, is that their problem or yours?

Stop defending your strategy. 
Start translating their risk into your outcomes.

If you are done with tactics and incremental progress and want systems that compound, follow along. I wrote a book about that. Link in profile.

Chief Growth Officer [Fractional]. Author: “B2B Content Marketing Strategy” out now on Amazon

Nora DiNuzzo

Blood Sweat & Tears

You’ve worked too hard for it to be this hard.

BS&T is a committed partner to ambitious agencies frustrated by inconsistent growth.

We develop and implement a custom growth strategy that meets you where you are today – whether your goal is to stabilize, sustain, scale or sell your agency.

Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer

Pitcher 🍋

Small businesses deserve to grow, too. 

Pitcher is a growth consultancy for entrepreneurs and small businesses (<$25mm).

We work directly with founders to:

+ Diagnose their growth issues 

+ Refine their first-mile strategies (brand, business, content and comms)

+ Optimize their marketing and business development processes to align with growth goals

+ Match small businesses to right-fit service providers

+ Broker strategic alliances and partnerships

Founder & President

Smiths Agency

In September 2022, Smiths Agency (fka Smith Brothers) was acquired by Barkley: barkleyus.com

Vice President of Business Development

Director of Business Development

Business Development Manager

MARC USA

In June 2020, MARC USA merged with two other agencies to form 9 Rooftops: 9rooftops.com

New Business Specialist

Account Manager

You’ve worked too hard for it to be this hard.

Growing up, one thing I never aspired to be was an entrepreneur. 

Running your own company was for the incredibly wealthy (Mr. Burns) or the incredibly innovative (Doc Brown). I was neither.

But what I’ve learned about entrepreneurs over the past few years is that they have one thing in common – they desperately want to fix something that drives them nuts. 

As it turns out – throughout my life and career, a lot of things drove me nuts. 

So nuts that in October 2021, I quit a VP-level job at an ad agency to start my own consultancy – Pitcher – to help small businesses grow.

Because the fact that agencies could rarely find a way to work with companies <$25mm in annual revenue drove me nuts.

Because I believe that small businesses deserve to grow, too. 

In April 2023, I got a call from a friend that I never planned for – with an offer to create something I never considered doing less than two years into being a founder.

A second company.

Because the fact that so many brilliant agencies continuously struggle to grow drove him nuts. 

As it turns out – it drives me nuts, too. 

So nuts that I said yes – and Blood Sweat & Tears was born. 

Yes, born. I have given birth to two human children – and two businesses.

There is not a damn thing women can’t do.

If we've worked together, you know I'm frequently working on matching people up 💞 

I'm not a recruiter - but I have built a really strong network of complementary talent and partners.

And frequently, people need to find each other - and I serve as the conduit for those connections.

With all the layoffs going on, especially in the ad industry (my longtime professional home) - we are in a moment when the right people really need to find each other. 

I am asking for two things here: 

1) If you are unemployed or underemployed and actively looking for a new opportunity - please comment on this post, and share what type of role or work you are looking for. If you are in advertising, please be specific about what agency department/role and level. 

2) If you are an agency, brand or org looking for talent - freelance, project, full-time - please comment here what roles you are looking to fill, and how soon you need the support. 

I have had several connections just in the past day reach out to ask me who they can hire, because they have time-sensitive needs.

The problem? I don't know who is available or looking - because I don't have a recruiter profile on LinkedIn, and therefore can't sort by "open to work" status. 

And, I don't have time during the last few weeks of the year (and my busiest quarter) to do a lot of my typical private matchmaking and introductions. 

So please - help each other! If I can be a conduit for more people to be working when they need it most, you know I'm all about that. 

Picture with my perfect personal and professional match, which I hear increases the reach of these things. Dave and I are always down to help our community. 

We have been where you are, and were helped by many before when we needed it most. Here to pay that forward now.

So let's get connecting, friends!

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When your consultancy name is also the name of a 70s band and confuses the hell out of AI... you get bot emails like this. 

The unhinged, Sagittarius season content continues 🔥 

FYI... Blood Sweat & Tears is a growth consultancy for agencies 📈 

Can't really help with the smooth jazz, sorry!

The telltale sign of a successful workshop for a southpaw strategist.

Thanks for the souvenir Hirschfeld team! 🙌

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I took zero pictures last night because I was totally in the “for now” moment with the 4As and Hunting Club members - but thankfully Jeanette Palmer and Jesse Strawbridge were on it!

Eric and I had a blast talking shop and sharing data and insights with this wonderful community of Boston area agency growth leaders.

We hope the Vitals report sparked a few ideas to activate on, to ensure 2026 is a killer growth year for your biz 📈

Thank you to the 4As and Hunting Club for the invitation to speak (always our favorite!) and to Allen & Gerritsen for hosting us all in your beautiful space 😍

🔥 Here’s to active listening. And coming together to learn, commiserate, celebrate. And to being reminded to bring our “bright eyes” to the grind of agency new business. IYKYK. 

Last night in Boston, presenters Nora DiNuzzo  and Eric Brown  from Blood Sweat & Tears treated this group to an anonymized report based on participants data about their new business strategy, habits, spending and results. One thing stood out to me the most: flat or declining revenue was reported by many + lack dedicated spending = it’s time to get strategic and purposeful and invest if you want growth.

4As and Jesse Strawbridge’s The Hunting Club and Allen & Gerritsen’s Third Space hosted  - a great second collaboration! 🙌

Thank you to everyone who attended.

The amount of people (or bots?) sliding into my DMs with notes like this is straight up wild.

I didn’t make agencies and brands $200mm+ as a business developer over the last almost two decades with a “funnel that relies on hope.”

No anonymizing this one. If these are the “vibes” you are dishing out…

Get ready to show up publicly as a case study on How Not To Sell 📉

When indie shops go big, the results are 🔥 🔥 🔥 

So excited to join our friends at RP3 Agency next Thursday to get the behind-the-scenes scoop about how this wildly original idea - getting Kevin Nealon, YouTube hiking influencer (and yes, SNL alum) to challenge Big Dictionary to change the definition of the phrase "take a hike" to support funding for the Appalachian Trail Conservancy - came to life! 

When your client's client is on Kimmel, you do a little happy dance! 💃 

Link in comments to register for this webinar. Particularly non-profits and brands trying to make a big impact on a small budget (or big brands on a smaller budget than ever) - this one is for you 👀

Did you see Kevin Nealon on Jimmy Kimmel Live talking up our latest Appalachian Trail Conservancy campaign last night? Next week, RP3’s CCO Tuesday Poliak and ATC’s CGO Jeri Ward are pulling back the curtain on how we did it — wildly original ideas, small budgets, real results. Save your seat for our December 11 webinar: https://lnkd.in/ggT3pm4Q.

Fun call Fridays are for getting Rickrolled in the waiting room.

Thanks for the laughs this week, Kent Lewis 🤣

AND Jeffrey Mard and .Marilois Snowman. 🇫🇷🥖🥂

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