Nift

The Gratitude Flywheel – Reshaping how people discover and engage with brands.

Partnerships

Sell Grow Repeat

On a mission to help founder led sales organizations, early stage companies, and digital entrepreneurs build sales processes and strategies that work.

Some recent successes:

- From 5% to 40% close rate in 3-months
- 40% increase in revenue in 2-months 
- First 1K customers in 6-months
- From $80K to $2M+ ARR

💪🏻 Let's work together!

Founder

TalentSheets

More than 490+ marketers and founders use TalentSheets to manage and support their influencer marketing efforts.

The first influencer platform that layers on top of Google, turning Google Drive into your own personalized influencer marketing database. All without changing your current workflow or costing you a fortune.

Co-Founder

LOOM CLUB

A neighborhood club where a community of locals exercise, co-work, and socialize under one roof. 

Re-imagining community & wellness for a changing world.

Investor

Plei, Inc

Plei is the largest pickup soccer platform & organizer in the United States, boasting more than:

- 180,000+ soccer players on the Plei App
- 40,000+ games hosted on the Plei App as of Aug '23 (30,000+ in 2023 Alone)
- Partnerships with 130+ sports facilities across 15 U.S. cities

Teachable

Director Of Business Development

Fullscreen

Fullscreen empowers talent and brands to build and monetize highly engaged, social-first audiences through best-in-class strategy, creative services and technology.  Our company is a global leader in social-first entertainment experiences and services for the world’s top talent, digital influencers, brands and avid fans.   
 
For our talent and digital influencer partners, we provide a range of services and tools that include talent management, multi-platform content optimization, brand partnerships, live touring, consumer products, and a powerful consumer-facing technology platform that provides affinity brands, talent and influencers with websites, online stores, fan clubs and social optimization tools to help them seamlessly analyze data and create meaningful relationships with fans. 
 
For our brand partners, we work with marketers who are looking to engage valuable, elusive youth audiences on social platforms through original entertainment, influencer marketing, multi-platform social content, organic and paid distribution, live events, and targeted media.  We have offices in Los Angeles, New York, and Atlanta.

VP Sales and Marketing

Reelio

- Founder with a strong focus on sales & marketing
- Built and managed cross-departmental teams for goal and process alignment that continue to provide stellar relationships and results for our clients.
- Drove company from ideation and pre-revenue to annual 8-figures 
- Sold into key accounts, such as, Estée Lauder, Unilever, Colgate-Palmolive, & Dunkin' Donuts without pre-existing relationships
- Liaison between market demands and product development in order to better shape product roadmap
- Built an outsourced SDR org to deliver 11X ROI on cost
- Drove company to successful acquisition

Co-founder & VP, Sales & Marketing (ACQUIRED)

Partnerships @ Nift | 3X Founder (8-figures, 7-figures, and a dud) | Investor. Advisor. Bourbon Lover | Exploring the tactics and stories from the best entrepreneurs on the planet

Daily insights on business building.

Sales & Marketing Leader with 10+ years selling high-value solutions as a player/coach to meet customer needs. 

Creative and curious mindset, with a track record of leveraging problem-solving skills to uncover new revenue opportunities and drive business growth. 

Unquestioned ethics and a strong commitment to doing what is right for customers, co-workers, and the company.

EQ > IQ

Some highlight from across my career:

- Responsible for more than $100M in advertising budgets

- Scaled startups $0 to 8-figures, then again from $0 to 7-figures

- Built an outsourced SDR Team that produced 11X ROI on net new logos

- Trained more than 50 sellers to systematically attain quota through repeatable process

- Sold into and built marketing programs for some of the best companies on the planet. 

I'm excited to create something amazing with you.

💪🏻 Let's work together

Mark Borum

The hits keep coming. Nift has once again been named to the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™.

One of North America’s fastest-growing technology companies, driven by 731% revenue growth over the past three years. 💪

[Full release in comments]

For the first time, the people who own the transaction are also becoming the most powerful media owners in the room. 

Walmart, Target, Kroger, Instacart, Uber, DoorDash… they have carts, orders,  identities, and now the media dollars.

Everyone’s hyped about retail media racing toward ~$100B. The more interesting question is: what happens when every “ad opportunity” is attached to a logged-in, paying customer?

The space is still relatively new, but its month-over-month rate of change can give you whiplash. If you still think commerce media is “sponsored products on a retailer’s site,” you’re already behind.

This is fast becoming the default way brands buy performance media:
closer to the transaction, closer to the customer, closer to actual revenue.

And the tension no one wants to talk about? there’s a ceiling on how many ads you can jam into an app, a feed, or a checkout flow before users tap out.

So the next phase isn’t “more ads.” It’s:

– Turning high-intent moments into value, not noise
– Growing yield per user without torching the experience
– Bringing in non-endemic dollars w/out turning into Times Square

The players who solve that balance — retailers, apps, BNPLs, streamers — will own the next decade of advertising. 

Everyone else will be arguing about CPMs while their users quietly churn.

Open article: Retail media ad spend will reach over $100B by 2027 by emarketer.com

Retail media ad spend will reach over $100B by 2027

Big milestone for us at Nift: we’re continuing our expansion in the UK with another phenomenal partner.

When Nift started, the idea was simple– help people discover great brands through gifts that actually feel good to receive. Watching that idea grow from a handful of partners in the U.S. to working with some of the biggest consumer apps in the world… that’s been surreal.

This latest addition to our UK partner ecosystem is a reminder of how far the team has taken this. 

New markets, new partners, and the same belief that there’s a better way for brands and consumers to connect than another interruptive ad.

I’m incredibly proud of what we’re building and even more excited for what opening up the UK unlocks next.

We’re pleased to share that Nift is partnering with Clearpay (Afterpay) as we expand into the UK.

Through this partnership, Clearpay customers will receive thoughtful thank-you gifts at meaningful moments in their journey—helping them discover brands they’ll love, while giving Clearpay a way to generate incremental revenue without interrupting the experience.

It also offers brands a more thoughtful path to reaching new audiences, rooted in relevance and choice rather than disruption.

We’re grateful to be partnering with Clearpay and look forward to what we’ll build together. 💪 

 🔗 Full announcement:  https://lnkd.in/gP4eRDNF

Thien Son Loc Co., Ltd

- Led B2B growth marketing initiatives, contributing to a 40% increase in new business opportunities.
- Optimised CRM and automation workflows, reducing sales cycle by 25%.
- Mentored junior marketers and aligned cross-functional teams to drive acquisition and retention.

Growth Marketing Manager

MentorCruise

• Assisted mentees in developing and executing digital marketing strategies, improving visibility, and driving website traffic.
• Guided startups in customer research to validate business models and marketing channels to engage audiences and foster brand loyalty.
• Facilitated hands-on tutorials on the effective use of SEO tools and Google Analytics, enhancing their understanding of data-driven marketing.
• Shared insights on content creation and outbound marketing, enhancing their abilities to generate and nurture leads.
• Conducted regular check-ins and provided constructive feedback, helping mentees to continually refine their marketing approach based on results.

Top Growth Mentor

We Scale Startups

• Developed and executed growth marketing strategies for startup clients, resulting in an average increase of 200% in website traffic and a 150% increase in lead generation.
• Conducted extensive market research and competitor analysis to identify new growth opportunities for clients, leading to a 20% increase in customer acquisition for one client within three months.
• Created and managed digital marketing campaigns, including PPC, email, and social media advertising, resulting in an average ROI of 200% for clients.
• Analysed and optimised website and landing page performance through A/B testing and data-driven decision-making, resulting in a 30% increase in website conversion rates for a client within two months.
• Provided regular performance reports and data analysis to clients, using tools such as Google Analytics and Looker Studio, to demonstrate the impact of marketing initiatives and inform future strategies.

Chief Marketing Officer

Imperial Blockchain Group

• Monitor at least 5 reputable cryptocurrency news sources daily to identify emerging trends and potential marketing opportunities.
• Analyse at least 3 competitor marketing campaigns per quarter to identify potential areas for improvement and differentiation.

Marketing Advisor

• Revised social media marketing strategy and formed a social media calendar, improving content rollout, and boosted the LinkedIn, Instagram, and Twitter engagement by 49% in two months
• Produced 5-10 organic contents every week to publish on company’s social media accounts using
Canva
• Manage accounts and track content performance using social media tools including LinkedIn Analytics, Instagram Insights and Google Analytics leading to an increase of 100% of new followers within 30 days

Head Of Marketing

Doshi

• Created and executed successful content marketing campaigns, resulting in a 30% increase in website traffic.
• Developed and managed the company's social media presence, resulting in a 60% increase in engagement on Instagram.
Conducted market research and analysis to identify trends and opportunities, resulting in a 30% increase in conversion rates for our email marketing campaigns.
• Created and distributed educational content about cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, resulting in a 40% increase in brand awareness among our target audience.

Marketing Coordinator and Content Creator

KCL Social Ventures

• Employed analytic insights to assess marketing strategy’s performance, identified areas of improvement, and provided recommendations to maximise success of campaigns leading to a 40% increase in monthly social media traffic
• Drafted 10 SEO friendly content and formulated digital communication assets every month to build consistency and boost brand awareness
• Pioneered and designed social media marketing plan with targeted channels to enhance online following by 30%

Marketing Associate

The Vietnamese Student Association in the UK (SVUK)

• Associated with Vietnamese society committee of QMUL for the organisation of London Sport Day – the biggest sport event of Vietnamese students in the UK with more than 200 participants.
• Associated with SVUK to organise SVUK Cup – the annual football tournament of Vietnamese people in the UK with more than 500 participants
• Responsible for the arrangement of team players and supervising games for the events of the society

Volunteer

"The Trend Translator" 📈 I explain social media trends in simple ways to help marketers and founders engage with audiences.

I’m a growth marketer specialising in scaling tech startups and SaaS businesses through data-driven strategies. I’ve helped companies achieve measurable growth by designing multi-channel acquisition funnels, optimising retention, and leveraging analytics tools like Mixpanel and Google Analytics.

Currently, I lead growth marketing initiatives at Thien Son Loc Company Limited, where I boosted new business opportunities by 40% and reduced the sales cycle by 25% through CRM optimisation and automation workflows. Alongside this, I mentor startup founders on Mentorcruise, guiding them to develop customer acquisition strategies that improve both acquisition and retention.

My expertise spans SEO, PPC, customer acquisition, and data analysis, combined with mentoring and leadership experience. I thrive in scaleups and SMEs where agility, creativity, and measurable outcomes drive success.

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