Hey, I'm Obaid 👋🏼

Here's my journey, so far:

☎️ started off in sales, scaled a content writing company from $1.7M ARR to $7.2M ARR in 2 years (this was also my intro to content writing/SEO)

🎭 bootstrapped a 5-person content & animation team to $35k MRR, and edited 3,000+ blog posts, grew 6 websites to 150k+ in monthly search traffic, trained 40+ content marketers, wrote and directed 15 animated explainer videos, and closed $1M in sales along the way

💤 got bored of that side of content marketing (I didn't it find it challenging anymore nor was I learning anything new), so I moved on from running an agency in late 2021, gradually quit all my writing gigs, and began transitioning to demand gen

🎨 started posting more on LinkedIn in March 2022, began exploring new marketing concepts, and creating a variety of content (marketing music, marketing/gaming content, skits, etc.) that got some traction

📚 created a framework that grew a marketing agency's LinkedIn presence (872% increase in views, 917% increase in likes, 104% increase in shares, 64% increase in followers, and $274k in new MRR) in 4 months

🎮 started a podcast called Cheat Codes (which became one of the top 20% most-shared podcasts in the world) and co-created The Easy Mode Framework, which helps B2B SaaS companies turn their in-house marketing team into creators & establish a content engine built on their company's goals, narrative, product, and audience

🎯 implemented the Easy Mode framework at Cognism over a 4-month period, helping them craft a strategic narrative, ideate and create a wide variety of content, and refine their content engine (Alice de Courcy, their CMO, wrote a book and talked about me in it, FTW)

🔮 started 2023 tired of jumping around from place to place all of 2022 (and having stumbled upon something I really enjoyed doing with the Easy Mode framework), I took a break from job hunting, deciding I'd choose what kind of work I did and which companies I worked with from that point on

🐐 after a 3-month break and passing on a few companies, I was convinced by Emir Atli to join HockeyStack as their first full-time marketer in March 2023, and it's been the perfect place for me to learn, experiment, and make an impact

I'm a life-long fan of music, anime, the Philadelphia Eagles, and my wife and kids.

Feel free to connect if you want to talk about HockeyStack, The Flow, marketing, design, consultation, video games, or space. ✌🏼

Obaid Durrani

Founder & Creative Director

Helping B2B SaaS companies increase ARR through strategic media engines

Hey, I'm Obaid 👋🏼

Here's my journey, so far:

☎️ started off in sales, scaled a content writing company from $1.7M ARR to $7.2M ARR in 2 years (this was also my intro to content writing/SEO)

🎭 bootstrapped a 5-person content & animation team to $35k MRR, and edited 3,000+ blog posts, grew 10+ websites to 150k+ in monthly search traffic, trained 40+ content marketers, wrote and directed 30 animated explainer videos, and closed $1M in sales along the way

💤 COVID hit, the world changed, so I moved on from running an agency in late 2021, gradually quit all my writing gigs, and began focusing on learning B2B GTM 

🎨 started posting more on LinkedIn in March 2022, began exploring new marketing concepts, and creating a variety of content (marketing music, marketing/gaming content, skits, etc.) that got some traction

📚 created a framework that grew a marketing agency's LinkedIn presence (872% increase in views, 917% increase in likes, 104% increase in shares, 64% increase in followers, and $274k in new MRR) in 4 months

🎮 started a podcast called Cheat Codes (which became one of the top 20% most-shared podcasts in the world) and co-created The Easy Mode Framework, which helps B2B SaaS companies turn their in-house marketing team into creators & establish a content engine built on their company's goals, narrative, product, and audience

🎯 implemented the Easy Mode framework at Cognism (their CMO Alice de Courcy wrote two books and talked about me in them, FTW), and parts of the framework at Meta. The Easy Mode Framework is now being used by 20+ B2B SaaS companies, such as Intercom, Directus, and more

🔮 started 2023 tired of jumping around from place to place all of 2022 (and having stumbled upon something I really enjoyed doing with the Easy Mode framework), I took a break from job hunting, deciding I'd choose what kind of work I did and which companies I worked with from that point on

🚀 after a 3-month break and passing on a few companies, I joined HockeyStack as their first and only marketer in March 2023. I created a media engine from scratch that drove millions in pipeline and resulted in the company growing from 0 to 7 figures by December 2023

✈️ in Dec 2023, I moved back to the US and in March 2023, moved on from my role at HockeyStack

🏔 after taking some time off and settling down in Colorado, I joined Clay to help build out their influencer marketing program

I'm a life-long fan of music, anime, the Philadelphia Eagles, and my wife and kids.

Feel free to connect if you want to talk marketing, video games, or space. ✌🏼

Creator Advisor

Cognism on Easy Mode.

"IF I WAS THE HEAD OF MARKETING AT A $70M+ ARR COMPANY, HERE'S-"

but you're not

are you?

so i dont wanna hear it

Brianna Doe

I share tips & stories about job hunting, leadership, and marketing yourself | Demand Gen @ Aion | Creator of This Could've Been an Email

According to my mom, I started writing stories at age 3. Picked up a pencil and never put it down, which explains the book, the business, and my obsession with Google Docs.

Today, I’m the founder of Verbatim, a boutique agency helping brands grow through high-impact influencer marketing, fractional operations, and speaker scouting. We’re also ranked the #1 influencer agency in Phoenix by Influencer Marketing Hub — which is exciting and now lives proudly in my email signature.

I help brands stop blending in, and I help creative professionals &amp; entrepreneurs build careers that align with the life they actually want.

The tl;dr:
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↳ Keynote speaker, advisor, and marketer
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As seen in/at: HubSpot, Harvard, Fast Company, Stanford, CNBC, American Marketing Association, and more.

Outside of work: Big fan of tattoos, cookie-scented candles, and the Oxford comma.

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Founder & CEO @ Verbatim | In my influencer marketing era and you should be too | Bestselling Author, The Unapologetic Professional

The world feels so heavy. And the calendar still says "10am team sync."

There's something v dystopian about being expected to treat work as business-as-usual while being handed headlines that knock the wind out of us. 🫠

Work doesn't stop. And for many of us, it helps. It gives me structure, something to focus on, and a sense of purpose. And I care deeply about my work, clients, and team. But expecting people to fully detach from everything else they're navigating is the part that feels outdated.

We're living through a different work reality than our parents and grandparents. The information hit differently. You weren't watching a crisis unfold in real time on your phone between Slack messages. The boundary between "life" and "work" barely exists anymore, but for some reason we're still pretending it does.

As I build my business this year, I'm thinking less about optimizing output and more about how to lead in this constant state of in-between, where people are capable, committed, and still very human. 🫶🏽

If you ask me, the future of work isn't about learning how to compartmentalize 24/7. It's learning how to do meaningful work without asking people to leave half of themselves at the door.

Founder & CEO | In my influencer marketing era and you should be too | Bestselling Author, The Unapologetic Professional

How your email is finding me after a weekend of being glued to the news (again), hearing about a certain social media management platform, and realizing it’s still January.

P.S. Abolish ICE.

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