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Software operating experience / Leadership transition

Rebuilding demand at SaaS Academy.

I led content and demand work across three SaaS Academy programs during a leadership transition, clarifying the company story and rebuilding the pages, conversion assets, community, and sales material that supported it.

Fractional Content & Growth Lead2024–25

SaaS Academy

2024–25

A new chapter for the company.

Company & program story

Messaging across three programs and 12 priority pages.

Conversion & community

20+ refreshed assets, search, nurture, and founder content.

Book-launch demand

A 5,000+ VIP waitlist for Software as a Science.

+67%Marketing-qualified leads

SEO and conversion work with the team and agency.

5,000+Book-launch waitlist

Pre-launch VIP audience for Software as a Science.

+22%Private founder-community growth

Founder-group content and nurture.

20+Lead magnets refreshed

Existing conversion assets updated and relaunched.

The context

The brief.

SaaS Academy had built recognition around Dan Martell. As the business moved into its next chapter, the work centered on making founder outcomes, program value, and customer proof easier to understand. I partnered with the CEO, program owners, Sales, Design, and an SEO agency to carry that message through search, the website, email, a book launch, and executive content.

The work

What I worked on.

Give the next chapter a clear story

Three established coaching programs, search demand, a founder community, and existing lead magnets gave the company a substantial base to work from.

Narrative and program clarity

I developed the post-transition messaging and rewrote 12 priority pages around founder outcomes, the company story, and the differences between the programs.

Conversion assets

I refreshed and relaunched 20+ lead magnets, including prospecting and revenue-retention guides, while coordinating content and conversion priorities with the SEO agency.

Connect the story to qualified demand

The execution joined search, community, launch activity, executive visibility, and the sales process.

Software as a Science launch

I built the pre-launch promotion system around the book. The campaign built a 5,000+ member VIP waitlist.

Founder community

I reactivated the private group with a content and nurture plan intended to support useful participation and qualified demand.

Sales enablement

I rebuilt sales materials, outbound sequences, and handraiser nurture to help qualified prospects reach the appropriate program.

CEO-led content

I owned executive content and distribution through posts, carousels, and practical growth narratives.

Follow through across the founder journey

The messaging work continued through program pages, launch promotion, and prospect follow-up.

Program selection

I aligned the website narrative with program clarity, sales materials, outbound sequences, and handraiser nurture to help founders understand which program fit their stage.

Original creative concepts

I developed campaign, advertising, and original-media concepts alongside the conversion work, exploring ways to reach founders beyond conventional coaching content.

Selected artifacts

A closer look at the work.

Published pieces, original materials, and work presentations from this period.

Looking back

What stayed with me.

Make the company promise clear

My work during the transition focused on outcomes, program value, and proof that could stand alongside the leadership change.

Revisit useful existing assets

I started with proven lead magnets and commercial pages, updating the material the company already had.

Carry the message into the sales work

The same narrative had to be useful in pages, nurture, executive content, enablement, and conversations with founders.

The work today

Helping founders sell what they’ve built.

My operating and founder experience now informs a focused M&A practice for early-stage software, AI products, and technology IP.

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