INDEPENDENT PERFORMANCE MARKETING CONSULTANT India · Working with teams worldwide
15 YEARS IN DIGITAL MARKETING

Make every
marketing move
count.

I help ambitious businesses turn paid media and search into a more predictable path to leads, customers and growth.

15+
years of hands-on experienceAcross performance, acquisition and digital strategy
Manish Raman speaking at a marketing event
STRATEGY → EXECUTION
GROWTH SYSTEM● LIVE THINKING
The right message.
The right audience.
RESEARCHTESTOPTIMIZESCALE
Performance is a process.↗
◎Google + MetaPaid acquisition
⌕SEO & SearchBuild discoverability
LESS GUESSWORK. MORE LEARNING.
SCROLL TO EXPLOREStrategy-minded. Hands-on. Accountable.
GOOGLE ADS✳META ADS✳SEO✳LEAD GENERATION✳CONVERSION OPTIMIZATION✳GOOGLE ADS✳META ADS✳SEO✳LEAD GENERATION✳CONVERSION OPTIMIZATION
WHAT I DO

Growth is not one
channel.

Bring the pieces together—from first click to qualified enquiry—with a plan shaped around your business goals.

02 / PAID SOCIAL
◉

Meta Ads

Make Facebook and Instagram work harder with audience testing, creative learning and conversion-focused campaigns.

  • Lead generation & sales campaigns
  • Audience and creative testing
  • Retargeting strategy
Discuss Meta Ads ↗
03 / ORGANIC SEARCH
⌕

SEO

Help the right people find you through a practical search strategy grounded in intent, useful content and site health.

  • Technical & on-page priorities
  • Keyword and content planning
  • Search visibility improvement
Discuss SEO ↗
04 / THE BIG PICTURE
⌘

Marketing Solutions

Connect channel strategy, landing pages, analytics and follow-up so campaigns are built to support the whole customer journey.

  • Acquisition strategy & audits
  • Funnel and landing page review
  • Analytics & reporting guidance
Plan your next move ↗
SELECTED EXPERIENCE

Real-world work.
Different challenges.

A selection of brands and business environments I've worked with. Client and employer campaign data stays private; let's talk about the challenges, approach and skills relevant to your project.

EXPERIENCE SNAPSHOT 04
EDUCATION · ACQUISITION
GO↗
Search intent
meets student ambition.
PAID MEDIA EXPERIENCE

Global Opportunities

Education & study-abroad marketing context

↗
MOBILITY · US MARKET
cura360
A considered path
to customer confidence.
PAID MEDIA EXPERIENCE

Cura360

Mobility products & customer acquisition

↗
DIGITAL · BRAND EXPERIENCE
smmart.
Connecting digital
touchpoints to intent.
DIGITAL MARKETING EXPERIENCE

smmart.co.in

Digital marketing experience

↗
E-COMMERCE · MULTI-CHANNEL
MORE
than clicks.
✳
Campaigns built
around business goals.
ADDITIONAL INDUSTRIES

Other businesses & teams

Hospitality, e-commerce and lead generation

↗

These are experience highlights, not published performance case studies. Specific outcomes, budgets and account data are shared only when approved by the relevant client.

WHY WORK WITH ME

Senior thinking.
Hands-on delivery.

You're not passed from sales to a junior account manager. Work directly with an experienced marketer who can look at the campaign, the funnel and the business objective together.

Let's solve your marketing challenge ↗
01

15 years of perspective

Experience across industries, audiences and different stages of the customer journey.

02

Performance with context

Clicks and leads matter—but quality, conversion and business fit matter too.

03

Clear, practical communication

Understand what is happening, what needs attention and what the next step is.

THE CUSTOMER JOURNEY

From first touch
to loyal customer.

Here is the marketing funnel I use to help businesses connect channel activity to real business outcomes. The exact channels and conversion points change by offer, audience and sales cycle.

01 · AWARENESS

Get discovered

Reach the right people with search, social, useful content and clear positioning.

Google AdsMeta AdsSEO
02 · INTEREST

Earn the visit

Match the ad or search promise to a focused landing page. Explain who you help, what you solve and why to trust you.

Landing pagesContentOffer clarity
03 · LEAD CAPTURE

Make the next step easy

Use a relevant form, call, booking or enquiry action. Ask only for information needed to start a useful conversation.

FormsCallsBookings
04 · QUALIFY & NURTURE

Prioritize good-fit leads

Respond quickly, check fit and intent, and follow up with helpful information. Feed lead quality—not just form volume—back into campaign decisions.

CRMLead scoringFollow-up
05 · CONVERSION

Turn opportunity into business

Support sales with clear next steps, relevant proof and a smooth handoff. Measure qualified opportunities, sales and revenue where tracking permits.

Sales handoffOpportunityRevenue
06 · RETENTION & REFERRAL

Keep the relationship growing

Deliver a strong customer experience, stay useful after purchase and create reasons for repeat business, reviews and referrals.

RetentionReviewsReferrals
Measure the handoffs—not just the top of the funnel.

Reach → qualified visits → enquiries → sales-qualified leads → customers → repeat business. Identify the stage with the biggest drop-off, test one improvement, then review the quality and cost of the result.

Build a funnel for my business ↗
A
⌖

Discover

Understand your offer, audience, margin, sales cycle, current channels and what counts as a valuable lead.

B
⌁

Plan & launch

Choose channel priorities, define tracking, align landing pages and agree the first tests before scaling spend.

C
↗

Improve

Review search terms, creative, conversion rates and lead feedback. Keep what works, fix friction and document learning.

A LITTLE MORE ABOUT ME

People, ideas
and the work.

Marketing is about understanding people. These moments—from team celebrations to industry events—are part of the journey behind my work.

Manish with colleagues at a team celebration
Team moments & shared milestones
Manish and teammates at the Indian Brand Competition
Learning and collaboration
Award recipients at the Indian Brand Competition
Industry community
PRACTICAL MARKETING INSIGHTS

Useful ideas.
Clear next steps.

Short, practical guidance for businesses that want better leads from paid media and search. These are original topic previews—built around the questions clients ask, not copied from another marketer.

GOOGLE ADS · LEAD GENERATION

Getting clicks but not qualified leads? Start with these 5 checks.

Review search intent, search terms, match types, negatives, location targeting, landing-page promise, conversion tracking and lead quality before increasing spend. Start by finding where the journey breaks: irrelevant clicks, weak enquiry rate, or leads that never become customers. Then segment by campaign and landing page, check whether conversion actions fire once, and ask sales which enquiries were genuinely useful. A lower cost per lead is not a win if lead quality falls.

Ask me to review your campaign ↗
META ADS · CREATIVE TESTING

What should a small business test first in Meta Ads?

A simple testing plan for offers, creative angles, formats and audiences—without changing everything at once. Give each test one clear question, enough time to learn, and a result you can act on. Begin with the offer and creative angle, then test format or audience in a controlled way. Keep the landing page consistent with the ad, and avoid declaring a winner from a handful of conversions.

Discuss your Meta Ads ↗
SEO · CONTENT STRATEGY

SEO content that answers real buyer questions.

Turn customer questions into useful service pages and articles that support discovery, trust and enquiries. Match each page to search intent, make the next step obvious, and refresh content when the offer or customer questions change. Build supporting FAQs from real sales conversations, use internal links to relevant service pages, and make claims specific and verifiable. Useful content should help a visitor make a decision—not merely repeat a keyword.

Plan your search strategy ↗
Not sure where to start?

Tell me your goal and I can help identify the first practical marketing priorities.

Talk about your goals ↗
FREE WEBSITE STARTER REVIEW

Find your next
website improvement.

Enter your website address to create a practical starter checklist covering secure browsing, messaging, mobile experience, lead capture and measurement. This tool is designed to help you spot priorities—not to replace a technical SEO or performance audit.

01 / WEBSITE CHECK

Start with your website URL

Use your live public website address, including the domain. The checklist is generated in your browser and does not crawl or send requests to your website.

No login or password is requested. Never enter private dashboard or admin URLs.

5+
areas to review

Security · Clarity · Mobile · Enquiries · Tracking

PRELIMINARY CHECKLIST
HAVE A PROJECT IN MIND?

Let's make your
next move count.

Tell me where your marketing is today and what you'd like to improve. I'll get back to you to discuss the right next step.

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