Lifecycle Marketing Leader
Josh Michael
Hi, I’m Josh… I build data-driven lifecycle marketing programs that convert leads, retain customers, and expand LTV. Here are some highlights…
- Built multiple CRM systems driving $1M+ per month
- Industries: Healthcare, Retail, E-comm, E-learning & more
- Leader at two startups from $0 to $100M+ run rate
- Thrives in high-growth, venture-backed environments
- Technical versatility: Quickly adapts to new tools & coding languages
- Highly collaborative cross-functional leader
- Specialties: Data-modeling/segmentation, personalization, multi-channel engagement, lead nurturing, churn prevention, winback, etc.
My Experience
Josh Michael Consulting
Present
Lifecycle Marketing Consultant
Put simply, I help businesses drive revenue through marketing automation.
My 17 years of experience across different verticals allows me to jump into any business and quickly assess what needs to happen next.
Services
- Platform migration / RFP
- Content strategy
- Data modeling to enable dynamic personalization and flexible content
- HIPAA compliance
- Full lifecycle program buildouts
- Sales and support enablement
- Performance reporting / Performance transparency
- Website development / 3rd party integrations
- Segmentation strategy / Customer personas
- Sentiment analysis and many more!
Platforms
- Salesforce and Salesforce Marketing Cloud
- Braze
- Listrack
- Customer.io
- Iterable
- Mailchimp
- Klaviyo
- MailerLite and dozens more!
Sr. Director of CRM
Previous roles: Director of CRM, Sr. Manager of CRM, CRM Manager
Established an end-to-end lifecycle function to scale a multi-site healthcare organization from pre-revenue to over $100 million annually in under 5 years.
Built a team and culture to foster strong cross-functional partnerships with member support, engineering, digital product, ops, finance, and clinical.
Thrived in a high-growth, venture-backed startup building complex data, operational, and marketing technology systems. Established and optimized customer feedback loops, experience-driven transactional comms, lead nurturing, promotional touchpoints and more.
Decreased acquisition costs from $250+ to $49 per patient. Increased patient retention with automated communications, presenting personalized treatment plans, and creating a best-in-class patient experience resulting in an industry-leading Net Promoter Score.
Digital Marketing Manager, Email/SMS
Hired to re-build the entire marketing / CRM tech stack and establish an internal execution team while sunsetting external agency partners. Led the entire platform migration, collaborating with engineering, merchandising, operations, finance, e-commerce, creative, and BI partners to deliver the project on-time and under-budget.
Transformed the marketing team’s culture from opaque and difficult-to-work-with into a transparent, fast-paced, and highly collaborative team. While leading the team, email channel revenue grew from $150 a $180 million per year.
Conceived and implemented multiple strategic initiatives. One worth noting was an automated price-drop alert system that drove an extra $4.6 million per year. Another was a reactivation strategy that grew our active subscribers by 48.3%… moving our list size from 3.1M to 4.6M over a 6-month period.
Smile Direct Club
2015 – 2016
CRM Marketing Manager
Established an end-to-end lifecycle function for a disruptive healthcare organization from pre-revenue to over $100 million annual run rate in under 2 years.
Conceived, built, and optimized 75+ automated touchpoints, which drove email specific revenue from $0 to over $1,000,000 per month. Established customer journey communications from inception to support patient care and sales teams.
Email Marketing Manager
Previous roles: Associate Email Marketing Manager
Managed the strategy, execution, and profitability of Magazines.com’s email channel. Established weekly KPIs to exceed aggressive e-commerce goals.
Identified an opportunity to increase revenue and decrease costs by migrating email platforms. Built a business case, led the RFP process, scoped the project, led the platform migration, and implemented the new system. This enabled more automation, which grew campaign revenue by 37% year/year.
Acxiom
2009 – 2012
Digital Content Specialist
Responsible for converting Photoshop files into coded HTML emails, ready for deployment. Used HTML and scripting languages to deliver top customer satisfaction scores and flawless execution. Clients included Time Inc., PNC Bank, FedEx, Calendars.com, & more.
20/20 Research
2007 – 2009
Assistant Project Manager
Captured and organized data for qualitative marketing research campaigns. Improved research methods, data analysis, and email marketing tools to save $2,000+/mo.
LET’s Chat
Need help with your lifecycle program?
Reach out and we can schedule a 15 minute chat to see if there’s a good fit. I evaluate clients and full-time opportunities on a case-by-case basis.