Welcome to my portfolio. Below you will find my experience, brands I’ve worked with, and links to my published content.
I help brands achieve their goals by developing a digital strategy. I love easing the customer journey on digital platforms to increase conversions and brand awareness. I specialize in branding, optimization, and digital marketing and I bring over a decade of experience.
My process involves truly understanding your brand, your current reach, and your future goals. I make recommendations grounded in data and analytics, specific to your brand and industry. I deliver a service unique to you and your goals that builds authentic and lasting relationships with your consumers. I enjoy working with clients on a case by case basis or for ongoing partnerships.
My services include:
- Marketing analysis by auditing your brand and providing recommendations to optimize your consumer-facing channels, including your website, social media channels, and ecommerce platforms. My recommendations will improve your branding and overall customer experience.
- SEO strategy and recommendations for website layout as well as optimizing copy and content across platforms. I am experienced at creating and executing an SEO strategy for new and existing websites; auditing, optimizing, and implementing SEO strategy on product detail pages, digital channels, and across social media. My SEO strategy will improve your reach organically.
- Digital strategy including planning, executing, and reporting on digital platforms such as paid and organic social media, marketing platforms, and website platforms. I am experienced in crafting effective, efficient campaigns that resonate with your target audience.
- Content writing including short-form and long-form writing, such as product detail pages, social media copy, blogs, professional and formal writing, technical writing, and creative writing.
My personal projects:
I have over a decade of experience developing websites, publishing original content, data analysis and social media experience. From 2011 to 2019, I published original content on Kimber’s Navy Family and Kimber’s Five. I launched Kimber’s Navy Family in 2011. In 2015, I wrote a guest blog for Blue Star Families. To view all featured blog posts for Kimber’s Navy Family, please click here. Kimber’s Five was active from 2018 to 2019.
In January 2019, I launched this website, kimberlyreach.com, to establish myself as a freelance writer and marketing specialist. I built my website on WordPress, using BlueHost and GoDaddy. I write, edit, and publish original content.
At the end of 2018, I finished the first draft of my novel, Small Inconveniences. I am currently in the editing process with the goal of bringing the book to publication. The story follows a woman as she transitions life stages and the various challenges and stressors she experiences due to gender bias.
Resume:
Please view my LinkedIn profile for my professional history. For any other resume questions, email me at kimberlyreach@kimberlyreach.com.
Degrees:
Bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Maryland Global Campus, Sigma Tau Delta
Master’s degree in management with a specialization in marketing from the University of Maryland Global Campus
Accomplishments:
Dean’s List, Sigma Tau Delta
Digital Strategist at BRK Global Marketing, which won a 2023 Hermes Creative Awards for Cotton Incorporated‘s Life Style Monitor website (My role: Working on the site map with the web team)
Memberships:
American Marketing Association (AMA), Maryland Writers’ Association (MWA), National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS), Tau Omega Chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, UMGC English and Humanities Club, and UMGC Marketing Club
Certifications:
Agorapulse Certification Course (Certification ID: 0rnxeswezr)
Amazon Advertising Learning Console: Sponsored Ads Foundations Certification – United States (Certification ID: 971503), Amazon Retail for Advertisers Certification – United States (Certification ID: 529862)
Amazon DSP Advanced Certification (Certification ID: 5390791)
Google Ads – Measurement Certification (Certiciation ID: 266693724
Google Analytics Academy: Google Analytics for Beginners, Advanced Google Analytics, Google Analytics for Power Users, and Google Analytics Certification
Google Skillshop: Google My Business Certification
HubSpot Academy: HubSpot Content Hub for Marketers and Social Media Certified (Certification ID: a795bce23a664dafb81915c420058bc8)
LinkedIn Learning:
- Advanced Content Marketing
- Brand Leadership: Building Brand and Culture
- Build Your Marketing Technology Stack
- California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Essential Training
- Communicating with Confidence
- Conflict Resolution Foundations
- Content Marketing Foundations
- Content Marketing for Social Media
- Content Marketing: ROI
- Effective Listening
- GDPR Compliance: Essential Training
- Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
- Leading a Marketing Team
- Project Management Skills for Leaders
- Securing Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Selling and Marketing Your Products on Amazon
- SEO for Social Media
- SEO: Keyword Strategy
- Social Media Marketing Trends
- Writing in Plain Language
LinkedIn Skill Assessment Badges: Google Analytics and Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
SemRush Academy: How to Incorporate PPC Into Your Marketing Strategy for Increased Conversions (Certification ID: 358655) and PPC Fundamentals Course with Joel Bondorowsky (Certification ID: 358666)
I am proficient in the following writing styles:
- AP
- APA
- MLA
I have working knowledge of CSS and HTML.
I have experience on the following platforms:
- Adobe Creative Cloud including Adobe Acrobat, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Stock
- Agorapulse
- Ahrefs
- Airtable
- Amazon Ads including Amazon DSP
- Amazon Vendor Central
- Amazon WorkDocs
- Analytics tools including Pinterest Analytics and Twitter Analytics
- Atlas by MemberClicks (previously WebLink)
- Blogger (previously Blogspot)
- BlueHost
- Canva
- Constant Contact including marketing automation and Constant Contact Forms for WordPress
- eCommerce retailers: Amazon, Costco, Instacart, Office Depot, Staples, Target, and Walmart
- GoDaddy
- Google Classroom and Google Meet
- Google marketing tools including Google+, Google Ads, Google AdSense, Google Analytics, Google Demo and Tools, Google My Business, Google Search Console, and Google Tag Manager
- GoToMeeting
- HootSuite
- HubSpot
- Klaviyo
- MailChimp
- Microsoft suite including Office 365
- Microsoft Teams including Teams Channels, Meeting, and Live
- Project management and communication tools including Asana, BrightPod, Doodle, GroupMe, Slack, and Workfront
- Salesforce
- Salsify
- SEMRush
- Sendinblue
- SharePoint
- SharpSpring
- Shopify
- Social media platforms: Clubhouse, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Reddit, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok, Tumblr, Twitter, and WhatsApp
- Survey Monkey
- Syndigo and Kwikee Product Library
- Trello
- WordPress including Elementor and plugins including AdRotate, Custom Twitter Feeds by Smash Balloon, Flow-Flow Social Stream, MonsterInsights, Simple Download Monitor and Squeeze Form, WPForms, and WP Mail SMTP
- YouTube and YouTube Studio
- Zoom including Meeting and Webinar
Download my toolkit:
Learnings from Marketing in 2020
Brands I have worked with:
- A Big Heart Foundation
- Advil
- Akoustis
- Amazon Ads
- Band-Aid
- Barilla
- BGW CPA
- BumbleBee Seafoods
- Cain Center for the Arts
- Campbell & Associates
- Campbell’s
- Century Contractors
- Conterra Networks
- Cotton Incorporated and Cotton Lifestyle Monitor
- Doosan Portable Power
- Duracell
- Emergen-C
- GoGo squeeZ
- Healthgram
- HEX Performance
- Johnson & Johnson
- Maxson Associates
- McCann Systems
- MyCHELLE Dermaceuticals
- NC Poison Control
- Power Diary
- Procell
- Quest Now
- Tylenol
- Wikoff Color, Wikoff Digital
- Xebec
Links to my published content including ghostwriting projects:
- Behind the scenes of McCann Systems: Meet one of our senior field application engineers (McCann Systems)
- How to get started with McCann Systems (McCann Systems)
- Four recommendations to write an effective RFP in the education sector (Conterra Networks)
- Conterra Networks celebrates 21 years of business (Conterra Networks)
- Is our Legacy package right for you? (Quest Now)
- Prepare for retirement in 5 steps (Quest Now)
- 7 easy steps to exit your business (Quest Now)
- Continued education and STEM scholarships from McCann Systems (McCann Systems)
- The future is 5G (Akoustis)
- How to find the right buyer for your business (Quest Now)
- Conterra culture – Sustainability and community support (Conterra Networks)
- Four types of technology to help your business grow (Conterra Networks)
- Feature of two leading Akoustis WiFi 6E RF filters (Akoustis)
- What is most important to you in a sale? (Quest Now)
- What is the homework gap? (Conterra Networks)
- Devising a competitive exit plan: Understanding your options when selling your business (Quest Now)
- Year in review 2021 (Compass Marketing Inc.)
- Amazon Ad strategies in Q4 (Compass Marketing Inc.)
- Surprise and delight consumers with unexpected placements (Compass Marketing Inc.)
- The supply chain will have a big impact on brands this holiday season (Compass Marketing Inc.)
- Preparing for Cyber Monday 2021 (Compass Marketing Inc.)
- Preparing for Black Friday 2021 (Compass Marketing Inc.)
- CDAP Automated Ads: Easy and effective programmatic ads (Compass Marketing Inc.)
- Member Spotlight #9: United Way of Central Maryland’s COVID-19 response (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- Member Spotlight #8: UPS’s COVID-19 response (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- Member Spotlight #7: T. Rowe Price’s COVID-19 response (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- Member Spotlight #6: NCIA’s Herbert J. Hoelter Vocational Training Center continues supporting community during COVID-19 pandemic (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- Member Spotlight #5: Comcast’s response to COVID-19 (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- Member Spotlight #4: Tenable, the cyber exposure company (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- Member Spotlight #3: Leidos’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- Member Spotlight #2: The mission of Emergent BioSolutions during the COVID-19 pandemic (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- Member Spotlight #1: How CareFirst is information and supporting Maryland’s business community through the COVID-19 pandemic (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- How one teacher externship could impact hundreds of students (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- Growing the teacher externship program in 2020 (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- My experience in a maximum-security facility and the importance of a second chance (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- Discussing workplace culture and retaining talent in Maryland (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- Remaining competitive in the cyber industry through workforce development and 5G (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- Guest blog: Growing your company and corporate culture (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- Adding value for Maryland business through our advocacy work (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- P-TECH creates a competitive workforce (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- B2B Blog: Interational export – A conversation with Colleen Fisher (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- MDCC and Second Chance legislation (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- Guest Blog: Diversity through experience (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
If you have any questions or want to talk more, send me an email me at kimberlyreach@kimberlyreach.com or check out the Contact tab.