Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Google Display Ads and Google Search Ads
Timeline
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Tumelo Makgatho

Digital Marketing

Summary

Proven skills in increasing customer engagement and business visibility in online searches through successful SEO approaches. Experienced in developing marketing initiatives, increasing business success and boost sales. Excellent analytical, organizational and decision-making abilities.

Creative Digital Marketing Consultant with excellent relationship and communication skills to drive new business opportunities. Considered superstar in presenting effective marketing solutions.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications

Work History

Digital Marketing Consultant

K Energy
Johannesburg
01.2022 - Current

Key Responsibilities

  • Volunteering my services in the following:
  • Analyzed competitor pages to locate backlink and keyword opportunities.
  • Created and deployed social media content, engaged with target audiences and boosted reach with strategic ad placements.
  • Implemented new strategies to improve click-through rates and conversion.
  • Created and optimized company website to improve engine ranking, user experiences and conversion rates.
  • Developed digital marketing strategies by creating and implementing plans to reach and engage target audiences.
  • Created social media content with innovative brand messaging to support new product launches.
  • Implemented marketing automation tools to streamline and automate repetitive marketing tasks.
  • Conducted market research by analyzing industry trends, consumer demographics and competitor activities to inform marketing strategy.
  • Conducted keyword research and analyzed competitors keywords in order to use keywords which are relevant for the services the business offers.
  • Evaluated market trends to stay current on consumer and competitor changes.
  • Created reports on digital marketing efforts using analytics tools to track and measure digital marketing success for management.


Key Achievements

  • Website: Since its creation it has attracted 407 new users, 652 sessions and 2,653 pageviews
  • Grew and increased Instagram audience from 0 to 591 followers organically.
  • A total Instagram reach of 3,720 since inception

Digital Marketing Intern

Cliqworks Communications
Johannesburg
03.2022 - 08.2022

Key Responsibilities

  • Assisted marketing coordinators and graphic designers with website copywriting and proofing.
  • Designed and presented social media campaign ideas for clients.
  • Prepared weekly updates and reports to track growth and success rates of marketing campaigns.
  • Assisted in managing corporate social media channels.
  • Maintained editorial calendar to keep content timely, relevant and engaging.
  • Drafted weekly e-newsletters to subscribers and set up campaigns in MailChimp.
  • Tracked and analyzed web analytics to recommend proactive adjustments to strategies.
  • Performed website administration duties.
  • Contributed to mock-ups, email campaigns, and social media content.
  • Collaborated with team members to help expand marketing channels.
  • Researched competitor trends and interpreted findings, reporting conclusions to supervisor.
  • Performed office administrative duties to enhance team cohesiveness.
  • Practiced search engine optimization to maximize efforts in creating brand awareness.
  • Sat with marketing team members to learn new tasks and determine best tactics for solving challenges.
  • Participated in brainstorming meetings to develop marketing collateral.
  • Measured and reported results of marketing initiatives.
  • Scheduled social media postings to advertise products and generate site traffic.
  • Assisted in creating written, video and image content for marketing channels.
  • Monitored web traffic to analyze website performance.

Key Achievements

  • Cliqworks Promotions and Cliqworks Communications: Backlinking, and placing websites in directories which increased website traffic by 30% for Cliqworks Promotions and by 24% for Cliqworks Communications over a course of 6 months
  • Two Mountains: Assisted in the creation of a leads generation campaign on Facebook which saw over 10 potential clients a day responding by quoting the phrase to be used when interested in the service.
  • Cliqworks Promotions and Cliqworks Communications: Improved their SEO scores which were between 40% to 58% on all pages to between 75 and 90% for the home page.

Digital Marketing Freelancer

Self-Employed
Johannesburg
07.2016 - 03.2022

Key Responsibilities

  • Monitored online trends, conversations and innovations to optimize strategies.
  • Led projects to redesign web pages, diversify strategies and revitalize social media presence.
  • Redesigned and published web pages with WordPress
  • Used Google Analytics and Search Console to identify behavioral patterns and trends in data.
  • Conducted market research and competitor analysis to inform search marketing strategies.
  • Collected and analyzed Web metrics such as visits, time on site and page views per visit.
  • Designed paid client ads for use on diverse social media platforms.
  • Developed and deployed content marketing strategies to improve organic search traffic.
  • Crafted and implemented strategies to increase search visibility and website traffic.
  • Monitored and evaluated website analytics to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
  • Devised effective link-building campaigns to increase website authority and visibility.
  • Completed keyword research and analyzed competitor SEO and PPC campaigns to identify gaps and opportunities.
  • Helped clients develop website portals and social media pages to promote businesses.
  • Created content strategies for digital media.
  • Generated reports to monitor and analyze website performance, search engine rankings, or domain authority.
  • Optimized website content and images to improve search engine rankings.

Key Achievements

  • Corporate Network Solutions: Successfully revised their website with key emphasis being on renewing, modernizing and having a great user experience.
  • Urban Zulu: Created a Digital marketing strategy with actionable tactics.
  • Corporate Network Solutions: Crafted a Digital brand Strategy to be used that outlines the goals and tactics to be used.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Corporate Communication

University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg
01.2004 - 07.2008

Certificate - Digital Brand Strategy

Vega
Randburg
03.2018 - 07.2018

Skills

    Social media activities

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Certification

Google Display Ads

Google Display Ads and Google Search Ads

Google Search ads for developing and optimizing effective search campaigns. This is PPC or paid per click advertising, Google Ads Display also for developing and optimizing effective search campaigns it is also PPC. Both form part of Googles Ads comprising of Display, Search, Shopping, Video and App.

Timeline

Digital Marketing Intern

Cliqworks Communications
03.2022 - 08.2022

Digital Marketing Consultant

K Energy
01.2022 - Current

Google Search Ads

11-2021

Google Display Ads

10-2021

The Fundamentals of Digital Marketing

03-2021

Certificate - Digital Brand Strategy

Vega
03.2018 - 07.2018

Digital Marketing Freelancer

Self-Employed
07.2016 - 03.2022

Bachelor of Arts - Corporate Communication

University of Johannesburg
01.2004 - 07.2008
Tumelo MakgathoDigital Marketing