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Kumakshi Verma
Head of Content & Social

Kumakshi Verma

🇨🇦 Toronto

Kumakshi owns editorial and social across the practice — turning research and POV into content that ranks, resonates, and compounds. Published author, ex-newsroom, cares deeply about craft.

Content MarketingSocial Media StrategyEditorialInfluencer Marketing

Recent articles by Kumakshi

Paid Marketing

LinkedIn Ads Are Expensive. Here's How to Make Them Worth It.

LinkedIn is the most expensive B2B channel for a reason. Get the structure right and it pays back faster than anything else.

Jul 19, 20245 min
B2B Growth

The 6-Touch ABM Sequence That Actually Converts

A specific 6-touch ABM sequence structure with touch, channel, and content for each.

Jul 16, 20243 min
Analytics

UTMs: The Taxonomy That Survives 5 Years

Most UTM schemes collapse within a year. Here's the naming convention that scales.

Jul 15, 20243 min
SEO

The JavaScript SEO Checklist for Next.js Sites

What to watch for when shipping a JavaScript-rendered site that still needs to rank.

Jul 13, 20243 min
AI Marketing

AI for Market Research: What It Does Well, What It Gets Wrong

Where LLMs accelerate marketing research and where they still produce shallow or misleading output.

Jul 13, 20243 min
Video Production

iPhone vs. Studio: When Phone-Shot Video Outperforms Cinematic

A real breakdown of when iPhone-shot footage wins, when studio footage is worth the money, and how to mix them in one campaign.

Jul 12, 20243 min
Brand Design

Brand Photography Direction That Actually Gets Followed

Photography direction documents that photographers use vs the 40-slide ones they ignore.

Jul 10, 20243 min
CRO

The CRO Research Phase: What We Do Before Any Test

Most CRO programs start with tests. Ours starts with research. Here's the 2-week research sprint we run first.

Jul 9, 20243 min
B2B Growth

The Demand Gen Funnel Report Every CMO Should See Weekly

A one-page weekly demand gen report that stops the 'marketing vs sales' blame game and surfaces real bottlenecks.

Jul 7, 20243 min
Video Production

The Testimonial Video Mistakes We Stopped Making

What we learned shooting dozens of testimonials — and why the obvious approach usually fails.

Jul 5, 20243 min
Local SEO

Review Response Templates That Convert

Three response templates — for positive, neutral, and negative reviews — that work as marketing, not just service recovery.

Jul 4, 20243 min
Web Design

The 404 Page That Recovers Traffic

A good 404 isn't just a dead-end. It's a second chance to convert the visitor.

Jul 3, 20243 min
Social Media

The Creator Brief Template We Send Every Influencer

The exact brief format that turns a one-shot influencer post into reusable, high-performing content.

Jun 29, 20243 min
Paid Marketing

The Frequency Capping Rules Every Meta Account Should Have

Why unchecked frequency burns creative and tanks ROAS — and the caps we set by default.

Jun 28, 20243 min
Analytics

The Analytics Report Executives Actually Read

A one-page monthly report format that gets read — unlike the 40-slide report that doesn't.

Jun 27, 20243 min
CRO

Session Replay: What We Look For in 10 Minutes

The specific behaviors that tell us something is wrong — scanned across session recordings quickly.

Jun 24, 20243 min
Content Marketing

Why We Stopped Publishing Thought Leadership and Started Publishing Arguments

Most thought leadership is empty. Here's the difference between writing for clicks and writing to change minds.

Jun 22, 20243 min
Video Production

The Interview Setup That Looks Professional

A bare-minimum interview setup that looks like a studio shoot when done right.

Jun 20, 20243 min
SEO

Why Content Length Isn't a Ranking Factor (But Relates to One That Is)

The confused correlation between word count and rankings, and what actually matters.

Jun 17, 20243 min
Email & CRM

Email Design in 2026: What's Worth Fighting For

Design battles worth waging in email vs ones where the ROI doesn't justify the effort.

Jun 14, 20243 min
SEO

Internal Linking: The Underrated Lever Most Teams Ignore

Six concrete internal-linking fixes that ship in a week and routinely deliver double-digit organic lifts.

Jun 14, 20243 min
Email & CRM

Winback Campaigns: The Sequence That Revives 12% of Dormant Customers

A specific winback flow we've tested extensively — and the numbers it reliably produces.

Jun 12, 20243 min
Ecommerce

The Shopify Theme Audit That Finds $50k+ in Hidden Conversion

A 20-point theme audit we run on every new Shopify engagement — pays for the audit itself inside the first month.

Jun 12, 20244 min
AI Marketing

AI Governance for Marketing Teams: Lightweight Rules That Actually Get Followed

The one-page AI policy we deploy at every client — enough guardrails to be safe, light enough to get adopted.

Jun 10, 20243 min

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