Work

Ads, systems, and the software behind them.

I lead paid acquisition and marketing operations for a portfolio of companies through BrandDesign Co., and I build the systems that make each program repeatable. Millions in cumulative spend across Google, Meta, Bing, OpenAI/ChatGPT, Yelp, direct mail, billboards, radio, and TV.

Paid acquisition

Google, Meta, Bing, OpenAI/ChatGPT, Yelp, and direct mail, tracked back to booked appointments and revenue rather than clicks.

  • About $210K/month in digital spend
  • Cross-account analysis across a 14-account MCC
  • 60-day direct mail split tests
  • Google Ad Grants for nonprofits

Marketing systems

The plumbing that makes a program repeatable: CRM setup and integration, referral intake, attribution dashboards, lifecycle email, speed-to-lead automation.

  • Salesforce and GoHighLevel integrations
  • Partner portals and referral engines
  • Attribution and channel-ROI dashboards
  • AI-assisted content workflows

Leadership

Fractional CMO to 10+ companies: budgets, hiring, strategy, reporting, and vendor management. I help companies stand up their first in-house marketing role, then step back.

  • Client onboarding and weekly scorecards
  • Recruiting and training marketing hires
  • Rebrands for multi-location companies

Selected results.

Client names appear where I have permission; the rest are described by industry.

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Google Ads cost per lead, first month

A real estate investment company was paying about $1,600 per lead. Within the first month the cost per lead was $300, and within 30 days the same budget was producing booked appointments at the old cost per lead. The account has held that level since June 2026.

Real estateGoogle AdsAttribution
4 mo.

From unprofitable to the company’s highest-ROAS channel

A real estate client was ready to abandon Google Ads because ad cost exceeded attributed revenue. In the first month we beat the previous vendor’s six-month results on less spend; by month four it was the most profitable channel in the company.

Real estateTurnaround
3,000+

A B2B referral engine with its own portal

For CWF, a $30M+ water and fire restoration company, I run the partner program: $50,000+ in prizes a year, tiered cash referrals, a plumbers-only pinball tournament series, and casino nights. I built the partner portal and Salesforce integration so every referral lands in the CRM as a Lead tied to the partner’s Account, with no manual entry.

RestorationSalesforcePartner marketing
30%+

Referral-dependent to paid-led

The same restoration company relied on referrals for most of its new work. Google Ads is now its largest paid source of new leads, regularly 30% or more of all new leads in a month, and Meta Ads runs as a second, consistently profitable channel.

RestorationGoogle AdsMeta Ads
11,000

A member database, cleaned and put to work

For a multisite casino in Dublin, Ireland, I deduped and cleaned an ~11,000-record member list, then built the weekly email program on top of it with an eight-week content calendar.

HospitalityEmailIreland
42 pp.

A bilingual lead-gen site for a two-state insurance agency

English and Spanish, local SEO pages for six metro areas, and state advertising-disclosure requirements designed in from the first page. Built to generate appointment requests, not to look like a brochure.

InsuranceWebSEO
6 + 1

Rebranding a roofing supply company

Six U.S. storefronts, a $20M+ wholesale branch, and two private roofing material brands brought under one identity, from storefront signage to product lines.

Roofing supplyBrand
$6M

One-person marketing department for a company group

At Sharper I ran the entire marketing function for the parent company and its child companies (about $6 million in combined revenue), including the content system behind the Ready to RISE podcast: titles, descriptions, tags, and 25 social captions per episode.

B2BRecruitingPodcast
0 → 1K

A church’s media program from nothing

At First Baptist Church of Bridgeport I started the media and marketing function: first-ever Meta and Google Ads, a TV broadcast, a YouTube channel grown to 1,000+ subscribers and monetization, and community events drawing 2,400+ with volunteer teams of up to 200.

NonprofitYouTubeEvents
4K+

Growing a brand channel on YouTube

The Other End of the Leash, The Real Doodle Co.’s YouTube channel, grew from zero to 4,000+ subscribers and monetization alongside the business’s custom site, SEO, Meta campaigns, and merch line.

PetYouTubeDTC

Sites I’ve built.

Websites, landing pages, and funnels I designed and built for clients, churches, and my own brands. Most run on Vercel or GoHighLevel with CRM and ad tracking wired in.

Industries.

Home services (restoration, plumbing, landscaping, tree service), construction and roofing supply, real estate investing and wholesaling, insurance, food and restaurant, hospitality and gaming, pet, health and nutrition, SaaS and mobile apps, publishing and podcasting, e-commerce, recruiting and staffing, business coaching, nonprofit and church. Clients in the U.S., Ireland, and Egypt.

Get in touch

Working on something worth growing? Let’s talk.

dillonmccurdy23@gmail.com LinkedIn ↗ YouTube ↗ BrandDesign Co. ↗