Paul Johnson Small Business Marketing

Smart Marketing for Tomorrow'sSmall Business

Hi, I'm Paul. I help small businesses scale with proven marketing fundamentals that focus on long-term, sustainable growth.

Future-Forward Digital Marketing for Small Businesses

Scale your small business with time-tested marketing strategies.

Proven Principles for Lasting Results

When I started working with small business in 2017, I began to hear the same marketing agency horror story: "They promised immediate growth, but I ended up just receiving a report every month filled with numbers that didn't seem to tie together to anything meaningful."
With all the fluff out there, how do you know what will actually return you a positive ROI? 
That question is exactly why I'm delivering the most reliable, time-tested tactics I've discovered in my years of serving small businessses.

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How I Can Work With You

Organic Power Marketing Package

Starting at $995/mo

A package of time-tested tactics shown to develop your small business efficiently in the long term.

Web Design & Development

Starting at $2500

Custom-built, mobile-friendly and SEO-optimized websites including a brand workshop asking, "why does it matter"?

Google Review Generation

Starting at $95/mo

A must-have for today's small business. Automatically request reviews from customers following a visit or purchase.

Stories From My Clients

Learn about my experiences with previous clients and what they have to say about them.

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    Little Friends Pet Sitting: 210% Increase in Unique Website Visits in 12 Months

    SEO | Web Design | Advertising

    Little Friends was consistently ranking below the top 5 for top keywords like "Charlotte pet sitter". Following a website redesign, they nearly doubled the leads they received from Google.

    *This project was completed for Splurge Media.

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    Brookline Lock: 171% Increase in Local Web Visitors in 12 Months

    SEO | Web Design

    Little Friends was consistently ranking below the top 5 for top keywords like "Charlotte pet sitter". Following a website redesign, they nearly doubled the leads they received from Google.

    *This project was completed for Splurge Media.

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    OYO Restaurant: $0.61 CPC on Meta Ads, 300% ROAS

    Social Media Advertising

    OYO was a new restaurant in Pleasanton, CA with a small social following and tight path to profitability. By leveraging their existing momentum, I helped drive increasingly successful ads.


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    CareerBuilder: Grew Link Clicks from 12,200 to 58,000+ // FB + LI

    Social Media

    CareerBuilder was a 25 year old company with an 800,000+ audience that needed to be re-engaged. I helped them significantly grow their audience on Facebook and LinkedIn.


Small Business Websites I've Designed

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Island Design NW

Industry: Construction & Interior DesignRole: Web Design, Copywriting, SEO

Produced for Splurge Media

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Brookline Lock

Industry: LocksmithRole: Brand, Web Design, Copywriting, SEO

Produced for Splurge Media

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Elite Psychiatry

Industry: Mental HealthRole: Brand, Web Design, Copywriting, SEO

Produced for Splurge Media

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KillTech Tuning

Industry: AutomotiveRole: Web Design, Copywriting, SEO

Produced for Splurge Media

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Ice Hunters

Industry: Ice & Water FranchiseRole: Web Design, Copywriting, SEO

Produced for Splurge Media

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REOLUE

Industry: Real EstateRole: Web Design, Copywriting, SEO

Produced for Splurge Media

Testimonials

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"Paul is an extremely skilled social media marketer, copywriter, and designer. His ability to develop and guide social and content strategy and effectively execute it is impressive. He is always on time when delivering projects and joining meetings, and goes above and beyond to get the job done. Our team 100% recommends him to anyone looking for a motivated, enthusiastic, strategic professional!"

Haley M.

Marketing Manager, Social Media - Archer Education

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“I'm finally selling my artwork online and have a website that I am extremely proud of.
I am a photographer with an online following, but never had a proper portfolio or storefront to sell my work. Paul worked with me to gain a proper understanding of my brand and helped me craft a website that catered specifically to what I was trying to accomplish."

Max Beck

Photographer and Videographer

Work Experience 

To get a complete list of the companies I've worked with, download my resume.

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Splurge Media

June 2021 - August 2024

Account Director + Marketing Strategy Lead

Responsibilities: Led marketing strategy and execution for 24 clients across 11 marketing service channels

Managed integrated marketing campaigns across brand, web, SEO, social media, content, PR, PPC, social media ads, email, and graphic design


Achievements: Top client (B2B, SaaS) achieved 34% lead growth YoY in year 1, 42% lead growth in year 2 under my leadership

Pet sitting company grew 35% in revenue in first year of partnership, including 50% growth in social media following

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CareerBuilder

September 2019 - October 2020

Social Media Specialist

Responsibilities:Led full cycle organic and paid social media management for 7 channels and 800k+ total audience across Meta, LinkedIn, & Twitter

Developed or directed production for all social media graphics for all channels and promotions

Executed all social media copywriting for CareerBuilder brand across all channels

Achievements: Segmented social presence into B2B and B2C, achieved 6000 link clicks in first 6 months

Grew total brand engagement 356%, link clicks 370%, impressions 288% and followers 34% YoY

Achieved a <$0.25 CPC from Meta from integrated retargeting campaigns

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Basis by Centro

January 2019 - April 2019

Content Marketing Intern

Responsibilities: Led full cycle social media management for 4 channels and 35k+ total audience across Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Twitter

Developed or directed production for all social media graphics and copy from CareerBuilder under my leadership

Created tagging measurement structure to optimize posting schedule by categorization

Achievements: Increased clicks, impressions, and total engagements by 250% on LinkedIn in Q1 over Q4

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Freelance Marketing

September 2017 - Current


Responsibility: Leading web, SEO, and social media projects for small businesses including restaurants, marketing agencies, personal brands, and freelancers

Achievements: For OYO Restaurant: achieved $0.60 CPC on Meta ads, producing approximately 300% ROAS

For Max Beck (photographer): established Shopify website, grew from $0 to $1500/mo in sales


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