Based in the Washington, DC area, Marketing Nice Guys is here to help you excel in digital marketing including SEO, paid ads, content, creative and design.

FIG uses the tools, talent, and proven methods to build and evolve brands designed to create social impact in addition to financial returns.We believe that business should be seen as a force for good. At the same time, Purpose provides a focus and framework for evaluating business decisions and the choices needed to get there. Managing for both calls for organizations to have the courage and rigor to pursue both successfully.FIG partners with like-minded leaders in the public, private and nonprofit sectors to build purpose-driven brands and a better, more prosperous future for all.

Run marketing, branding, nonprofit partnerships and business development--including private label coffee--for this community-focused, speciality roaster that believes great coffee can do a lot of social good. This work builds on my time and connections in the coffee industry while living in Kampala, Uganda from 2012 to 2016.

I provide content, design, strategy and messaging support to help great organizations—particularly nonprofits and locally-owned SMBs—tell their stories online.

Kololo Mountains Coffee is now part of Roasting Rabbi Coffee! (more at www.roastingrabbi.com)Background on Kololo Mountains CoffeeI started Kololo Mountains Coffee because years ago I lived in Uganda and worked in coffee, particularly high-quality, speciality beans from the western part of the country.Kololo Mountains Coffee features 100% Arabica beans that are primarily sourced from the Rwenzori Mountains region of western Uganda where pure, high-elevation air combines with rich volcanic soil, plentiful equatorial sun and cooling rains to produce remarkable coffee.Our beans are medium-roasted to perfection has notes of black tea, citrus, hazelnut and dark chocolate. Learn more/order at: https://etsy.me/3xPTscU

We develop and market interactive, UX-friendly COVID-19 dashboards powered by Tableau for leading liberal arts colleges including Grinnell, Macalester, Rhodes, and Centre.

Worked with clients and market data to bring new products and ideas to market around intent data and customer voice content.

Supported enterprise software vendors to improve their sales, drive demand generation, and build stronger customer relationships through the use of in-depth and trusted user-generated reviews.

Developed and managed all branding, packaging, marketing and sales management systems for this community-based, speciality coffee company based in Kampala, Uganda.

Worked with corporate, university and NGO clients in Kampala to provide innovative 3D printing and design services, as the first and only additive manufacturing player in the market.

Generated branding and positioning copy for clients in the consumer goods, agriculture and hospitality sectors for Nairobi-based marketing agency.

Developed strategic guidance and program implementation for national nonprofit clients to raise money, build market awareness and support advocacy efforts.

Led all IT around voice, data and Web site for support international nonprofit supporting artisans in developing markets.

Proposed, secured contract for, wrote and heavily promoted stylized 200-page trade paperback for GenX investors (http://amzn.to/JThV4U) published by McGraw-Hill.Followed book with launch of Moolera.com, a personal finance web site expanding content and tools from the book (acquired in 2002)

Directed online staff that produced and maintained editorial content and tools for Money Channel, IPO Central and Hoover’s UK w/3 million users and 30+ million monthly page-viewsFrequently appeared on CNBC, CNNfn, PBS, and Bloomberg Radio; quoted by The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, USA Today, The Miami Herald, MSNBC.com, Ziff-Davis Inter@ctive Investor, Sky Radio Network, and other media regarding IPOs and broader market activity.

→ Helped lead creation and branding of ".edu," the online property for the magazine’s Best Colleges/Grad School franchise→ Created and oversaw Money channel for consumer-oriented News You Can Use site→ Covered a variety of topics for national newsmagazine including personal finance, the Internet, television, travel, music, and gambling→ Reported and wrote for 1995 groundbreaking Internet cover story, “Gold Rush in Cyberspace”

Wrote articles on personal finance and investing for GenX