
Zainab Zia
Verified Expert in Marketing
Marketing Expert
Faisalabad, Pakistan
Toptal member since July 29, 2026
Zainab is a digital marketing strategist specializing in B2B technology companies, SaaS, and digital products. With 4 years of experience, she helps businesses develop go-to-market strategies, generate qualified leads, optimize marketing funnels, and implement automation systems that drive measurable growth.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- B2B Lead Generation
- Go-to-market (GTM) Strategy
- Google Analytics 4 (GA4)
- Market Research & Analysis
- Meta Ads
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
- WordPress
- n8n
Work Experience
Growth Marketing Lead
Optimum Tech
- Increased organic website traffic by 42% within six months through technical SEO, semantic content optimization, and on-page improvements.
- Developed go-to-market strategies for SaaS and AI products, supporting product launches across international markets.
- Implemented marketing automation workflows using CRM and no-code tools, reducing manual campaign management.
- Managed D2C marketplace operations across Amazon and Shopify, supporting product discovery, customer acquisition, conversion, and brand consistency.
- Led growth initiatives for B2B technology companies by aligning marketing execution with business and revenue objectives.
- Managed cross-functional collaboration between marketing, development, design, and leadership teams to deliver strategic initiatives.
- Reduced cost per lead by 25% through audience segmentation, A/B testing, and continuous campaign optimization.
- Created SEO and content strategies focused on topical authority, semantic optimization, and long-term organic growth.
- Analyzed campaign performance using Google Analytics 4, Google Search Console, and Microsoft Clarity to guide data-driven marketing decisions.
- Drove organization-wide behavioral change successfully by creating scalable participation programs that improved technology adoption and employee collaboration.
Marketing Manager
Impekt Limited
- Developed demand generation strategies that strengthened brand awareness and increased the pipeline of marketing-qualified leads across B2B SaaS markets.
- Executed product marketing campaigns by aligning customer messaging, positioning, and go-to-market initiatives with business objectives.
- Created performance dashboards using Google Analytics 4, HubSpot, and CRM reporting to monitor campaign effectiveness and support strategic decision-making.
- Managed content marketing initiatives, including case studies, landing pages, email campaigns, and thought leadership content for target audiences.
- Conducted market research and competitor analysis to refine positioning, identify growth opportunities, and support product launches.
- Designed engagement frameworks that increased participation, strengthened cross-team collaboration, and turned everyday employees into trusted internal contributors.
Digital Project Manager
Optimum Tech
- Managed the successful delivery of 50+ WordPress and Shopify client projects, ensuring quality standards and on-time completion.
- Coordinated cross-functional teams of developers, designers, and QA specialists to deliver customized digital solutions.
- Improved client satisfaction by maintaining proactive communication, managing expectations, and resolving project issues efficiently.
- Oversaw project timelines, resource allocation, and milestone tracking to ensure consistent delivery across multiple client accounts.
- Collaborated with clients to translate business requirements into actionable project plans and technical deliverables.
- Implemented SEO best practices during website development to improve search visibility and overall site performance.
- Supported eCommerce businesses by optimizing WordPress and Shopify websites for usability, performance, and conversion.
- Developed sustainable engagement ecosystems using data, incentives, and interactive experiences to increase long-term participation and internal knowledge sharing.
Assistant Project Manager
Optimum Tech
- Coordinated the delivery of 20+ WordPress and Shopify projects, ensuring milestones and client requirements were met.
- Supported project planning by preparing task schedules, documenting requirements, and monitoring deliverables.
- Reviewed website deliverables for quality, functionality, and compliance before client handover.
- Maintained project documentation and workflow processes, improving coordination across cross-functional teams.
Junior Brand Manager
Sellwised
- Managed end-to-end marketplace operations across Amazon and Shopify, ensuring accurate product listings, inventory updates, and brand consistency.
- Optimized product listings through keyword research, SEO best practices, and category refinement to improve organic product visibility.
- Collaborated with design, logistics, and marketing teams to launch new products and maintain a consistent customer experience.
- Conducted competitor and market research to identify pricing opportunities, product trends, and marketplace growth strategies.
- Supported promotional campaigns by coordinating product launches, seasonal offers, and marketplace merchandising initiatives.
- Maintained brand guidelines across digital storefronts, ensuring consistency in product content, visuals, and customer messaging.
Project History
AI CRM Platform | Pre-launch Product Marketing & Research
- 15+ — Customer Interviews Completed
- 25+ — Competitors Analyzed
- 4 — Strategic Frameworks Delivered
- 90% — Beta Feedback Incorporated
- 100% — GTM Documentation Completed
Baseerat was an AI-powered CRM in its pre-launch stage, entering a highly competitive market dominated by established platforms. With no historical customer data or market performance, the challenge was to validate product-market fit, define a differentiated positioning strategy, and reduce uncertainty before launch.
I conducted comprehensive market and competitor research, developed ICPs and buyer personas, and created positioning, messaging, and pricing recommendations. I designed and coordinated beta customer validation to gather qualitative feedback, which informed product improvements and messaging refinement.
The project reduced launch risk by replacing assumptions with customer insights, strengthened product positioning, and established a strategic roadmap for future customer acquisition, product adoption, and commercial growth.
AI Surveillance System for Workforce Monitoring
- 100+ — Enterprise Sales Meetings
- 40% — Increase in Qualified Inquiries
- 50+ — Customer Onboarding Campaigns Supported
- 600% — Return on Ad Spend (ROAS)
Manufacturing companies lacked real-time visibility into workforce attendance, movement, and operational compliance. Existing surveillance systems relied heavily on manual monitoring and provided limited actionable insights, making it difficult to improve efficiency and security.
I developed the product positioning and go-to-market strategy for an AI-powered surveillance solution. I conducted market research, identified target industries, defined ICPs, created value propositions, developed sales collateral, and supported proof-of-concept planning for enterprise customers. I also collaborated with technical teams to align product capabilities with customer requirements.
I delivered a market-ready GTM strategy that supported enterprise proof-of-concept discussions, strengthened product positioning, and equipped the sales team with messaging tailored to manufacturing decision-makers.
Loom IQ | AI-Powered Conversational Analytics Platform
- 20+ — Competitor Analysis Reports
- 2,200+ — Enterprise Proposals Supported
- 10,000 — Qualified Leads Generated
- 13 — Industry Verticals Targeted
The product needed a compelling market position before launch in a competitive AI and business intelligence landscape. The challenge was to identify the ideal customer profile, validate market demand, refine messaging, and develop a go-to-market strategy without historical customer or campaign data.
I conducted market research, competitor analysis, customer interviews, and messaging validation to identify target audiences and refine the product’s value proposition. I developed buyer personas, positioning, pricing recommendations, and a go-to-market strategy while collaborating with product and engineering teams to ensure customer insights were reflected in the product experience.
I delivered measurable GTM impact by generating 10,000+ qualified leads, developing industry-specific acquisition strategies across 13 verticals, and improving market positioning through data-driven customer insights.
4 Million Impressions in One Month After Eight Months of Struggle
- 4 Million — Impressions
- 39,800 — Organic Clicks
Low organic visibility for high-intent keywords in a competitive niche.
Limited AI search (AEO/GEO) discoverability and entity recognition.
Declining keyword rankings due to evolving Google algorithm updates.
Weak topical authority and content gaps across key service pages.
Need to optimize content for both traditional search engines and AI-powered search experiences.
Performed a complete technical and content SEO audit.
Optimized crawling, indexing, site structure, and Core Web Vitals.
Built an intent-driven content and topical authority strategy.
Implemented SEO, AEO, and GEO optimizations for Google and AI search.
Improved metadata, schema, internal linking, and entity optimization.
Continuously monitored and refined performance using Search Console and analytics tools.
Generated 4.41+ million organic impressions through Google Search.
Increased organic traffic, resulting in 39.8K clicks.
Improved organic visibility through Technical SEO, AEO, and GEO optimization.
Connected Workforce
- 500+ — Members Across Communities
- 220% — Growth in Active Participation
- 20+ — Cross-Functional Teams Enabled
- 95% — Event Attendance Rate
Despite investing in modern workplace tools, employees continued relying on familiar processes, resulting in low adoption, fragmented collaboration, and inconsistent knowledge sharing across business units.
Created a self-sustaining employee community through champion programs, gamified engagement, educational content, and data-driven optimization, enabling peer-to-peer learning and organization-wide digital adoption.
Drove 50% faster AI digital adoption, 220% growth in employee engagement, and measurable improvements in cross-functional collaboration.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering
National Textile University - Pakistan
Certifications
Advanced Program in Marketing
MTF Institute of Management, Technology & Finance
Artificial Intelligence in Marketing
University of Virginia
Google Project Management
Advanced Project Management: Strategies for Success
Makeintern, Learntoupgrade
The Essential Guide to Entrepreneurship: MBA 101
Lara Fabans, Boomy Tokan
Skills
Core
Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Google Ads, Content Marketing, Go-to-market (GTM) Strategy, Organic Social Media, Lead Generation, Funnel Marketing, Product Marketing, Email Marketing, Market Research & Analysis, Funnel Optimization, Product Positioning, Marketing Collateral Development, Social Media Marketing (SMM), Email Marketing Automation, LinkedIn Marketing, Copywriting, Digital Marketing, Digital Marketing Strategy, Marketing Research & Analysis, Marketing Strategy, Influencer Marketing, Performance Marketing, Social Media, A/B Testing, Community Management, Marketing Analytics, Campaign Management, Branding, Content Strategy, Social Media Strategy, Marketing Leadership, Marketing, SEO Marketing, SEO Audits, YouTube Ads, LinkedIn Ads, Audience Targeting, Social Media Content, Social Media Management, Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), Marketing Campaigns, Media Buying, Ad Campaigns, Pay-per-Click (PPC), Google Paid Ads, Keyword Research, On-page SEO, AI Marketing, Backlinks, Organic SEO, Content Marketing Strategy, Search Engine Marketing (SEM), TikTok Ads, Funnel Analysis, Marketing Communications (MarCom), Marketing Operations, Reddit Ads, Marketing Automation, Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO), Account-based Marketing (ABM), Facebook Ads, Paid Advertising, Social Media Analytics, Content Creation, SEO Tools
Platforms & Tools
Google Analytics 4 (GA4), Content Management Systems (CMS), Klaviyo, Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), Google Analytics, Mixpanel, Mailchimp, LinkedIn Profiles, HubSpot, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Instagram Ads, Google Ads Editor, Search Ads 360, Looker Studio, TikTok, Performance Max, Iterable
Business Models
Business to Business (B2B), B2C, Market Positioning, Consumer to Consumer (C2C), B2B
Technical
HTML, Google Search Console
Other
Sales Navigator, WordPress, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Project Management, Meta Ads, Notion, AI Automation, Demand Generation, B2B Lead Generation, Client Relationship Management, Sales Optimization, Jira, Stakeholder Management, Research, Competition Research, Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), Strategy, KPI Frameworks, Task Prioritization, Budget Management, Risk Assessment, Semantic SEO, Market Segmentation, B2B Partnerships, Product Launch, Direct to Consumer (D2C), Growth Strategy, LinkedIn, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Website Optimization, Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), AI Content Creation, Creative Strategy, Technical SEO, Startup Marketing, Competitor Analysis & Profiling, Go-to-market Execution, Shopify Marketing, Cosmetics, Paid Media, Analytics, Growth Marketing, Employee Experience, eCommerce, Data Analysis, Campaign Execution, eCommerce Analysis, Web Development, B2B Marketing, Corporate Culture, Customer Acquisition, Higher Education, Wellness, Psychology, Storytelling, Content Writing, Copy Editing, SEO Copywriting, Paid Acquisition, Lifecycle Marketing, Auditing, Marketing Consulting, Brand Positioning, Strategic Communication & Messaging, Personal Branding, Instagram, Facebook, Content Optimization, Legal, Advisory, Large Language Models (LLMs), Brand Awareness, YouTube, Client Management, Landing Page Optimization, Fashion, Fashion & Beauty, Social Media Copywriting, Video Editing, Data Engineering, Data-driven Marketing, Snowflake, Reporting & Dashboards, Segment, ETL Tools, Marketplaces, Startups, Organic Content Marketing, Go-to-market Plans, PPC Campaign Management, ChatGPT, Tracking, Commercial Strategy, Enterprise SaaS, Positioning, Fractional CMO, Marketing Metrics, Website Migration, Zendesk, Account Management, Paid Search, Customer Retention, Lovable, AI Agents, SDKs, APIs, Developer Relations, Education Technology (Edtech), Revenue Operations (RevOps), Lead Magnet, Health & Wellness, Process Management, Marketing Optimization, Cross-functional Coordination, Complex Project Management, Communication, Regulatory Compliance, Leadership, Launch Strategy, Healthcare, Salesforce, AEO, Shopify, Amazon, n8n, Microsoft Clarity, Agentic AI, Agentic GTM, Quality Assurance (QA), Graphic Design, Telesales, Planning, Analysis, ROI, Team Building, EDA, Distribution, Partnership Management, Clay, Outbound Marketing, Writing, X (formerly Twitter), Community Growth, Digital Transformation, Podcasting, Predictive Modeling, Customer Data Platform (CDP), Pivot Tables, Customer Journey, Cross-functional, Buffer, Python, Employee Communication, Video Marketing, Financial Services
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