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Nick Zhou, Ph.D., MBA

Nick Zhou, Ph.D., MBA

Director of Growth
Jersey City,NJ

Summary

Proven serial entrepreneur, marketing professional & growth hacker with 18+ years of hands-on experience in marketing, growth, product, business, and technology

Work History

Director of Search (Paid & Organic Search)

Goldbelly
New York, New York
08.2019 - Current
  • For Paid Search/Search Engine Marketing/SEM, managed $78+M budget in Google Ads and Microsoft Ads, and grew Paid Search revenue by 293% YoY in first year, and 141% YoY in second year. Google Ads became largest new customer acquisition channel after Direct traffic source in 5 months.
  • For Organic Search, lead all areas of SEO, including Technical, On-Page, and Off-Page SEO, and increased Organic Search traffic by 160% in first year, and 20% in 2nd year.
  • Started as 1-person team and built highly effective 6-person team from scratch.

Founder, CEO & Author

NicholasChou.com
New York, New York
09.2010 - 08.2019
  • NicholasChou.com is an online sales, marketing and ideas agency
  • Launched 2 training courses with 19,000+ paying customers
  • Offer 4 business coaching programs on Entrepreneurship, Pay Per Click Advertising (PPC), Affiliate Marketing, and E-commerce
  • Offers marketing services in Paid Search, Paid Social, SEO, Social Media, Email, Content, Web Design & Development, and more
  • Manages team of 70+ marketing professionals and served 260+ clients
  • Internationally recognized expert on Paid Search, Affiliate Marketing, and Ecommerce

Co-founder & CEO & CTO

Everlasting Footprint
New York, New York
06.2013 - 07.2019
  • Digital storytelling platform where anyone can create and share life stories that can be preserved for generations •
  • Fully functional with 1.3 million lines of code
  • Led 8-person team to develop platform from start to finish
  • Secured $335,500 in funding
  • Acquired 14,000 users at $0.025 per user in 3 weeks during beta launch • Started as CTO and stepped up as CEO in 2016
  • Received two acquihire offers in 2018

Co-founder & Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)

Supercharge Blockchain
New York, NY
06.2018 - 05.2019
  • Co-founded Supercharge Blockchain, a blockchain co-working space, incubator, and consultancy with 7,500-sf space in New York City
  • Spearheaded strategy, marketing, sales, products, business development, and hiring
  • Managed marketing strategy, branding, website, content, email, social, and events
  • Successfully planned, managed and promoted events with 100-700 attendees
  • Launched over 20 services in 2 months
  • Grew company's network from 0 to 15,000 contacts in 3 months

Founder, CEO & Author

Chinese Food DIY
Columbus, OH
10.2003 - 04.2011
  • Food website with 500+ recipes and biweekly email newsletter
  • Published "Real and Healthy Chinese Cooking" (e-cookbook) with 23,000 customers
  • Grew website to 1st page in Google for highly competitive keywords in 3 months
  • Grew email list to 40,000+ subscribers in 13 months
  • Successful exit in 2011

Co-founder & CMO

Adena Montessori
Columbus, OH
01.2005 - 12.2008
  • Global education E-commerce company that sells Montessori products to schools, institutions, and parents
  • Built first version of website
  • Selected suppliers and shipping partners
  • Hired and trained employees
  • Helped expand to multiple international markets in 3 years

Education

MBA - Business Administration

University of Maryland University College (UMUC)
Adelphi, MD
09.2009 - 06.2012

Ph.D. - Computer Science

The Ohio State University (OSU)
Columbus, OH
09.2001 - 06.2007

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Wuhan University
Wuhan, China
09.1997 - 06.2001

Skills

Paid Search/Search Engine Marketing/SEM/Pay Per Click Advertising (PPC)

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Accomplishments

  • Managed $78M+ budget in Google Ads and Microsoft Ads at Goldbelly and grew Paid Search revnue by 293% YoY in first year, and 141% YoY in second year
  • Lead all areas of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and grew Organic Search traffic by 160% in first year, and 20% in second year
  • Published 2 popular training courses and established myself as internationally recognized expert on Paid Search, Affiliate Marketing, and Entrepreneurship
  • Co-founded Everlasting Footprint, raised $335,000+ in funding and led team of 8 to build fully functional platform with 1.3 million lines of code from start to finish
  • Organized high-quality blockchain conferences and events with 100 to 700 attendees, and helped grow Supercharge Blockchain's network of contacts from 0 to 12,000+ in 3 months
  • Published bestselling cookbook "Real & Healthy Chinese Cooking" with 23,000+ buyers; built email newsletter with 40,000+ subscribers; successful exit in 2011

Quote

I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.
William Ernest Henley

Timeline

Director of Search (Paid & Organic Search)

Goldbelly
08.2019 - Current

Co-founder & Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)

Supercharge Blockchain
06.2018 - 05.2019

Co-founder & CEO & CTO

Everlasting Footprint
06.2013 - 07.2019

Founder, CEO & Author

NicholasChou.com
09.2010 - 08.2019

MBA - Business Administration

University of Maryland University College (UMUC)
09.2009 - 06.2012

Co-founder & CMO

Adena Montessori
01.2005 - 12.2008

Founder, CEO & Author

Chinese Food DIY
10.2003 - 04.2011

Ph.D. - Computer Science

The Ohio State University (OSU)
09.2001 - 06.2007

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Wuhan University
09.1997 - 06.2001
Nick Zhou, Ph.D., MBADirector of Growth