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Brooke serves as the Director of Growth Marketing at Smith Micro Software, with over 10 years of paid media experience. She helps the business grow their digital strategies using tactics from paid search, social media, programmatic marketing, and more. With her experience and passion in analytics, strategic planning and everything digital, she helps create relevant customer experience strategies at every stage of the user funnel.
Previously, she’s held positions at NordicClick Interactive as the Senior Director of Digital Strategy, and an in-house E-Commerce PPC Specialist/Analyst for Invitations by Dawn, Inc.
Brooke has been featured in several international marketing publications, including The Journal of Digital & Social Media Marketing and Econsultancy. She’s spoken at countless industry conferences and events including SMX, PubCon Pro, MnSearch, Zenith, and Agents of Change. She’s also contributed to multiple US Search Awards winnings for “Best Use of Video in a Search Campaign” and “Best Use Of Search – B2B”.
When not working, you can find her enjoying a round of golf, catching up on the latest episodes of Law & Order SVU or completing never-ending house renovations.
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