Asher Ali

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India13 yrs 11 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Achieved consistent 2X revenue growth YoY since 2021.
  • Established a 1.2 Lacs strong talent network.
  • Advised multiple early-stage ventures on growth strategies.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Marketing and Business Development expert with a focus on growth consulting and strategy.

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Skills

Core Skills

Business StrategyMarketing StrategyBusiness DevelopmentMarket AnalysisIntegrated MarketingCustomer Success ManagementSales Management

Other Skills

BenchmarkingBuild Strong RelationshipsBuilding Business RelationshipsBusiness Process DesignBusiness Process ImprovementCRMConsultingCorporate BrandingCreativityCustomer NegotiationsCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Digital MarketingDirect MarketingEntrepreneurshipEvent Management

About

My present engagements are as below: - Building WinnerBrands - while making marketing careers successful! Please write to me at asher@winnerbrands.in if you're trying to set up, restructure your marketing teams or up-skill them. - Investing in early-stage ventures and SMEs with clear niches/growth levers to position themselves as market experts. - Growth consulting and workshops for early-stage founders, bootstrapped ventures, and SME owners to assist with their product-market fit and set up growth/marketing teams (fractional engagements only). - Advise family offices/trusts in Kerala and the Middle East with board-level engagement, nurturing present/new generation entrepreneurs and optimizing their wealth/inheritance. - Network, read, learn and invest in passion areas like marketing and skill development. Please contact thedigitalestate@gmail.com if anyone thinks I can help.

Experience

13 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 9 mos
Average Tenure
8 yrs 10 mos
Current Experience

Winnerbrands

Director & Co-Founder

Aug 2017Present · 8 yrs 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Scaled and turned around WinnerBrands with two crucial pivots, achieving a minimum 2X consistent revenue growth YoY since 2021.
  • Established and grew the talent solution, learning, and content business, driving revenue across all verticals.
  • Advised growth stage founders, investors, and marketing leaders on crucial intelligence to set up, restructure, hire, and upskill their marketing teams.
  • We are a 1.2 Lacs strong independent talent network of mid and leadership-level marketers and 650+ agencies to collectives.
  • Please connect -
  • Sonali@winnerbrands.in for jobs and community related queries.
Business StrategyStrategyBusiness DevelopmentBuild Strong RelationshipsMarketing StrategyService Delivery+5

Self employed

Independent

Sep 2015Present · 10 yrs 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Help growing SMEs, early-stage start-ups, NGOs and family business entities with seed investments, digital transformation, market expansion and GTM.
  • Growth Consulting and Workshops
  • Early stage ventures exploring PMF and organic growth hacks.
  • SMEs and business groups, implementing business transformations, expansions and diversifications.
  • Early Stage Investments.
  • LP at an early stage fund.
  • Anchoring investments from selected private family offices based in Kerala and The Middle East.
  • Marketing Recruitment Advisory - for early stage founders, SME promoters/boards, skilling platforms/academies.
  • Request to email on thedigitalestate@gmail.com with a note and we can catch up.
Marketing Strategy

Commonfloor

Manager Business Operations

Mar 2013Sep 2015 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Bangalore

  • Areas of involvement include setting CX strategy at organisation level, account management (KAM ), online campaign management, digital marketing, strategic B2B marketing, marketing communication, brand management, business launches and sales support initiatives.
  • Primary responsibilities:
  • Team set up, training and management: Led a team of 15+ relationship managers/customer success managers, while accomplishing one of the best retention rates in online realty marketing.
  • Client retention and renewal business: Key account management of all paid accounts.
  • Product adoption: Work closely with product, marketing, sales operations and engineering team on product marketing and customer support initiatives.
  • Campaign Management: analysis, tracking and optimisation of marketing campaigns. Share recommendations to advertisers and customer SPOCs on leveraging Commonfloor product platforms and solutions. Also, working closely with the digital marketing team to gain incremental results.
  • Net Promoter Score/CSAT: Set up and manage feedback processes
  • Value Add Services: Launched Club Premium marketing services improving bottom line figures from every paid account.
  • New initiatives: Team Skills enhancement programs, Sales enablement programs, Commonfloor Retina ( VR ) GTM and Site visit launch in North India.
  • Positions held:
  • Manager - Product Operations
  • Associate Manager - Service and Delivery
  • Key Account Analyst
  • Achievements
  • Set and scaled up the first customer success and relationship management team at Commonfloor.
  • Achieved consistent retention rate of >70% and 50% increase in renewal business QoQ ( FY 2013-2014).
  • Successfully strategized and implemented first ever full fledged social media operations in the real estate industry; set up an inorganic lead gen channel with 100% YoY growth in revenue.
  • Set up NPS measurement system, process and reporting for the entire organisation.
  • Conceptualised and set up a campaign management tool on SugarCRM.
Market AnalysisBuild Strong RelationshipsBenchmarkingIntegrated MarketingKey Accounts

Me global advisors

Executive

Oct 2012Dec 2012 · 2 mos · Dubai

  • BD/Strategic Partnership for clients - Part of the team that successfully executed a key alliance between US Treasury and Central Bank of Bahrain ( Islamic Banking ).
Market AnalysisBuild Strong RelationshipsBenchmarkingBusiness Development

Chain bridge honey farm, new castle, uk

Consultant

Jan 2012May 2012 · 4 mos · Greater Leeds Area

  • Go-to market strategy - facilitated the North American market expansion of the domestically established family business.
Market Analysis

2927 communications

Business Development Associate

May 2011Sep 2011 · 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Responsible for assisting the business development team
  • with client information and approach.
  • Consulting on updated branding and communication techniques in the traditional and digital media.

Apple

Various

Jun 2009May 2011 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Managing retail and corporates sales ( channel partners ), Mac training ( freelance and in-house ) and Marketing Operations ( Edu- Sponsorships )
Building Business RelationshipsSales Management

Education

University of Leeds

Msc — International Marketing

Jan 2011Jan 2012

Christ University, Bangalore

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.)

Jan 2008Jan 2011

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