Built for Contentful
A personal case ยท GTM Engineer

36x ROAS and 400% organic growth,
now let's scale Contentful's pipeline.
From developer to enterprise.

I cut manual SDR effort by 80% and boosted CTR by 30%. I will connect developer API signals to enterprise expansion for Contentful.

โœ‰ businessakshun@gmail.com
Hi Contentful, I have a proposition
HI Contentful,
I HAVE A PROPOSITION
36x+
Peak ROAS achieved
Performance
400%
Organic traffic growth
SEO / GEO
โˆ’80%
Manual SDR effort saved
Automation
6+
Years across growth, paid & automation
General

Scaling Contentful from Developer API Adoption to Enterprise Expansion

Contentful transforms content infrastructure for digital teams through its composable content platform and GraphQL APIs. I want to bridge the gap between developer space creation and enterprise sales expansion across US and EMEA markets.

Target Role
GTM Engineer
Open to discussion โ€” I go where I make the most impact
Location & Mobility
Nรผrnberg / Berlin ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
Relocation anywhere in Germany ยท Remote / Hybrid ยท EU Work Auth
Company
Contentful
contentful.com
Availability
Hired
Currently employed ยท Not seeking new roles

Part marketer,
part engineer.

I don't fit neatly in one box โ€” and that's the point. I design systems that connect data to revenue across paid, organic, automation, and full-funnel GTM intelligence.

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Performance Marketing
End-to-end paid media across Google, Meta, and LinkedIn. 36x+ ROAS, $50K+ monthly budgets managed. Demand creation and capture in one unified funnel.
At Ingestro & Theo โ€” cut CPC 20%, raised CTR 30%, and recovered โ‚ฌ32.7k in suppressed conversion value & ad waste.
Google Ads
Meta Ads
LinkedIn Ads
A/B Testing
Full-funnel architecture
Demand Creation LinkedIn ยท Meta
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Demand Capture Google Search
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Retargeting Display ยท Social
36x+ Peak ROAS achieved
โšก
Marketing Automation
Full pipelines from intent signal to outreach with human-in-the-loop gates. โˆ’80% manual SDR effort. Built on Make, Clay, Apollo, Lemlist.
At Ingestro & Theo โ€” built RB2B โ†’ Clay โ†’ Lemlist pipeline and native CRM lead scoring, cutting SDR effort 80%.
Make
Clay
Apollo
Lemlist
HubSpot
Intent signal pipeline
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RB2B
Visitor ID
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๐Ÿ”—
Apollo
Enrich
โ†’
Make
Route
โ†’
๐Ÿงฑ
Clay
ICP Score
HIGH
๐Ÿ“ง Lemlist
MID
๐Ÿ’ฌ SDR Review
LOW
๐Ÿ—‘ Discard
โˆ’80% Manual SDR effort saved
๐ŸŽฏ
GTM Signal Intelligence
Full-pipeline value capture โ€” from raw public signals to scored, routed accounts. I built an autonomous research agent that turns funding, hiring, ad-presence, and tech-stack signals into a live fit score before a single outbound message goes out.
At Ingestro & Theo โ€” built signal-scoring engine evaluating funding stage, hiring velocity, and channel gaps to prioritize account outreach.
Signal Scoring
Fit Tiering
Evidence Routing
Autonomous Research
Signal-to-pipeline engine
๐ŸŒ
Scraper
6 Modules
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๐Ÿ’ผ
Signals
Jobs & Stack
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๐ŸŽฏ
Score Engine
0โ€“100 Score
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โšก
ABM Page
Auto-Publish
HIGH (80+)
โšก Auto-Publish & AE Route
MID (55-79)
๐Ÿ’ฌ SDR Approval Review
LOW (<55)
โณ Nurture / Hold
100% Signal-traceable, zero guesswork
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SEO & GEO
Technical SEO, schema markup, and LLM/GEO visibility strategy. 400% organic growth. Early practitioner of Generative Engine Optimisation.
At Ingestro & Theo โ€” AI-sourced traffic scaled 1% โ†’ 20% of sessions, contributing 10% of total pipeline.
SEMrush
GA4
Schema
GEO
Python
LLM visibility strategy
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Dynamic Schema
Per-page structured data, LLM-readable
๐Ÿ”Ž
Prompt Tracking
Peec AI + Search Console gaps
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Community Signals
Reddit + LinkedIn citations
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Authority Profiles
G2 + Crunchbase optimised
400% Organic traffic growth

What I'd do in the
first 90 days

Having managed $50K+ AUD/month ad budgets while cutting SDR effort by 80%, I specialize in developer-led technical growth. I will link Contentful's Management API usage signals directly to targeted outbound campaigns.

๐Ÿ’ก ROI Business Case ยท Pilot Benchmark
Pilot target: 80 sales-ready accounts per month, measured against meeting rate, AE acceptance rate, and research time saved per qualified account. If AEs convert 8% of cold outbound vs. 30% of warm, pre-qualified accounts, signal-led native scoring pays for itself in week one.

I already did some
homework.

Here is a technical audit analyzing Contentful's GTM footprint, API integration signals, and SEO positioning.

โฌก Observations ยท Contentful Fit Score: 80/100 (HIGH_FIT)
ACCOUNT FIT SCORE
80/100 HIGH_FIT
  • ๐Ÿ“ˆ
    Performance โ€” Enterprise paid search presence is active, but linking ad spend to developer API trial conversions will optimize CAC.
  • โšก
    Automation โ€” Connecting Contentful Management API and CRM endpoints automates account enrichment and lead routing, scaling throughput alongside growing marketing headcount.
  • ๐Ÿ”
    SEO / GEO โ€” Strong domain authority offers a solid baseline; expanding structured schema for composable architecture terms will capture growing AI search traffic.
  • ๐ŸŽฏ
    Signal Intelligence โ€” Combining hiring velocity and ad signals into autonomous fit scores lets us automatically update Contentful space copy for ABM targets.
  • โœ“
    eveloper-loved API-first platform provides ideal endpoints for GTM data engineering.
  • i
    I can share a Loom walkthrough with more detail โ€” just ask.
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Data Transparency: Observations are generated autonomously by my 6-module GTM Signal Research Agent (evaluating SpyFu PPC/SEO indices, Screaming Frog crawls, live DOM tag footprints, careers board velocity, and public funding data). Because public third-party tools rely on external sampling, estimated metrics can differ or underreport actual figures by 3โ€“5x โ€” real operating budgets, traffic, and internal team metrics are almost always higher or different than what is publicly visible.

Marketing, engineering,
and a lot of borders crossed.

My name, Akshun, means "undestructable" in Sanskrit. That's not a personal brand line โ€” it genuinely shapes how I move. I don't quit on campaigns, goals, or challenges like learning German from scratch after landing in a new country.

I started freelancing in digital marketing at 19 in India โ€” working with Punjabi music artists, Australian businesses, and tech clients before I'd ever left the country. That early pressure to figure things out without a team or a budget is where the technical + creative hybrid came from.

I moved to Nรผrnberg in 2022 for an M.Sc. at FAU, added an Erasmus semester in Madrid, hit German C1, and picked up enough Spanish to embarrass myself. Outside the dashboards, I run a YouTube channel documenting the unfiltered reality of being an Indian expat in Germany โ€” no filters, real stories.

What I keep coming back to: the best marketing sits at the intersection of creativity, data, and technical execution. Most teams have one or two. I try to bring all three.

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ
India โ€” Where it started
Started freelancing at 19. Music artists, Australian businesses, tech clients. Taught myself SEO, PPC, and web dev out of necessity.
2016 โ€“ 2022
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Germany โ€” The big leap
M.Sc. at FAU Erlangen-Nรผrnberg. German to C1. Joined an AI startup, built full growth stack from scratch.
2022 โ€“ Present
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ
Spain โ€” The bonus chapter
Erasmus at UPM Madrid. Picked up Spanish, confirmed food in Madrid is genuinely incredible.
Sep 2024 โ€“ Jan 2025
โ–ถ
On YouTube
The unfiltered reality of moving from India to Germany โ€” visa stress, language barriers, real stories.
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Akshun Dogra
The man behind all of this.
Akshun Dogra ยท Technical Growth Marketer
One question before you go

Did we just build
something worth pursuing?

Honest answers only. Both paths lead somewhere good.

this is us right now
Akshun x Contentful
AKSHUN X Contentful
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