Lawrence Ladomery
Marketing Strategist
A seasoned marketing professional with strong data and technical skills, an eye for design, and a passion for content.
Summary
Lawrence has spent half his 20+ career building and managing digital products and the other half marketing them, so he has a broad set of skills across strategy and execution.
His main focus is Product Marketing in a B2B tech context and he has done a fair amount of work in the data-driven marketing space.
Experience
WPBakery | Software
Marketing Specialist (2024 - current)
Helping tell the story about one of the most successful WordPress products of all time.
- Launched a new subscription product
- Relaunched the Partnership Program
- Focus on converting unlicensed users
- Changing the perception of the brand in the market
Highlight:
Launch of Support Plus, WPBakery’s first subscription product, with sales tracking well above targets.
FlexRule | Software
Marketing Specialist (2023 - 2024)
FlexRule is a leader in the Decision Intelligence space.
- Sole resource running the Marketing function and part of the RevOps team
- Worked on positioning the brand in a nascent category – Decision Intelligence
- Created pipeline via content, LinkedIn engagement, PR, and events
- Managed GTM of major product releases
Highlight:
Repositioning FlexRule as a leading player in the Decision Intelligence space, a new category that Gartner has included in this year’s Hype Cycle for Analytics and Business Intelligence.
Self-Employed (Software Industry)
Freelance Marketing Consultant (2022 - 2023)
Worked with WordPress product businesses, helping with both strategy and execution.
- Consulted with Convesio, RebelCode, StyleMix Themes, Presslabs, and Mindspun
- Focus on content marketing, SEO, and conversion optimization
- GTM – launched a WordPress plugin
Highlight:
Redesigning StyleMix Theme’s landing page for their MasterStudy LMS, resulting in close to 10X traffic growth over 12 months.
Convesio
Marketing Manager (2019 - 2022)
headed up Marketing at Convesio, a US-based web hosting platform designed to scale WordPress.
I worked on a consultancy basis until January 2022, when we received $5M in funding which allowed us to put together a team and grow more aggressively.
I was part of the Leadership team.
Network Dynamics
Marketing Manager (2017 - 2019)
Network Dynamics is a Melbourne-based web hosting provider serving Enterprises via its Network Dynamics and WordPress users through WP Hosting (https://wphosting.com.au)
As the first non-technical hire I was responsible for setting up and driving the marketing function.
automatico
Marketing Consultant (2016 - 2022)
While automatico is positioned as an Active Campaign consultancy, my work is broader than that.
I typically help startups and small businesses punch well above their weight with limited budgets and resources.
- Product Marketing and Product-Led growth strategies
- Brand positioning
- Data-driven marketing & marketing automation
- Publishing great content (and putting together strategies and frameworks to make it happen)
- SEO in the context of a solid content marketing strategy (see above)
- Processes: setting up an organisation's 'Marketing Operating System'
- Getting my hands dirty building website
iGo Direct
Strategic Digital Manager (2015 - 2016)
Established the agency’s digital operations capability by working with clients such as ANZ, APT Touring, Jemena, Haymes Paint and Latitude Finance.
The focus was on Marketing Automation and data-driven campaigns using Acoustic.
QSR International
Digital Marketing Lead (2011 - 2015)
QSR International is a software house based in Melbourne. Its flagship product, NVivo, is the leader in the qualitative research space.
I managed the company’s digital marketing efforts and lead the implementation of marketing automation capabilities.
Grey
Digital Producer (2010 - 2011)
Produced digital work for TAC, Leggo’s, John West, and WorkSafe Victoria.
Department of Justice, Victoria
Web Adviser (2009 - 2010)
Managed the Gambling Licence's Review’s digital products leading to the 2010 gaming licences auction.
International Experience
Varioud (1998 - 2009)
- Internet Adviser - European Bank for Reconstruction & Dev.
- Group - Web Manager - BPP Professional Education
- Founder / Product Manager – cityapartments.it
- Community Manager – Multex Investor Europe Senior Community
- Manager - FortuneCity Ltd Web Producer - Net Resources International
Qualifications
Architecture (2009)
University of Cardiff