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Harinder Singh

Strategic Growth Operator

Ipoh / Chiang Mai / KL · Remote | | LinkedIn | GitHub

Most of my work starts with something going wrong. Traffic has stalled. Leads are leaking. Paid ads are getting more expensive. The product is good, but the route to market is unclear.

I have spent 15+ years across growth, product, and technology. I can find the problem, decide what needs to change, and build the pages, tracking, automation, content systems, or product changes needed to fix it.

Customer research, GTM, SEO/AEO/GEO, paid acquisition, analytics, conversion, content, email, product psychology, outbound, and ABM are not separate tactics. They are connected cogs in the same growth engine. To me, that is marketing: building the complete system, fixing distribution leaks, amplifying what already works, and shaping how customers discover, understand, and choose a product.

I make hard problems go away.

Sites I've shipped: JS Morlu · MIMR Growth Lab · Paolo Paolo Gelato

Capabilities

Strategy: GTM, Growth Frameworks, Positioning, PMF
Paid: Meta, Google, TikTok, LinkedIn Ads
SEO: Technical, Content, AEO, Local
Analytics: GA4, GTM, Mixpanel, Conversions API
Code: React, Node.js, PHP, Python, SQL
Automation: HubSpot, Zapier, n8n, Make
Infra: Supabase, Redis, Vercel
Languages: Malay, English, Mandarin, Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu

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Client Work (2020–2026)

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01 ████████████ 2 months · AI / GTM / Product
Frontier Speech-to-Speech AI Lab · First Marketing Hire AI
  • Built positioning, website, and full marketing foundation from zero. No product, just a model.
  • Invented use cases through UX research and 24 ICP discovery interviews
  • Partnered with an MMO gaming client; layered in AI-powered abuse detection with 3-strike monitoring system
  • Signed 2 design partners pre-launch; managed full GTM motion through to launch
  • 24 ICP interviews completed and documented
  • 2 design partners signed pre-launch
  • Abuse reports: ███+/month → <20 after detection rollout

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02 JS Morlu 18 months · Digital Marketing Manager
Professional Services, CPA Firm Prof. Services
  • Built complete SEO infrastructure from zero
  • AI sales agents and chatbot automation for lead qualification
  • Content marketing engine and automation workflows
  • SEO: 0 to 210K organic visits/month
  • Leads: 10x increase in qualified leads
  • Paid budget: $25K/month to $0 (fully replaced by organic)
  • CAC: 30% reduction
03 Galaxy Racer / Nigma Galaxy 1 year · Digital & PR Strategist
Esports and Gaming, Dota2 Esports
  • Brand marketing strategy, digital PR and media management
  • Merchandise and event monetization
  • On-ground PR at international tournaments: interviews, podcasts, livestreams
  • 40% brand awareness increase, 45% lead gen improvement
  • 3 international championship wins
04 ████████ 3 months · Growth
Tattoo Studio Chain, 2 Locations F&B / Local
  • Built full funnel from scratch: organic → paid → referral → retention
  • Segmented by audience after week-2 customer interviews: women via Instagram and GMB, men via Reddit and SEO
  • Local SEO, Google Business Profile optimisation, post-visit retention email sequences
  • 3 months: ███ revenue increase
  • 6 months: ███ revenue increase
  • Growth sustained 14+ months later; blueprint replicated for a second studio

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05 ███████████████ 4 months · Growth
Tattoo Studio, Bangkok F&B / Local
  • Rebuilt complete digital presence from zero after a prior agency scam. Every decision required evidence and transparency.
  • Dual-audience paid strategy: tourist intent vs local repeat customers targeted separately from week 1
  • Aggressive review velocity system with automated post-visit request sequences
  • Hired and handed off to 2-person local team with full documented playbook
  • ███+ 5-star reviews within 4 months
  • ██+ weekly bookings entirely from digital channels

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06 ██████ Agency engagement
3C Ecommerce, Power Banks and Chargers, SEA Ecommerce
~$2.5M/mo peak ad spend 4 SEA markets 40 people led 3 ad platforms
  • Managed multi-platform paid (Meta, Google, TikTok) and influencer operations at significant scale across SEA
  • Led influencer strategy across MY, SG, TH, PH: negotiation, briefing, performance tracking
  • Led customer communications around a major regulatory change, repositioning it as a quality signal before it became a PR crisis
  • Embedded with 5-person performance team; led up to 40 people across the broader engagement
  • Customer margin protected through proactive regulatory comms during the 3C certification change

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07 ████████████ 3 months · GTM and Product
Luxury Villa Marketplace, Bangkok Marketplace
  • Designed full GTM strategy for a pre-launch marketplace. No product existed yet.
  • Recommended supply-first motion: secure developer listings before driving buyer traffic
  • Built developer outreach playbook, MVP product scope, and PMF validation framework
  • Platform launched on schedule with initial supply-side inventory secured
  • Developer relationship playbook and PMF validation framework delivered

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08 █████████████ 3 months · Web and Local SEO
Multi-Location Japanese BBQ Chain F&B / Local
  • Full website rebuild with location-specific landing pages and schema markup
  • Standardised all GBP listings across the chain: photos, hours, attributes, Q&A, keyword descriptions
  • Built local citation profile across food directories; set up paid targeting competitor and near-me terms
  • Top 5 for primary keywords, Top 20 for secondary
  • Measurable increase in directions requests and calls from GBP across all locations

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09 ███████████ 3 months · Fractional CMO
B2B SaaS Email Marketing Platform SaaS
  • Fixed attribution and analytics infrastructure from zero
  • Built full-funnel tracking dashboard
  • Published pillar content: comparison pages and AEO layer
  • Infrastructure delivered: attribution, analytics, content foundation
  • No outcome metrics. Measurement stack built during engagement; growth initiatives not approved for execution

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10 ████████████████ 2020–2022 · Full-funnel Growth
Fitness Supplements, DTC Ecommerce Ecommerce
3354% Shopee ROAS 4054% FB CPAS ROAS RM1.23M tracked ad sales ~$1M annual revenue RM0.38 CPC
  • The full DTC playbook, run in-house: Meta, Google, and TikTok ads, social strategy, and creative production, end to end.
  • Directed the ad creative myself. Tested angles against real buyer pain (too skinny, low energy, can't put on weight), not product specs.
  • Mapped the buyer's journey from first ad to repeat purchase, then built the content and email/SMS to move people through it.
  • Rebuilt the store to pull demand off Shopee and Lazada into owned channels, fix a rough checkout, and add subscriptions.
  • RM1.23M in tracked ad sales across 5,611 orders
  • Store rebuild lifted conversions ~250% and added ~$1M in annual revenue
  • Cart abandonment cut 20% with automated email and SMS

Growth Sprint Outcomes

Shorter MIMR engagements — audit, fix the leak, ship the system. Clients anonymized under NDA.

Experience

MIMR Growth Lab Jan 2025 – Present

Strategic Growth Operator · Kuala Lumpur / Remote

JS Morlu Jun 2023 – Jan 2025

Digital Marketing Manager · Remote

Galaxy Racer Jul 2022 – Jun 2023

Digital Strategist · Kuala Lumpur

Show full work history (2008–2022)
Freelance Consultant Mar 2020 – Jun 2022

Growth, Performance, Marketing & Branding · KL / Remote

SOLS 24/7 Malaysia Oct 2019 – Mar 2020

Product Development Manager · Kuala Lumpur

Management Events Aug 2018 – Aug 2019

Growth Hacker · Kuala Lumpur

Edvance Dec 2017 – Jul 2018

Head of Product and Growth · Kuala Lumpur

PopDQ Mar 2017 – Jun 2017

Product Head · Petaling Jaya

Waach Nov 2014 – Apr 2015

Digital Marketing Manager · Kuala Lumpur

Zeno Group Jan 2014 – Jul 2014

Technical Lead · Kuala Lumpur

Maybank Investment Bank Aug 2013 – Dec 2013

Senior Analyst · Kuala Lumpur

Ogilvy & Mather May 2012 – Apr 2013

Digital Strategist, Social@Ogilvy · Kuala Lumpur

Tandemic Oct 2010 – May 2012

New Media Associate · Petaling Jaya

Social Media Club KL Jun 2010 – May 2011

Webmaster · Kuala Lumpur

OffGamers Mar 2008 – Oct 2010

Fraud Analyst → Account Executive · Kuala Lumpur

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