About Julie Nichols Marketing

About Julie Nichols

Hey there! I’m Julie, a Fractional Chief Marketing Officer and Agency Owner. I help small businesses to amplify their brand and bring targeted customers to their virtual doors through custom marketing strategy and clear brand messaging.

My mission

My mission is to empower small business owners with digital marketing knowledge and guidance to drive more organic lead generation for less cost. I love supporting small business owners as their personal marketing advisor and guide.

About my background

I have 13 years of experience in marketing strategy, social media marketing, email marketing, organic search engine optimization (SEO), brand messaging, content writing, podcast production, and online course creation. I have helped non-profits, small businesses, and entrepreneurs to increase their exposure and amplify their brand, increasing Google ranking and building engaged and loyal audiences.

I’m also a professional actor, director, award-winning playwright, and drama instructor, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Directing. My 30+ years of training and experience with storytelling gives me a unique perspective to help others tell their brand story. My Brand Story Workshop is my favorite service I offer to clients.

One thing that’s unique about me is that I ran a small online business from my home office for six years. This gives me a unique perspective into the daily trials of running a small business and makes me better suited to help you! I can relate to your problems and find cost-effective solutions to grow your online presence that will work with your business’s structure.

My values

I lead my business with these values:

Communication — Open channels and active listening
Accessibility — Connecting authentically and easily
Trust — Belief in ability and reliability
Knowledge — Lifelong pursuit of learning
Clarity — Clear message, clear objectives

My team

I work with a fantastic team of graphic designers, web designers, content writers, photographers, videographers, digital ad providers, and marketing analytics providers, to name a few. I really enjoy bringing together teams of incredible people who are not only seriously talented, they are a pleasure to work with, meet deadlines, and are really good listeners. These are the people that I trust and want to work with, as I’ll be your project manager to make sure everything comes together on time and on budget.

My clients

I want to work with small business owners, small non-profits, and entrepreneurs who have a great reputation and do great work. They have gotten by with little or no marketing so far, but they are ready to scale and know they need to start reaching people outside their referral network. I can help them build the marketing fundamentals, including brand strategy and messaging refinement, and create a marketing strategy to lead those ideal clients their way.

I especially love helping folks who feel overwhelmed by marketing their business online and want to find someone they can trust to take care of marketing for them. I’ll be your trusted part-time contract CMO and bring in my own team of excellent contractors to do all the implementation work.

I have experience working with law firms, bookkeeping firms, consulting firms, health and wellness, juvenile products, and nonprofits. I also have experience in the following industries: beauty education, theatre, electronics distribution, and trucking/logistics.

Case studies

Download my case studies to learn more about my marketing work for small businesses.

Let’s do this.

If you’re a small business owner who wants to feel confident selling your products and services and build a consistent stream of new leads — let’s talk!

I would love to meet up and talk about how I can help you move your business forward. Reach out to me to schedule a free consultation and we’ll see what dreams we can make come true.

Public Speaking

Julie Nichols, founder of Julie Nichols Marketing, is available for public speaking engagements. She gets your attendees excited about bringing more customers to their doors through content marketing.

Learn more about our public speaking opportunities.

Submit an interest form to learn more about booking Julie for your next event, or give her a call at 847.476.1352.

Listen to Julie’s Guest Podcast Episodes

Your L&D Team Needs Email Marketing. Expert Julie Nichols Shares Where to Start

Learning for Good Podcast
Starting a Marketing Agency, Part 5

Inbound Back Office Podcast
Marketing Mastered or Mayhem?

Nuggets with Sauce Podcast
Starting a Marketing Agency, Part 4

Inbound Back Office Podcast
Starting a Marketing Agency, Part 3

Inbound Back Office Podcast
Starting a Marketing Agency, Part 2

Inbound Back Office Podcast
Starting a Marketing Agency, Part 1

Inbound Back Office Podcast

Testimonials

“Julie is passionate about what she does, very responsive, and easily accepts feedback from the client and incorporates it into revisions as needed. Julie has a very practical, down to earth approach that works. She's been a pleasure to work with and I would highly recommend her to others who want to beef up their marketing and branding.”

Diane Kubal, CEO, Fulcrum Network
"Julie helped me build my strategy step-by-step in her strategy session. She organized, clarified, worked through it, and pushed my first real marketing strategy across the finish line. And then with our strategy in place, we can now embark on the next step -- actually marketing! Julie is who you need to hire for your small business if you are serious about being intentional in your marketing. I am so grateful to have found her, so I am putting this out there for the next business owner who needs to find Julie Nichols."

Karen McConomy, CEO, Your Numbers Person
"Julie Nichols Marketing is fun and easy to work with. Ms. Nichols has helped our Not-for-Profit rebrand and created a fundraising strategy. She has a personalized approach that has really worked for our organization. We look forward to our continued partnership with Julie Nichols Marketing."

Sarah Earll, Executive Director, St. Louis Empowerment Center
“As a new business owner, our time spent on her branding strategy workbook helped me have such a better perspective on my brand core, positioning, and persona. Julie Nichols Marketing is a new business owner's dream come true!”

Sonya Shearer, Owner, Sonya Shearer Consulting
“Insightful and Intuitive - these sum up my experience working with Julie Nichols. Having changed my target audience and niche over a year ago, I was finally ready to focus on my brand. Under her guidance, Julie helped me to further refine my brand strategy and value proposition. I now have a tremendous resource to refer to as I continue to market my business. Thank you, Julie!”

Leslie Martinez, Owner, The Business Mechanic
“Julie’s work was invaluable in our efforts to build a brand and a customer base for the theater company... She is an absolute joy to be around and I consider myself lucky to have had the opportunity to work with and get to know her.”

Jay Kennedy, Senior Marketing Manager, Rise Interactive
“Julie is a great business partner to work with. She has great ideas for our collaborations and promotions, and always delivers timely communications. It’s been a pleasure working with her for several years!”

Shannen Root Chin, Marketing Director, Bravingbird
"Julie is the true meaning of Marketing Professional. She is detailed, extremely responsive, and creative, and makes sure that the partners that she works with are highlighted in the best way. She is a brand-believer and will help strategize how brands can work together to generate awareness and sales. Julie is fantastic!!!"

Bridgette Kovacevich, Marketing Manager, Enzymedica