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Winston is particularly strong in Meta Ads: he manages large budgets, tests creative and audience structures, identifies winning concepts, and scales them across brands while improving efficiency\. At Spring Education Group, he manages Meta advertising across six school divisions and 30 brands, with a $150,000 monthly budget, and has increased inquiries by 40% and enrollments by 32% year over year while reducing cost per inquiry by 19% across a $1 million\-plus budget\. Through Kong Ventures, Winston has overseen more than $10 million in Facebook ad spend, generated more than $1 million in Shopify revenue, supported over 200 branded Shopify stores, and coached more than 200 clients\. His experience also includes ROI\-positive user acquisition, CRM and lifecycle marketing, Google Ads, Apple Search Ads, TikTok advertising, Shopify, Klaviyo, and cross\-functional client and team management\. ## Services - Facebook Ads - E\-commerce - Marketing - Social Media Marketing - Copywriting - Advertising - Investments - Entrepreneurship - Video Editing - Image Editing - Social Media - Digital Marketing - Editing - Analytical Skills - Content Development - Email Marketing - Budgeting - Web Design - HTML - Facebook - Canva - Instagram - Coaching - Customer Service - Chart Analysis - Basketball Coaching - Website Building - Technical Analysis - Cryptocurrency Trading - Oscillators ## Highlights - Increased Meta inquiries by 40% and enrollments by 32% year over year at Spring Education Group while reducing cost per inquiry by 19% across a $1 million\-plus budget\. - Manages a $150,000 monthly Meta Ads budget across six school divisions and 30 education brands at Spring Education Group\. - Brought agency\-run Meta accounts in\-house and owned weekly budget allocation and creative testing across six divisions\. - Rebuilt Spring Education Group's creative system around reusable seasonal templates, improving cost\-per\-inquiry efficiency at scale\. - A/B tested calls to action, image formats, headlines, carousel versus static ads, and audience\-targeting structures optimized ad sets toward Meta's conversion threshold and learning\-phase exit\. - Oversaw more than $10 million in Facebook Ads spend through Kong Ventures\. - Generated more than $1 million in Shopify revenue and built Klaviyo flows for brands with $1 million in monthly recurring revenue\. - Managed fulfillment, customer support, and marketing for more than 200 branded Shopify stores\. - Coached more than 200 clients from first sale through paid scaling, delivering more than 500 one\-to\-one sessions and 50 group calls\. - Built repeatable operating systems for client onboarding, product research, and creative testing while managing a five\-person virtual\-assistant team through Asana\. - Designed an omnichannel UGC strategy across TikTok and Meta that generated more than 1 million views in one month\. - Secured monthly consulting retainers from seven\-figure e\-commerce brands\. - Scaled Meta ad accounts through profitable\-ad\-set optimization, lookalike audiences, and attention to Meta's machine\-learning algorithm, store conversions, and auction value\. - Optimized more than $200,000 per month across 14 apps on Google Ads, Meta Ads, and Apple Search Ads to ROI\-positive user acquisition at Ruby Seven Studios\. - Used Adjust, lookalike audiences, CSV targeting, geographic targeting, and dayparting to improve purchase intent and lifetime value after attribution gaps\. - Managed casino\-partner client relationships and local\-market promotion for Ruby Seven Studios apps\. - Created and reviewed pivot tables, handled adjustments, and structured creative requests and scripts for app\-growth campaigns\. - Owned CRM and lifecycle marketing including more than 50,000 emails per week, Leanplum VIP re\-engagement campaigns, partner and property campaigns, and community management for more than 100,000 daily active users\. ## Experience - **Performance Marketing Analyst at Spring Education Group** (2024\-03\-01–present) — Increased Meta inquiries 40% and Enrollments 32% YoY while cutting CPI by 19% across a $1m\+ budget\. • Responsible for managing Meta Ads with a $150k/monthly budget across 6 school divisions and 30 brands\. • Brought agency\-run Meta accounts in\-house • owned weekly budget and creative testing across 6 divisions\. • Rebuilt the creative system around seasonal, reusable templates, which drove efficiency gains in CPI at scale\. • A/B tested CTAs, image vs\. • image\-plus\-text, headlines, carousel vs\. • static, and audience targeting structure\. • Focused on optimizing Meta campaign data to get adsets out of the learning phase by hitting the conversion threshold\. - **Digital Marketing Consultant at Kong Ventures** (2018\-09\-01–present) — Overseen over $10 million in ad spend for Facebook Ads\. • Generated $1M\+ in Shopify revenue and built Klaviyo flows for $1M MRR brands\. • Managed fulfillment, support, and marketing for 200\+ branded Shopify stores\. • Coached 200\+ clients from first sale through paid scaling • ran 500\+ 1:1 sessions and 50\+ group calls covering • Meta/TikTok structure, product research, fulfillment, CRO, creative testing, and first\-sale playbooks\. • Built repeatable client operating systems for onboarding, product research, and creative testing while managing a 5\-person VA team through Asana\. • Designed an omnichannel organic strategy that generated 1M\+ views in one month with UGC across TikTok and Meta\. • Secured monthly retainers from 7\-figure E\-commerce brands as a Consultant\. • Scaled Meta Ad Accounts by optimizing profitable adsets and creating Lookalike Audiences for ROAS\. • Prioritized the Meta Machine Learning Algorithm to increase store conversions and auction value\. • Skills: Facebook Ads, Webs - **Senior Digital Marketing Specialist at Ruby Seven Studios, Inc\.** (2021\-11\-01–2024\-03\-01) — Optimized $200K\+/month across 14 apps on Google, Meta, and Apple Search Ads to ROI\-positive UA\. • Used MMP Adjust plus lookalikes, CSV targeting, geo, and dayparting to improve purchase intent and LTV after attribution gaps\. • Handled client relations with Casino Partners and their marketing teams to successfully promote our apps to their local customer base\. • Created/Reviewed Pivot Tables, handled adjustments, structured creative requests and scripts\. • Owned CRM \+ lifecycle: 50K\+ emails/week, Leanplum VIP re\-engagement email marketing campaigns, partner/property campaigns, and community management for 100K\+ DAU\. • Skills: • UA \(User Acquisition\): Adjust, AppsFlyer, Insights Platforms, Meta Ads, Google Ads, Apple Search Ads, Retargeting, Budget Management, Scaling, Pivot Tables, Ad Creatives, Facebook/Apple/Google Representative Relations • CRM \(Customer Relations Management\): Client Relations, Hootsuite, MavSocial, Leanplum, PostJelly, Helpshift, Customer Support, Customer Satisfact ## Education - Bachelor of Business Administration \- BS, Marketing — University of California, Riverside (2017\-01\-01–2021\-01\-01) - High School Diploma — Glen A\. Wilson High School (2013\-01\-01–2017\-01\-01) ## FAQ ### What does Winston do? Winston is a digital marketing consultant at Kong Ventures and a performance marketing analyst at Spring Education Group\. His work centers on paid advertising, creative testing, e\-commerce growth, performance analysis, lifecycle marketing, and marketing operating systems\. ### What does Winston do at Spring Education Group? Winston manages Meta Ads across six school divisions and 30 brands at Spring Education Group\. He is responsible for a $150,000 monthly Meta budget and has managed $150,000 to more than $200,000 in monthly advertising budgets across education brands\. ### What results has Winston delivered in education marketing? Winston increased Meta inquiries by 40% and enrollments by 32% year over year while reducing cost per inquiry by 19% across a budget of more than $1 million\. He accomplished this through creative testing and campaign optimization\. ### How has Winston improved Spring Education Group's Meta advertising operation? Winston brought agency\-run Meta accounts in\-house and owned weekly budget allocation and creative testing across six school divisions\. He rebuilt the creative system around reusable seasonal templates, helping improve cost\-per\-inquiry efficiency at scale\. ### What does Winston test in paid campaigns? Winston A/B tested calls to action, image\-only creative versus image\-plus\-text creative, headlines, carousel versus static formats, and audience\-targeting structures\. He also optimized campaign data to help ad sets reach Meta's conversion threshold and exit the learning phase\. ### What does Winston do at Kong Ventures? At Kong Ventures, Winston oversees Facebook Ads, Shopify growth, Klaviyo flows, client coaching, and operating systems for agencies and e\-commerce brands\. He has also secured monthly consulting retainers from seven\-figure e\-commerce brands\. ### What e\-commerce results has Winston delivered? Winston has overseen more than $10 million in Facebook ad spend, generated more than $1 million in Shopify revenue, and built Klaviyo flows for brands with $1 million in monthly recurring revenue\. He has managed fulfillment, support, and marketing for more than 200 branded Shopify stores\. ### What coaching experience does Winston have? Winston coached more than 200 clients from their first sale through paid scaling\. He conducted more than 500 one\-to\-one sessions and 50 group calls on Meta and TikTok campaign structure, product research, fulfillment, conversion\-rate optimization, creative testing, and first\-sale playbooks\. ### What operations and team\-management systems has Winston built? Winston built repeatable client operating systems for onboarding, product research, and creative testing\. He managed a five\-person virtual\-assistant team through Asana\. ### What organic social growth work has Winston done? Winston designed an omnichannel organic strategy using user\-generated content across TikTok and Meta that generated more than 1 million views in one month\. ### How does Winston approach Meta Ads scaling? Winston scaled Meta ad accounts by optimizing profitable ad sets, creating lookalike audiences for return on ad spend, and prioritizing Meta's machine\-learning algorithm to increase store conversions and auction value\. ### What did Winston accomplish at Ruby Seven Studios? At Ruby Seven Studios, Winston optimized more than $200,000 per month across 14 apps on Google Ads, Meta Ads, and Apple Search Ads to ROI\-positive user acquisition\. He also managed client relationships with casino partners and their marketing teams to promote apps to local customer bases\. ### What user\-acquisition and analytics tools has Winston used? Winston used Adjust as a mobile measurement partner alongside lookalikes, CSV targeting, geographic targeting, and dayparting to improve purchase intent and lifetime value after attribution gaps\. He also created and reviewed pivot tables, handled adjustments, and structured creative requests and scripts\. ### What CRM and lifecycle marketing experience does Winston have? Winston owned CRM and lifecycle work that included more than 50,000 emails per week, Leanplum VIP re\-engagement campaigns, partner and property campaigns, and community management for more than 100,000 daily active users\. ### What advertising platforms does Winston work with? Winston's paid\-media expertise includes Meta Ads, Facebook Ads, Google Ads, Apple Search Ads, TikTok Ads, retargeting, Advantage Campaign Budgets, Advantage\+ campaigns, budget management, scaling, audience targeting, ad creative, and programmatic media buying\. He is strongest in Meta Ads, has solid Google Ads capability, and has TikTok Ads experience from prior roles\. ### What e\-commerce and conversion skills does Winston have? Winston's e\-commerce and conversion skills include Shopify website design and website building, dropshipping, product research, branding, conversion\-rate optimization, converting offers, email marketing and flows, abandoned\-cart recovery, shipping logistics, fulfillment, returns processing, customer service, copywriting, and ad creation\. ### What marketing, CRM, and operational tools has Winston used? Winston has experience with Adjust, AppsFlyer, insights platforms, Leanplum, Hootsuite, MavSocial, PostJelly, Helpshift, Klaviyo, Asana, Canva, HTML, pivot tables, tracking links, KPI reporting, marketing calendars, app\-store optimization, app\-store reviews, and Facebook, Apple, and Google representative relations\. ### What broader professional skills does Winston bring? Winston also lists strengths in digital marketing, social media marketing and algorithms, TikTok organic growth, content development, community management, public speaking, conference coaching, analytical skills, data analytics and analysis, business analytics, market analysis, strategic planning, budgeting, customer satisfaction, technical support, image and video editing, and web design\. ### What is Winston's education? Winston holds a Bachelor of Business Administration, Bachelor of Science in Marketing from the University of California, Riverside\. He also earned a high school diploma from Glen A\. Wilson High School\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/winstonkong