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Web Experience Manager & Digital Strategist

I turn websites
into revenue engines.

I align the website with business goals, then make it deliver: strategy, conversion, search, analytics, daily execution.

Strategy UX & Conversion GEO & SEO Analytics Performance Systems & Integrations
Dave Bell, Web Experience Manager & Digital Strategist
Hello!
I'm
Dave Bell
Web Experience Manager & Digital Strategist
$4M+: Annual ecommerce revenue managed on platform
$32M+: Lead generation pipeline (Funds Under Management)
15+: Years across agency, startup, fintech, and institutional environments
30+: Websites, platforms, and systems delivered across sectors
Platforms & tools I work with
WordPress logo
WooCommerce logo
Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) logo
Claude AI logo
OpenAI logo
Google Gemini logo
Google Analytics logo
Google BigQuery logo
Looker Studio logo
PostHog logo
Mailchimp logo
Salesforce logo
HubSpot logo
Stripe logo
Adobe Creative Cloud logo
Canva logo
React logo
Node.js logo
Supabase logo
Vercel logo
Inngest logo
Google Cloud logo
Cloudflare logo
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What I bring

The strategy behind the build.

The website is one of the most important digital assets an organization owns. I align user experience, content, analytics, search visibility, and technology around business goals so digital channels drive measurable outcomes. Increasingly, that means building for AI-driven discovery alongside traditional search.

How that breaks down:

Website Strategy & Ownership

Owning the website as a business channel: roadmap, priorities, UX, conversion, and the technical decisions that keep it performing as the organization grows.

Search & Digital Visibility

SEO, GEO, structured data, and content built for both traditional ranking and AI-driven discovery across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews.

Strategic Analytics & Insights

Building analytics systems that connect customer behavior, marketing activity, search data, and business outcomes to uncover opportunities, guide investment, and drive revenue decisions.

Platform Performance & Transformation

Reliability, accessibility, security, integrations, automation, and digital transformation initiatives that improve efficiency and support long-term growth.

› define the goal

› shape the strategy

› build the system

› insights into action

Built with intent.

The value isn't just in what gets built. It's in understanding the audience, identifying the opportunity, shaping the strategy, and using data to guide decisions long after launch.

About Dave

The person behind the systems.

Dave Bell, WordPress developer and systems lead, based in Maine
Location
Maine, USA · Remote
Experience
15+ years
Specialty
WordPress, Systems, Growth

I operate at the intersection of web experience, marketing, technology, data, and business strategy. My work spans website ownership, design and development, search visibility, analytics, AI-powered initiatives, digital transformation, customer experience, and the strategic planning that connects them.

I help organizations understand how people discover, evaluate, and engage with their digital channels, then turn those insights into roadmaps, priorities, and measurable outcomes. That may involve improving search visibility, redesigning user journeys, modernizing platforms, integrating systems, identifying growth opportunities, or building the reporting frameworks needed to make better decisions.

Over the years, I have developed digital transformation plans, search and discovery strategies, accessibility initiatives, analytics frameworks, customer journey analyses, and operational roadmaps that help leadership teams align technology investments with organizational goals. I enjoy translating complex data into practical recommendations and helping teams understand not just what is happening, but why.

AI is now part of how I think about every system I design. New platforms get it woven into the foundation. Existing platforms get it integrated where it can create meaningful value. In practice, that means assistants that answer questions instantly, analytics systems that surface actionable insights, and automations that eliminate repetitive work so people can focus on judgment, creativity, and decision-making.

WordPress is my primary platform, with deep experience in PHP, custom plugins and themes, UX/UI design, JavaScript-driven interfaces, WooCommerce, analytics, and systems integration. My background spans agency, startup, fintech, education, commercial, and institutional environments, with more than fifteen years spent translating between technical execution and business priorities.

I focus on understanding the business first, then designing systems that improve revenue, efficiency, user experience, and operational effectiveness. The goal is not simply to ship features, but to build platforms that solve meaningful problems, move real numbers, and scale with the organization.

Outside of work, I'm based in Maine with my two boys. I'm collaborative, easy to work with, and bring a solution-first mindset.

Acquisition

Search (SEO / GEO / SEM) Paid & Social Ads (Google, Meta, LinkedIn) Landing Pages (Unbounce) Referral Programs

Conversion

Lead Generation Systems Funnels CRO A/B Testing WooCommerce

Email & CRM

Mailchimp Salesforce Segmentation Campaign Automation

Data & Analytics

GA4 GTM GSC Clarity Semrush Bellsight Google Business Profile BigQuery Looker Studio UTMs

Development

WordPress PHP JavaScript React Node.js Tailwind

Platform & Commerce

WooCommerce ACF MySQL REST APIs Google Cloud (BigQuery)

Data & Visibility

BigQuery Supabase PostHog Structured Data

AI & Automation

Claude API OpenAI API Inngest Google Apps Script

Design

Adobe Creative Suite Photoshop Illustrator Canva

Content

Landing Pages Email Campaigns Social Content Campaign Assets Image Creation

Media

Photography Photo Editing Video Editing Audio Editing

Copy

Copywriting Campaign Messaging Keyword Research SEO Content
Selected Work

From strategy to implementation.

Projects grouped by the capabilities they demonstrate: customer experience, platform development, and strategic advisory.

Experience, Discovery & Conversion

Improving how people discover, evaluate, and convert through search, content, and user experience.

Production
Screenshot coming Discovery Intelligence
Discovery Intelligence2026

Discovery & Decision Intelligence Platform

Turns content discovery into measurable engagement, customer intelligence, and business insight.

Production
Screenshot coming Lead Generation
Lead Generation2025

Dynamic Lead Capture & Demand Intelligence System

Converted inactive search traffic into 1,247 demand-qualified leads and $45K+ in attributed sales.

Platforms, Products & Integrations

Custom platforms, operational systems, AI products, and integrations built to solve real business problems.

Beta
Screenshot coming Bellsight
Bellsight2024 – Present

SEO, GEO & Accessibility Operations Platform

Unified SEO, GEO, and accessibility signals into a single prioritized system that moves teams from analysis to execution.

In Development Next-Generation WordPress AI Assistant
Pressona AI2025 – Present

Next-Generation WordPress AI Assistant

AI-powered website assistant that connects visitor conversations to lead generation, customer intelligence, and business workflows.

Production AI-Powered Business Operations & Reporting Platform
Beacon2025 – Present

AI-Powered Business Operations & Reporting Platform

Beyond building websites, I build the business systems behind them, connecting an organization's operations, data, and reporting directly to its live, customer-facing catalog.

Beta
Screenshot coming Alumni Network
Alumni Network2026 – Present

Alumni Network & Community Platform

Built the institution's first alumni network: community, portfolios, and shared identity across two platforms.

Production
thedavebell.com2026

Custom WordPress Theme That Rewrites Itself

The site you are on: a hand-coded WordPress theme with role-targeted landing pages, a live resume builder, and a near-perfect Lighthouse score.

Design, Build & Brand

Designing and building websites and brand systems for clients across sectors, from strategy through launch.

Screenshot coming Client Work
Client Work2014 – Present

Client Websites, Designed, Built & Managed

Websites, ecommerce platforms, and web systems designed, built, and managed across education, finance, ecommerce, civic, cultural, nonprofit, and commercial clients.

Screenshot coming Design & Creative
Design & CreativeOngoing

Digital Design, Brand & Creative Content

Website and app design, prototyping, brand identity, and marketing content across digital and print, from early wireframes to finished systems.

Concept Demo
Screenshot coming Earth Science
Earth Science2026

Earth Science Data Visualization

A concept explainer that translates aquatic remote-sensing science into an accessible, interactive web experience for a general audience.

Strategy & Advisory

Research, analytics, and roadmap development used to guide investment, prioritization, and growth.

Strategy
Digital Growth Strategy2023 – Present

Digital Transformation & Growth Strategy

Turning real data into digital strategy and roadmaps that drive revenue, visibility, and measurable growth.

A collage of websites and digital platforms built by Dave Bell across agency, institutional, and financial services work

30+ websites, platforms, and digital systems designed and built across education, ecommerce, nonprofit, municipal, and commercial sectors.

AI Leverage

Human-led strategy.
AI-accelerated execution.

I use AI to accelerate research, implementation, and iteration, while keeping strategy, judgment, and system design human-led.

01

Research & Analysis

Use AI to accelerate audits, synthesis, and pattern detection across content, systems, marketing, and performance data. Surface what matters faster, without losing judgment.

02

Build & Implementation

Use AI to speed up drafting, coding support, documentation, and system setup. AI can draft and accelerate the work. I review, refine, and take ownership of what ships.

03

Operational Leverage

Use AI to help teams move faster through reporting, planning, content operations, and decision support. More output from the same team, without adding overhead.

☕ Also running 1 coffee agent in parallel.

Experience

15+ years leading websites, platforms, and digital transformation.

Broad ownership across WordPress, ecommerce, digital marketing, automation, reporting, and operational systems, with roles where the website was one part of a larger business engine.

Own the website, digital experience, MarTech stack, analytics, and operational systems that support enrollment, engagement, and organizational growth. Lead platform strategy, UX, search visibility, analytics, automation, accessibility, and digital transformation initiatives across a complex multi-audience ecosystem. Ask AI Dave about this role →

  • Authored organizational technology strategy documents, including the technology case supporting the institution's NECHE accreditation and the technology strategy behind a successful grant application.
  • Contributed to long-term institutional strategic planning, helping define the technology pillar sized to the organization's budget and resources.
  • Wrote the AI and LLM discovery (GEO) strategy positioning the institution for how prospective students increasingly research programs through AI platforms.
  • Authored organization-wide WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility standards and implementation guidance.
  • Serve on the organization's technology and marketing committee, advising senior stakeholders on technical direction, feasibility, and ROI.

  • Own the strategy, operation, and continuous evolution of a $4M+ multi-audience website, ecommerce platform, and supporting digital ecosystem.
  • Develop platform roadmaps, prioritize enhancements, and align technical initiatives with organizational goals and stakeholder needs.
  • Developed strategic roadmaps covering website modernization, AI adoption, accessibility, search visibility, lead generation, systems integration, and digital transformation initiatives.
  • Design, build, and maintain custom plugins, themes, and system architecture across enrollment, marketing, and reporting.
  • Built and operate Beacon, a custom operations platform (~20,400 lines across 40+ modules) replacing spreadsheet-based workflows and managing the full lifecycle of 400+ programs annually across planning, scheduling, finance, registrar workflows, and web publishing.
  • Built and launched the Alumni Network platform: community, portfolios, maps, and SSO across domains.
  • Manage hosting, performance, DNS, deliverability, and security as sole engineer on a production system.

  • Lead UX/UI design across the platform, including dashboards, internal tools, ecommerce flows, and discovery systems.
  • Lead information architecture, content strategy, user journeys, and digital experiences across acquisition, enrollment, learning, and alumni engagement.
  • Design and produce marketing assets including slideshows, campaigns, email templates, and digital materials.
  • Produce and edit video content for marketing, YouTube, and campaigns.
  • Lead conversion-focused layout and messaging strategy across acquisition and enrollment flows.

  • Lead digital visibility initiatives spanning SEO, GEO, paid acquisition, email marketing, content strategy, and audience engagement.
  • Develop and execute strategies that improve discoverability across traditional search engines and AI-driven discovery platforms.
  • Own Return on Ad Spend (ROAS) across paid acquisition, managing and optimizing the $120K/year Google Ads grant and campaign performance.
  • Build and execute landing pages, email campaigns, and marketing automation driven by keyword and audience research.
  • Conceived, built, and operated survey-driven campaigns generating $495K+ in revenue across 241 orders, with 39% new customers drawn from 1,100+ survey respondents.
  • Built and operate a lead capture system driving 1,000+ high-intent leads from inactive program pages.
  • Own conversion rate optimization (CRO): A/B testing, heatmaps, and session replays to improve conversion across acquisition and enrollment flows.

  • Built and operate a recommendation engine and analytics framework tracking behavior from impression to purchase.
  • Lead structured data, SEO, GEO, and AI-discovery initiatives to improve visibility across Google, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and other emerging discovery channels.
  • Use analytics, A/B testing, heatmaps, and behavioral insights to continuously improve user experience and conversion performance.

  • Built custom analytics platforms aggregating website behavior, search activity, marketing attribution, ecommerce performance, and operational data into unified reporting systems.
  • Developed business intelligence dashboards used by leadership to guide marketing investment, pricing, enrollment planning, programming decisions, and growth strategy.
  • Combined data from multiple systems to reconstruct customer journeys, identify conversion pathways, measure customer acquisition costs, and uncover revenue opportunities.
  • Produced executive reporting and strategic insights covering audience behavior, campaign performance, search demand, AI discovery, and long-term customer value.

  • Built and maintain REST API integrations across WordPress, Salesforce, Mailchimp, Google Cloud, and internal systems.
  • Lead digital transformation initiatives spanning marketing, registrar, finance, reporting, publishing, and operational workflows.
  • Built first-party data and attribution systems to measure channel performance beyond standard analytics.
Managed multiple client websites for the agency, including high-value production sites, handling custom development, content management, and incident response. Engaged via Alt9 Design (contracted by Rocket Launch Agency). Ask AI Dave about this role →

  • Managed and maintained multiple production WordPress websites on behalf of the agency, including high-value client sites.
  • Called in for production incident response: hacked-site remediation, fatal-error debugging, and emergency troubleshooting on live sites.
  • Added custom functionality, resolved server and website issues, and managed ongoing content.

  • Designed and built full sites including Domenico's, War Heroes on Water, Buckingham Investments, and Triden Group.
Acquired and renovated residential property as value-add investments while taking select freelance web projects. Ask AI Dave about this role →

  • Sourced, renovated, and managed residential property as value-add real-estate investments.
  • Delivered select freelance web projects for existing and referred clients.
Partnered with a small, bespoke agency of seasoned developers and a designer whose prior work spanned major brands like Gillette and Merrill Lynch. Owned client relationships, technical strategy, and delivery across cultural, civic, nonprofit, and commercial clients. Won competitive RFPs end to end: set the technical approach, prototyped, then built alongside the team. Ask AI Dave about this role →

  • Owned client relationships from first conversation through delivery, translating goals into technical approaches and scoped plans.
  • Won competitive RFPs by authoring the full proposal: technical approach, prototyping, and honest scope grounded in delivery reality.
  • Set technical direction and briefs for projects built alongside a small development team.
  • Advised clients on strategy, business model, and ROI, including identifying when a heavy build wasn't worth the return.

  • Cultural institutions: For the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, extended and customized an event-management plugin to showcase exhibitions on the institution's terms, built the donation system, and developed the API integration connecting it to Salesforce. For the Knox Museum, built the website and custom interactive features including historical timelines. For Camden International Film Festival, built a custom event-calendar integration pulling from a major enterprise event provider.
  • Civic: Built Rockland, Maine's municipal website and administrative system, including committee management, content and event management, alerts, a custom tax-map tool, and a plain-language ordinance search for residents.
  • Applications: Built a field-data iPad system for an energy-efficiency nonprofit, capturing measurements in the field that fed window-insert manufacturing at HQ.
  • Strategy & management: Managed the Bixby & Co website with business strategy and digital marketing oversight, including a shipping-strategy change that lifted revenue.

  • Led design and delivery of custom WordPress platforms, applications, and plugins across client and agency projects.
  • Built and deployed multi-site management tools and backend systems.
  • Delivered API integrations across CRM, marketing, and third-party systems.
  • Designed and built calculators, dashboards, and structured data models.

  • Led UX/UI design across websites, dashboards, and applications.
  • Designed brand systems, visual identities, and digital experiences.
  • Developed and executed content strategies, landing pages, and conversion-focused messaging.
  • Produced marketing assets including ads, presentations, and digital campaigns.

  • Owned and operated SEO, Google Ads, social, and content marketing strategies across clients.
  • Built and operated lead generation systems, funnels, and conversion optimization workflows.
  • Created, executed, and automated email marketing campaigns and distribution systems.
  • Wrote and managed ad copy, landing page copy, and keyword-driven content.
  • Advised on pricing, offers, and conversion strategies to improve revenue outcomes.

  • Led hacked-site recovery and platform stabilization.
  • Improved performance and reliability across multiple environments.
  • Resolved technical debt, security issues, and system failures.
Owned technology, systems, marketing platforms, and infrastructure for a fintech and financial services group managing $500M+ in funds. Member of the Executive Leadership Team from the company's inception, alongside the CEO and COO. Ask AI Dave about this role →

  • Built and managed internal systems, CRM, and infrastructure.
  • Designed and operated custom lead routing and investor management workflows.
  • Owned hosting, backups, redundancy, and system reliability.
  • Authored and maintained the group's IT disaster recovery and business continuity plans under AFSL compliance requirements.
  • Built an early-adopter Skype-based call center with virtual-number routing, scaling inbound call handling without dedicated agents.
  • Pioneered a hot-desking program in our offices for affiliated advisors under our license, deepening dealer-group relationships and giving partners a polished space for client meetings.

  • Designed and built investor-facing websites, landing pages, and dashboards.
  • Developed and produced marketing content, campaign assets, and conversion-focused UX flows.
  • Led development of branding and digital presence for multiple financial entities.

  • Built and operated lead-generation websites and online communities, supporting investor acquisition for advisory firms under the dealer group.
  • Designed and operated digital funnels contributing to $32M+ in funds-under-management leads over two years.
  • Lead system fed a multi-product wealth practice: SMSF, life insurance, mortgages, property investment, and retirement planning.
  • Built and managed a multi-site SEO content network with a small ghost-writing team, dominating search rankings across major Australian cities.
  • Designed an incentivized client referral program that fed the adviser pipeline through friends-and-family introductions.
  • Led B2B advisor acquisition campaigns targeting financial advisory firms, including financial media ads, Google Search campaigns, and print campaign assets.
  • Designed print and digital marketing collateral for advisor recruitment, investor acquisition, and financial services campaigns.
  • Implemented and managed analytics and tracking frameworks to measure campaign performance and optimize acquisition.

  • Led the group's transition to a paperless, remote-capable operation built on a custom intranet and cloud technologies, winning an industry award for business innovation.
  • Built and maintained internal tools to streamline workflows and communication.
  • Customized Xplan (the financial advisor platform) to automate adviser back-office workflows and accelerate Statement of Advice delivery.
Frontend developer and UX designer on a fintech SMSF platform automating compliance, reporting, and investor workflows. Ask AI Dave about this role →

  • Designed and built frontend systems for an SMSF platform.
  • Developed and delivered onboarding, dashboards, and reporting interfaces.
  • Built and integrated document ingestion and workflow systems.

  • Led UX/UI design for complex financial workflows and user journeys.
  • Designed landing pages and acquisition flows.
  • Developed and owned product messaging and interface content.

  • Built and operated affiliate and referral systems for early user acquisition.
  • Supported and executed Google Ads, landing pages, and campaign delivery.
  • Contributed to content strategy and conversion-focused UX.
Education

Foundations & credentials.

Queensland University of Technology

2005
Brisbane, Australia
  • Bachelor of Arts, Nursing Science
  • Bachelor of Arts, Exercise Science

Moreton Institute of TAFE

2001
Queensland, Australia
  • Diploma, Leadership and Management

Certifications

  • Google Analytics Certificate (updated 2026)
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