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Growth Marketing, Creative Strategy, Copywriting

Marketing that turns cold traffic into profitable revenue.

Who I am

Chris
Chan

Growth marketer, strategist and copywriter
Chris Chan smiling, in a dark button-up shirt, standing in front of green foliage.
  • 8-figure SaaS ads-67%cost per lead on Meta and Google
  • Ecommerce9.5xreturn on ad spend
  • Trading coach~$100Ka month from cold traffic

Hi, I'm Chris. I write and direct the ads, pages, emails and scripts that turn a cold click into profitable revenue.

100+ funnels launched1,000+ content pieces published6+ years in marketing

Some brands I've created for

  • Teachable
  • WITHIN
  • Humbled Trader
  • The Internet Marketing Nerds
  • Business Nitrogen
  • Dr. Rewire
  • Kingdom Builders Academy
  • WREIN
  • Justin Donald
  • Wealth Builders Institute
  • Euvic
  • HigherUp
  • Sermondo

Check out some of my Recent Content

Funnel breakdowns, walkthroughs and conversations I've put out. Press play and you'll hear how I think before you ever read a case study.

More on my YouTube channel

I stay with it from idea to profitable revenue.

I work on everything between the first cold click and the revenue it brings in.

The message

Strategy and offer first

Before I write an ad, I work out what you sell, who it's for and what they believe right now.

  • Diagnose the audience and the problem
  • Sharpen the position and the offer
  • Map the customer journey
  • Write the assets to match

The creative

I edit until it works

Every headline gets the same treatment. Here's one, in miniature.

redline://headline · example

draftWe craft engaging content that elevates your brand.

cutVague. No buyer, no outcome, nothing to prove.

editCreative that turns cold traffic into profitable revenue.

I work with designers, editors, media buyers and developers, and we measure, then iterate.

What I can make for you.

Pick a service to jump to the work behind it.

  • Creative strategy

    Before anyone opens a design tool, I work out what you sell, who it's for and what they already believe.

    See the case studies
  • Meta and Google ads

    Static ads, motion video and copy, made in volume, then scaled or cut on cost per lead.

    See the ad work
  • Direct-response copy

    Landing pages, sales pages and scripts for VSLs, UGC and talking-head videos.

    See page and script samples
  • Email and newsletters

    Sequences and weekly sends that people actually open and click.

    See email samples
  • Funnels

    How a stranger becomes a paying customer, one step at a time.

    See funnel case studies
  • Content and video

    Blog posts, LinkedIn, podcast and video content that bring the right people in.

    See content samples

How most teams do it vs. How I do it.

Most teams

Creative gets approved on taste.

Whoever is loudest in the room wins.

How I do it

Creative gets judged by the numbers.

I ship a lot, then the account tells us what to keep.

Most teams

Every asset comes from a different person.

The ad promises one thing and the page says another.

How I do it

The ad, page and emails read like one conversation.

Same voice from the first click to the sale.

Most teams

Reports full of impressions and clicks.

Nobody can say what any of it was worth.

How I do it

Reports in revenue and return on ad spend.

You get the number, the time period and what I was responsible for.

Case studies, start to finish.

Every figure here comes from real work. Some were team results, so each case says what I owned. Each one covers the problem, what I did about it, what came out of it, and where you can see the real work.

67.4%

lower cost per lead on Teachable's Meta and Google ads, with cost per acquisition down 36.0%.

Paid creative I write and produce at Teachable

  • 119live ads, up from 33, with creative assets up from 18 to 130+
  • 9.5xreturn on ad spend for an ecommerce brand: $693K revenue on $73K spend
  • $100Ka month from a cold-traffic funnel in about 90 days

Teachable

33 → 119live ads

Meta and Google paid creative · with a media team

A creative engine that cut cost per lead by 67.4%.

The brief

Paid creative was the bottleneck. The account ran about 33 live ads and the library held 18 assets, so tests were slow and fatigue set in fast.

What I did

  • Took over all Meta and Google ad creative: concepts, copy, scripts and direction.
  • Built an AI-assisted workflow with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Magnific, ElevenLabs and Descript that ships dozens of static ads a week, plus motion videos with voiceover and music.
  • Worked with designers and editors on the rest.

What it produced

  • -67.4% cost per lead
  • -36.0% cost per acquisition
  • 18 → 130+ creative assets in the library

Results reflect the creative and the account working together.

See the actual work

Ecommerce brand

9.5xreturn on ad spend

Meta ads

$693K in revenue on $73K of ad spend.

The brief

An ecommerce brand needed paid social that paid for itself, through The Internet Marketing Nerds.

What I did

  • Ran the Meta ads and wrote the creative.
  • Wrote hooks, scripts and body copy for the ads that carried the spend.

What it produced

  • $693K revenue
  • $73K ad spend
  • 193 orders

See the actual work

Trading-education creator

About $100Ka month

Cold-traffic Meta ads · about 90 days

A cold-traffic funnel that reached about $100K a month.

The brief

A trading creator with a large YouTube audience had no paid funnel. The goal was a repeatable way to turn cold Meta traffic into booked sales calls.

What I did

  • Wrote the ads, the landing page, the VSL script and the follow-up, and directed funnel production and design with an agency team.
  • Tracked it weekly: ad spend, cost per lead, cost per booked call, cost per acquisition and return on ad spend.
  • Recorded a full walkthrough of the build and the numbers.

What it produced

  • $3.99 per lead
  • $51.61 per booked call
  • $258.05 per acquisition
  • 6.68x return on ad spend

Metrics are from one sample week ($1,118.49 in ad spend), not a lifetime average.

See the actual work

Teachable

0.91% → 1.78%click-to-open

Newsletter to 1M+ contacts per send

A newsletter whose click-to-open rate nearly doubled, plus an original study.

The brief

Teachable's newsletter went to more than a million creators a send, and most of them weren't clicking. The company also needed original research it could own.

What I did

  • Write, build and send the newsletter myself: 40+ editions and counting.
  • Ran the survey of 1,200+ creators and helped write “The Business Creator Shift.” Its landing page converted at 33.6%.
  • Wrote blog guides, campaign manuals and lead magnets that fed the newsletter, while monthly blog pageviews grew from 77K to 134K in eight months, with a team.

What it produced

  • 40+ editions written, built and sent
  • 33.6% landing page conversion on the study
  • 77K → 134K monthly blog pageviews, with a team

Findings belong to the published survey, not to the industry at large.

See the actual work

WITHIN

20.2% → 36.2%

Email open rate

An agency content engine with a 10,000+ B2B list.

The brief

WITHIN is a 400-person performance agency with clients like Nike and The North Face. Its own marketing had to sound as technical as the work it sold.

What I did

  • As Content Writer, I ran web content, technical B2B blog posts, eBooks and one-sheeters, case studies, the weekly newsletter, social and the written side of pitches.
  • Wrote RFP slide-deck copy for brands like Estée Lauder and Uniqlo. Several of those pitches contributed to 7-figure contracts. Those decks are confidential, so they aren't linked.

What it produced

  • 10,000+ B2B contacts on the list
  • 4.67x organic traffic in four months, with the SEO team
  • +318% LinkedIn followers, with a team of three

Team results. The content was mine.

See the actual work

PR agency

21 callsabout $50 each

Booked in a sample week

A booked-call funnel at about $50 a call.

The brief

A PR agency wanted a steady stream of qualified calls for its sales team.

What I did

  • Wrote the funnel messaging, ads and VSL, the follow-up emails and the sales-process assets.

What it produced

  • $349.68 cost per acquisition
  • 5.79x return on ad spend
  • $2,000+ reported average deal size

Metrics are from one sample week ($1,049.06 in ad spend). The agency later reported over $700K in profit that year.

See the actual work

Real-estate coach

$230K+in about 45 days

Live virtual event funnel

A live-event funnel that closed $500K in back-end sales.

The brief

A multifamily real-estate coach needed a live virtual event that filled seats and sold the back end.

What I did

  • Built the registration funnel, the event pages and the follow-up sequence.
  • Wrote sales pages, VSL scripts and ad assets for a companion masterclass funnel, which contributed to a 10% lift in checkout conversion.

What it produced

  • $230K+ in sales in about 45 days
  • $500K total back-end sales
  • 10% checkout lift on the masterclass funnel

See the actual work

More of my work, sorted by format.

Ads, funnels, email, lead magnets, content and video. Almost everything here links to the real thing, so you can read it, click through it and judge it yourself.

Ad portfolio

Ad creative portfolio

Static ads, motion videos and scripts across Meta and Google, in one folder.

Open the portfolio

Lead generation

Giveaway campaign

A giveaway campaign I worked on at The Internet Marketing Nerds.

6,973 leads at about $0.41 each on $2,856 of spend.

Scripts

UGC, testimonial and talking-head scripts

Ad and video scripts for 7 and 8-figure coaches, founders and agencies.

Script samples

Challenge launch

A pastor's online challenge

Landing pages, Facebook ad copy, VSLs and emails for a church leader's online challenge.

4,000 challenge sign-ups in 3 days.

Challenge assets

Paid creative

Teachable paid creative library

Dozens of static ads a week plus motion videos, built with an AI-assisted workflow.

33 to 119 live ads. Cost per lead down 67.4%.

See ad creative

Landing page

Trading education landing page

The opt-in page for a creator funnel that scaled to about $100K a month. VSL scripted by me.

$3.99 per lead in the sample week.

Funnel mockupFunnel assets

Sales page

Mastermind sales page

A sales page for an 8-figure coaching program, with the VSL script.

Funnel assets

Landing page

Forex trading landing page

A live landing page with a scripted VSL.

Live page

Funnel

PR agency funnel

A booked-call funnel that ran at about $50 a call.

5.79x return on ad spend in the sample week.

Live funnelAssets

Event funnel

Multi-7-figure real-estate investor event

A live virtual event funnel for a multifamily real-estate coach.

$230K+ in about 45 days. $500K back end.

Funnel walkthroughAssets

Funnel

Children's gymnastics gym

A full funnel for a local gym, one of my larger single projects.

Live funnel

Funnel

Fitness coaching agency

A funnel built in GoHighLevel for a fitness coaching agency.

Preview

Funnel

1M+ subscriber trading coach

A funnel for a trading coach with over a million YouTube subscribers.

Funnel walkthrough

Book funnel

Christian success principles author

A book funnel for an author with 2.5M Instagram followers.

Funnel walkthrough

Book funnel

Holistic medicine book

A book funnel in the CBD and holistic medicine space.

Live funnel

Book funnel

Real-estate investing book

A book funnel for a triple-net investing playbook.

Live funnel

Book funnel

Christian book

A book funnel for a faith-based author.

Live funnel

Book funnel

Business book

A book funnel for a business author.

Live funnel

SaaS funnel

Software for real-estate agents

A product funnel for a SaaS tool built for agents.

Live funnel

Event funnel

Christian revival events

A registration funnel for a series of live revival events.

Funnel walkthrough

Funnel

Five Day Funnels

My own funnel, built and written end to end.

Live funnel

Kickstarter

Crowdfunding page and emails

The page and email copy for a reusable silicone mask while the founder ran traffic.

$35,000+ raised in under 30 days.

Kickstarter page

Cohort launch

Landing page for a live cohort

A landing page and a LinkedIn article for a six-week cohort.

About $15,000 from about 15 students at $1,500.

LinkedIn article

Coaching program

Avalista and AMAP

A coaching business I started, and a live four-week program for new grads. I built the site, page, lead magnet and curriculum.

One client went from about $500 to $2,500 a month.

WebsiteProgram overviewProgram folder

Master copy

8-figure coaching program copy

A master copy folder for a roofing coaching program, pages and emails.

Open the folder

Newsletter

Teachable weekly newsletter

Written, built and sent to more than 1M contacts per send. 40+ editions.

Click-to-open rate up from 0.91% to 1.78%.

Newsletter archive

Newsletter

Teachable product newsletter

Runs for the paid and Book of Business segments, about 33K contacts in the paid segment.

47.4% open rate, 1.84% click-to-open.

In-app message

Pendo message for Teachable

An in-app message sent through Pendo.

3,964 views and 123 clicks: 3.1% click-through.

Newsletter

WITHIN weekly newsletter

Drafted, designed, built and sent to a list of about 10,000 B2B contacts.

Open rate up from 20.2% to 36.2%.

Examples

Email sequence

Welcome sequence for an 8-figure agency

A welcome sequence for a ClickFunnels-certified, award-winning agency.

Read the sequence

Newsletter

29 best-of newsletter strategy

A 29-email newsletter strategy for an agency's list.

Read the PDF

Newsletter

Newsletters for a coach's list

A set of newsletters written for a coach.

Open the folder

Email copy

Mastermind email copy

Launch and nurture emails for an 8-figure coaching mastermind.

Open the folder

Research report

The Business Creator Shift

An original study of 1,200 creators, published by Teachable.

Landing page converted at 33.6%: 1,064 leads from 258 schools.

Read the study

Lead magnet

9-5 Quitters Club Manual

A campaign manual for Teachable, written and produced with a designer.

Read the manual

Lead magnet

How to Take Back Control of Your Content

A guide for creators, written for Teachable.

Read the guide

Lead magnet

6 LinkedIn profile hacks for creators

A short guide for growth-focused creators, written for Teachable.

Read the guide

Playbook

The Modern Course Creator Playbook

Seven strategies for building stability as a course creator in an AI-driven market.

Read the playbook

eBook

Influencer campaigns eBook

Six steps to creating and launching authentic influencer campaigns. Written at WITHIN.

Read the eBook

eBook

Affiliate program eBook

Eight steps to a remarkable affiliate program. Written at WITHIN.

Read the eBook

eBook

Amazon advertising eBook

Six actionable steps for maximum ROI. Written at WITHIN.

Read the eBook

Lead magnet

Avalista lead magnet

A lead magnet for my own coaching business, designed in Canva.

View it

Blog author page

Teachable articles

My author page on Teachable's blog, with every article I've published there.

Blog traffic: 77K to 134K monthly pageviews in eight months, with a team.

Author page

Guide

Getting started on Teachable

The complete guide to getting started (2025).

Read it

Comparison

The top online learning platforms

Which platform is right for you, in 2025.

Read it

Guide

High-ticket offers for creators

The ultimate guide to selling high-ticket offers.

Read it

WITHIN blog

How to start advertising on Amazon

Four ad types and the strategies that perform.

Read it

WITHIN blog

How to break free from discount marketing

Four alternatives for incremental returns.

Read it

WITHIN blog

What is lifecycle marketing?

Creating the path to loyal customers.

Read it

WITHIN blog

Internal silos and brand messaging

Why silos hurt messaging and how to fix them.

Read it

WITHIN blog

Gamification in ecommerce

Seven brands' tactics to increase engagement.

Read it

WITHIN blog

The Google Page Experience update

Seven ways it will affect marketing.

Read it

WITHIN blog

Pandemic-sensitive messaging

Three brands that got the tone right.

Read it

WITHIN case study

Email revenue for a drinkware brand

A published case study on an email program.

Read it

WITHIN case study

Smart shopping for a mattress brand

A published case study on a smart shopping program.

Read it

WITHIN case study

Paid digital for a mattress brand

A published case study on paid digital.

Read it

WITHIN case study

Product feed for a DTC mattress brand

A published case study on feed optimization.

Read it

WITHIN case study

Influencer campaign for a lifestyle brand

A published case study on influencer marketing.

Read it

WITHIN case study

Email marketing for a lifestyle brand

A published case study on email.

Read it

WITHIN case study

A Halloween campaign for a men's lifestyle brand

A published case study on a seasonal influencer campaign.

Read it

WITHIN case study

A tennis influencer program

A published case study on influencer marketing.

Read it

WITHIN case study

Loyalty program for a retail brand

A published case study on loyalty.

Read it

WITHIN case study

Lifecycle email for a retail brand

A published case study on lifecycle email.

Read it

WITHIN case study

Email program for a fragrance retailer

A published case study on email.

Read it

WITHIN case study

Email marketing for a grill brand

A published case study on email.

Read it

WITHIN case study

A sports product-line collaboration

A published case study on a licensing collaboration.

Read it

Technical article

How ecommerce businesses can use AI

A technical piece for an IT services firm.

Read it

Technical article

AI in fintech: top 10 use cases

A technical piece for an IT services firm.

Read it

Technical article

API integrations for small businesses

The ultimate guide to setting up API integrations.

Read it

Blog and video

An IT services blog

Wrote nearly every post for a 6,000-person IT firm over about two years, with expert interviews, case studies and pillar videos.

Books

Ghostwritten books

Full book drafts for founders and coaches, start to finish, plus the funnels to sell them.

Blog posts

Long-form posts for a law firm

Long-form blog posts for a Los Angeles trial-law firm.

The firm

Executive video

LinkedIn video scripts and an explainer

Scripts for executive LinkedIn videos, plus a written and produced explainer on the Iron Triangle in software projects.

Podcast

Teachable podcast

Hosted 10+ episodes: wrote the scripts, ran the interviews and directed the edits.

100+ interviews with creators from $0 to multiple seven figures.

Social

Teachable on Instagram

Helped the account reach 100,000 followers, with a team.

YouTube

My YouTube channel

Breakdowns of funnels, ads and copy I've built.

Watch

Video walkthrough

From $0 to $100K a month in 90ish days

A full walkthrough of the cold-traffic funnel and its numbers.

Watch

What people I've worked with say about me.

He approaches every project with a strategic, business-first mindset, so the content he creates actually drives results instead of just filling space.”

Miguel Cruz
Miguel CruzGrowth @ SpaceXAI

I found that he really shines as an interviewer, digging to understand and really engage the business owners he spoke with.”

Don Atkins
Don AtkinsSurround Sound | Arts + Culture

Chris was a total breath of fresh air when he joined the team at Teachable. He brought such a bright energy from day one and is the type of person who is full of ideas, curiosity, and encouragement.”

Zeina Muna
Zeina MunaBuilding the coach network behind Becoming You Labs. Senior to Chris at Teachable.

We collaborated on several articles about retail media and marketplace, with Chris serving as the editor, fact-checker, and copywriter on key projects.”

J.P. McShane
J.P. McShaneDirector Amazon Marketing Cloud Activation @ L'Oréal

Chris was a star hire at WITHIN.”

David Berkowitz
David BerkowitzCMO, AI Marketer & Author. Managed Chris at WITHIN.

Chris was truly one of the best, most collaborative and creative co-workers I've had the pleasure of being on a team with! He is proactive, engaged and excited to craft fun, relevant content.”

Bailey Hopp
Bailey HoppSocial Media Manager @ CBT Nuggets

Christopher is a highly talented and creative individual with a deep passion for content creation. His ability to produce engaging and impactful content is truly exceptional.”

Ignacio Correia
Ignacio CorreiaAI Systems Engineer & Solution Architect. Reported to Chris.

Chris is a fountain of enthusiasm with the curiosity and intelligence that defines great marketers.”

Hillary Read
Hillary ReadFractional CMO. Managed Chris at WITHIN.

Besides being a joy to work with, Christopher is a take-charge person who is able to present creative ideas and communicate the benefits.”

Tommy Lamb
Tommy LambSenior CRM Consultant @ Amperity. Colleague at WITHIN.

Hi, I'm Chris. Nice to meet you.

Chris Chan smiling, in a dark button-up shirt, standing in front of green foliage.

I like figuring out what a business really stands for, then saying it plainly enough that the right people say yes.

I started on the agency side, writing technical B2B content for a 400-person marketing agency. After that I spent a year and a half inside high-ticket creator funnels, where every line had to earn a click, a lead or a sale.

Today I write and produce all of Teachable's Meta and Google ad creative, and I write, build and send its weekly newsletter. Designers and editors help me get the assets out the door, and I take on a few independent clients on the side.

My faith shapes how I work. I tell the truth about what an offer does, I put the reader first, and I measure the result.

  • 6+years in marketing
  • B.S.Business Management, Marketing, Stony Brook
  • 400person agency, where I started

What happens when you reach out.

  1. 01

    You message me

    Email or LinkedIn. Tell me what you're building and where it's stuck.

  2. 02

    We talk it through

    I'll ask about your audience, your offer and what you've tried.

  3. 03

    I tell you where I can help

    You get my honest read on the problem and what I'd do first.

Quick answers before you write.

Who do you work with?

Founders, marketing leaders and agency teams with a clear offer who want a senior person to sharpen the message, build the creative and ship strong copy. I've worked with education creators, high-ticket coaches, ecommerce brands, SaaS companies, B2B services and agencies.

What do you personally own on a project?

Every case above says what was mine and what belonged to the team. Messaging, ad creative, copy, email and content are mine. I work alongside the people who handle media buying, design and development.

Do you work with designers and editors?

Yes, all the time. I write and direct the assets, then work with the designers, editors and media buyers who build and run them. We look at the results together.

How do I get in touch?

Email chris@thechrischan.com or message me on LinkedIn. Tell me what you're building and where it's stuck.

Let's talk about what's stuck.

Tell me what you're building and where it's stuck.

chris@thechrischan.com