Andreas Ramos

Author of 22+ Books | Professor in Applied AI for Digital Marketing at CSTU | Universität Heidelberg

Palo Alto, California, United States

About

Current focus: AI-Powered Digital Marketing. Companies want AI-enabled digital marketing to scale their digital presence, sales, and revenue. We deploy our proprietary AI marketing platform that aligns with your corporate strategy and integrates with your tech stack. It monitors data, creates strategic plans, and generates content across all marketing channels. This accelerates results while maintaining brand consistency. - Deployment: I deliver applied technical frameworks and actionable methods directly to engineers and marketing teams at SMEs and mid-size companies with revenues between $15M to $250M. - Customization: All consultations, platform deployments, and materials are exclusively tailored to the client, their product offerings, and their market. Experience - Professor of Digital Marketing with Applied AI at CSTU.edu. - Create new courses in digital marketing for agentic AI. I've taught several of the first live courses in the world for AI + digital marketing. - Teach courses in Large Language Model (LLM) AI for digital marketing. - Consistently rated #1 for instructor and course material. - Speaker at conferences and corporate events on AI in marketing. Industry Experience - 10+ years with Stanford, Harvard, and MIT digital marketing. - Former Director of Global SEO at Cisco, managing 44 languages in 84 countries. - Former Director of Digital Agency at Acxiom, working with Global Fortune 200 clients. - Past CMO of a Silicon Valley startup. - Founder of two digital marketing agencies. - 22+ published books (including seven Amazon #1 Best Sellers) on digital marketing. Talk with me about AI for digital marketing. Andreas Ramos andreas.com [email protected] Tel +1.650.483.5040 Palo Alto, California

Experience

  • Digital Marketing Consultant at Freelance
    Jan 2000 - Present · 26 yrs 7 mos

    Current focus: AI-Powered Digital Marketing. Companies want AI-enabled digital marketing to scale their digital presence, sales, and revenue. We build AI marketing platforms that aligns with your strategy and integrates with your tech stack. These are frameworks and actionable methods for engineers and marketing teams at SMEs and mid-size companies with revenues between $15M to $250M. All platform deployments are tailored to the client, their product offerings, and their market. - I'm a professor in digital marketing with AI at California Science and Technology University (CSTU.edu) in Silicon Valley. I created courses in AI-powered digital marketing, SEO, Google Ads, and Google Analytics 4.0. Several were the first live courses in the world for the topics. - Experience: I was the head of the digital agency at Acxiom. Our clients were Fortune 200 companies. After that, I build the global SEO team at Cisco. 44 languages and 84 countries. I've managed several million dollars in in Google Adwords monthly ad spend with over 300,000 keywords in 24 languages in 130 countries for global organizations. I came to Silicon Valley in 1992 and built some of the first websites, which is why I have andreas.com. From 1994 to now, I've worked in digital marketing at all levels at dozens of companies. I wrote and taught corporate-level certification courses for mid-size and large corporations. Talk with me about AI digital marketing. Andreas Ramos andreas.com [email protected] Tel +1.650.483.5040 Palo Alto, California

  • Professor at California Science and Technology University
    Jan 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 7 mos

    Professor in digital marketing with AI at CSTU. I teach the use of AI with digital marketing (SEO, Google Ads, Google Analytics, and LinkedIn Profile Optimization LPO). This includes LLM AI with ChatGPT, Anthropic Sonnet and Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, and Meta.ai. My courses are hands-on with lots of details and examples so students can get jobs. These are quarterly courses (45 hours, 15 classes). I hold office hours for students to discuss class assignments, This includes students’ projects, mentoring students, supervising student teams, and final exam evaluation. I show how problem-solving and adaptability is crucial for digital technology. I also help with job hunting, networking, introductions, interviewing, salary negotiation, and reference letters or letters of recommendation for top students. I work closely with the leadership and other instructors to discuss the future of Silicon Valley and create new courses. • These classes are technical, in-depth, and hands-on. Students get copies of all presentations, checklists, documentation, spreadsheets, ebooks, and more, including digital recording of all classes. Classes are both in-person and online. • SEO (Search Engine Optimization) with AI (on-page SEO, UX/UI SEO, speed optimization, technical SEO, off-page SEO, and more). Digital ads in Google Ads / Google Ads with AI. LinkedIn Profile Optimization (LPO) with AI. Key Performance Indicators (KPI) metrics with click-through-rate (CTR), conversion rates (CR), Average Order Value (AOV), Lifetime Value (LTV), Cost-per-Action (CPA), Cost-per-Lead (CPL), A/B split testing. • Tools include Google Ads, Google Search Console GSC, Google Ads Editor GAE, Google Master Client Center MCC, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Google Analytics 4.0, Microsoft Office Excel, Microsoft Office Word, Microsoft Office PowerPoint, Screaming Frog, Slack, and Zoom.

  • Search Engine Optimization Consultant at Stanford Medical Center
    Jun 2016 - Present · 10 yrs 2 mos

    I manage Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Google Ads, and Google Analytics 4.0 (GA4) for Stanford Medical Center Development. I use AI (OpenAI ChaGPT-4o, Anthropic Claude (with Sonnet), and other AI platforms. I also advise the team on the use of LLM AI. Much of my work in the past year has been adapting to the changes at Google, the coming near-future of Google, and how that will affect marketing strategies and tactics. I also advise on the rapid evolution of AI tools.

  • Google Ads Manager at Boston Children's Hospital
    Jul 2015 - Present · 11 yrs 1 mo

    I manage Google Ads for OpenPediatrics project of Boston Children's Hospital, which is Harvard University's research hospital. I use Google Ads, Google Ads Editor, LLM AI (Claude Sonnet, ChatGPT-4o), 42 languages, 215,000 keywords, and a $480,000 annual budget for this worldwide campaign. The average CTR is 8.22%; many of the converting keywords are 30-45% CTR. If a child is sick anywhere in the world and his/her parents, nurses, or doctors search online, they will see my ads. I have 10% worldwide market share for pediatrics.

  • Advisor at aimw
    Jul 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Advisor to a French AI services startup. They offer turnkey platform for enterprises’ GenAI needs. Companies can incorporate AI services into their existing processes.