Mike Buchler

Digital Marketing and Advertising Professional

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

About

20+ years of marketing, advertising and sales experience. Focused career on driving results across all traditional media, while specializing in digital platforms. A unique blend of executive level professionalism with an eye for design and development work.

Experience

  • Medstar Media (Remote)
    • Senior Sales and Client Success Manager
      Oct 2025 - Present · 10 mos

    • Sales and Client Success Manager
      Sep 2024 - Sep 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo

      ➢ Building and maintaining existing relationships with clients ➢ Developing and executing digital marketing strategies ➢ Conducting market research ➢ Analyzing campaign performance ➢ Preparing reports and presentations ➢ Identifying opportunities for upsells to existing clients ➢ Training and working with the client and their staff to properly nurture their lead pipeline

  • Digital Strategy at Hyport Digital
    Dec 2023 - Sep 2024 · 10 mos

    Dedicated to helping small to mid-size businesses reach and engage with their ideal and most profitable customers through multiple digital channels. With a focus on transparency and communication, I'm working to ensure our clients understand and see value in their investment.

  • Independent Marketing and Advertising Consultant at Self-employed
    Oct 2022 - Nov 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • AVP Marketing - Digital Strategy at Group1001
    Mar 2021 - Oct 2022 · 1 yr 8 mos

    Focused on building brand awareness through sports and education and driving annuity sales through a direct-to-consumer e-commerce platform – Gainbridge.life. * Developed and managed a paid multi-media advertising budget. * Launched, tested and reported on campaigns involving email marketing, paid search, paid social, display, connected TV, broadcast TV, podcasts and influencers. * Owned relationship with local ad agency and several vendors to drive a B2C (Business to Consumer) cost-per-acquisition (CPA) sales model. * Leveraged 1st and 3rd party data to measure attribution, improve the overall web site customer journey and increase conversion rates. * Lead brand discussions with copy writers, video editors, and designers to ensure messaging was aligned. * Wrote organic and paid social media copy for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Linked In. * Collaborated with agency on ideation and marketing messages that were integrated into several high-profile sports sponsorships including the Gainbridge LPGA tournament, the Miami Grand Prix F1 Race, the Indianapolis 500, and the Gainbridge Fieldhouse. * Streamlined, tracked and reported to key stakeholders the performance and results from our paid media campaigns, social media and partnerships * Worked closely with our agency on ideation and marketing messages that integrated into several high-profile sports sponsorships including the Gainbridge LPGA tournament in Boca Rio, FL, the Inaugural Miami Grand Prix F1 Race, the Indianapolis 500 as well as Gainbridge Fieldhouse, home of the Indiana Pacers and Indiana Fever * Lead the D2C organic social media content strategy through various channels including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn * Partnered with several industry verndors to drive a cost-per-acquisition sales model * Gained experience with NFTs through a 2022 campaign linked to our racing sponsorships

  • Digital Sales Manager at WTHR-TV
    Aug 2015 - Mar 2021 · 5 yrs 8 mos

    Developed and executed on a strategic business plan to maximize and drive digital revenue operations for Indiana’s top local TV station. Efforts resulted in 5 straight years of revenue growth through sales of display, paid search, mobile, video and OTT streaming. * Managed and optimized display, video and sponsorship ad inventory for desktop/mobile site * Developed and directed ad operations processes * Delivered weekly and monthly ad inventory reports along with ROI metrics for clients * Worked in tandem with ad ops team to project ad impressions and ensure digital ad delivery * Collaborated with news directors inside the organization to drive audience and traffic to this site * Assessed and hired several 3rd party vendors to fulfill a complete suite of digital solutions. * Trained and developed 20+ sales representatives and managers. Designed and provided hundreds of sales collateral materials and presentations for both internal training and external B2B prospects.