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Leo Maggio
Builder-Marketer for Direct Response Teams

Funnels Break
In The Gaps.
That's Where
I Work Best.

I help growth teams find the friction between attention and action, then turn it into clearer offers, sharper pages, better follow-up, and systems that make the next launch easier.

Not just a copywriter, an operator, or an AI tinkerer. I connect the dots between customer behavior, direct response strategy, and the tools needed to move faster.

Built in the real world

Diagnostic tools  ·  Visitor flows  ·  Wholesale dashboards  ·  AI content systems  ·  Landing pages  ·  Real-world brands

Where Growth Leaks

1.

Ad gets the click.

Page loses the trust.

2.

Offer sounds good.

Customer still does not understand it.

3.

AI creates the volume.

Copy loses the judgment.

4.

Checkout converts.

Post-purchase creates confusion.

5.

New brand launches.

Team rebuilds everything from scratch.

This is the kind of friction I like finding.

Built, not theorized

The Real Problem

The bottleneck usually is not effort. It is the missing system.

Fast-moving companies do not usually suffer from a lack of ideas. They suffer from scattered execution, unclear offers, weak follow-up, generic AI output, and repeat problems that never become repeatable systems.

Content without conversion

More output does not fix a weak offer or a confusing page. Volume without clarity is just noise at scale.

AI output without judgment

AI can increase production speed. It cannot decide what claim to make, what tone is right, or what the customer actually needs to hear.

Funnels without follow-up

The ad converts. The email is generic. The post-purchase sequence is missing. Retention leaks where attention ends.

Launches without a reusable machine

Every new brand or product starts from scratch. The team relearns the same lessons. The same avoidable mistakes repeat.

“Traffic does not fix a confusing offer. A bigger list does not fix a leaking funnel. Effort does not fix a missing system.”

How I Work

Diagnose the gap. Write the path. Build the system.

Not frameworks for the sake of frameworks. A repeatable pattern that I apply to every funnel, product launch, or content system I work on.

01

Find the leak

Where is the customer getting stuck, confused, or lost? I map the full path from ad click to repeat purchase before touching anything.

02

Clarify the offer

If the customer has to work too hard to understand what they get and why it matters, the funnel leaks right there. Offer clarity is the foundation.

03

Build the asset

A landing page, a lifecycle flow, a creative angle matrix, a post-purchase sequence, a prompt system. Something concrete that closes the gap.

04

Turn it into a system

A fix that cannot be repeated is not a fix. The goal is a checklist, SOP, or template that makes the next launch faster and cleaner than the last one.

“Every support complaint is also market research. Every refund is a headline test that failed. Every abandoned cart is a gap in the offer or the sequence.”

Proof of Pattern

Four builds that prove the pattern.

Different industries. Different problems. Same pattern: find the gap, build the path, make it repeatable.

The Choice Gap

Diagnostic Tool

Business Problem

A business does not just need more traffic. It needs to be easy to choose. Most local businesses are not invisible. They are just harder to choose than the competitor down the street.

What I Built

A scan and report system that evaluates whether nearby customers can find, understand, trust, choose, and follow up with a business. Outputs a scored report, implementation plan, and sales packet.

DR Lesson

Customer journey diagnosis, scoring logic, and conversion clarity apply directly to product pages, landing pages, and offer framing. If a customer cannot quickly understand why to choose you, they will not.

What It Proves

Customer journey diagnosisScoring logicConversion claritySales enablementAI-assisted implementation plans

Threshold

Onboarding System

Business Problem

Churches often lose first-time visitors because follow-up is generic, delayed, or disconnected from what the visitor actually needs. The moment of intent passes. The system fails to act.

What I Built

A QR-based visitor welcome flow that creates a personalized next step and a Visitor Care Profile for the admin team. Captures intent, segments visitors, and routes them to the right next step.

DR Lesson

Intent capture and follow-up timing matter. If someone raises their hand, the system should know what to do next. The same logic applies to email opt-ins, post-purchase sequences, and trial activations.

What It Proves

SegmentationPersonalized next stepsOnboarding systemsCRM thinkingCare-based lifecycle logic

Dream Chasers Roastery Ops

Operations Dashboard

Business Problem

Wholesale coffee orders, delivery updates, partner inventory, and delivery confirmations were too manual. The customer experience was degrading after the sale.

What I Built

An admin dashboard with wholesale partner workflows, delivery labels, QR delivery confirmation, delivery photos, partner communication, and reorder logic. Built and deployed for real wholesale partners.

DR Lesson

The sale is not the finish line. Fulfillment speed, communication quality, reorder paths, and customer confidence after purchase create or destroy retention. Post-purchase operations are a marketing problem.

What It Proves

Ops systems thinkingPost-purchase experiencePartner workflowsAdmin toolingReal-world software delivery

FlowPost / AI Content Workflow

Content System

Business Problem

Marketing teams need more content. But generic AI output creates bland copy, wrong claims, and platform mismatch. Volume without quality is worse than nothing.

What I Built

An AI-assisted draft system with brand rules, platform-specific constraints, character limits, claim guardrails, and reusable content logic. Built to maintain voice, discipline, and quality at speed.

DR Lesson

Creative volume matters, but only if the offer, voice, platform rules, and claim discipline survive. AI is leverage. It is not judgment. The system has to supply what the model cannot.

What It Proves

AI-assisted productionBrand guardrailsPlatform adaptationContent systemsQuality control at scale

Application

How this applies to a DR ecommerce team.

Direct response is not just the ad. It is the full path from attention to action, follow-up, retention, and the next purchase. Every step either builds momentum or leaks it.

What I look for

  • Where the click promise changes on the landing page
  • Where trust drops between the ad and the checkout
  • Where claims need more clarity or compliance discipline
  • Where the customer does not know what happens next
  • Where support issues reveal marketing problems
  • Where email and SMS is generic instead of useful
  • Where every new brand launch starts from zero

What I can help build

  • Landing page outlines and angle tests
  • Offer and angle matrices
  • Email and SMS lifecycle flows
  • Product education sequences
  • Creative testing briefs
  • AI prompt systems with guardrails
  • New brand launch checklists
  • Customer journey audits
  • Internal dashboards and SOPs

Multi-Brand Growth

If you are launching 3 or 4 brands, the win is not one good campaign. It is a machine.

Every new brand should make the next one faster, cleaner, and smarter. That means building a repeatable system with research, positioning, creative, and lifecycle pieces already in place and ready to adapt.

A team should not have to rediscover the same lessons every launch.

Foundation
Creative
Execution
Systems

Launch Machine Checklist

  • Market and customer research
  • Offer hypothesis
  • Avatar and problem map
  • Angle matrix
  • Landing page wireframe
  • Creative testing briefs
  • Email and SMS lifecycle
  • Post-purchase education
  • Support scripts
  • Support feedback loop
  • Retention path
  • Lessons captured for the next launch

Value Plan

What I would look for in the first 90 days.

Not a plan for what looks impressive. A plan for what actually builds momentum.

0-30days

Map the machine.

  • Traffic sources and paid channels
  • Offers and top products
  • Best performing pages
  • Email and SMS flows
  • Refund and support patterns
  • Reviews and objections
  • Current AI workflows
  • Customer journey from ad click to repeat purchase
31-60days

Ship useful improvements.

  • One landing page test
  • One lifecycle flow improvement
  • One creative angle matrix
  • One post-purchase education improvement
  • One launch brief template
61-90days

Turn wins into leverage.

  • Repeatable launch checklist
  • Reusable prompts and QA rules
  • Campaign brief system
  • Customer objection library
  • Internal dashboard or SOP
  • Clear next-test roadmap

Built Outside The Slide Deck

I have built in the messy middle: customers, events, local businesses, service counters, training rooms, and systems that had to work when people were actually using them.

Not just strategy. Working infrastructure.

Leo holding a long receipt tape of customer orders while smiling with a shaka sign inside a coffee shop
The Arlington Connection newspaper front cover featuring Leo and Brittani Maggio with the headline Dream Chasers Catch Their Dream
Leo and a training partner both in white gi with black belts, pointing at each other in front of a BJJ gym mural

Let's Work

Need someone who can think like a marketer, move like an operator, and build like a scrappy product team?

That is the lane I am built for.

I am at my best when the goal is clear, the problem is real, and the work needs more than another generic marketing task.