Hey! I’m Talal. I’m a journalist turned content marketing strategist with almost a decade of experience.

I’m currently at at Optimist, a $1.5 million ARR growth agency, where I help venture-backed startups, B2B SaaS, and tech companies with content marketing and SEO.

Previously, I was the Chief Content Officer and employee # 1 at ProPakistani (news startup). In six years, I grew it from 1 to 17 million pageviews per month, 1 to 45 employees, and helped increase revenues by 11x.

Before that, I was employee # 5 at GSM Nation (unlocked smartphones before they were a thing, $40 million ARR) and scaled it for 2 years until it was acquired.

I’m a voracious reader, hobbyist coder, music aficionado, and always like to be learning something new.