Justin Brackett
Founder
Justin Brackett is the Founder of digifora, a full-service marketing agency that helps churches, ministries, nonprofits and growth-stage companies turn fragmented marketing into predictable systems. He has been doing marketing since 2008 and serves as a fractional CMO for organizations that need senior strategy without a full-time hire.
Before digifora, Justin led digital inside 2 of the most influential churches in the country. As Digital Communications Director at Seacoast Church, he ran digital across 14 campuses. As Senior Manager of Digital Connections at Lakewood Church, he led Joel Osteen's YouTube along with websites, apps, email, SMS and social media for an audience of 44 million followers. His team sent 1 million emails a day at a 49% open rate.
His work reaches well beyond ministry. In 2010 he helped New Balance build local marketing as it opened its standalone branded stores. At digifora, his team delivered a 4.5x return on ad spend for Ruth's Chris Steak House through paid media. He has also worked with Verizon and Stanton Chase, and digifora's ministry clients include Convoy of Hope, Voice of the Martyrs and Mission India.
Justin started digifora in 2020 after Raging Bull, the company he had joined just 3 weeks earlier, furloughed all 300 employees. Today digifora's North America-based team (US and Canada) is built on human-to-human first marketing. He is also the founder of Camp.Marketing, a marketing agency exclusively for summer camps, and South Carolina Beer.
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