Nathaniel Smith

About Nathaniel Smith

My Story-Graduated from Music School-Played music professionally for ten years in New York-Founded my own online music education company and scaled it to six-figures in annual profit-Other entrepreneurs stared asking for my help building their sales funnels, so I started consulting-Built an agency, and helped companies from info-products, to consultants, to B2B, to SAAS, to scale via multi-channel marketing strategies-Developed one of the world\'s only profitable Facebook ads funnels for addiction treatment centers-Scott\'s Bass Lessons, one of my best clients, hired me full-time as Director of Marketing, in November 2018-Between 2018 and 2023, I helped them to scale from low-7-figures to high-7-figures in annual revenue-Went \"solo\" with my drum education platform in 2023 and haven\'t looked back.

Experience

1. Founder

   The 80 20 Drummer

   Jan 2010 — Present

   Built and scaled a six-figure info-products brand via content, social media, paid media, and lifecycle marketing. The 80/20 Drummer is an education company that helps drummers escape the intermediate rut and play their ideas on the bandstand. We have a portfolio of products that includes self-directed online courses, personal coaching, and group coaching.

Education

• Lawrence University

  BM, Music, English, Political Science

  1997 — 2001

• Manhattan School of Music

  MM, Jazz Studies

  2001 — 2003

Skills

• Event Planning
• Crm
• Enterprise Scheduling
• Curriculum Mapping
• Social Media
• Writing
• Project Portfolio Management
• CRO
• Music Education
• Marketing
• Search Engine Optimization
• Online Marketing
• Recording
• SEO
• Blogging
• Social Media Marketing
• Bands
• Email Marketing
• Music Production
• Higher Education
• Project Planning
• Editing
• Vocal
• Musicians
• Nonprofits
• Teaching
• Entrepreneurship
• Filmmaking and Editing
• Music
• Composition