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Published sources

Selected work and sources.

A documented role, a published account, and a client recommendation establish different things. None is presented as an independent audit of business results.

Marketing leadership

Leadership Capital Group

Leadership Capital Group lists me as its CMO. My work with the firm includes positioning and marketing content.

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Client perspectives

These excerpts link to public recommendations. They describe the writers’ experiences and are not independently measured commercial outcomes.

Client perspective

“I highly recommend Jay Mandel as your brand strategist.”

Todd RowePublic LinkedIn recommendation · excerpt

Reported learning to build a consistent brand strategy around company values.

Client perspective

“Jay managed to get to the core of who I am as an entrepreneur”

Paula AlphonsePublic LinkedIn recommendation · excerpt

Reported greater clarity about her entrepreneurial identity within five sessions.

Client perspective

“Jay gave me the clarity and the confidence to grow as a marketer.”

Chris BufkinPublic client review · August 15, 2022 · excerpt

Reported identifying core beliefs and a clearer focus for his LinkedIn content.

Work samples

The work behind an engagement.

These accounts describe documented coaching, planning, and workshop deliverables. They do not establish a promotion, revenue increase, or completed transformation.

Technical leadership · Coaching and planning

Making technical work legible.

Leadership narrative, stakeholder communication, and a proposed operating framework.

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Executive search · Positioning

Explaining the business.

Positioning and website content organized around clients, candidates, and partners.

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Specialty insurance · Writing workshop

Practicing buyer-focused writing.

A live workshop, post audits, rewriting exercises, and a shared writing checklist.

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My own practice is a working example.

See how I connect the questions a visitor asks to relevant evidence and a clear next step—with BASE3 and SingleFig supporting the broader system.

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One point of view, put into practice.

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Writing, audience response, and what comes next.

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