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About

Khoa Nguyen.

I'm Khoa — a digital marketer based in Hội An, Vietnam. I help brands find customers and grow online, and I'm a little unusual in how I do it: I don't just set the strategy, I build the systems that run it. Marketing fused with engineering — I write the code, build the agents, measure the ROI, and cut whatever doesn't earn its place.

What I do

  • SEO & GEO. Classic search optimisation, plus Generative Engine Optimisation — getting brands surfaced inside AI answers (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude), not just on Google. It's an early-mover edge while most of the market still optimises for ten blue links only.
  • Content that compounds. Content-led SEO where the writing actually moves the numbers — several pieces I've produced have become some of the fastest-growing pages on the sites I work on.
  • AI content pipelines. I build production pipelines in Python that generate product imagery and video at catalog scale — wired straight into the store's data, idempotent and credit-safe, in place of studio or agency cost. Prompt engineering for image and video models is part of the craft.
  • Measure, then cut. I audit spend with real data — link profiles, campaign ROI, what the AI engines actually ingest — and I'm comfortable killing a channel that isn't delivering and moving the budget somewhere that is.

From studio to storefront

I can take a product from nothing to launched, and I run the whole chain myself:

  • Studio & photography — set up and light the shoot, and photograph the product directly.
  • Post-production — retouch and grade in Photoshop, Lightroom and Premiere Pro, with AI tools (Evoto, WeShop, Higgsfield) for lifestyle and volume imagery — wired through APIs and MCP to run at catalog scale.
  • Storefront build — configure the product in Shopify end to end: pricing, variants and components, and descriptions written for GEO/SEO.
  • Then optimise — recommend the changes that lift click-through (CTR) and conversion, and measure what actually moves.

How I work

Direct assessments, concrete numbers, clear next steps — over theory. I'd rather do a few right things for the right people than spread budget thin. The work in this portfolio is the proof: real builds, honestly framed, with the parts that aren't done yet labelled as such.

How I learn

Mostly self-taught, and unapologetically AI-first. I'd rather ask an AI the moment I need something than chase a certificate — you can reach about 90% of any field that way. The other 10% is the part that counts: judgment you only build by shipping, and by learning from people who've actually done the work.

Currently

  • Taking on a small number of digital-marketing projects I can do properly
  • Writing here on growth, brand, and the web

Say hi

Email me at hi@khoa.work. I read everything and reply to most of it within a few days. Elsewhere: LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook.

Experience

Sartorosartoro.co ↗

Operations Associate · made-to-measure menswear (DTC, Shopify)

2024 — Present · Full-time

Reporting directly to the founder, I run the product line end to end — photography, retouching, product setup, data tracking, full-stack SEO/GEO, and content — for a 7-figure Shopify store growing about 20% a year.

  • Grew the luxury collection into the store's lead line — now about 60% of revenue.
  • Doubled organic search traffic (2×) and replaced the SEO agency with in-house full-stack SEO — about US$3,000/month saved.
  • Built an in-house content pipeline — studio photography plus AI imagery and video at catalog scale — in place of studio and agency cost.
  • Got products surfacing inside AI answers (ChatGPT, Perplexity), not just Google — an early-mover GEO play.
  • Run the line solo, shoot to storefront: photography, retouching, Shopify setup, tracking, SEO and content.
Previously
  • Insurance Direct Canada · Orca Financial

    Digital marketing, SEO & content

    2019 — 2023 · Remote · Full-time
  • Hoiana

    B2B mass marketing · integrated resort

    2018 — 2019 · Vietnam
Education

University of Foreign Languages

English Language

Vietnam
Languages
English — fluentVietnamese — native
Kind words
Message from Andy, founder of Sartoro: that sounds really awesome, Khoa! Nice work!
Message from Andy, founder of Sartoro: great start, pretty awesome man, nicely done.

— Andy, Founder of Sartoro

The kit

Tools I work with.

From the shoot to the storefront — the software I actually use to launch products, make the imagery, and grow the search footprint.

  • Photoshop
  • Higgsfield
  • Lightroom
  • Midjourney
  • Premiere Pro
  • Runway
  • After Effects
  • Evoto
  • Figma
  • WeShop
  • Gemini
  • CapCut
  • Claude
  • Kling AI
  • ChatGPT
  • Firefly
  • Perplexity
  • Ahrefs
  • DeepSeek
  • Screaming Frog
  • MCP
  • Semrush
  • Search Console
  • Analytics 4
  • Shopify
  • Looker Studio
  • Next.js
  • Sanity
  • Vercel
  • Cloudflare