Welcome to Writes
Hi! I'm Ash. On Writes, I'll be sharing my journey as a marketer focused on content and brand at Buffer, a software company with 70,000+ paying customers.
Whether you want to build an audience for your software business or create a series to attract customers to your consumer brand, I hope you'll find something to help you here at Writes.
I owe my career to creating content online. And I decided to launch Writes because I wanted to share my journey and create a place to keep tabs on what I'm learning and everything that inspires me day-to-day in the hope it'll help you too.
Writes isn't for everyone. If you want quick wins and growth hacks, this isn't your spot. Writes is for those who want to create advertising that doesn't seem like advertising. It's for the people that understand marketing is about driving revenue, but care about more than moving numbers.
I'd love for you to subscribe and join the community.
About me

Hello, I’m Ash and I'll be your host here at Writes. 👋
Currently, I’m editorial director at Buffer, a software company with over 5M signups and trusted by more than 70,000+ paying customers.
I’ve been lucky enough to work on editorial and marketing projects with some pretty awesome clients from startups in London and San Francisco, to established, household name brands, and well-known advertising agencies.
Over my career I have...
Scaled Buffer's blog traffic to 1.5 million sessions per month, a 2x increase from when I joined.
Hosted and helped to produced Breaking Brand, a podcast featured by Apple.
Produced The Science of Social Media podcast, a show downloaded more than 25,000 times per week.
Written reports that have generated tens of thousands of pageviews and more than 2,000 backlinks.
Published blog posts that have generated millions of visits and ranked #1 in Google for high-value keywords.
Produced campaigns that have generated national media coverage:
My work has been featured by...
A few published articles:
- What I Learned When I Tried Being Authentic At Work
(published by Fast Company) - Taking the Plunge: How to Get Over Your Fear of Failure
(published by Lifehacker) - A brief history of social media (the stuff you probably didn’t already know) and 4 predictions of its future
(published by TheNextWeb) - 7 Tips for Building a Career in Marketing
(published by Entrepreneur)