Meet The Team
No-one ever made a difference by being like everyone else
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Business is about people.
The reason we exist as an agency is to help real people achieve very real, personal goals. Your goals may be to grow a successful accounting or bookkeeping firm, make enough money to support yourself and your family, or live the desired lifestyle you want.
We help you get closer to your goals, faster.
How? By working with a niche online agency you get a marketing partner that knows your industry and what actually works. You get access to a team of marketing experts with years of in-depth digital marketing expertise and knowledge, ready to help you grow.
#1 in the world
Our goal is to become the number one digital marketing agency for accounting firms, globally. We want to be the agency that accountants know they can turn to when they need a marketing partner that will deliver. Someone that will take their business as seriously as they do and help them build a long-lasting asset.
Meet the team
Meet our team of marketing pros! MITCO Digital is a fully remote company with some of the best marketing people on the planet.
Mike de Ravel
Agency Director
Mike founded MITCO Digital in 2018 after selling a a very successful business. He got the ball rolling by providing marketing services to his dad’s CPA firm, Teamwork Accounting in Melbourne.
Mike combines his accounting background, business ownership experience and expert marketing knowledge to help accountants grow their firms online.
If he’s not online, you’ll most likely find Mike out in the water or somewhere with his family.
Abbie Shone
Operations Manager
Abbie is from the UK and has a lot of experience in operations and running large teams. She’s our operations managers and she makes sure our processes are running smoothly.
Abbie’s based in Portugal and can even speak a little bit of Portuguese. On top of it all she can sing like Adele and loves to spend time in nature with her friends and family.
Annelize Venter
Account Manager
Annelize is from Centurion, South Africa. She has been in the industry for over 10 years, not only an account manager but a skilled social media expert, graphic, and web designer, Annelize excels in crafting must-follow content, fostering engaged communities in diverse industries. With a passion for all things digital, she brings a unique blend of strategy and creativity. Off-duty, Annelize spends time with her family and is either at the cricket field with her son, or at ballet with her daughter.
Sally-Ann Zulch
Account Manager
Sally adds a strategic edge to our account management team with her extensive experience in finance and asset management. She excels in strategizing to produce content and ad campaigns that resonate with our clients’ target markets, always aiming to elevate their marketing impact.
Living in Cape Town, Sally cherishes her time outdoors, whether it’s a family hike or a day at the beach. These moments away from the screen are her secret to maintaining a fresh perspective and a clear mind.
Megan Swanepoel
Head of SEO
Megan is our resident SEO guru. Before we lured her over, she spent 5 years implementing SEO strategies on several well-known online casino brands, ranging in global coverage from 10 to 60 countries and 40 dialects. This included on page, off page as well as technical SEO.
Megan Brings a deep understanding of SEO best practices and implementation as well as technical knowledge to help your firm be found online.
Based in Cape Town, she takes full advantage of touring the wine farms. That’s only if she hasn’t been kept up all night by her toddler (she’s a new mom!).
Leigh-Anne Gardiner
Designer
Leigh is based in Pretoria, South Africa, but travels often to be by the sea and her family. She’s a dog mommy. She used to do magazine designing for airlines and hotels before she became a general designer. Now she spends her time making our clients websites, lead magnets, emails look incredible. In her spare time, she takes naps, goes shopping or plays Fortnite. She’s unashamedly addicted to coffee.
Vincent van der Merwe
Developer / WP Wizard
With the speed of a cheetah across the African plains, and the accuracy of an eagle, Vincent makes sure that our client’s website designs are brought to life online.
From hosting to WordPress, plugins to backend SEO, Vincent plays a key role in our clients’ digital marketing success.
Carina van der Merwe
Content Writer
If you’ve seen it on one of our client’s websites, Carina probably wrote it.
Carina is a quick learner and high detail orientated. She writes well researched and strategically constructed content, including items such as emails, blogs, service pages, PDFs and more.
Patricia Morici Santos
Marketing Exec
Patricia brings her Brazilian flare to the business. She’s our marketing exec, and has experience with LinkedIn lead generation, email campaigns, outreach and outbound marketing.
She’s always searching for ways to optimize our clients’ existing marketing activities. On her free time you’ll find her going for a dip in the ocean with her family or hiking.
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Thanks for stopping by
We’re here to support accountants and bookkeeper on your business journey. If you’ve got any questions, connect with me (Mike) on LinkedIn or contact us via our website.
If you’re ready to get serious about growing your firm online, go ahead and book a strategy call with me. Let’s chat about ways that we can help you reach your goals!
