I’m Issa (Carissa Bongalosa), a marketer and operator based in Cebu. I help hospitality and local brands fill calendars and inboxes with clear positioning, content, and paid campaigns that convert.
After years in corporate life in Dubai, I moved to Cebu in 2013 and built a career in content, SEO, and digital marketing. That path includes co-founding the travel site Island Trotters, features for Northbound Magazine and It’s Cebu / Zee Magazine, hotel content partnerships, and Meta ads that connected authors with readers. Today the same craft shows up in Google Ads, Meta Ads, funnels, and the day-to-day work of running a Guest Favorite Airbnb, Issa Suites, in Mandaue City.
What I bring
- Hands-on marketing for US, Australian, and Danish teams (Google Ads for US clients; Meta Ads for a Japanese brand and a Danish B2B company)
- Content and SEO that support discovery and trust
- Operator mindset from founding and running Issa Suites (Superhost · Guest Favorite)
- Systems thinking as I level up in GoHighLevel (CRM, funnels, automations), with demos coming
How I work
I care about outcomes you can measure: bookings, leads, and clearer next steps from the data. I write and ship. I stay practical across time zones.
Outside the campaigns
I still write about travel and place. Older essays and travel notes live on this site’s blog. Issa Suites stays its own brand at issasuites.com.
Next step
Open to marketing and growth roles (including funnel-heavy and GHL-friendly teams) and selective freelance.
View work → https://www.iamissa.com/work/
Contact → https://www.iamissa.com/contact
carissabongalosa@gmail.com → mailto:carissabongalosa@gmail.com