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.THE BASICS
Strategy and Execution.
That’s really what it’s all about right? Digital marketing isn’t magic. It’s putting together the right plan and then executing said plan.
On the strategy side, we offer fractional CMO services, strategic consult, and blocking & tackling.
Tactically, we operate in three buckets: paid, owned and earned. Paid means things like Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn ad campaigns. Owned? Web design, development, content strategy, messaging, positioning and asset development. Earned? Media coverage.
HOW WE’RE BUILT
We’re not anti agency, but…
That model comes with a lot of waste. Traditional office space, bloated overhead. Stuff you pay for but don’t really use.
We’re built differently. We don’t have a ton of employees. Instead, we’ve organized a confederation of sorts; subject matter experts and deft doers. So when you need a videographer in San Francisco, we’ve got one. Need a powerhouse product development shop based in Philly? We’ve got personal recs. A sought after consumer PR pro? Yep. You get the idea. We keep things lean and the expertise sharp.
WORK: ALICE
Paychecks Up, Taxes Down.
Ever use an FSA, an HSA or commuter benefits? Ever love it? Didn’t think so. Instead of forms, math and confusing acronyms, Alice makes keeping more of what you earn as easy as texting. Our web, content, asset creation and PR work helped get this startup scaling fast. Cue press logos.
WORK: CARMERA
Know what every autonomous vehicle will need? A map.
As CARMERA grew from an A-stage startup to an industry leader in high definition mapping, we laid the foundation for their communications office, standing up everything from PR and events to blog content and quarterly newsletters.
WORK: RAZRBAR
Razor Sharp.
Razrbar isn’t a barbershop. It’s not a salon either. It’s somewhere in between. However you want to define it, they just opened their second location. We helped get them there with a mobile-friendly web experience and an online booking tool.
WORK: THE EMMETT TILL HOUSE
Preserving a story that cannot be forgotten.
Fourteen-year-old Emmett Till was tortured and murdered by two white men in 1955. They were acquitted and later admitted to their crimes. Blacks In Green (BIG), a Chicago-based community organization, bought Emmett’s boyhood home and are actively developing it into a museum to honor his legacy.
BIG tapped us to spin up a site for their efforts. We were honored and humbled to participate.
WORK: KASHOO
For the Solopreneur.
Doing your own thing has never been easier. Accounting, on the other hand, remains as awful and as necessary as ever. Kashoo reimagined small business bookkeeping so you don’t have to be a CPA to do what you love.
We started out doing PR for them. Five years in we’d taken on content, email automation, and retention. We even stepped behind the camera to script and shoot the team holiday video. Don’t laugh.
WORK: BRICKYARD
Suburban Coworking.
Coworking’s huge in densely populated areas with high headcounts of young professionals. But what about the suburbs? Specifically, 30 miles northwest of D.C.? We co-created Brickyard, spun up a brand identity from scratch and built out a web presence to convince commute-weary workers who love where they live to work there too.
WORK: FINANCIAL HEALTH NETWORK
Improving Financial Health for All.
Payday loans. Check cashing. Making ends meet. Those are just some of the scourges the Financial Health Network fights every day. They are the voice of authority when it comes to how financial instutitions, non-profits, governments and innovators can drive financial health amongst the un- and underbanked. From media relations and content for their annual forum, EMERGE, to running mobile app development competitions, we’ve helped this group help those that need it most.
WORK: JOURNEY SALES
B2B Buying Has Been Amazonified.
B2B sales used to be about your Rolodex, a round of golf and a handshake. Now it’s buying is by committee. Customers want to do their own research on their own time because if Amazon can make buying laundry detergent and sunscreen a self-guided, personalized experience, surely a seven-figure ERP purchase can be the same.
Smart Rooms give buyers the room they want while arming sellers with the data they need to guide the buying experience — all within Salesforce. We helped Journey Sales develop the visual assets, website, email marketing, content and demand gen workflows that got them the traction they needed to make in-roads with a number of Fortune 500s.
