Last Updated January 22, 2021

Everyone’s website needs SEO but how do you know how much to pay or who to trust with your website?

While the benefits of SEO are clear, the cost of accomplishing an SEO strategy can vary significantly depending on the goals of the company and the type of strategy being implemented. But one thing is certain; no matter what your budget, the costs associated with promoting SEO should be viewed as an investment for your business and with any investment, you should be concerned with building the best possible ROI. As straightforward as it may seem, gone are the days of meta keywords and content cloaking.

Ashley Lilly, Jun 4, 2020

(Last updated on August 4, 2022)

Next to hard data, the most valuable piece of decision-making information your business can possess is a clear understanding of where your organization fits in your competitive marketplace and on the digital landscape. 

Typically, acquiring this knowledge is a long and arduous process, especially on your own.

That's why we created a Discovery + Strategy Service for our clients who need that kind of partnership to grow their business.

Our expert team audits your digital presence to give your business the insights you need, quickly and objectively.

Curious about our Discovery + Strategy process, how it works, and what comes after that? Let's dive in. 

Why Discovery + Strategy with Growth?

Growth understands that determining your business’s future requires research into the following in order to help you build a strategy to grow:

• your industry
• your competitors
• your potential competitors, and
• the marketing and sales tactics your competitors use.

From your website's performance to your content assets and social media accounts, no digital stone goes unturned in our dedicated, 6-week search for opportunities for growth, improvement, and strategy-building. 

Our research is fueled by premium agency tools, and our findings are delivered in a detailed, easy-to-read report that gives you hard data regarding how to best reach your marketing and business goals.

Growth Marketing Firm, Jun 4, 2020

(Updated March 31, 2022)

If you’re like most marketers, you know there are a multitude of tools out there built specifically to help with certain aspects of inbound marketing.

However, none are more powerful than your very own website.

But, only if it's doing its job.

(Is it? Ask our free website grader tool. It knows ALL). 

The fact is that most of your potential customers will have their first interaction with your business through your website (and they'll look for it if they find your name somewhere else). So, it absolutely must be working well if you want to grow your business. 

Your current customers need it, too. It's the first place they'll go to:

• reach customer service
• learn more about your services, and 
• share your business with others.

Given all these factors, turning your website into the ultimate sales tool has the potential to attach a rocket booster to the back end of your business.

Ashley Lilly, May 19, 2020

To my marketers, business owners, and operators – thank you! I want to share with you the successes of our past month to keep you motivated and accountable for your own business. We will continue to foster relationships with like-minded people: Hardworking empathetic professionals who embrace the pivot and are hungry for success. Together we will grow. Not by some random stroke of luck but rather by planned effort.

Growth Marketing Firm, May 6, 2020

During a time when consumers are looking to support local businesses and restaurants, Instagram is making it a little bit easier to order your favorite brunch items with its newest innovation. With just one click, restaurants who partner with ChowNow can now encourage people to order food by adding “Order Food” buttons to their Instagram profile and through stickers in their Stories free of charge, providing another way to sustain their businesses in these difficult times. So as you’re drooling over stunning snaps of food, you don’t have to swipe away from it, you go right to it. 

Growth Marketing Firm, Apr 29, 2020

April 15, 2020, might have seemed like an ordinary day during quarantine, but to us, it was a day to enlist a lot of love to our San Francisco neighbors. If you’re a native or long time resident who stands in solidarity, April 15th is not only an area code but a day to celebrate bright life and culture – with so many Bay Area folks hunkered down at home and practicing social distancing as the city “shelters in place,” restaurant delivery in the wake of coronavirus has been the ultimate gift to many diners who still want to find a great bite to eat. And as our daily way of life continues to rapidly change, this year our agency set out to collaborate with SF Travel and The Golden Gate Restaurant Association  to launch not only Order415.com but the official launch of a social media initiative #415day because who doesn’t love a great excuse to celebrate delicious food.

Growth Marketing Firm, Apr 16, 2020