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If I knew what I knew now when I owned my own chain of retail stores, this agency wouldn’t exist.
It’s true. Way back in 2001, when I graduated from Texas A&M University, I decided to open up a vintage clothing store. It was wildly successful, so much so, that nine months later I moved to a new town and opened a second one. This one was slightly less successful but still profitable, so when my girlfriend asked me to move to Boston, I sold them and opened a flagship store in Harvard Square.
That’s when I found out how much I didn’t know.
This business wasn’t a failure by any means, but it was a grind. Margins were razor-thin. My rent was literally 10x the rent of my Texas stores but my revenues didn’t increase at the same rate. This was the first of many experiences in my life where I learned something the hard way - and while I am ultimately happy with the experience and knowledge gained, I’d love to help others not go through the pain of barely scraping by week in and week out.
After successfully selling that store I was curious what it would be like to work for someone else, which led to a series of awesome opportunities. I worked for the largest privately owned car dealership in the USA. I worked for a 91-year-old furniture chain owned by Berkshire Hathaway. I worked for an international publicly traded consultancy based out of Luxembourg. I helped guide the Covid response for a multi-billion dollar home goods company leading to significant growth in 2020 and 2021. And most recently, I was the CMO of a global retail fashion chain with over 200 franchises.
What I’ve learned from all of this is I like to solve problems and I want to give back. I want to help make your dreams come true.
Kerry C. Simon
What do you do?
This is where it gets interesting. We do a lot. I know when I had my retail stores there were many times when I wished I had someone to bounce ideas off of, or to solve problems that I didn’t have the time or knowledge to attack. We do that for clients.
We can handle anything and everything in marketing.
So you’re a marketing agency? Well, partly, but we are also Shopify and Squarespace experts. We have built multiple websites in each and are impressed with both platforms for service-oriented businesses and full e-commerce websites.
What else? Honestly, it would probably be easier if you presented the challenge or problem to solve and we will be 100% honest if we are the right people for the job or if someone in our network is. This is what sets our agency apart from many others. We aren’t hiring fresh grads out of college and letting them learn and upgrade their skills on your dime. We have a strong network of people whom we have personally vetted over the years, and in some cases, they are better than we are at solving your issues.
Do you have a list of services? Absolutely. Click here and expect more to come as we add more talented people to our agency. And please, reach out and ask questions. Consultations are free, so you have nothing to lose.
What now?
We know how awful it is to fill out a form. It’s like giving your house key to a vampire. We aren’t going to spam you or send annoying emails with stupid things like “Hi, we haven’t heard from you yet. Did you get eaten by an Alligator?” Ugh. We have received enough sales emails like that to last a lifetime. Just hit us up, tell us your challenge, and we will let you know what we think it will take to achieve your goals. Easy as that.