Growth marketing for startups. With a laser focus on revenue.
Rapid experimentation meets a deep well of expertise to set the stage for your scalable growth marketing strategy and execution.
A startup’s growth marketing plan should be in a league of its own.
Before we even send over a proposal, we’ll dig all the way into your accounts and resurface with the right questions. By taking time to learn your business, understand your goals, and get to know your brand, when it does hit your desk it’ll be full of good ideas.
And that’s just the beginning.
Explore our startup growth strategies and results.
Positive outcomes for dozens of eCommerce companies:
“The team at Tuff knows their stuff – and it’s precisely why they are not selling ‘magic’ or any kind of ‘mysterious sauce.’
Instead, they are betting on transparency and experimentation, and it seems to be working well: The agency was warmly recommended to TechCrunch multiple times via our growth marketing survey.”
– TUFF IN TECHCRUNCH (FULL ARTICLE)
“Not only are they a true pleasure to work with, they achieve phenomenal results.
Highly recommend the team to people that are committed to growing their business. When you hire Tuff, prepare to hang on for a great ride.”
Lil Roberts | Founder, Xendoo
An always-on approach to growth marketing.
With tight startup budgets, ambitious goals, and juicy potential, there’s no room for waste. Our team takes an always-on approach to growth marketing for startups. We’re quick to adapt, always on the lookout for optimization, and centered on real results.
What We Do
We’ve got a heavy growth marketing toolbelt.
Our stacked team of experts are fluent in a wide range of channels and tactics. That means there are many pathways to hitting your goals. We’re here to make a short-term impact and set you up for long-term growth right out the gate.
Pay Per Click
Prioritizing high-impact PPC campaigns to drive quick wins then scale what works.
Social Advertising
Campaigns built just for your audience that get clicks and ultimately revenue.
Content Marketing
Ranking higher and winning over your audience with a rock solid content strategy.
Email Marketing
Auditing (or developing) your existing email flows and getting more people to take action.
Conversion Rate Optimization
Optimizing conversion rate through tailored landing pages and email capture..
Creative Development
Creating sticky, scroll-stopping creative that smoothes their path to conversion.
What We Do
We’ve got a heavy growth marketing toolbelt.
Our stacked team of experts are fluent in a wide range of channels and tactics. That means there are many pathways to hitting your goals. We’re here to make a short-term impact and set you up for long-term growth right out the gate.
Pay Per Click
Prioritizing high-impact PPC campaigns to drive quick wins then scale what works.
Social Advertising
Campaigns built just for your audience that get clicks and ultimately revenue.
Content Marketing
Ranking higher and winning over your audience with a rock solid content strategy.
Email Marketing
Auditing (or developing) your existing email flows and getting more people to take action.
Conversion Rate Optimization
Optimizing conversion rate through tailored landing pages and email capture..
Creative Development
Creating sticky, scroll-stopping creative that smoothes their path to conversion.
What They’re Saying
We focus on finding traction and scale for brands, ideas, and campaigns for teams of all sizes.
“The Tuff team is truly in a league of their own – just genuinely good people who are unequivocally amazing at what they do. They are each so passionate and skilled in their respective crafts, and their ambition is contagious. Our meetings are the highlight of my week!”
Jamie Ward,
Director of Growth at Sharetown
“Tuff stepped into a very difficult marketing opportunity and after 3 month we are moving towards better numbers than we have seen before! We will continue to grow with them for a long time.”
Elliott Lyons,
EnVision
“Tuff is a gem of a digital agency! Scrappy, strategic and creative…what more could a start up hope for?! I highly recommend them to anyone looking to drive business through paid advertising.”
Irena Todd,
FreshMonster
“[Tuff] understood us quickly. They report in weekly and the reports make sense to me. :) They have awesome ideas and follow through. I feel completely at ease that they are in charge of that critical part of the our SaaS business. They truly know everything there is and give amazing advice, direction, and take action constantly on our behalf.”
Kristi Anderson,
Head of Sales, Thalamus
“I view our partnership with Tuff as more like an extension of my team. We strategize together, ask tough questions, examine the results, optimize – and it just keeps getting better. Exactly what I was looking for.”
Brad Veach,
VP of Marketing at Thnks
“Tuff is an amazing team, extremely organized, and driven to produce results! We have churned through multiple agencies in our lifetime, and have been so impressed by Tuff.”
Sashee Chandran,
Founder and CEO at Tea Drops
“Great team to work with. Very experienced, quick to respond and always willing to pivot based on feedback. I have really enjoyed working with the Tuff team and have learned a ton from them!”
Laurens Spethmann,
Growth Lead at Headway
“The team at Tuff are great collaborators. They know their digital marketing craft and are professional and thorough in serving as our internal marketing team’s extension. Ellen, Chris, Nate and Derek have all come across as polished and on point. We also appreciate their candor in their assessments and long-term view of their client engagement.”
Bharat Krishna,
CITI Program
What They’re Saying
We focus on finding traction and scale for brands, ideas, and campaigns for teams of all sizes.
“[Tuff] understood us quickly. They report in weekly and the reports make sense to me. :) They have awesome ideas and follow through. I feel completely at ease that they are in charge of that critical part of the our SaaS business. They truly know everything there is and give amazing advice, direction, and take action constantly on our behalf.”
Kristi Anderson
Head of Sales, Thalamus
“The team at Tuff are great collaborators. They know their digital marketing craft and are professional and thorough in serving as our internal marketing team’s extension. Ellen, Chris, Nate and Derek have all come across as polished and on point. We also appreciate their candor in their assessments and long-term view of their client engagement.”
Bharat Krishna
CITI Program
“Tuff stepped into a very difficult marketing opportunity and after 3 month we are moving towards better numbers than we have seen before! We will continue to grow with them for a long time.”
Elliott Lyons
EnVision
“Tuff has been an incredible value-add to our business.
They’re effective, flexible, communicative, and bright. I feel like I have another set of 6+ eyes on the growth of my business at all time.”
Michael Corrao | Founder, Team Bootcamp
To serve you as effectively as possible, we focus on services provided rather than hours worked only.
Instead of paying us an hourly rate, you pay us a fixed rate, and then we allocate our time, people, and resources that make the most sense for your strategy at that point in time.
Growth
Best for startups and early stage brands
$12,500 /mo
You’ll be paired with a growth marketer and a small team who will create a strategic growth roadmap and focus on one to two tactics.
Weekly Hours: 15 – 18
Team: 3
Tactics: 1 – 3
Lean
Best for scaleups and mid-sized businesses
$25,000 /mo
Grow your business on demand with campaign strategy and execution from a seven-person, specialized team.
Weekly Hours: 30 – 35
Team: 7
Tactics: 3 – 5
Full
Best for mid-sized and large companies
Custom
Plug in a complete team to own all your growth marketing efforts. Each team member curated to your business.
Weekly Hours: 35+
Team: 7+
Tactics: 5+
Tactics
- Persona Development
- Wireframes and User Flow Audits
- Messaging & Design Optimization
- Landing-Page Optimization
- Performance Ad Creative
- A/B Testing and Multivariate Testing
- Paid Media Planning and Buying
- Video Marketing
- Content Strategy and Production
- Technical SEO Implementation
- Analytics Tracking and Reports
- Search Engine Marketing and Optimization
Growth Marketing Playbooks
Take a deep dive and get into the weeds with us! Get the step-by-step playbook on our most asked-for services.
Hire us to be your plug-in growth marketing team.
We like to share these case studies to articulate how we help businesses grow. But, a great partnership is also about people. Ready to learn more?
