For founders

Traction on a Runwayfor Startups,Built by our team.

Expert-led go-to-market for early-stage LA startups — positioning sprints, landing pages that convert, paid experiments with real attribution, and done-for-you content/outbound that ships weekly on a founder's budget.

4–6 wks
from engagement to first paid experiment live
signup-to-demo lift on new landing pages
Weekly
content + experiment cadence
Startups marketing done right

A growth engine, not a checklist.

Early-stage LA startups don't need a 6-person marketing team — they need the system a 6-person team would build, running on automation, launched in weeks, on a founder's budget. Every month you spend without positioning, attribution, and content velocity is runway lit on fire.

The Hero Digital Marketing Agency team acts as your interim head of growth and installs the whole expert-led GTM: crisp positioning and homepage rewrite, conversion-tuned landing pages by ICP, small-budget paid experiments with real attribution and weekly readouts, and expert-led SEO/GEO content + personalized outbound shipping every week.

You get the strategic depth of a senior growth hire, the output of a full team, and the cost structure of a single automation-augmented pod.

Our website creation system produces a complete, industry-specific professional website preview for your startups business, and our team reviews it before delivery. It includes mobile-responsive design, lead capture, optional booking, and automated follow-up.

Why owners come to us

Sound familiar?

The three problems startups tell us about most — and what we do about them.

Positioning nobody can repeat

You explain the product 3 different ways in the same meeting. Expert-assisted positioning sprint locks messaging by ICP so sales, marketing, and product all say the same thing.

Landing pages shipped by engineers

Fast to build, terrible at converting. Conversion-tuned landing pages by ICP with automation copy testing lift signups 2–3x.

Paid budget torched in 30 days

No attribution, no baseline, no learnings. Automation-managed paid experiment framework runs small-budget tests with clean readouts you can actually act on.

Content velocity of zero — founder is the bottleneck

The founder is the only one who writes and nothing ships. Done-for-you content + outbound engine ships SEO/GEO articles, social posts, and personalized outbound weekly without founder time.

Free Guide

Free Startups Lead Generation Guide

The step-by-step playbook we use to turn local searches into booked startups jobs — yours free, no cost and no obligation.

How we do it

Built for startups.

Not a template. Every playbook is tuned to the buying behavior, ticket size, and follow-up cadence your industry actually requires.

Automated Positioning + Homepage Sprint

ICP-specific messaging, category framing, and homepage rewrite delivered in 2 weeks — sales, marketing, and product finally aligned.

Conversion-Tuned ICP Landing Pages

Category and persona-specific landing pages with automation copy variants and continuous optimization — signups and demos actually convert.

Automated Paid Experiment Framework

Small-budget Meta and Google tests with clean attribution and weekly readouts — every dollar produces a learning, not a black hole.

Automated Content + Outbound Engine

SEO/GEO articles, social thought-leadership, and automation-personalized cold outbound shipping every week — founder never has to write.

Timeline

What the first 90 days look like.

No vague "results take time." Here is exactly what we install for startups, and when.

Week 1

Positioning sprint

Two-week intensive: ICP, category, messaging, homepage.

Weeks 2–4

Conversion pages live

Persona + category pages shipped and A/B tested.

Days 30–60

Paid + content launch

Small paid experiments and first content sprint live in month 1.

Days 60–90

Outbound + reporting

Dedicated SDR outbound + weekly experiment readouts.

Onboarding starts within 3 business days of signing. Most startups see first tracked leads inside the first 30 days, with compounding search visibility from day 60 onward.

Investment

Real pricing, published up front.

Month-to-month. No contracts, no setup surprises, and our Risk-Free Guarantee on every package — you don't pay until we deliver measurable growth.

The Sidekick

Your Digital Presence, Automated.

$197/month

$1,970/year if paid annually

  • Free professional business website build
  • Smart lead capture (forms + chat)
  • Basic local SEO (Google, Bing, Yelp)
  • Hosting & security (99.9% uptime)
  • Monthly performance report
Best fit for startups

The Hero

Leads on Autopilot.

$497/month

$4,970/year if paid annually

  • Everything in The Sidekick
  • Automated blog writing (4 posts/month)
  • Social media management (3x/week)
  • Advanced SEO domination (15+ keywords)
  • Reputation management

The Superhero

Full-Scale Market Domination.

$997/month

$9,970/year if paid annually

  • Everything in The Hero
  • PPC ad management ($500/month ad budget included)
  • Email nurture sequences (5-email drip)
  • Weekly video reports
  • VIP priority support

Need something narrower — just local search, just ads, or a one-off website build? We quote individual services too. Request a custom quote.

What's included

Your startups growth bundle

  • Positioning + messaging document
  • Homepage + landing pages
  • Paid experiment framework
  • done-for-you content + GEO sprints
  • team-run outbound sequences
  • Weekly experiment readouts
Case snapshot

Silver Lake seed-stage SaaS

10× monthly signups in 60 days

Two-week positioning sprint, new persona landing pages, small paid tests with clean attribution, and expert-crafted content twice a week — founder stopped writing, growth started compounding.

Los Angeles metro coverage

Serving startups across LA

Headquartered at 10880 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1108, Los Angeles, CA 90024 — supporting owners in:

Los AngelesBeverly HillsSanta MonicaWest HollywoodCulver CityPasadenaGlendaleBurbankLong BeachTorranceMarina del ReyManhattan Beach
Related services

Core capabilities behind the bundle

The services powering your startups growth engine — each one owned by a senior strategist.

Questions

Answered.

What stage is best-fit?

Pre-seed through Series A. Later stages typically fit the SaaS or main growth engagements better.

Can you help before we've raised?

Yes — we scope smaller sprints for pre-funding founders.

Do you take equity?

Cash-only. We stay incentive-aligned by keeping engagements month-to-month.

Startups Growth Plan

Want a free local visibility report built for your startup?

Answer 5 questions. We'll send a custom growth plan to your inbox and phone in under 2 minutes.

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Professional website offer

Your professionally designed business website — created for free and reviewed by our team.

The preview is built first. After you approve it, $20/month hosting starts. No upfront build charge, hidden fees, or contracts.

  • Preview built first
  • Pay after approval
  • $20/month hosting
  • No contracts

Specialized custom features and website revamps are quoted clearly before work begins.