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Growth Marketing Retainer

Market Leader

Total market dominance across every relevant channel.

Built for established brands, multi-location companies, and aggressive operators pursuing total market dominance, omnichannel short-form video deployment, and end-to-end marketing management.

// WHO.THIS.IS.FOR

Fit criteria.

  • +Regional brands with 3+ locations
  • +Established firms with $50k+/yr marketing budgets
  • +Aggressive operators wanting to replace an internal marketing hire
  • +Businesses ready to invest in paid + organic in parallel
// WHAT.INCLUDED

Scope of work.

4 Monthly High-Impact Articles
Four 1,200+ word cornerstone content pieces per month — engineered for search dominance and internal linking hubs.
5 Premium Social Posts / Week
20+ posts per month across up to 4 platforms with native formatting, real designer assets, and platform-specific hooks.
4 Fully Edited Short-Form Videos
Complete production cycle: scripts, filming direction, professional editing, captions, b-roll, and multi-platform deployment.
Omnichannel Local SEO
Weekly GBP updates + automated citation syncing across 40+ industry directories to maximize local relevance signals.
2 Dedicated Email Campaigns / Month
One community newsletter + one hard-hitting promotional campaign engineered to maximize list revenue.
Paid Ad Funnel Architecture
Turnkey management of Google Local Services Ads or Meta retargeting funnels, including asset creation. Ad spend billed separately.
Monthly Strategy Call
30-minute live founder call every month. Custom lead-attribution dashboard. VIP Slack support.
// HOW.WE.DELIVER

Delivery cadence.

01
Onboarding (Weeks 1–3)

Full brand & channel audit, ad-account handover, dashboard build, first content batch.

02
Deployment (Month 2)

All channels live. First paid funnel launched. Video production cadence stabilized.

03
Optimization (Month 3+)

Monthly strategy calls. Attribution data drives channel-mix reallocation.

// DELIVERABLES

What ships.

  • 48 cornerstone articles / year
  • 240+ social posts / year
  • 48 fully-edited videos / year
  • 24 email campaigns / year
  • Managed paid funnel(s)
  • Custom attribution dashboard
// OUTCOMES

What you should expect.

  • Full-funnel visibility from awareness to conversion
  • Category leadership signals across search, social, and paid
  • Predictable pipeline that supports revenue targets
// WHY.THIS.MATTERS

Why Growth Marketing Retainer matters right now.

Every day you're invisible in search or under-served on ads, your competitors compound. Local rankings + inbound pipelines take 60–90 days to shift — waiting a quarter to start means missing two.

Cost of doing nothing

CAC keeps climbing across every paid channel. Meta CPMs are up 40% YoY. If organic + local aren't producing pipeline, you're paying more per lead every quarter.

// COST.VS.VALUE

Cost vs. value — do the math.

your investment
$1,500 / mo
Billed monthly. 3-month initial commitment preferred.
comparable market rates
$8k–$25k / mo at traditional growth agencies · $10k+ / mo for a mid-level in-house marketer with benefits
value delivered

What you actually get.

  • 48 cornerstone articles / year
  • 240+ social posts / year
  • 48 fully-edited videos / year
  • 24 email campaigns / year

Typical payback trigger: full-funnel visibility from awareness to conversion.

// WHY.NOW

Why now — not next quarter.

Search behavior is fragmenting fast. Every quarter you're not in the map pack, in AI citations, or in the paid stack, you're ceding ground that compounds against you.

typical timeline
Immediate scope confirmation.
Start now
// FAQ

Common questions.

Is ad spend included in the retainer?

No — ad spend is billed directly by Google / Meta to your account. We manage strategy, targeting, and creative.

Why the 3-month initial commitment?

Paid funnel optimization needs 90+ days of data to move from setup to profitability. After that, month-to-month.

// NEXT.STEP

Partner with TraceElements.

Founder-sponsored scoping. No sales-team gauntlet.

TraceElements

Intelligent infrastructure. Built by the architects, not middlemen.

// Signal

Status: Operational

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