✦ Local business marketing · Eastern Connecticut
Nobody grows their business alone.
You're busy working in your business.We help you work on your business.With marketing designed for small businesses — in plain words, by a team that has your back.
20+
years marketing online
30+
Connecticut towns served
100%
plain English, no jargon
Running a business is hard enough without needing a translator
You opened your doors because you're good at something. Nobody handed you a marketing degree with the keys.
So when an agency talks about "omnichannel funnels," you nod along and hope they know what they're doing. We think that's backwards. You shouldn't need a translator for what you're paying for.
How we work
We speak small business
Our process starts with simple questions — the kind you'd ask a new neighbor:
What do you sell?
Not the brochure version. The thing people come back for.
How do you do it?
The craft, the care, the way only you do it.
Who walks through your door?
The neighbors you're really serving.
Once we understand that — in your words, not ours — we build your plan. If we can't explain a tactic in plain terms, it doesn't make the plan. Understand first, explain plainly, take care of our own. That's how small businesses grow.
Who we work with
Built for the shops on your street
What we do
What the pride does for you
Paid advertising
We put you in front of locals who are already looking for you, and show you exactly where every dollar goes.
Social media
Posts that sound like you, not a press release. Consistent, warm, aimed at your actual customers.
Websites
Fast, clean, and easy to choose you from. Built to work, not to win awards.
Strategy
The plan behind it all, in words you'd use at your own counter. You'll always know what we're doing and why.
Instant · No email needed · Free
Get three simple marketing moves for your business — in plain words
Answer four quick questions. You'll get a short plan made for your shop, your town, and your customers — things you can start this week, not a pile of buzzwords.
- 1. Look at an exampleTap a sample business below to see what good answers look like.
- 2. Put in your ownSwap in your business, your town and your customers.
- 3. Get your planYour three moves show up right here in seconds. No email, no waiting.
Not sure what to write? Try a sample business first:
These are examples only. Tap one to fill in the answers, then press the button to see a sample plan — or change the words to fit your own business.
Once you're in, you're part of the pride
A pride of lions hunts together, protects its own, and leaves no one behind. That's how we treat our clients.
When you work with Big Cat, you're not an account number on a dashboard. We check in, we show up, and we celebrate your wins like they're ours. Because they are.
What clients say
Real owners. Real words.
★★★★★
He takes the time to explain things and educate me. However, the beauty is sometimes I just don't have the time to be educated on such technical stuff and he handles 100 percent for me.
Danielle Mortimer
Marketing Manager, two SERVPRO franchises
★★★★★
From the beginning, he took the time to understand my business and created a website and social media strategy that truly represents our brand.
Frank Sawicki
Water Mark Signs & Graphics, Pawcatuck CT
★★★★★
Every meeting he brings us insights, opportunities and strategies for us to apply. He has been an integral part of our success.
Stew Walton
Owner, Sheaves, Inc.
Local business marketing, close to home
We work with small businesses across eastern and central Connecticut. Find your town. See our local work →
The Quiet Corner
Northeastern Connecticut, where we're based and where most of our clients are.
Southeastern CT & the shoreline
From Norwich down to the shoreline towns.
Hartford area & central CT
Hartford, Manchester and the towns east of the river.
Fresh tips from the pride
All tips →Your Google listing is your front door. Fix it in 15 minutes.
Most people look you up before they call or walk in. Here's what to check today.
How to ask your happy customers for a review (without feeling pushy)
Your regulars already like you. Most of them just haven't been asked.
How to fill a slow day without slashing your prices
Slow days usually aren't a price problem. People just need a reason to come in.
Ready to stop hunting for business alone?
Tell us about your business. We'll ask simple questions, listen carefully, and come back with a plan in your words.
No pressure. No jargon. No invoice until you're sure the plan makes sense.