Zero Gravity Marketing

Please describe your company and your position there.

As Director of Marketing for a workplace digital signage company, I was responsible for demand generation and brand migration after acquisition.

For what projects/services did your company hire Zero Gravity Marketing, and what were your goals?

Challenge was to expand SEO and paid strategy after a company acquisition. There were immediate needs to carry over existing SEO progress to a new site, and also to start making progress with new keywords and content.

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

I had worked with Zero Gravity longer term for demand generation, digital marketing, and website maintenance. Their ability to keep us in the know about the latest techniques and how they could apply them to our programs was always crucial. They were the right fit for our organization when we needed to expand/pivot our offerings because of an acquisition.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and marking tools used.

ZGM worked with our team to evaluate what was/wasn't working for SEO, and where we wanted to be for keywords and content strategy. From there, they built out a plan and worked very closely with our entire team. We knew exactly where we were making progress each step of the way. Regular reporting meetings were crucial, and the personal touch was very much appreciated.

How many resources from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

ZGM assigned a dedicated account manager, social media manager, paid media manager, an SEO expert, a developer, and the ongoing insight of the CEO.

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

ZGM was able to deliver immediate and ongoing boosts to SEO results, as well as strategy to help optimize paid advertising budgets.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

The workflow with ZGM was smooth and communication was excellent. We eventually started to utilize Slack for messaging. Regular virtual meetings with the larger team also helped everyone stay on track.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

ZGM is able to scale but keep the personal touch. They're able to handle a lot and really shine when it comes to SEO. You don't know what you don't know. Fortunately, ZGM does know, especially about SEO tools and strategy that will make a difference.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

I actually wish we had all gotten on Slack earlier than we did. It's an excellent way to keep a growing team in the loop. But communication was already great in other forms.

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I am the former VP of marketing for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Foundation.

What challenge were you trying to address with Zero Gravity Marketing?

We were looking for someone to manage our online marketing.

What was the scope of their involvement?

In the beginning, they did a wonderful audit to let us know about the goals and objectives and they really understood it. Then, they brought fabulous ideas to promote cancer awareness.

Zero Gravity Marketing basically handled all our organic marketing for our products through a number of different platforms. We had a presence in Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter and Tik Tok.

What is the team composition?

I worked closely with Keith (Partner & Chief Marketing Officer) and Amy (Social Media Strategist). I would work with other team members for strategy and creative, so I would be in contact with around eight people.

How did you come to work with Zero Gravity Marketing?

We were looking for a new social agency, and I found them online. We reviewed four other agencies in addition to Zero Gravity, and they won hands down.

How much have you invested with them?

We spend about $20,000 per month.

What is the status of this engagement?

The partnership started in April 2019 and they’re still working with the foundation to this day.

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?

The quality of their work is excellent. They helped with our social strategy. They were always on time putting together social calendars and are always coming up with innovative ideas that would attract new audiences. Our engagement went through the roof — over 100% across a number of platforms when they came on board.

How did Zero Gravity Marketing perform from a project management standpoint?

From a project management basis, they are great. We worked with Trello, so we always knew what was on the docket to review. They came up with ideas and proposals on time whenever we asked them what they could do that’s new, and they always came through.

What did you find most impressive about them?

The most impressive thing about them is that their ideas are certainly the most innovative, on-strategy, and cost-effective. They’re just amazing people who are fun to work with.

Are there any areas they could improve?

No, not really. They went above and beyond with the service, and they were just really great to work with.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

My advice would be to just look at Zero Gravity and talk to them about your needs. They’re one of the fastest-growing companies in Connecticut. They’re often overlooked because they’re not down in Manhattan, but if you put them up against any New York agency, they’re going to be the winner.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am a partner and President of a retail store

For what projects/services did your company hire Zero Gravity Marketing, and what were your goals?

We hired Zero Gravity to help with our SEO and PPC of our website. They have also helped us with Blog content, page creation, general marketing and other web related items.

How did you select Zero Gravity Marketing and what were the deciding factors?

We interviewed several companies and were impressed by Zero Gravitie's team, their experience and they learned a lot about us before our meeting instead of during the meeting.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and campaigns.

Thanks to Zero, we have key metrics in place, monthly goals and monthly reporting to gauge progress and determine next steps.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

On a monthly basis 5-6 people are working on our account but often times the expertise of the entire staff in utilized.

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

We have moved to Number one for several search terms that are relevant to our business. We are top page on every category. Our monthly organic and paid traffic continues to grow.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timelines.

They give us clear report outs. They don't talk a lot of jargon that is over our heads. The monthly report has both high level overviews and deep data and background if needed.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

It is very impressive how they care about our business.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

None

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the Vice President of Global Marketing for Defibtech which is a leader and innovator in the design and manufacture of automated external defibrillators (AEDs), mechanical chest compressors, and other life-saving resuscitation products. 

For what projects/services did your company hire Zero Gravity Marketing?

We were looking to raise our brand awareness and engage more with our customers. Our social media exposure before ZGM was limited to just LinkedIn and a few videos on YouTube.

We now have added a Facebook page as well as launched a monthly social media calendar that presents Defibtech with the same branding across our multiple platforms. We have definitely seen a big lift in exposure and have set the foundation for our future branding growth.

What were your goals for this project?

Raising our brand awareness and starting to gain exposure for our social media platforms was our goal. This was the first step in starting to leverage these platforms to expose Defibtech's brand and mission to as many customers as possible.

How did you select Zero Gravity Marketing?

When I was promoted to VP of Global Marketing one of my first goals was to be able expand our capabilities by utilizing an outside agency. Josh Comen reached out to me via LinkedIn after we connected and invited me to visit ZGM.

At the visit, Josh was able to hit on many of the points I wanted to see and showed the ZGM had an expert on staff for any part of marketing we wanted to expand on. I visited a few agencies and had intro calls with a few others. Ultimately I felt most comfortable with ZGM.

Describe the scope of their work in detail.

ZGM and Defibtech had quite a few kick-off and discovery meetings to discuss how Defibtech wanted to be presented online. ZGM then conducted a social media audit and presented their findings to us so that we can agree on a branding path going forward.

Once that was agreed upon, ZGM began to clean up and rebrand the platforms and began to work on the first monthly social media calendar. We now have monthly meetings to review the analytics of our social media platforms as well as meetings to review our upcoming calendars. As our social media platforms stabilized and began to produce results, we entered into a paid media campaign to drive lead generation.

What was the team composition?

I have worked closely with the Executive VP, Social Media Strategist, Paid Media Strategist as well as various other members of the ZGM team.

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Since we kicked off our social media campaign, we have seen engagements and impressions rise month over month. LinkedIn has seen nice growth while Facebook has experienced a great launch as we begin to have a more strategic approach.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Working with Josh and the team has been great. ZGM uses Trello to manage the campaign but Josh, Jasmine and Eamonn are always available to chat through zoom or email when needed.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Most impressive attribute about ZGM is the creative team they have assembled. Everybody that Josh has brought to a meeting has been an expert in their part of the business and really has helped us begin to build a marketing foundation that we can leverage for future lead generation and brand awareness.

Are there any areas for improvement?

One improvement I would like to see is to have paid media strategy be more aggressive. However, that will come in time as budgets are improved.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the President of an advertising and marketing company.

For what projects/services did your company hire Zero Gravity Marketing, and what were your goals?

Evaluate and help with improving our overall organic traffic.

How did you select Zero Gravity Marketing and what were the deciding factors?

Zero Gravity was the most hands-on and practical with their long-term approach in helping us improve our overall rankings.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and campaigns.

Zero Gravity has reviewed our site in detail and make on-going detailed changes to the key elements of our product pages and other key landing pages.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

We have a staff of 3 to 5 people working on our account throughout the year.

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

Our Organic Traffic has improved significantly over the period of time that Zero Gravity has worked with us - we continue to see improvements from month to month and year to year.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timelines.

Zero Gravity is very efficient when communicating with the appropriate people in our organization. They use emails when appropriate to save time for everyone.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

They have a very detailed and no no nonsense approach to the project which makes it extremely easy to work with and effective in their results.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

None

Please describe your company and your position there.

I work for a manufacturer of dry cleaning finishing machines and boiler room equipment. We are a family owned business with 13 employees. I am responsible for the accounting, freight logistics, drafting of custom machine design, inside sales, and more.

For what projects/services did your company hire Zero Gravity Marketing?

Our company had a very dated online presence along with dated brochures and branding. We hired Zero Gravity Marketing to redo our website, take new pictures of our equipment, design new brochures, design new logos, and do ongoing SEO.

What were your goals for this project?

The goals for these projects were to give my company a fresh new presence in the world and drive new traffic to our company by implementing SEO. We anticipated this revitalization to our company to help drum up new business and bring our company into the 21st century.

How did you select Zero Gravity Marketing?

As many others do, I googled local web design and marketing companies. I knew I wanted to select someone local in my state. I came across their portfolio and liked what I saw. I reached out to them and received a call back very quick.

We discussed what we were looking to do for our company and we hit it off right away. It felt like a good fit from the start. Their enthusiasm and ambition to work us had me sold.

Describe the project in detail.

The project started with us focusing on our website. We knew we wanted a new logo and that is where we started. After several designs, we chose one and based our color scheme for our site around the logo. As their team started to design the website, I was working on gathering all the information I wanted on the site.

I also helped to coordinate all the products we were going to photograph for the project. Zero Gravity brought in a photographer and set up a small studio in our building. We ending up shooting about 20 products.

They took the photos, cleaned them up and made them print and web ready. During the whole web design process, we were in constant communication bouncing ideas off each other and making sure everything was how we wanted it. Part of our redesign was SEO.

We went into this knowing that it would be an ongoing process. A process we still work on 6 years in, as things are ever changing. We came up with an extended list of keyword and phrases that pertained to our industry.

They helped to research the words and implement them into our site. Another component of this was to add a monthly blog post to keep us relevant with the search engines and to keep our company showing high up in the searches.

The next project we tackled was our brochures. With the new logos and product photos, it was time for them to be revamped In the present, we are working together monthly to increase our search rankings by working on our blog posts and SEO

What was the team composition?

We started with Zero Gravity Marketing when they were a small company. Over the years as we worked on our projects, their team grew. We had been assigned a person to work with directly along with one of the directors for anything we needed.

We also had access to any part of their team depending on what type of work was needed. Over the years we started having monthly meetings to check in with each other and review our monthly progress.

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

The outcome from the projects have been great! We received many compliments on our new look and new site. We also started to gain steam with the SEO, hitting #1 rankings for many of our keywords. We couldn't be more happy.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

The workflow between us was flawless. As previously mentioned, we had monthly check ins to discuss progress. We also did remote video presentations of new design ideas.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

I was most impressed with their communication and eagerness to work. They have also amassed quite a team over the years of very talented individuals. Their talent has allowed for quick and smooth progress for our projects and the results of the projects show this.

Are there any areas for improvement?

I can't think of anything that could have been done differently. Their quality and professionalism grew even stronger over the years.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am CEO/Founder of a landscaping and snow management company. We service the shoreline of CT, we currently have 20 employees.

For what projects/services did your company hire Zero Gravity Marketing?

Branding our company, logo, website build and manage, SEO, Google and Facebook ad campaigns.

What were your goals for this project?

To develope a brand, to build a website, to get clicks on our website and contact leads thru website, email and phone calls.

How did you select this vendor?

We considered a few companies, ultimately deciding on Zero Gravity because of their knowledge and passion, timeliness in responding to our inquiries.

Describe the scope of their work in detail.

Thru meetings to first brainstorm what our goals were and how to achieve them, ZGM worked diligently and in a timely manner in going above and beyond in the goals I was striving for, and continue to do so.

What was the team composition?

The team has grown in a positive way over the years. We have access thru phone or email to the principle owner, and his staff, as well as a dedicated account manager to answer any questions and service all of our needs in a very efficient, professional manner.

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

We have an ongoing relationship with Zero Gravity Marketing, because our profits continue to increase every year.

We believe a large part of that increase is because of the work ZGM does for us, as they are responsible for traffic being driven to our website, and we love to constantly hear from the public that they see our google ads all over the internet and facebook as well.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Excellent. Several years of an ongoing relationship and they are always very responsive and up to date on their knowledge.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

I continue to be impressed by Zero Gravity's cutting edge knowledge. It seems every time I communicate with them, they get me excited about their new ideas and ability to increase our sales.

Are there any areas for improvement?

I cannot think of any.

Please describe your company and your position there.

We provide tech-driven time management training to 20% of the Fortune 500.

For what projects/services did your company hire Zero Gravity Marketing, and what were your goals?

Develop a state-of-the-art website that pulls in new clients.

How did you select Zero Gravity Marketing and what were the deciding factors?

Excellent team. They are easy to work with and extremely knowledgeable.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

In addtiion to designing the website they have done a fantastic job on a number of sub projects including social media marketing campaigns, designing more mobile responsive content, and building landing pages.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

roughly 4 -- mostly web development and social media marketing people. Pardot experts too.

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

We increased lead generation by 15%.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timelines.

They are very virtual and work fast. Often times, Annie O. would get back to me within minutes of an important request.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Quality and know-how -- these are the experts.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

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Please describe your company and your position there.

GM of a hotel

For what projects/services did your company hire Zero Gravity Marketing?

Needed to provide better online presence for an independent hotel.

What were your goals for this project?

Gain direct bookings.

How did you select this vendor?

Word of mouth from an industry friend with previous experience with ZGM.

Describe the scope of their work in detail.

ZGM has done well for our SEO and other digital ad media. I appreciate that they have regular meetings with us that cover our recent performance as well as what trends are emerging that can guide our future performance.

What was the team composition?

Tabitha and Chris were always very responsive.

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

We have seen great ROI because of their recommendations and campaigns.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

They never said no to anything we asked from them. Data analysis, creating actual content, etc.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

I appreciated that they were always responsive to our needs.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Nope

Please describe your company and your position there.

CEO of a Learning & Development/Coaching company

For what projects/services did your company hire Zero Gravity Marketing?

SEO/SEM/Web Design

What were your goals for this project?

More leads

How did you select this vendor?

A referral from a trusted business contact.

Describe the project in detail.

Comprehensive services as listed

What was the team composition?

We work with an Account Executive who connects us to specialists

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

We are getting more leads than ever before.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Extremely.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Their responsiveness is impressive.

Are there any areas for improvement?

No.