Scrappy Marketing Agency

Would you rather outspend the competition or outsmart them?

Scrappy Marketing – A Digital Marketing Agency focused on small business and early-stage startups

We find creative ways to help our partners do more with less.

Outsmart the competition

For many agencies, the response to challenges is "spend more." Not here. We prefer creativity and insights over big, wasteful ad spends.

Separate the signal from the Noise

It seems like there are always 100 issues on your SEO audit. But which ones will bring you quick wins and maximize your budget? We'll help you keep it simple and effective.

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Travis Staut, Fractional CMO
Marketing Consultant Travis Staut

About Us

Instinctively Strategic. Passionately Creative. Delightfully Scrappy.

Led by our founder with over 25 years of marketing experience, both as an award-winning agency creative and early-stage tech CMO.

A Sampling of Brands We've Worked With

Case Study: Thymia AI Mental Wellness

Learn how our Scrappy Marketing strategy helped Thymia launch its brand and secure 150+ B2B leads with no ad spend.

Scrappy Services

Marketing Consulting Services

Whether you’re an early-stage company looking for Zero-to-One Marketing or a local business ready to hit the next stage of growth, our broad experience can help guide you in the right direction. 

Branding Projects

Rolling out a new brand or product? Our process involves assessing the competitive landscape, making recommendations on positioning, and only then creating a name and brand profile.

Lifecycle Marketing

You can’t convince us that successful lifecycle marketing isn't a game-changer for small business. Every business is cyclical in some way, and staying top of mind is an easy way to drive loyalty and repeat business.

Fractional CMO

A retainer-based Fractional CMO engagement allows us to spend a set amount of time per week (or month) dedicated to creating and optimizing long-term strategies that drive results for your business.

Marketing Consultant

A more flexible service arrangement that focuses on one or more key areas of your marketing strategy. Typically more project-based than our Fractional CMO Service. Think workshops, audits, or creative ideation.

Build Your Growth Engine

Why Scrappy Marketing Beats Pay-Per-Click Long Term

Let’s be clear: pay-per-click advertising, and advertising in general, has its place. But it’s not our first choice for ourselves, or our typical clients. If you want the phone ringing quickly, ads are the way to go. Unfortunately, as your business develops, you become dependent on ads and have to feed the machine more and more if you want to grow. With Scrappy Marketing, on the other hand, you’ll build a recurring revenue engine that helps close deals wherever the call may have come from. 

Reputation management results

Testimonials

Real success stories and testimonials

We’re proud of our work and the outcomes that have resulted. Contact us for reference contact details!

The team at Scrappy had my phone ringing with absolutely zero ad spend. Highly recommended.

Mark W testimonial
Mark W Irrigation Company Owner

He consistently came up with inventive solutions that helped solve clients' real-world business problems.

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Scott J Group VP. Director Brand & Creative

Travis demonstrates the unique ability to ideate to a brand's best business advantage, while staying aligned with business objectives and the laws of time, money and practicality!

Paul R testimonial
Paul R VP Business Strategy

He was someone I could count on to understand our clients' needs, while also pushing them forward with innovative and creative thinking.

Mark M testimonial
Mark M Professor, Author, Speaker, Consultant

Latest Posts

Our latest blog posts

Thoughts on Marketing, Advertising, SEO, and Culture.

Google Business Profile Optimization: What’s Working Now, January 2026 Edition

Google Business Profile Optimization: What’s Working Now, January 2026 Edition

Google Business Profile Optimization: What’s Working Now, January…

Scrappy DIY Local SEO Checklist

Scrappy DIY Local SEO Checklist

DIY Local SEO Checklist & User Guide (2026…

A Beginner’s Guide to Differentiation And Positioning

A Beginner’s Guide to Differentiation And Positioning

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