Our Story
The Problem
While a movement of digital agencies and marketing shops have risen up during our 20 year history to provide artsy creative services and web tactics, one gap still remains: enterprise-standard marketing at costs that don't make small business owners twitch. More often than not, those searching for a marketing partner to help with their lead supply or to convert passives into paying customers they do it the old-fashioned way — they use a local shop or Google it.The Solution
That’s why Surf Pacific was created, the first of its kind agency. After being on the receiving end of many desperate, “Do you know a web development company?” queries in 1997, Steve and Carolyn Gray began leveraging their extensive connections within the advertising, film and television space to build a pool of some of the best and most specialised creative and technical talent. First in the UK, then the US, and then from 2000, in Australia - where the family business principally operates from.The Results
Twenty years, five additional Gray family members, and 50 strong superteam later, Surf Pacific stands alone as the first and last word in small business marketing — a one-stop solution for any entrepreneur or business leader seeking help getting leads and growing their business. Whether they’re working on a brand, website, SEO or PPC campaign, optimising conversion rates, or maximising social media outreach, our clients all have one thing in common — they’ve found a trusted partner for their business.OUR PRINCIPLES
Our Advantage
We like to say we’re the first and last word in small business marketing, and that’s not just because we believe we’re the best at what we do. It’s because there is quite literally no other digital agency or marketing provider with our focus on enterprise-level marketing, that’s affordable, effective and is singularly committed to our clients’ success, and unparalleled competence to deliver on it.
Peter Muzikants | Client Since '14
Our Value
We may be a marketing agency on paper, but our currency is really trust. We’re in the trust business. The people who come to us for help are quite often putting their company/products/services growth in our hands. As such, they are looking for more than a reliable agency — they want a true partner dedicated to their success. So while credentials matter, chemistry matters more. If the client and the small business marketing agency don’t click, the relationship won’t stick — and most likely neither will the marketing results.
Jim Ironside | Client Since '01
Our Method
That’s why, before a connection is made or a campaign is mapped, the first and most vital service we provide is to listen — to your passions, your principles, and your priorities. We will pay close attention to what is motivating you to make your business successful, what you want to accomplish in doing so, and what kind of collaborator will mesh best with your goals. And throughout the process, just as you’d expect from a true partner, we will talk straight and be radically transparent with you about the costs and timeframes involved in production, launch and measurement processes. No corners-cut, no pressure tactics, and no bait and switches. Our only interest will be your satisfaction and to set the relationship up right.
Marriott & Hand | Clients Since '12
Practices
Now that you know how we roll, let us tell you more about what we can do to empower your small business. Here is a sampling of our services.
Creative Services
Surf Pacific is a one-stop solution for anyone who needs help growing their business, re-energising their brand or bringing a product or service to market. Whether you’re a first-time business owner who doesn’t know the first thing about marketing, or an Entrepreneur of a $100m organisation who doesn’t have the time to construct an in-house marketing department and manage dozens of agencies, our accomplished, experienced team can assist you in helping you look right for the market and the customers you most want to attract.
Here are our core creative offerings:
- Branding
- Responsive Websites
- Content Marketing
- Key Messaging
- Environments
Lead Generation
Driving new business is a sweet spot for Surf Pacific. This is our original area of specialisation. Over the last several years, we’ve grown hundreds of small businesses, and in doing so, we’ve refined the effectiveness of our lead generation strategies. This means clients who come to us today for SEO or digital advertising pay less, yet get more leads.
Over the years, we’ve worked for every kind of business across dozens of verticals, including: Financial Services, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Communications, Retail, Consumer Goods, Media, Government, Manufacturing, Transportation and Hospitality, Automotive, Higher Education and Nonprofit.
Here’s how we drive new business for our clients:
- Search Engine Optimisation
- Pay Per Click Advertising
- Social Media Campaigns
- Display Advertising
- Google Remarketing
- Email Marketing
Demand Generation
One of the biggest assets that sets us apart from digital agencies and marketing providers is our unique ability to make it easy for your customers to buy, removing the requirement for a business to depend on superstar salespeople.
We create smart demand generation strategies that are deployed across multiple platforms for businesses and institutions who lack that in-house sales capacity, but who are still seeking growth. For many clients we create a new digital ecosystem that will include conversion-focused landing pages, perfectly-timed blog posts and feature articles. For other clients, we give them the ability to allow their customers to buy online and refine a customer journey through automated marketing.
Here’s a list of some of the ways we drive demand:
- Ecommerce
- Email Marketing Campaigns
- Marketing Automations
- Paid Media Campaigns
- Thought Leadership
- Content Marketing
Our team
The bold. The creative. The family culture. The outsiders. The strong-minded. The sharp-thinkers. The rebels and the believers in tomorrow. Surf Pacific work for the founders of disruptive start-ups and owners of established companies. Each of them has a burning vision of how to best serve their market. Yet the goal is often the same: they’re already number one or they aspire to be number one.
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Our Process
Our commitment to being a full-service marketing agency extends not just to the forms of campaigns we create, but also to the way we function. Through our four-step process, we work with you and our creative teams at every step of the way to ensure that your final strategy is resonant, relevant, and effective with your target audience. This lays the foundation of trust.
Every engagement begins with a free consultation. We’ll talk through your plans, getting a full sense of who you are, why you’re looking for help, and what you hope to accomplish. Then we will explain the relevant services that will optimally help you reach your goals. We will be fully transparent about what you can expect in terms of costs and outcomes, so you can make an informed decision about how best to move forward.
Once you have decided to engage us, we begin the planning phase by assembling and briefing the right superteam. We turn your priorities and parameters into a formal briefing; we’ll also proactively reach within our internal knowledge base to seek clients of a similar size, situation and who had similar objectives – our past successes and failures will become tomorrows victory for you
We pride ourselves on working independently so that we don’t become a burden to our clients schedule. In other words, we aim to put our clients in the role of ‘editor’ rather than ‘co-creator’. Once work is created, it is delivered back for adjustments, additions and changes in the review stage. These adjustments are expediently delivered and the campaign is prepared for launch.
It’s a noisy, social world. Small businesses need to matter in our age of distraction. We help our clients discover their interests, eliminating the risk of guessing or professing to know. We distribute content and campaigns to reach the widest audience possible relative to the lowest budget. We’re collaborative, efficient and a pleasure to work with.
Gregory Gray
Director
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