Storm Brain

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Storm Brain is a digital agency specializing in on-line digital marketing campaigns, brand strategy, design, web and e-commerce development, as well as services related to the implementation of creative marketing strategy. We uniquely communicate who you are, demonstrate why you’re important, create maximum conversions, drive business growth and profitability, and visually get your brand noticed with mind-boggling design.

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CMMI Level 5
$100 - $149/hr
2 - 9
2001
Locations
United States
2150 W. Washington St. Suite 104, San Diego, California 92110
+ 1 (619) 618-0344
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234 E. 17th Street, Suite 117 , Costa Mesa, California 92627
+ 1 (323) 488-7277
United States
1740 Broadway Suite 200, NYC, New York 10019
+1 (866) 778-6279

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  • Web Designing (UI/UX)
  • Digital Marketing
  • Web Development
  • E-commerce Development

Client Focus

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  • Medium Business
  • Small Business

Industry Focus

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  • Financial & Payments
  • Healthcare & Medical
  • Media

Storm Brain Executive Interview

Leah Nolan
Leah Nolan
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Please introduce your company and give a brief about your role within the company?
Storm Brain is a digital agency specializing in online digital marketing campaigns, brand strategy, design, web and e-commerce development, as well as services related to the implementation of creative marketing strategy. We uniquely communicate who you are, demonstrate why you’re important, create maximum conversions, drive business growth and profitability, and visually get noticed with mind-boggling design.

As the CEO of Storm Brain, I am focused on our client relationships and overseeing the business operation alongside the business Founder & Chief Strategy Officer. As a team, we are focused on providing our clients with creative and results-based solutions. We’ve also prioritized building a team that is dedicated to the work that we do as an agency, functioning based on our core values as a business.
Mention the objectives or the parameters critical in determining the Digital Marketing Strategy for a client.
When determining the digital marketing strategy for any client, we take a thorough approach during the discovery of the project to understand the nuances of the business. Who are their ideal customers, and where are those audiences spending their time and focus as consumers. Whether serving B2B or B2C, we individualize the audiences and then build campaigns specifically around the ideal customer.  We also launch every campaign with an understanding of our goals and measurements of success. It’s then imperative to create marketing and advertising assets that connect with the ideal customer speaking directly to their needs and interests in a way that is conversion oriented. The strategy is unique to the business based on each of these factors, and from there, we can execute, optimize, and manage our marketing campaigns effectively.
How does your company differentiate itself from the competition?
As a full-service agency, Storm Brain offers a comprehensive approach to brand strategy, digital design and development, and online marketing. We work in partnership with brands that are working towards forward-thinking, relevant solutions for their customers, acting as a true extension of your team to serve your business best. Our agency consists of multi-disciplinary creators, including experienced marketers, strategists, creatives, and developers. Taking a systematic and comprehensive approach to the segmentation of phases and varied offerings from product ideation to specialized marketing.
What industries do you generally cater to? Are your customers repetitive? If yes, what ratio of clients has been repetitive to you?
We work with businesses of all kinds. However, we have specialties with eCommerce brands, as well as the Healthcare, Technology, Financial Services sectors. Our clients often start the initial engagement with an independent project and then continue to work with us on an ongoing basis. About 70% of our clients are ongoing or repeat relationships.  The remaining are new projects annually.
Please share some of the services that you offer for which clients approach you the most for?
Branding and brand strategy, website design & development, eCommerce platform design & development, ongoing website maintenance and support, digital marketing services such as organic Search Engine Optimization campaigns, paid media management (PPC/SEM/Social Paid Advertising) as well as inbound marketing campaigns.
What do you find to be some of the most key factors for running a successful agency in the field of Digital Marketing?
Always staying ahead of new industry trends and innovation in technology in general, as well as being flexible in your approach to bringing creative solutions to any account. There are strategies and techniques that have proven to be successful in any marketing strategy, but it’s important to test and optimize to see what’s working well and continue those elements of a strategy or bring new ideas to the strategy over time. Having a reliable and expert team to execute for our clients is also the key to success as an agency.
What are the key factors that you consider before deciding the cost of a project?
We price our projects based on the service offerings and what’s needed to be successful for the client engagement. Various factors go into this, from time and resource allocation to expected costs for various elements of any project, whether it’s technology, or advertising spends, or other related elements to the project in general.
What kind of payment structure do you follow to bill your clients?
Project-based engagements are priced with a project deposit to get started and at times, intermittent payments throughout milestones of the project delivery and a final payment prior to completion or launch. Ongoing engagements include retainer payments on a monthly basis for services provided on an ongoing basis.
What is the price range (min and max) of the projects that you catered to in 2018?
Project-based investments range from $15,000 - $150,000 and ongoing engagements also range based on services provided from $2,500 - $25,000 a month.
Name a couple of activities that you think provide the best ROI in terms of benefit/impact when it comes to different areas of Digital Marketing.
Every business is different in how digital marketing ROI is measured will depend on what your unique goals are, as this varies based on specific business needs. Long term and short term ROI can also play a factor in this. The organic-search, paid-search, and content marketing offer great results that should be considered when considering any digital marketing strategy implementation.

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Brian Vincent

Stormbrain will reshape your understanding of what a website can do for your business

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Stormbrain was the ideal partner to overhaul the company's website. They provided high-quality work, accommodating to very high demands, and were highly responsive to website design changes. We issued a lot of design changes however Stormbrain took a partnership approach and worked with us to establish a new deadline at no additional cost.

What was the project name that you have worked with Storm Brain?

Website Overhaul and Host Migration

What service was provided as part of the project?

Web Development, Web Designing (UI/UX)

Describe your project in brief

Stormbrain was hired to redevelop the entire site which was dual hosted between Joomla and Shopify. The website was 5 years old and did not reflect the current company branding or message. The website needed to be redone to accommodate the massive e-commerce demands from the customers.

What is it about the company that you appreciate the most?

Adaptability to difference stakeholder demands about the design of the website

Amazing professional quality and imagery making the website a functional piece of art

What was it about the company that you didn't like which they should do better?

Initial project expectations around design could have been clearer by the company to reduce design phase length

Vlad Herescu

An awesome experience working with the guys that know their stuff!

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$0 to $10000
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I had an excellent experience working with Blake and the team at Storm Brain. They took care of our client's SEO and PPC needs, and even helped consult on matters like Web design and development. The results were very positive, as both of those areas witnessed substantial growth (happy client!). They know their business very well and it shows in their work and results. Thanks guys!

What was the project name that you have worked with Storm Brain?

PPC and SEO for SaaS Marketing

What service was provided as part of the project?

Digital Marketing, Web Designing (UI/UX)

Describe your project in brief

They took care of our client's SEO and PPC needs, and even helped consult on matters like Web design and development. This client came to us with no conversions on Organic SEO or Paid Ads on google. They took their time to understand the problem, scope out competition and possibilities for improvement and then went down to work. Now, our clients finally rank on the first page as an SaaS company (which is very hard) and their PPC ads have a hefty ROI. Couldn't be happier.

What is it about the company that you appreciate the most?

{"1":"their work quality is unparalleled - I am very impressed by the results they obtained","2":"Their communication is thorough and they are always available and transparent","3":"Their friendliness and willingness to educate us on various aspects of the market"}

What was it about the company that you didn't like which they should do better?

{"1":"Honestly, nothing. Their price was high but they over-delivered on our expectations. I have nothing to complain about."}

Fanny Wan

Law Firm - Website Design, Web Development, & SEO (Search Engine Optimization)

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$10001 to $50000
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As a law firm, it's crucial our brand and our reputation, are constantly top of mind. We interviewed numerous marketing agencies and web design companies, and one of them stood out – Storm Brain. We hired them to design our new website, and then develop it. After we launched, we were so happy with the overall experience, we engaged them to run our SEO campaign to drive organic traffic from search engines to our new beautiful site.

What was the project name that you have worked with Storm Brain?

Law Firm - Website Design, Development, and SEO (Search Engine Optimization)

What service was provided as part of the project?

Web Development, Web Designing (UI/UX), Digital Marketing

Describe your project in brief

As a law firm, it's crucial our brand and our reputation, are constantly top of mind. We interviewed numerous marketing agencies and web design companies, and one of them stood out – Storm Brain. We hired them to design our new website, and then develop it. After we launched, we were so happy with the overall experience, we engaged them to run our SEO campaign to drive organic traffic from search engines to our new beautiful site.

What is it about the company that you appreciate the most?

Technical expertise and abundance of skilled employees, that get the job done.

Their design quality is superior to all other companies we interviewed.

Fantastic attention to detail, and focused on the success of the project, and of you as a client.

What was it about the company that you didn't like which they should do better?

Nothing. The company, their team, and the commitment to our success was incredible.

Jake Brennan

A wide range of services

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$10001 to $50000

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We went to Storm Brain for specifics around SEO with our e-commerce business and ended up hiring them not only for web design but also for all of our social marketing needs. This team is super fun to work with and extremely knowledgeable when it comes to increasing site engagement and driving sales. We were blown away by the difference we saw after hiring them. If you're looking for a design team that cares, you've found them. Thanks to Storm Brain we tripled our engagement and revenue plus landed on a clear branding strategy for our company. We continue to work with them to this day and look forward to many more years to come!

What service was provided as part of the project?

Digital Marketing, E-commerce Development, Web Development

What is it about the company that you appreciate the most?

Their stellar service. Not only are they prompt to respond to any questions or needs we have, they come back with suggestions that have gone above and beyond.

Brady Nolan

Excellent SEO Company

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$10001 to $50000

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My company brought on Storm Brain a few months back, and we have already seen big improvements in our visibility in organic search. We were skeptical of search engine optimization companies, after working with a few in the past. But, we now have turn a full 180. What a great company. We are considering working with them on some PPC campaigns as well.... More to come!

What service was provided as part of the project?

Digital Marketing, E-commerce Development

What is it about the company that you appreciate the most?

Knowledgable, responsive, experts

Debra Newsom

Rebranding, E-Commerce Overhaul, SEO, PPC Projects

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Our brand needed a refresh, and our website needed a complete overhaul. Storm Brain provided expert service and incredible results. We are thrilled with how things have turned out. Now we are working with them on Search Engine Optimization (SEO) campaigns and other promotional and marketing services. Great news all around. Thanks!

What service was provided as part of the project?

Web Development, E-commerce Development, Digital Marketing

Paul Reyes

SEO & PPC Campaign Experts

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We worked hard to find a provider to handle our Google Ads, Facebook Ad Campaigns, and other PPC activity, not to mention our ongoing SEO efforts. We couldn't be happier that we partnered up with Storm Brain on all of these efforts. They are the absolute best! Thanks guys.

What service was provided as part of the project?

Web Development, E-commerce Development, Digital Marketing

Vlad Kytainyk

Design and SEO services from a top-notch agency

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We've been working with Blake for a few years so far and it was a very pleasant experience. He and his team are very responsive and easy to deal with. He helped us both with wireframing and designing our website and SEO optimization so we are now constantly on the 1st page of Google when it comes to services that my team does. Totally recomment him.

What service was provided as part of the project?

Web Designing (UI/UX), Digital Marketing