Marketing agency for founders
A Miami marketing agency for founder-led businesses.
People who meet you get it right away. Most people who find you online don't. We build your brand, website and content so the second group sees what the first group sees.
Running with Strategy is a Miami marketing agency for founder-led businesses that builds the brand, social media, ads, website and AI search presence around the founder, starting with a Brand Clarity Session from $750.
Thirty minutes with Chloe.
Published results
- 3M views in 90 days for Rice & Rice Attorneys, a 50-year Indiana elder law firm
- 1M+ views in 90 days for Christina Fanitzi, Mrs. New York 2025
- 500K+ followers across Elena Cardone and associated brands, on one strategy
- 3.8M Facebook views in 90 days for Grandparenting A-to-Z
- A media buyer's daily job, on the founder's phone every morning, for Aqilla Sportswear
Each one is a case study on our work page.
Most founders come to us from one of three places. They're barely online. They're posting and nothing lands. Or they hired an agency before and got content that sounded like somebody else.
Running with Strategy is a Miami marketing agency built for that founder. We start with your story, your voice and your numbers, then build the marketing on top of them, with AI systems doing the repetitive work and people doing the thinking.
Wondering where your own marketing stands? Get your Offer Read and get a one-page read of your offer. No call required.
What does a marketing agency for founders actually do?
It turns what the founder already says well in person into marketing that works when the founder isn't in the room. At Running with Strategy that means a written brand plan first, then the website, social media, ads and AI search presence built from it, in the founder's own voice.
The Brand Clarity Session, from $750, puts the strategy in writing, and the 90-Day Brand Build, from $9,000, builds it with you. Social media management, from $2,500 a month, runs your channels in a voice that sounds like you. Ads, run for you handles Meta with weekly tuning and creative built around the founder. A Website Build, from $4,500, gives people somewhere to land, and Get Recommended helps ChatGPT, Google and other AI tools find you and recommend you.
Underneath all of it are custom AI marketing systems: content engines, automated reporting, and ad monitoring that texts the founder every morning with what happened and what to do about it. They're built once and owned by the founder.
How is this different from a traditional agency?
Three ways, and they build on each other.
Alignment before marketing. Agencies win work by promising campaigns. We've turned work down when the foundation wasn't ready: a founder who doesn't know their numbers, an audience nobody has defined, a brand built for a version of the founder that doesn't exist yet. Marketing built on that fails, and everyone loses. How we work starts with alignment, every time.
Strategy by people, busywork by systems. Layered AI systems handle research, drafts, testing and reporting, the work that used to eat a team's week. The human hours go to strategy, pattern recognition and the kind of listening AI can't do.
The founder grows with the business. Clients describe the same thing again and again: the marketing improved, and so did they. One founder put it this way after our work together: "Aqilla hasn't just improved operationally. I've grown into a stronger CEO."
What results should a founder expect?
We don't promise numbers. The published work shows what happens once the message matches the founder: 3 million views in 90 days for a 50-year law firm, and 1 million views in 90 days for Mrs. New York 2025. Every result is documented in the case studies.
- Rice & Rice Attorneys: 3 million views in 90 days for a 50-year elder law firm
- Christina Fanitzi, Mrs. New York 2025: 1 million+ views in 90 days
- Elena Cardone: 500K+ followers across an ecosystem of brands, one strategy
- Grandparenting A-to-Z: 3.8 million Facebook views and 755K Instagram views in 90 days
- Aqilla Sportswear: a media buyer's daily job, sent to the founder's phone every morning
The pattern behind every one: the message got clear first, the posting got consistent second, and the reach followed.
How much does a marketing agency for founders cost?
Starting rates are published. You can start small with 30 days of posts in your voice for $149 or a personal brand kit for $199, both bought on the page. The Brand Clarity Session is from $750, a Website Build from $4,500, and the 90-Day Brand Build from $9,000.
Social media management and ads run for you each start at $2,500 a month, with ad spend paid directly to Meta. Monthly work runs on a three-month minimum, then three-month blocks. Custom AI systems are quoted after a call. Every rate is on the services page, and the common questions are in the FAQ.
Not ready to hire anyone yet? The journal and the letters are free, and they're written from inside the work.
Questions founders ask
What is a marketing agency for founders?
A marketing agency for founders builds the marketing around the person who runs the business. Running with Strategy starts with the founder's story, voice and numbers, then builds the brand, social media, ads, website and AI search presence on top of them, because in a founder-led business people buy from the founder first.
How is a founder-led marketing agency different from a traditional agency?
A traditional agency usually sells a campaign first. A founder-led agency looks at the founder, the offer and the numbers before recommending anything, and says no when the foundation isn't ready. Running with Strategy pairs that with AI systems that handle research, drafts and reporting, so the human hours go to strategy.
How much does a marketing agency for founders cost?
Running with Strategy publishes starting rates. You can start with 30 days of posts in your voice for $149 or a personal brand kit for $199. The Brand Clarity Session is from $750, a Website Build from $4,500, and the 90-Day Brand Build from $9,000. Social media management starts at $2,500 a month.
What results can a founder expect from a marketing agency?
No agency can honestly promise numbers, and we don't. The published work shows what happens once the message matches the founder: 3 million views in 90 days for a 50-year law firm, 1 million views in 90 days for Mrs. New York 2025, and 500K+ followers across Elena Cardone's brands.
Which founders do you work with?
Founders whose name is the business: consultants, coaches, attorneys, realtors, practitioners, agency owners and experts, plus owner-operators who are ready to step out front. Most arrive in one of three ways: barely online, posting with nothing landing, or burned by an agency before.
Do you work with founders outside Miami?
Yes. Running with Strategy is based in Miami, and most of the work is remote, for founders across the United States. Every engagement starts with a 30-minute call with Chloe Nelson, the founder.
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Thirty minutes with Chloe and an honest answer. If it isn't a fit, you'll leave knowing what to do next.
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