We're Stranded. A Marketing Agency That Thrives In Uncertain Moments.
Stranded is a growth strategy and marketing agency built for clarity, momentum, and intelligent scale. Founded in New York City in 2013, we partner with early-stage startups finding their footing and established brands generating over $100 million annually. Across each engagement, we turn complexity into progress—bringing clarity to the work, alignment to the team, and focus to the decisions that drive measurable growth.
See How We Work ↓We See How Everything Connects Before It’s Obvious.
Signal
Customers encounter your brand across channels, often before you realize they’ve entered your orbit. By the time intent is visible, perception is already set.
Orbit
They don’t evaluate in isolation. They look for patterns across everything, measuring consistency, credibility, and whether your brand holds together.
Contact
The decision feels like a moment, but it’s the result of everything that came before. It reflects whether it connects in a way that earns trust.
Industries We Serve
CMO-Level Leadership
Hyperdrive Strategy, Led by CMO-Level Leadership
Bring senior-level clarity to your growth strategy. Our Fractional CMO engagement embeds directly with your leadership team to align strategy, guide execution, and build the systems needed to scale with focus and intent. Designed for growth-stage companies, from venture-backed startups to established brands, we partner where clarity, momentum, and leadership matter most.
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Growth & Performance
Growth Systems That Pull Customers Into Orbit
Growth works best when everything is aligned. We bring strategy, media, and creative into a single, cohesive system—designed to reduce friction, sharpen execution, and scale with intention. From acquisition through retention, each piece plays a role in turning attention into measurable, lasting growth.
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Clarity & Insight
Mission Control for Your Marketing Orbit
Stranded’s real-time dashboards bring the metrics that matter into a single, clear view—connecting performance across channels, campaigns, and systems. We give leadership the visibility needed to understand what’s driving growth and make decisions with clarity, confidence, and speed.
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Marketing Packages
Our all-in-one and à la carte marketing plans adapt as your business grows. Need a custom solution? Let’s talk!
All-In-One Marketing Packages
All-In-One Essentials
$2,500 /mo
Our foundational package with SEO, PPC, email, and consulting to fuel your start.
Key Features
- Marketing strategy and quarterly roadmap
- Consulting: 1 hour/month dedicated to marketing strategy and planning.
- SEO Essentials Package: Deliver consistent content, build AI recognition, and establish foundational backlink authority
- Pay-Per-Click Strategy: Reach new customers, boost awareness, and retarget with precision using Google Ads.*
- Email Marketing: 2 campaigns/month
- Real-Time Marketing Insights: Branded dashboard with live performance data
- Monthly performance report with strategic insights
*All ad spend is billed directly to your business by Google, using the payment method on file in your Google Ads account.
All-In-One Plus
$3,500 /mo (Save 10%)
Gain momentum with more SEO, more email, more strategy plus design support. Built for growing businesses.
Key Features
- Marketing strategy and quarterly roadmap
- Consulting: 2 hours/month of dedicated marketing strategy, delivered in bi-weekly 1-hour sessions.
- SEO Plus Package: Balanced SEO growth with stronger AI footprint, double the content power, and authority link building
- Pay-Per-Click Strategy: Reach new customers, boost awareness, and retarget with precision using Google Ads.*
- Email Marketing: 4 campaigns/month
- Graphic design: Up to 2 collateral requests (print or digital) per month
- Real-Time Marketing Insights: Branded dashboard with live performance data
- Monthly performance report with strategic insights
*All ad spend is billed directly to your business by Google, using the payment method on file in your Google Ads account.
All-In-One Premium
$5,000 /mo (Save 20%)
Maximize growth with advanced SEO, AI authority, extra email, and design included.
Key Features
- Marketing strategy and quarterly roadmap
- Consulting: 2 hours/month of dedicated marketing strategy, delivered in bi-weekly 1-hour sessions.
- SEO Premium Package: Aggressive SEO + AI authority building, designed to dominate both traditional search engines and AI-driven results
- Pay-Per-Click Strategy: Reach new customers, boost awareness, and retarget with precision using Google Ads.*
- Email Marketing: 6 campaigns/month
- Graphic design: Up to 4 collateral requests (print or digital) per month
- Real-Time Marketing Insights: Branded dashboard with live performance data
- Monthly performance report with strategic insights
*All ad spend is billed directly to your business by Google, using the payment method on file in your Google Ads account.
Search & SEO Growth
SEO Essentials
$695 /mo
Emerging startups and small businesses that want a budget-friendly SEO foundation with AI visibility, consistent content, and authority backlinks. Package also included in our All-In-One Essentials Plan.
- Focus: A cost-effective entry package designed to deliver consistent content, build AI recognition, and establish foundational backlink authority.
- Strategic Site Audit: Identify on-site issues, growth opportunities, and establish baseline performance.
- Keyword & Competitor Research: Local + national keyword insights with competitor gap analysis.
- Content Cluster Strategy: Structured keyword mapping around 5 core focus topics to strengthen topical authority.
- On-Page SEO: Optimization of 1 priority web page/month, aligned with search intent and high-value keywords.
- Content Creation: 1 SEO Blog Post (1,000+ words, keyword-optimized) → Built to rank in Google and surface in AI overviews
- Mini AI SEO Backlink Boost: 2 AI-ranking press release placements or guest posts on high-authority sites crawled by AI tools
- 100 High DA Backlinks (contextual, mix of dofollow/nofollow) with DA 45–95 range for strong authority signals
- Basic AI Visibility Setup: (5–10 mini tasks) to seed recognition in ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity
- Google Tools Setup & Monitoring: Rank tracking, Search Console integration, and analytics configuration.
- Live Reporting Dashboard: Branded, real-time performance insights and keyword rankings.
SEO Plus
$1250 /mo (Save 10%)
Small to mid-size businesses ready to scale their SEO with more content, stronger AI visibility, and expanded backlink authority. Package also included in our All-In-One Plus Plan.
- Focus: Balanced SEO growth with stronger AI footprint, double the content power, and authority link building — designed to compete in more competitive niches.
- Strategic Site Audit: Comprehensive review to uncover on-site issues, opportunities, and establish baseline performance.
- Keyword & Competitor Research: Local + national keyword insights with competitor gap analysis.
- Content Cluster Strategy: Structured keyword mapping around 10 core focus topics to strengthen topical authority.
- Snippet Optimization: AI-friendly formatting and semantic structure for better Featured Snippet visibility.
- On-Page SEO: Optimization of up to 2 priority web pages/month, aligned with search intent and high-value keywords.
- Content Creation: 2 SEO Blog Posts (1,000+ words, keyword-optimized) → Built to rank in Google and surface in AI overviews
- AI Backlink Campaign: 4 monthly placements (mix of AI-ranking press releases + guest posts on authority sites)
- 200 High DA Backlinks (contextual, diversified sources) with DA range 50–95 to boost domain authority.
- AI Training & Reinforcement: Ongoing Microworkers-style brand exposure tasks (monthly prompts to seed brand mentions across ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity)
- Google Tools Setup & Monitoring: Rank tracking, Search Console integration, and analytics configuration.
- Live Reporting Dashboard: Branded, real-time performance insights and keyword rankings.
SEO Premium
$1,750 /mo (Save 17%)
Businesses in competitive industries ready to dominate both Google search and AI-driven overviews with advanced content, premium backlinks, and full AI optimization. Package also included in our All-In-One Premium Plan.
- Focus: Aggressive SEO + AI authority building, designed to dominate both traditional search engines and AI-driven results in highly competitive markets.
- Strategic Site Audit: Advanced review to uncover on-site issues, technical gaps, and high-growth opportunities.
- Keyword & Competitor Research: Local + national keyword insights with competitor gap analysis.
- Content Cluster Strategy: Keyword mapping around 10+ core focus topics to build unmatched topical authority.
- On-Page SEO: Optimization of up to 3 priority web pages/month, aligned to high-intent keywords and search intent.
- Content Creation: 3 SEO Blog Posts (1,000+ words each, advanced SEO + conversational AI targeting) → Designed to rank in Google, surface in AI overviews, and reinforce topical authority
- Snippet Optimization: AI-ready formatting and semantic structure for Google’s Featured Snippets + AI summaries.
- Expanded AI Backlink Campaign:
- 6 premium placements/month (AI-ranking press releases, guest posts, authority backlinks)
- Each press release syndicated to 120+ Google News sites for maximum visibility
- 300 High DA Backlinks from premium-tier, high-trust domains with DA range 50–98
- Full AI Search Optimization Setup:
- Complete Microworkers campaign + AI search training
- 20–30 prompts/month, data formatting, and structured workflows to ensure recognition across ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity
- Google Tools Setup & Monitoring: Rank tracking, Search Console integration, and analytics configuration.
- Live Reporting Dashboard: Branded, real-time performance insights and keyword rankings.
Social Media Studio (SoCal + NYC Clients)
Social Media Studio
$2,300 /mo
Focus: Consistency + Presence — Perfect for clients establishing a strong, polished social presence.
- 1 scheduled onsite shoot day for professional content creation
- Social calendar with 6–8 custom posts per month across 2–3 platforms (Instagram, TikTok)
- Light community management: responding to basic comments and DMs
- Scheduling and posting across platforms
- Creative briefs and direction for in-person and remote content creation
- Deep-dive social report with actionable recommendations
- Monthly performance report with insights & learnings
- Bi-weekly trend watch: curated roundup of trending sounds, events, and cultural opportunities
- Real-time marketing insights: branded dashboard with live performance data
Social Media Studio Plus
$4,600 /mo
Focus: Growth + Engagement — Ideal for clients looking to grow their audience and consistently boost engagement.
- 2 scheduled onsite shoot days for professional content creation
- Social calendar with 10–12 custom posts per month across 2–3 platforms (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube Shorts)
- Moderate community management: responding to comments, DMs, and engagement 2–3x/week
- Scheduling and posting across platforms
- Creative briefs and direction for in-person and remote content creation
- Deep-dive social report with actionable recommendations
- Monthly performance report with insights & learnings
- Bi-weekly trend watch: curated roundup of trending sounds, events, and cultural opportunities
- Real-time marketing insights: branded dashboard with live performance data
Social Media Studio Premium
$6,900 /mo
Focus: Scale + Strategic Partnership — For clients seeking aggressive awareness, cultural relevance, and long-term growth.
- 3 scheduled onsite shoot days for professional content creation
- Social calendar with 18–20 custom posts per month across 2–3 platforms (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube Shorts)
- Advanced community management: responding to comments, DMs, and engagement 4–5x per week
- Scheduling and posting across platforms
- Creative briefs and direction for in-person and remote content creation
- Deep-dive social report with actionable recommendations
- Monthly performance report with insights & learnings
- Bi-weekly trend watch: curated roundup of trending sounds, events, and cultural opportunities
- Real-time marketing insights: branded dashboard with live performance data
Ads & Web Experience
Pay-Per-Click (Google Ads)
$1,250 /mo
- Optimization of up to 10 Ad Groups
- Campaign Types: Performance Max, Search, Display, Video, and Shopping Ads campaigns
- Conversion Tracking Setup: (GA4, GTM, Merchant Center)
- Smart Bidding Strategy: Align keyword intent with performance goals to maximize your budget
- Competition Analysis
- Keyword Match Types: Target high-impact keywords to reach the right audience and drive more conversions
- Copywriting: Craft compelling headlines, strong CTAs, and keyword-driven messaging to boost click-through rates and conversions
- Landing Page Optimization: Enhance or develop landing pages with A/B testing and UX improvements to boost conversions
- Negative Keyword Filters: Filter out irrelevant traffic and protect ad spend
- Ongoing campaign monitoring and adjustments
- Detailed performance tracking and reporting
- Live Reporting Dashboard: Branded, real-time performance insights for your PPC campaigns
*Your advertising budget is separate from our service fees. All ad spend is billed directly to your business by Google, using the payment method on file in your Google Ads account.
Paid Social
$1,250 /mo (1 platform)
- Select 1 platform for paid advertising: Meta (Includes Facebook & Instagram), TikTok, LinkedIn, or X
- Comprehensive audience targeting and segmentation
- Conversion Tracking: Meta Ads (Meta Pixel, Events Manager, GTM integration as needed)
- Competition and keyword analysis
- Campaign setup and management
- Ongoing ad performance analysis and adjustments
- Retargeting and remarketing strategies
- Image Carousels, Video Ads (9:16, 4:5, 5:1)
- Landing page experiences
- Detailed performance tracking and reporting
- Live Reporting Dashboard: Branded, real-time performance insights for your paid social campaigns
*Your advertising budget is separate from our service fees. All ad spend for platforms such as Meta Ads (Facebook and Instagram), LinkedIn Ads, and TikTok Ads is billed directly to your business by the respective platform, using the payment method on file in your ad account.
Web Design & Development
$6,000 - 10,000
- Shopify Partner & WordPress Developers
- Design and develop up to 10 custom pages using a premium developer framework
- Establish hosting, firewalls, security
- Complimentary ADA website compliance
- On-page SEO: meta titles, descriptions, ALT tags, image descriptions
- Third-party integrations
*Please note that web hosting services are not included in our packages and are billed separately. We will recommend third-party hosting providers tailored to your specific needs, but the final selection and purchase of hosting services are your responsibility.
Frequently Asked Questions
Got more questions? Contact us.
Can I upgrade my marketing package?
Absolutely! You can upgrade to a larger package or add à la carte services at any time. Upgrades take effect at the start of your next billing cycle.
What’s included in each marketing package?
Each package includes strategy, execution, and reporting. You’ll also get access to our real-time dashboard to track performance across campaigns and channels.
Can I mix and match services?
Yes — you can combine packages or add à la carte services like SEO, paid social, or content strategy at any time.
Do I get access to performance reports or dashboards?
Absolutely. Every package includes access to Stranded’s live dashboard, showing KPIs like traffic, conversions, and ROI in real time.
Is the ad budget included in the monthly retainer?
Your advertising budget is separate from our service fees and billed directly by each platform.
Do you charge a fee based on ad spend?
No. We charge a flat monthly retainer.
What is the commitment?
We start with a 6-month agreement. After that, the plan is month-to-month.
What does onboarding look like?
Our onboarding process is simple and collaborative. Our operations team helps you connect the necessary ad accounts, analytics, and digital properties, followed by a kickoff call to outline your 30-60-90 day strategy and long-term goals.
Who will I be working with day to day?
You’ll have a dedicated account lead supported by our paid media, SEO, and creative teams — all aligned to your business goals.
What if I already have an internal marketing team?
We often collaborate with in-house teams, providing strategic oversight, execution support, or performance optimization as needed.
Do you work with startups or established brands?
Both. Our strategies are designed to scale — whether you’re pre-launch, venture-backed, or an established brand looking to accelerate growth.
What if I’m not sure which service is right for me?
Book a free strategy call and we’ll recommend the best fit for your goals.
Book a Strategy Call
We’ll review your current marketing, discuss your goals, and outline a strategy designed to move things forward. No pressure, just clear, honest insight.
