Get your growth plan
Full-service growth partner · Chicago · Since 2015

Your growth department. All of it.

Strategy, creative, media, lifecycle, and data under one roof and one P&L-accountable lead. Big enough to run everything, close enough to care about your Tuesday.

The Bellwether team at work across the studio floor
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02 · Capabilities

Every discipline growth needs. Zero handoffs between vendors.

When strategy, creative, and media share a standup, the feedback loop that takes agencies quarters takes us days.

Strategy

Growth strategy & planning

Quarterly growth plans with budgets, targets, and owners. The document your leadership actually runs the quarter against.

  • Market & funnel research
  • Budget allocation
  • Forecasting
  • Quarterly planning
Media

Paid media

Search, social, shopping, and video with in-platform specialists and shared creative learnings.

Creative

Creative studio

Ad creative, landing pages, and brand refreshes produced in-house, tested weekly.

Lifecycle

Email & retention

Flows, campaigns, and loyalty programs that turn one-time buyers into margin.

The compounding effect
0x

Average revenue growth across clients who run 3+ disciplines with us for 18 months.

Content

SEO & content

Editorial, technical SEO, and digital PR that builds demand you do not rent.

The Bellwether in-house content studio
Data

Measurement & BI

One dashboard, every channel, tied to revenue. Weekly readouts in plain English.

03 · How it compounds

One team makes the wheel spin faster.

Strategy sets the target Creative earns attention Media buys the reach Data feeds it back One team one number
a.

Creative learns from media in days

Winning hooks feed next week's production schedule. No agency-to-agency email chains.

b.

Media learns from lifecycle

Repeat-purchase data reshapes prospecting audiences and bid targets automatically.

c.

Strategy learns from everything

One shared dashboard means the quarterly plan starts from evidence, not opinions.

d.

You learn what matters

A single accountable lead reports one number to you: profitable growth against plan.

04 · Results

Pick your industry. See the shape of the work.

Composite dashboards from real engagements, updated quarterly. Full references available on a call.

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05 · The team

Big enough to run everything. Small enough to know your name.

Dana Whitcomb, managing partner
Dana WhitcombManaging Partner · 11 yrs agency, ex-brand side
Marcus Bell, head of growth
Marcus BellHead of Growth · Your single accountable lead

38 specialists, zero freelancer roulette.

Everyone who touches your account is a Bellwether employee in our Chicago office. Your core pod is five people you know by name; the other 33 are the bench behind them.

Median team tenure4.2 years
Client-to-strategist ratio4 : 1
Client retention, trailing 3 yrs91%
★★★★★

"We replaced four agencies with Bellwether. The savings were nice; the speed was the real story. Creative that used to take six weeks of email now ships in eight days."

Rachel Kim · VP Marketing, home goods brand ($60M)
★★★★★

"Their lead presented our board deck alongside me. When the CFO grilled the numbers, she defended them better than I could have. That is what accountable looks like."

Owen Petersen · CEO, regional healthcare network
06 · Ways to work

Three doors in. Every one has an exit.

Quarterly commitments, not annual handcuffs. 60-day notice, your data and accounts stay yours.

Growth sprint

For testing the fit

One quarter, one channel pair, one clear target. The fastest way to learn how we work.

  • 90-day plan & execution
  • Weekly readouts
  • Full handoff docs
From$18K / quarter

Fractional CMO +

For teams without senior marketing

A senior operator in your leadership meetings, backed by the full Bellwether bench.

  • 2 days/week embedded
  • Hiring & vendor oversight
  • Execution pod on demand
From$14K / month
07 · Start

Leave the first session with a plan, either way.

The growth plan session is 90 minutes with Dana or Marcus: your numbers, your funnel, and the three moves we would make first. Free, and yours to keep.

01Share read-only access or a recent report beforehand 02Work the numbers live with a partner, not a rep 03Get the written plan within 48 hours, no strings

Book your growth plan session

We run six of these a month. Current wait: about two weeks.

No retainer pitch in the session. That conversation only happens if you start it.

Session requested.

Dana or Marcus will reply within one business day with times and a short prep note.