Freelance Marketing Consultant in Burlington, VT
Practical marketing for local shops, inns, cafés and trades — planned, done and measured by one person who answers your texts.
Clear Prices, Agreed First
Start with a plan, a project, or a monthly arrangement. Every fee is agreed before I start.
Not sure what you need? The free call is the place to start.
Meet Your Marketer
Ellisford Marketing is a one-person practice in Burlington's South End. I spent ten years in agency and in-house marketing before going freelance, and I now work with a small number of Vermont businesses at a time.
You get one senior marketer who learns your business, does the work and tells you plainly what's working. Reliable, local, and easy to reach.
- ✓The person you meet does the work
- ✓Plain reports, once a month
- ✓Your logins and accounts stay yours
Why One Person Works
No Handoffs
The person on the first call is the person writing your emails and checking your ads.
Budgets That Fit
Plans sized for a local business, not a national brand with a national budget.
Straight Answers
If a channel isn't paying for itself, you'll hear it from me first.
Nothing Held Back
Your website, ad and email accounts are in your name from day one.
Bring Your Website And Questions
We'll look at what you're doing now and I'll tell you the first three things I'd change — whether or not we work together.
From First Call To A Plan
Free Call
Thirty minutes on your business, your customers and what you've tried.
Look Under The Hood
I review your website, Google profile, ads, email list and social accounts.
Your 90-Day Plan
What to do, in what order, and what it should cost, on a few pages.
Do The Work
Run it yourself, or have me run it monthly. Either way, you get a plain report.
Posts And Emails In Your Voice
Most small-business marketing doesn't fail for lack of ideas. It fails because nobody has time to do it every week.
I write and schedule your monthly email and your posts in your voice, from a short monthly chat and the photos you already take. You approve everything before it goes out.
- ✓One short planning chat a month
- ✓Your photos, lightly edited
- ✓Nothing posted without your OK
Local Businesses, Mostly
Shops, cafés, inns and local trades across Chittenden County and beyond.
Shops & Boutiques
Gift, home and specialty shops that want more local foot traffic and online orders.
Cafés & Restaurants
Places that want more regulars, better reviews and fuller weeknights.
Inns & Lodging
Bed and breakfasts and small inns filling shoulder seasons with direct bookings.
Questions Owners Ask
Why a freelancer instead of an agency?
You work with one senior person from start to finish, without account managers in between, and the fees are sized for a local business.
How much should I spend on marketing?
It depends on your margins and your goals. On the free call I'll suggest a starting budget and explain the reasoning.
Do you guarantee results?
No honest marketer can. I'll set clear targets with you, report against them every month, and change course when something isn't working.
Who owns my accounts?
You do. Your website, ad, email and social accounts are set up in your name, and I work in them with access you can remove at any time.
Do you only work with Burlington businesses?
Most clients are in Chittenden County, but I work with businesses across Vermont, mostly by video call with visits when they help.
Is there a contract?
Projects have a fixed fee. Monthly work runs month to month with 30 days' notice.
Let's Look At Your Marketing
A free 30-minute call. You'll leave with three things worth changing first.
Book A Free Call
Tell me a little about your business. I reply within one business day.