Our Story

Simplified Solutions LLC becomes a real thing with the state of Kentucky.

The business begins with a focus on helping people and businesses get organized and productive. The first website and email newsletter are launched via Godaddy.

A divine encounter at Java Brewing Company with a Aaron Marshall founder of the Over app. The business changes focus to digital coaching and digital marketing.

Reconnection on Twitter with a colleague, Wayne Cox, who’s planted a church in Etown. Wayne and Bryce are becoming active members of the WordPress community online.

A shift in marketing is happening before our eyes and Hubspot has coined the term inbound marketing. The Content Squad dba is born and the business becomes focused on ongoing retainer work to compliment the WordPress website design business.

The Content Squad moves into its first office off Plantside Dr alongside Miter Construction. Jessie D, our first employee is hired and payroll is established with ADP.

Jay Stewart and Wayne Cox join the ownership team as 3 equally yoked partners with a foundation to grow the business to Glorify God.

The Squad moves into its second office and goes all in on Hubspot and becomes a Gold partner, an honor we still maintain in 2017.

Jay shifts into a leading role and Joel Gerdis joins the team along with Greg Ladden.

The new brand is created to market WordPress websites apart from the main Hubspot, inbound marketing business. Brian Halligan comes to town to deliver a keynote to The Content Squad’s clients. Redmug only lasts a time short before the inefficiency of two brands clearly doesn’t make sense.

Josh Ahlers is hired as The Squad's first intern at the wee age of 16. He wastes no time jumping in and learning the trade to help us serve our clients.

The Squad moves into a new office and quickly makes it our own. With room to grow, we begin busting our records with tremendous sales growth.

Five new hires are added to the team, two of which are Jud Kovasckitz and Brooke Moody.

The Content Squad is no longer flying under the radar. The business is recognized by Greater Louisville, Inc as one of 6 finalists for Very Small Business of the Year. We did not win, but the experience was great for the team.

The Content Squad becomes The Marketing Squad in an effort to appeal to our broader base. The Content Squad was never just about content and The Marketing Squad now reflects the brand for what it is, a digital marketing agency that uses inbound methodologies.

The Squad ownership establishes the following 8 Core Values: We are – Truth Tellers, Trusted Allies, Faithful Stewards, Servant Leaders, Strategic Doers, Passionate Storytellers, Creative Problem Solvers, and Disciplined Learners.

The Squad moves out of its Middletown location and has to go nomadic at local coffee shops and the Nehemiah Group while its new home is becoming available. Alea and Courtney join the team.

The Marketing Squad moves into its new home in February of 2017 and does a quick buildout to accommodate our growing team of 15 people.

A select group of brave Squadstars head up to the Cincinnati Ikea to fill up a 27 ft box truck with new office furnishings.

The Squad adds Michalah Hopper, Matt Bitley, and Glenn Herrera to the team, along with Taylor Bieschke who goes full-time after graduation.

A good time was had by all!

Spencer Smith joins The Squad as a Marketing Coordinator, helping out our team with publishing, optimizing content, and running digital ads.

Billy Ward joins our team as COO, Marshall Fall becomes our first VP of Business Development, and Kevin Peterson takes on the role of Creative Director.

Our team participates in its first Leadership Challenge workshop facilitated by Leadership Reality. The day includes self-evaluation, learning about The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership ® model, and challenging ourselves as a team. Our workshop day also happens to be Emily Houze's first day with The Squad!

Bradyen Ward, a student at Boyce College, joins our team as an intern to support our Directors of Partner Marketing, Digital Strategist, and Sales team.

We sold our first Outsourced CMO Program, with co-owner Wayne Cox taking the lead on the new Outsourced CMO position.

Kacie Brockman joins The Squad as a Content Manager. This gives us more bandwidth as embedded journalists for our clients, telling their stories and growing their businesses.

The Squad celebrates a huge business milestone by hitting the million dollar revenue threshold! Our team also gains another member! Jasmine Sanchez comes aboard as a Director of Partner Marketing.

Sarah, Marshall, and Kevin join The Squad leadership team, and we begin implementing the EOS operating system across the business.

An SEO team is established as Brayden Ware joins the team and comes alongside Spencer Smith to manage SEO and digital ads for Squad partner and program clients.

The Squad team packs-up and moves offices to a bigger, better space for our growing team.

We start off the new year with a team of 20 employees ready to serve our 46 active clients!