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If Getting it Wrong is Expensive…
Generic Marketing is a Liability

Hoopless helps lawyers, health providers, and home builders fix local visibility, poor lead quality, and agency strategies that never matched the market in the first place.

When Getting it Wrong is Expensive…

Generic is a Liability

Hoopless helps lawyers, health providers, and home builders fix weak local visibility, poor lead quality, and agency strategies that never matched the market in the first place.

Best-in-Class Local Marketing, Seen in Publications You Trust

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Hyperlocal Digital Marketing For High-Stakes Industries

From home builders trying to improve lead quality over quantity, to rehab centers working around compliance to reduce their CPA: we understand the obstacles that owners and internal teams face in complicated & high-stakes industries. With aggressive competition and high-value leads on the line, we build custom strategies backed by experts and proprietary tools to ensure every digital touchpoint attracts your ideal client.

Your Plug-in Team For Local SEO, AEO, PPC, Design, and More

Marketing Strategy
Design & Dev
Engineering
Partner Success
Analytics

    Our small team, based out of Columbus, Ohio and Boulder, Colorado, has decades of combined experience – from Local SEO to design, Google Ads, and full-stack web development. We’ve worked in-house, and we’ve worked in agencies: our goal is to combine the best of both worlds to maximize value for our clients. Whether you just need help in one area or want to outsource your entire marketing department, we’re here to talk.

    • Small & specialized team
    • Personal touch + communication
    • Clarity & accountability

    Why Hoopless? Because That’s Our Mission.

    We demystify digital marketing, navigate the most complex verticals, and offer flexible month-to-month terms. We skip bloated packages or generic deliverables and only focus on the metrics that matter for your business, whether that’s qualified leads, admissions, cases, revenue, or ROI.

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    Find Out What Works
    & What Doesn’t

    Many agencies focus on rankings, traffic, or other metrics that don’t really mean anything without context. A blog with 10k visitors doesn’t mean you got ROI! We help clients identify objective benchmarks based on bottom line business performance, define goals, and set up tracking and attribution. That means you can cut waste and only invest in activity that drives revenue.
    • Act on reality – not on promises
    • Track calls, forms, qualified leads
    • Get custom reporting based on bankable results
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    Get in Front of Customers Where Decisions Happen

    LLMs are quickly beomcing a high-conversion-rate chanel. Agencies say they are adapting, but the truth is that big agencies operate on repition and process From Google Maps to LLMs and nichie dirctories, we understand where customers ultimately make their decision – and help you show up when it matters most.
    • Get citations in critical directories
    • Win AI overviews and LLM search
    • Get reviews & manage your digital presence
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    Get Found Locally
    (Not Just Blog Traffic)

    Where we shine is with lead-based businesses that rely on local calls. Our north star isn’t blog traffic or social media likes – it’s whatever signals equal more calls
    • Get found first on Google Maps
    • Track call attribution and call handling
    • Become the go-to authority in your local market
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    Paid Social or Google Ads
    Without % of Ad Spend Fees

    Many vendors and agencies use a % of ad spend fee as their management fee for paid search and PPC. To us, this makes no sense, because the truth is that fluctuation in budget doesn’t always equate to any more work. The other reason is because, if you hired a Google Ads manager, in-house, you wouldn’t pay their salary based on the ad spend… So, we keep it simple with one flat rate.
    • Know what to expect
    • You don’t overpay
    • Clearer return on Ad Spend

    Build A Custom Website That Converts with CRO

    With the help from our full-stack web development and design team, you can build a custom website that not only encapsulates your brand, but is also built to convert and rank on search engines – from the first line of code.
    • Get unlimited design revisions
    • Create custom functions and features
    • A/B test your site for optimal engagement
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    What others have to say:

    Trusted by happy clients & industry experts

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    John Canoy

    Great team to work with ! Did an amazing job on the website and have worked hard to improve the SEO of it. A++++

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    Dr. Dan Reed

    Been working with Sam for 3 years now. He runs all my digital marketing. Can’t say enough about the service and results. Highly recommend him for all your business digital marketing needs.

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    John Puls

    Hoopless and their whole team was fantastic. They helped us with a brand new website build, designed print marketing materials, and helped with social media. Our SEO has never been better and we’re actually getting organic google referrals on a consistent basis. Sam, David, and the whole team are outstanding at communicating. Highly recommend!

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    Marian Hobson

    Working with the Hoopless team has been an outstanding experience. They’ve gone above and beyond every time I’ve asked, always responding quickly, taking the time to explain everything clearly.

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    Darren Shaw

    Sam is one of the smartest and most creative SEOs I have met in recent years. He understands SEO on a deeper level than most, and most importantly, he gets results!

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      Frequently Asked Questions

      We get it – digital marketing can be intimidating. We’re here to answer any questions and make it crystal clear – so that you never have to worry about where your money is going.
      Is Hoopless a marketing agency?

      Sort of. We like to think of ourselves as an alternative to the traditional marketing agency. We founded Hoopless because we saw a lot of problems in the industry and a desire for something different. Instead of rate cards, upselling, salespeople, and generic packages built to scale – Hoopless runs the polar opposite. We work the way you do, we don’t have long confusing contracts, and we operate under one flat fee that covers any marketing service you may need or want from us. We believe this offers simpler terms and ensures our efforts are always aligned with your ultimate goals.

      What does Hoopless do best?

      While we do a lot of stuff, everything revolves around organic visibility. From beautiful custom websites built for engagement, building authority through digital PR, or running digital ad campaigns to boost branded search: we apply leading edge strategies alwyas aimed at driving organic growth and ultimately appearing for the most competitive queries on Google. showing up on Google for the terms that turn into customersunderstand the convenience of full-service agencies, but the truth is that many digital marketing specialties are extremely complex – you know the old adage: “jack of all trades, master at none.”

      While we can fulfill most digital marketing needs, we prefer to be realistic and transparent: we shine in organic growth. Specifically, Local SEO & Web development. Hoopless was the result of a merger between a Local SEO company and a Web Design company. From building a custom WordPress theme to ultimately getting found on Google for “near me” searches – we help businesses improve margins and hit their goals via organic business growth. For many clients, that actually means a reduction in ad spend – not vice versa.

      PPC vs SEO?

      There are two ways to appear on Google: you can pay for traffic, or you can build a strategy to rank organically. PPC, or pay-per-click, is commonly used to refer to Google Ads. With Google Ads, you pay to play. If you stop paying, the traffic and customers come to a halt. SEO, on the other hand, are efforts to rank your business on Google without paying for the traffic. Compared to PPC, SEO typically has much higher margins. Plus, if you stop investing in SEO, that traffic doesn’t disappear overnight. Businesses can sometimes continue to get that traffic for months or years!