The Startup Creative Marketing Agency

Ladd speaking at a marketing industry event.

Whether you’re trying to solve one of the world’s biggest problems, enter a trillion-dollar market, or build a vibrant niche community—you need your marketing to be as impactful and effective as you know your business can be.

But how do you build for greatness without over-investing your precious capital?

This is what altb seeks to solve.

Uncompromising creativity, executed full funnel.

Senior talent with fractional economics.

Aligned interests and full accountability.

We are the full-funnel creative marketing team built to suit your stage.

What We Do

Brand Strategy & Design

Position you like the business you want to be.

Creative & Community Activation

Execute across the full content ecosystem.

Performance & Growth

Run the engine that accelerates growth.

How We Work

We don’t believe that great work happens by accident.

We believe that great work is a product of great people working together.

We partner with business leaders as an operational CMO and bespoke marketing team.

A man with curly hair, glasses, and a blue blazer speaking into a microphone on a stage, with a dress shirt underneath and a hand on his chest.

Ladd Martin Founder, Team Leader

About Ladd

Ladd has spent 20 years leading integrated marketing teams solving problems both big and small. One thing that has always been consistent—the work is both strategically insightful and creatively breakthrough. He is dogmatically focused on creating ideas that knit together the full marketing stack from brand to demand to get the most out of every single piece. He thrives running fast and thinking faster.

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