Professional Digital marketing in Oregon

Hi! I’m Skald Marketing

My name’s Jamie and I run Skald Marketing.

I’m located in beautiful Bend, Oregon and would love to help your local business get online, get found, and grow!

About Skald Marketing

I started my career as a print journalist, so doing research, finding the angle, and telling a compelling story is in my blood. Then I found my passion in marketing, where I get to tell those stories that help businesses thrive and customers find the solutions they need.

I’ve worked for a range of company, including many tech, software, and IT companies, so not industry is too complex. I’ll work with you to understand your business and translate it into something your customers understand and are searching for.

Whether you’re just looking to get online are want to step up your marketing, I’ll craft a plan that’s unique to your business to achieve your goals.

Worried? Don’t be!

First Consultation free!

I know working with a marketing agency can be a bit nerve-wracking. How much are they going to charge? Will they really help? Do they actually understand my business?

I want to put your mind at ease and make sure that our relationship can be successful. That’s why your first consultation is always free. We’ll chat (or meet for coffee) to discuss your goals

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How did Skald Marketing get it’s name?

Skald: An ancient Scandinavian poet

The Origin Story

Do you have any idea how hard it is to name a company, let alone a digital marketing agency? Let’s be honest, digital marketing organizations are a dime a dozen these days*, which means a lot of names are already taken. I have a notebook filled with name ideas, most of them fell into one of three buckets:

• Already taken by a digital marketing organization
• Didn’t quite send the message I wanted to get across
• I just plain didn’t like it

At the end of the day, every facet of marketing rolls up into one foundational mission: to make your story one that people want to hear. Whether you’re selling something or running a non-profit organization, success hinges one two things:

1. That people understand what you do
2. That they care

If you don’t succeed at those two things, nothing else matters. How do you succeed at making people understand and care? By telling the right story. THAT is the driving mission I want to help clients achieve and that’s what the name needed to reflect.

Skald

During the naming process, I kept coming back to the word “bard,” the old English term for a poet or storyteller. I liked the meaning behind it, but honestly, just thought it didn’t sound very pretty. Some convoluted process involving a thesaurus and lots of Googling lead me to the word “skald,” essentially the ancient Scandinavian equivalent of a bard.

It’s obscure, it’s a common word but with a different spelling, and it sounds like you’re about to get burned (which isn’t the right message to send regarding a business relationship). All three of these things drive me crazy as a marketer, but still, I couldn’t get the name out of my head. It’s the exact thing I was looking for, a storyteller (plus, it aligns with my heritage).

And thus, Skald Digital Marketing was born. We’re here to help with all your marketing needs, but at the end day, we’ll help you tell your story in a way that makes people want to do business with you. Isn’t that really your main goal?

*If digital marketing companies are a dime a dozen, why should you work with Skald?

I’m willing to bet on a few things:

1. You want to do business with someone you can have a real and honest conversation with.
2. You want to do business with someone who produces high quality work (and will keep iterating until it’s right).
3. You want to do business with a person, not a faceless team who you don’t really know.

That’s Skald Digital Marketing.