The market
How the Massachusetts market works for a growing company
Massachusetts marketing starts with Boston and Cambridge, where universities, hospitals, biotech labs, software firms and financial companies compete for the same attention and the same talent. Head west and the picture shifts: Worcester has colleges, healthcare and a manufacturing base, Springfield and the Pioneer Valley add insurance and five-college towns, and the Berkshires live on culture and tourism. The Cape, the Islands and the South Shore run on a summer season that most of the state does not.
Students, researchers and careful buyers
Every fall a new wave of students arrives in Boston, Worcester and Amherst, and every spring many of them leave, which changes demand for apartments, food, fitness and retail. Professional buyers here are often scientists, engineers or clinicians who read closely and distrust vague claims. The specialist writes with precision, backs statements with specifics about your product and adjusts campaigns to the academic year.
Nor'easters, summer and state rules
Winter storms bring waves of calls for plowing, heating, roofing and ice dam repair, and summer on the Cape and the North Shore is short and intense for hospitality businesses. Massachusetts also has strict rules on protecting personal information, so forms, email lists and customer data are handled with them in mind, and your own counsel decides on legal questions.
Working remotely with your team
The specialists work remotely, which rarely matters in a state where buyers research online long before calling. Your project manager meets you by video on Eastern Time, sets the scope of each stage, signs off on campaigns before they go live and sends a monthly report that separates Greater Boston from central and western Massachusetts.