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Who We Are

Welcome to Forerunner

We are a data-driven digital marketing and advertising agency specializing in managing paid media across Google, Amazon, and Social Media. We exist to help businesses thrive in the digital age, by championing digital agility, innovation, and unparalleled growth. By creating customized strategies tailored to each client, we pave the path for brands to become forerunners in their industries.

Who We Are

Welcome to Forerunner

We are a data-driven digital marketing and advertising agency specializing in managing paid media across Google, Amazon, and Social Media. We exist to help businesses thrive in the digital age, by championing digital agility, innovation, and unparalleled growth. By creating customized strategies tailored to each client, we pave the path for brands to become forerunners in their industries.

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Who We Are

Welcome to Forerunner

We are a data-driven digital marketing and advertising agency specializing in managing paid media across Google, Amazon, and Social Media. We exist to help businesses thrive in the digital age, by championing digital agility, innovation, and unparalleled growth. By creating customized strategies tailored to each client, we pave the path for brands to become forerunners in their industries.

What Makes Forerunner Unique

The Forerunner Pillars

We exist to empower brands to win the digital race and become Forerunners through unparalleled expertise and innovation. We achieve this by staying true to our core pillars:

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Data-Driven Approach

In the world of digital marketing, a data-driven approach is essential for businesses to remain competitive. At Forerunner, we harness data from various sources, including industry and market analysis, to make informed, strategic decisions that drive sustainable growth and deliver tangible results. By analyzing trends across specific marketing channels and conducting in-depth market and industry research, we identify long-term growth opportunities that help you to scale your business. 

Human-Centric AI

While AI plays a valuable role in identifying patterns and trends in data, it cannot replace human creativity or strategic thinking. At Forerunner, we prioritize human creativity, empowering creative design with AI technology. Our team utilizes AI to create more effective and efficient campaigns that drive exceptional results for your business. We believe in the synergy of human expertise and AI technologies, ensuring that our approach always retains a human touch and strategic thinking at its core.

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Customized Strategies

We understand that every business is unique, and cookie-cutter solutions rarely yield optimal results. At Forerunner, we take the time to deeply understand your specific needs and goals. We then develop customized marketing strategies tailored precisely to your business. By creating personalized solutions, we ensure that we are addressing your business’s unique requirements and enabling you to meet and exceed your goals.

In-House Expertise

Forerunner Marketing strongly believes in the power of in-house expertise to deliver the best results. That’s why we have assembled a team of thought-leaders and experts in their respective fields. Unlike larger agencies that outsource their work, we take pride in managing all of our accounts in-house. This allows us to maintain the highest level of quality control, ensuring that your campaigns are handled by the same experts who contributed to the development of your strategy. By managing your campaigns in-house, we provide unmatched attention to detail and customization by developing tailored solutions that drive real results.

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Big Picture Approach

At Forerunner, we understand that sustainable growth goes beyond short-term results. We adopt a big picture perspective to deliver holistic digital marketing solutions that align with your business’s strategic vision. We work closely with you to understand your goals and objectives, enabling us to develop customized campaigns that contribute to long-term value creation. By taking this comprehensive approach, we help your business achieve not only short-term success but also long-term growth and resilience in the digital race.

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Brent Blackwell

CEO and Founder

Brent founded Forerunner Marketing with a clear vision: to deliver unparalleled value to businesses by combining advanced marketing strategy and cutting-edge data and technology. His leadership has established Forerunner as an industry leader, with innovative strategies and practices that set new standards for marketing agencies.

Before Forerunner, Brent spearheaded the Amazon and Social Media divisions at an advertising agency in Atlanta, where he consistently drove high growth for clients. A certified authority in Amazon, Google, and advanced social media strategies, Brent holds an M.A. from Yale University and completed a Digital Marketing intensive at Columbia Business School.

As a long-distance runner, he sought to bring the same qualities that define his passion for running—endurance, perseverance, and focus—to the core of Forerunner. This ethos of forward momentum and striving for peak performance mirrors Forerunner’s journey with every partner brand.

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