About UFO | Cincinnati, Columbus, Portland

About

Meet the team

Small & Scrappy + Experience = Ignition!

You won't be a small fish in a big pond with us, which means you get the attention you need to thrive. But we're also the safest option out there. We've been in business for over 15 years and our team averages 13 years marketing experience and 17 years professional experience. So we've seen it all, and then some.

John Crenshaw - Partner/CEO

John started this firm 15 years ago selling websites on Craigslist to realtors. He's worked with companies ranging from 1-person real estate practices to Fortune 500 companies and everything in between.

His strengths lie in understanding data and finding elegant solutions to challenging problems that drive exponential results.

Years experience: 15
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Check John out on LinkedIn here

Andrea Larsen - Partner/COO

Andrea's been building websites for fun - yes fun - for nearly 20 years now. She got her feet wet in e-commerce at Frontgage. After that she joined Barefoot Proximity in Cincinnati, working her way up to Director of Technical Delivery, managing a team of 10 technical project managers launching sites for brands like P&G, ExxonMobil, and Bayer Crop Sciences.

Our clients are always raving about how great she is to work with and we're lucky to have her on the team.

Years experience: 20

Check Andrea out on LinkedIn here

Julie Tran - Creative Director

Julie also joins us from Barefoot, where she Associate Creative Director leading teams of 15 or more on brands like Febreeze, Swiffer, Mr. Clean, Alka Seltzer, K9 Advantix, and many others.

Julie has an amazing ability to drill into the core needs of a brand and quickly understand exactly what's needed to connect with its audience.

Years experience: 14

Check Julie out on LinkedIn here

Dwayne Lynn - Growth Marketer

Dwayne is the newest member of the team. Prior to joining UFO, Dwayne built and sold a painting company, so he has a deep understanding of the needs and challenges of growing a business from nothing. He specializes in e-commerce, PPC, SEO, content, social media, and conversion rate optimization.

Years experience: 4

Check Dwayne out on LinkedIn here

How can we help

What we do

Organic Search (SEO)

The impact of SEO can be astounding. Entire companies have been built on the back of SEO, and we've been helping them for 15 years.

Paid Search (PPC)

Google or Bing ads, wherever your customer is, we'll find them and we'll do it more efficiently than anyone. Guaranteed.

Social Ads

On Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and LinkedIn, you have active, engaged users you can target with incredible precision.

Content Marketing

Content marketing is a core part of SEO, but we often use content together with paid campaigns to extend it's reach. Done well, its an investment that repays many times its cost.

Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO)

Most sites have lurking issues standing in the way of conversions. It's not uncommon for us to double or triple conversion rates when taking over a new project.

Other services

We use the right combination of tools for the job. That may include other services like viral campaigns or email marketing. We're very experienced at pulling in the right contractors for the job if we need to extend our bench.

We're flexible

Choose the project that works for you

Outsource your marketing effort to us, have us coach your internal team, or just sign up for a one-time audit. We have options to fit any need.

Full Service

Outsource the work to us. Well manage the full process with as much communication as you want.

One-time audit

Get a detailed checklist you and your team can execute on.

One-time Setup

Sometimes all you need are the basics. Fuel the rocket so it's primed for takeoff.

Ongoing Consulting

Get ongoing expert, step-by-step guidance you and your team can execute on.

Pay for performance

Revenue split or pay per lead partnership. Less up front risk for you, greater reward for us.

Client comments

We have raving fans

My business had $500k in annual sales, we now do over $7m.

Chris Carey

Windows Direct USA

We did in one month what we used to do in the fourth quarter.

Peter Papas

Blade + Blue

They've helped take our efforts to the next level.

Jen Saltsman

Xavier University

They're responsible for helping us increase our conversion rates over 90%!

Chase Shiels

Whitewater Forest Products

We've met or exceeded goals on a regular basis...We've never failed at it...It's an immense amount of growth.

Ken Schmaltz

Tisch Scientific

They were amazing. In a very short period of time they were able to optimize our PPC campaigns and reduce our cost per sale to a third of what it was before

Devesh Patel

OneStop Parking

Within a month of switching to UFO to manage our extensive PPC campaign we saw impressive changes.

Megan Straw-Meisler

Loadmaster Trailer Co

After the site launch we saw a big increase in leads and they continue to be a valuable resource in helping us pull insights out of Analytics.

Sarah Shewmaker

The Motz Group

In less than a week I went from 0 calls to more than 10 a day.

Joe Dills

Techna Glass

John's understanding of SEO and paid search is very deep...It's been an exceptional privilege to have had the opportunity to learn as much as I have from him

Roger Stevenson

Gotham Soccer