Marketing strategy and operations. Built right.

From strategy to execution. Marketing technology consulting for small and mid-size businesses.

Services

Creativity meets technology.

Marketing strategy, technology, automation, and insights for growing businesses.

With 16 years in digital marketing and the tech behind it, I help businesses grow. I work with clients to develop their strategy, better use (or retire) the systems they have, and pragmatically adopt new technologies that help them work smarter. Research and strategy always come first, followed by implementation, listening to the data, and improvements.

Marketing Strategy

Brand development, demand generation, lifecycle marketing, content strategy, and creative direction.

B2B · B2C

AI-Powered Tools

Agents, workflow intelligence, custom internal tools, data enrichment, content automation, and knowledge systems.

LLM APIs · Local Models · MCP Servers · Agents

CRM & Marketing Automation

CRM implementation, migration, and data governance. Funnel design, lifecycle architecture, lead scoring, nurture flows, and revenue operations consulting.

HubSpot · Salesforce · Account Engagement · Marketo · Lawmatics

Workflow Automation & Integrations

Multi-step workflow automation, custom API integrations, and webhook orchestration. Process design that connects your stack end to end.

Make.com · n8n · Zapier · Custom APIs

Analytics & Reporting

Clean tracking, proper attribution, and purpose-built dashboards that answer business questions.

GA4 · GTM · Looker Studio · BigQuery · Segment

Website Strategy

Content strategy, technical SEO, information architecture, and conversion-focused site direction. Strategy and oversight, with development partners as needed.

Webflow · WordPress · Search Console · SEMrush

Approach

Part of your team.

I've worked across industries from travel to law, and I've learned that the most important thing I can do at the start of any engagement is understand your team, your product, and your customer. That's why I begin every engagement with a discovery process designed to surface not only your how but also your why.

In all my client work, I prioritize strengthening the customer experience and providing teams with the strategy and systems they need to do their best work.

My engagements are structured as monthly retainers, hourly arrangements, or project-based fees depending on the work. I prefer ongoing partnerships, but I take on well-defined projects, and hourly engagements when the fit is right.

Operating Philosophy
Sophistication is knowing what to leave out.

Engagement

Retainer or project-based work preferred. Hourly considered when the fit is right.

Availability

Currently accepting new clients for Q3. Schedule a call to discuss your needs.

Working hours

Based in Phoenix, AZ. Working internationally and across time zones.

Communication

Regular and clear, wherever you work: Slack, email, Teams, or elsewhere.

Work

A look at recent engagements.

A sample of current and recent work.

01 Industry
Real Estate Law
Region
New York City

Document automation, CRM integration, and analytics infrastructure for a real estate law firm.

Implemented Clio Manage custom actions, Make.com workflows, GA4-to-BigQuery sync, and Lawmatics attribution tracking — connecting intake, matters, and marketing data into a single, queryable system.

Clio ManageMake.comGA4BigQueryLawmatics
02 Industry
Travel & Tourism
Region
Latin America

Website redesign strategy and content development for a destination management company.

Led competitive research, content development, and redesign strategy for a DMC specializing in Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico.

03 Industry
Travel & Tourism
Region
Worldwide

AI-powered competitive intelligence and internal knowledge base for a global adventure travel operator.

Built a custom LLM wiki that ingests competitor offerings and combines them with first-party trip data, giving the team a single searchable source for positioning, gap analysis, and itinerary research.

About

16 years across marketing, technology, and operations.

For a decade, I built and led the marketing, client success, and technology teams at a student travel organization, growing enrollment from 2,700 to over 11,000 annual travelers with 300% revenue growth. I implemented Salesforce and HubSpot org-wide, led rebrands and website launches, managed a team of 40, and helped the organization earn recognition as an industry leader.

Before launching Sonoran Strategy, I spent four years as a strategist at a boutique web design and development agency, working with clients including the International Monetary Fund, Volkswagen Group of America, and the Bipartisan Policy Center. That work taught me to think across industries and adapt quickly.

Around the same period, I also co-founded a DTC AI-powered healthcare platform built alongside internationally-recognized medical professionals. I led branding, product MVP, and go-to-market strategy.

Earlier in my career, I was a trained photojournalist. I spent four years working as a photographer through college at the University of Missouri, then worked with NPR's multimedia team covering daily and breaking news. I still consider myself a storyteller at heart. Storytelling still shapes how I think about brands, customer experience, and the human side of technology.

More on LinkedIn

Projects

Things I'm building.

Side projects help me push my understanding of new ideas and types of work.

I built these with tools like Codex and Claude Code, which have enabled creative building in ways that weren't available even a year ago. Experimenting with them has helped me stay current with emerging technologies and learn new disciplines. Some are live. Some live only in GitHub.

View my GitHub

Let's
talk.

Have a project you'd like to collaborate on? I'd love to hear about it.

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Ryan Gibbons
Sonoran Strategy
(602) 767-6726
Phoenix, Arizona