Strategic growth for changemakers.
We help purpose-driven organizations grow with clear strategy, compelling storytelling, and systems that scale.
The Connective is a marketing and growth partner for nonprofits, social enterprises, and impact-first companies. We turn your mission into momentum with research, messaging, and campaigns that deliver.
What We Do Best
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Research, planning, and differentiation that help you stand out - while you stand for something.
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Build and execute campaigns that connect with the right audience, at the right time, with the right message.
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CRM, content flows, automations, and analytics: the behind-the-scenes infrastructure that fuels long-term growth.
Why It Works
Growing a mission-driven organization is hard. It takes clarity, creativity, and a relentless focus on what works.
At The Connective, we blend strategic insight with real-world experience across nonprofits, tech, manufacturing, and service sectors. We build growth plans that are smart, scalable, and grounded in values.
“We don’t just tell your story. We make sure it gets to the right people — and that something happens when it does.””
Growing any organization is hard. It takes experience, diligent work, connections, tenacity, and creativity.
The Connective Marketing Group is a strategic growth specialist with experience in many industries - non-profit, tech, manufacturing, services sector, and more. We employ modern marketing tactics with classic wisdom to connect our clients to their ideal customer, at the ideal time, with the ideal message, through the ideal channels.
One of the groups hallmarks is its ability to understand a client's needs and expand their strategy through clear messaging and high-impact creative implementation.
We’d love to have a discovery conversation to see how we might be able to work together.
How We Work
We ask three big questions:
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We audit your brand, marketing, and performance data to understand your current state.
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We co-create a vision based on market insights, positioning, and competitive advantage.
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We develop and deliver tailored strategies — with creative, campaigns, and infrastructure to match.
Once we’ve mapped out where you are and where you’re headed, we shift to the heart of your growth journey - trust. Because growth doesn’t start with tactics, it starts with trust.
Whether someone’s donating, partnering, or buying, they need to feel a genuine connection to your purpose. That’s why we begin by refining how your story is told, experienced, and remembered across every touchpoint.
What do people feel when they think of you? What should they feel?
From identity to messaging to customer experience, we help you craft a brand that’s authentic, memorable, and motivating.
Brand Strategy & Storytelling
From SEO to social, digital ads to grassroots outreach, we help you reach the people who matter.
And yes — we still believe in tradeshows, radio, print, and billboards… when the moment calls.
Digital & Traditional Marketing
Every click, every form fill, every dollar. If it’s not being tracked, it’s not being optimized.
We bring relentless attention to analytics and turn insights into action.
Measurement & Optimization
Some of Our Clients
Branding
Strategy
Lead Gen
Lead Gen
Market Research
CRM Implementation
Strategy
Marketing Research
Business Development
Branding
Product Rollout
Strategy
“Social enterprise - optimized for both impact and revenue - is reshaping every industry. We’re here to help those bold enough to lead it..”
— Brian McKenzie, Founder of The Connective
Let’s Talk
We believe in real conversation and a strong cup of tea.
Let's enjoy the second part as we discuss the first.