From Athlete to Agency Owner: How I Built Turn Up Marketing and Advertising LLC

When people see “marketing agency owner,” they usually assume a straight-line path—college degree, corporate job, promotions, then entrepreneurship.

That wasn’t my story.

Mine started on a baseball field.

The Competitive Edge

As a Division 1 athlete, I learned early what it means to compete. Not just show up—but perform, adapt, and win under pressure. That mindset became the foundation for everything I’ve done since.

Because marketing, at its core, is competition.

It’s about attention. It’s about positioning. It’s about winning in crowded markets.

And most businesses? They’re losing—not because they have bad products, but because they don’t know how to market them effectively.

Getting Into Marketing

I didn’t just “study” marketing—I lived it.

Early in my career, I worked across multiple industries:

• Solar sales

• Fintech & blockchain

• Recruiting

• Cannabis startups

Each role gave me a different lens on what actually drives revenue.

Not vanity metrics. Not likes. Not impressions.

Revenue. Leads. Conversions.

I started to notice a pattern: The companies that were winning weren’t necessarily the best—they were the best positioned.

That’s when everything clicked.

The Turning Point

I realized most businesses don’t need more effort—they need better strategy.

They need:

• Content that actually converts

• Ads that are built to scale

• Systems that bring in consistent leads

Not random posting. Not guessing.

That’s what pushed me to start Turn Up Marketing & Advertising LLC.

Why I Started Turn Up Marketing

I didn’t start this agency to “run social media.”

I started it because I saw a massive gap:

Businesses were either:

• Overpaying big agencies with no personalization

• Or underperforming with no real strategy

There was no middle ground.

Turn Up Marketing was built to fix that.

We focus on:

• High-converting content creation

• Paid advertising (Facebook, Instagram, Google)

• Website design that actually drives action

• Full-scale marketing systems that generate revenue

Everything we do is built around one question:

“Does this make the client money?”

If the answer is no, we don’t do it.

Building From the Ground Up

Starting Turn Up Marketing wasn’t easy.

No big funding. No massive team. No shortcuts.

Just:

• Cold outreach

• Long nights

• Constant testing and learning

But that’s where real expertise is built.

Not from theory—but from execution.

Every campaign, every client, every dollar spent on ads sharpened my understanding of what works and what doesn’t.

What Makes Us Different

There are a lot of marketers.

But very few understand both:

• Sales psychology

• Digital execution

That’s the difference.

We don’t just make things look good—we make them perform.

We think like closers, not just creators.

Because at the end of the day:

• Content should drive action

• Ads should generate ROI

• Marketing should scale your business

Where We’re Going

Turn Up Marketing is just getting started.

The vision is simple: Help businesses scale faster, smarter, and more profitably through marketing that actually works.

No fluff. No guesswork. Just results.

Final Thought

If you’re a business owner struggling to grow, it’s probably not your product.

It’s your marketing.

And once you fix that—everything changes.