My story
Hi, I’m Ryan.
Marketing strategist, speaker and founder. Also a pastor’s kid from a small Arkansas town who never stopped building things.
Where it started
A small town and a big curiosity.
I was born in San Diego and grew up in Indianapolis, where my dad served as an assistant pastor. When I was eleven, we moved to Batesville, Arkansas, a town of under 10,000 people, where he became the pastor.
That’s where I fell for technology. At thirteen my uncle showed me Photoshop, and I kept teaching myself through a lot of trial and error until I was designing for our church, family and friends. Through high school I mowed lawns, power-washed houses and took every odd job I could find.
I was also the quiet kid. I went through years of speech therapy to learn to speak clearly. Today I speak on stages for a living.
Learning it the hard way
Every dollar had to prove itself.
In 2017 I launched my own design business. A few years later I took over marketing for a pair of car dealerships, managing every brand’s advertising, traditional and digital.
Next I ran marketing for a national medical supply company as a one-person department: strategy, analytics, budget, ads, website, social, print and events. No big team, no wasted spend. That’s where I learned marketing isn’t an expense. It’s a multiplier.
Today
Building for the people I grew up with.
Now I serve as a fractional CMO for home service companies, and I own a marketing agency that runs it all for owners who want it done for them.
I founded BowNotes for the pastors and teachers who shaped me, and Pinecone for holiday lighting companies. I’ve served in church ministry for more than ten years, and I live in Owasso, just outside Tulsa. Family comes first.
What I believe
Why I do this.
“When purpose and strategy collide, lives change.”
Faith first
My faith shapes how I work: honest numbers, straight answers, and real care for the people on the other side of the deal.
Family always
Family comes before anything else. Every business I help should give its owner more life, not less.
Main Street matters
The trades keep our towns running. Those owners deserve marketing as smart as anyone’s, without the agency runaround.
Let’s build something.
Growing a business, planning an event or launching something new? Start with a 15-minute conversation.
Or email Ryan@RyanLongo.com