Design & Growth Studio

One team for the marketing work you've been piecing together yourself.

Website design, brand identity, and content, planned together and built by one team, so your online presence stops feeling like five different vendors.

Founder-led, one point of contact from first call to launch

What We Do

Three disciplines. One coordinated plan.

Most businesses end up with a designer here, a developer there, and someone else for content, and no one owns how it all fits together. We run all three from a single strategy, so nothing about your online presence feels disconnected.

Design & Web

The site itself, designed, built, and kept fast. Where your brand lives and where visitors decide whether to trust you.

Website DesignDevelopmentRedesignSEOMaintenanceAI Automation

Brand & Content

How you look and sound everywhere else, a consistent identity and the creative that carries it across every touchpoint.

BrandingGraphic DesignMotion GraphicsVideo Editing

Growth & Distribution

Getting the work in front of the right people, the channels and campaigns that turn attention into actual customers.

Email MarketingSocial ContentSocial ManagementSocial Marketing

Selected Work

A portfolio, shared personally.

I don't keep a public gallery of everything. I'll show you the projects most relevant to your business, with the goals, the work, and the results.

Examples available on request

Rather than a generic gallery, I share the work most relevant to your industry and goals, with full context and results, directly. Many projects are private or under NDA, so ask and I'll send tailored examples the same day.

Why Marketing Blender

Not another agency running the same playbook for every client.

Most agencies sell packages. We start from your business, then decide what it actually needs.

One point of contact

You talk directly to the person doing the work, no account manager relaying messages.

Strategy before design

Every deliverable ties back to a business goal we agreed on first, not a trend.

Built for speed

Sites are coded lean, so pages load fast on any connection or device.

SEO from day one

Search visibility is part of the build, not an upsell after launch.

Ongoing, not one-and-done

Most clients stay on for updates, content, and iteration after launch.

Modern, maintainable code

No page-builder lock-in, your site stays genuinely yours.

Meet the Founder

You'll be working directly with the person doing the work.

Marketing Blender is a founder-led studio. No account managers, no handoffs to a junior team, just a direct line to the person responsible for your project.

Riddhesh Thakkar, Founder of Marketing Blender
Riddhesh Thakkar Founder & Lead

Riddhesh Thakkar

Founder, Marketing Blender

I started Marketing Blender after watching too many good businesses get let down by the way marketing usually gets delivered, a designer here, a developer there, a separate person for content, and no one actually responsible for how it all fits together.

So I built a studio around the opposite idea: one person accountable for the whole picture, treating strategy, design, development, and content as a single connected system rather than a pile of disconnected deliverables. When you work with Marketing Blender, you're not being passed between departments. You're working with me.

"Marketing only works when every piece is pulling in the same direction. That's the whole reason this studio exists."

Every project is handled with both sides in mind at once, how it looks and how it performs, because for a growing business those two things are never really separate.

Direct communication

You talk to me, not a middle layer. Nothing gets lost in translation.

Strategy before pixels

Every choice ties back to a business goal, not a passing trend.

Genuine ownership

One person accountable end to end, no finger-pointing between vendors.

In it for the long run

Most clients stay on well past launch. I build for that from day one.

How We Work

A clear process, from first conversation to ongoing growth.

No guesswork about what happens next at any stage.

  1. Discover

    We learn your business, audience, and goals before proposing anything.

  2. Strategy

    We map out the specific plan, what to build, in what order, and why.

  3. Design

    We design the look, feel, and structure around your brand and audience.

  4. Develop

    We build it, clean, fast, and tested across devices before launch.

  5. Launch

    We ship it live, with everything checked and ready for real traffic.

  6. Grow

    We keep optimizing, content, SEO, and performance, after launch.

What Clients Say

Recommended by the people I've worked with.

Every one of these is a verified recommendation from a real client or collaborator. Read them in full on LinkedIn.

5.0

I can't recommend Riddhesh enough! He is extremely responsive, easy to work with, professional and is extremely talented. I've worked with Riddhesh on website projects, graphic design work, logos, etc. He provides the highest quality of work and is a true pleasure to work with.

Aerienne Cunningham
Chief Experience Officer
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5.0

Fast and efficient. Would recommend.

David Schneider
VP Marketing
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5.0

I highly recommend Riddhesh for his talent in graphic and website design. I have hired Riddhesh for 3 different website projects. His pricing is fair and with his experience he has recommended time and money saving suggestions to improve the results of the project. His English is perfect and he responds quickly to requests. I would and will hire him again.

Andy Donahue
Marketing & Brand Strategy Director
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4.8

Riddhesh took on a small project, a product site in Wix, including refinement of a logo concept into a logo in all necessary formats. He is very concise, to the point, understands your needs quickly and delivers a very high quality product. Once logo and site were ready, it was very easy to transfer it to our own Wix account so we could maintain it. I am very happy working with Riddhesh and the delivered product. I will surely work with him again.

Bart ten Broeke
Managing Partner at Novadoc
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5.0

Working with Riddhesh is an absolute game-changer. Smart, reliable, and endlessly creative, he brings a rare blend of strategic thinking and hands-on execution to everything he touches. Whether you're building something new or leveling up what's already there, Riddhesh shows up with energy, insight, and a true spirit of collaboration. I've been consistently impressed by his ability to solve complex challenges and make things happen, always with grace and good humor. Highly recommend.

Laura Klebanow
Principal, Strategic Marketing & Communications Advisor
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5.0

I've been working with Riddhesh for more than six months, and he has consistently shown great thoughtfulness and skill in his work. He has the ability to work effectively against time constraints, delivering above and beyond what I've asked for. He also is a great communicator who works well with minimal supervision and can be relied upon to creatively solve problems and present fresh solutions. He is an invaluable asset to my team, and I highly recommend his work.

Stephanie Fuqua
VP of Marketing
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4.8

In summary, Riddhesh is awesome! Finding technical knowledge for web dev is really quite easy, the hard part is all the other aspects. Your first question is: does he speak English really well? Absolutely he does. Does he deliver when promised? Every time I've worked with him. Does he act consultatively with ideas instead of just being an order taker? Yes. And I appreciate all he does.

Marc Pitre
Founder, Net Net & Right Here Interactive
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What You Can Expect

Outcomes, not just deliverables.

Every service ties back to the same handful of business results.

More qualified leads
Stronger first impressions
Better SEO visibility
Faster page speed
Higher credibility
Better user experience
Improved mobile usability
Easier website management
Marketing assets that stay consistent

Questions

Frequently asked questions.

Still have something else in mind? Just email or message us directly.

It depends on scope, but most website projects run a few weeks from kickoff to launch. We'll give you a clear timeline before any work begins.

Yes, redesigns are one of our most common projects, whether that means a full rebuild or a focused visual and performance refresh.

Yes, both as part of new builds and as an ongoing standalone service for existing sites.

Yes, we offer ongoing maintenance plans covering updates, monitoring, and small changes so your site stays reliable after launch.

Absolutely. Every service can be booked individually, you don't need a full package to work with us.

We work across custom code and common platforms alike, and recommend the right fit based on your needs rather than a one-size-fits-all default.

We identify repetitive manual tasks in your marketing or operations and automate them, freeing up time without adding headcount.

We stay involved, whether that's maintenance, ongoing content, SEO, or future feature additions as your business grows.

Yes, we work with clients across different time zones and countries, communicating primarily over email and calls.

Send an email or connect on LinkedIn, we'll set up a short conversation to understand your goals before anything else.

Let's Talk

Tell me about your business. I'll tell you what I'd do differently.

No pressure and no sales script, just a direct conversation about what would actually move things forward for you.

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