The trust of a referral. The visibility of marketing.
Before you spend another dollar on marketing…make sure you’re saying the right thing to the right people.
You don’t make financial decisions by guessing.
So stop gambling on marketing hoping the right clients understand why you're worth choosing.
Start with the clients who already value you, then turn that trust into marketing that works.
Built for Founder-led Accounting Firms
Standard Marketing Advice
❌ Increase ad budget
❌ Post more content
…and hope the right people show up. That's not a strategy. That's a guess.
❌ Network more.
❌ Fix your website
Why I Built Salt
The trust of a referral. The visibility of marketing.
I spent four years doing marketing inside a small accounting firm. The same thing happened over and over: the best clients came from referrals. Then I moved into SaaS and learned how to do marketing at scale.
Here's what connected the two. Watch where the best DTC brands are spending their money… it's influencers. A real person comes on, authentically tells you their experience, and you trust them enough to buy. That's a referral, but scaled.
Now think about how much more that matters in a high-trust business like accounting, where people are handing you their books, their payroll, their peace of mind. Your clients already have those experiences. We capture them and scale them across your marketing so the trust transfers instantly, to more of the right people.
— Marshele Scherrer, Founder, Salt Digital
BELOW THE SURFACE
What actually wins new business.
Most marketing problems have one of two root causes:
You're attracting the wrong clients, or
The right clients don’t clearly understand why they should choose you.
Both problems usually come from the same place: your marketing is built around what you think matters, not what your best clients actually say, feel, question, compare, and value.
Why they really chose you
The decision moment behind the yes — the thing your service list never captures.
What almost stopped them
The hesitation you can answer on the page, before it costs you the call.
The words they’d use
How your clients actually describe what you did for them — the language that makes the right prospect think "that's exactly my problem."
What finally made them call
The moment a client stopped putting it off and picked up the phone so you can reach the next one at the same stage.
Book a 30-minute, no commitment call.
Why they stay
The reason cheaper options don't tempt them — your real, defensible value.
How they found you
Where your best clients actually looked before they reached out so new ones can find you without waiting for an introduction.
The words that win your next client are usually the ones your best clients have already said.
“Seriously! Y’all are incredible and your focus and passion is amazing! Thank you.”
“Within weeks she had our leadership team aligned on a direction we’d been debating for months. She’s the rare strategist who can see the big picture and still get in the weeds”
“She always brings so much to each project! I highly recommend Marshele for anyone looking to get the most out of their marketing efforts!”
Just like table salt brings out the best flavors in a recipe, Salt Digital reveals the best of what you already offer.
We uncover the stories, buying decisions, objections, and language hidden inside customer conversations, then turn those insights into stronger messaging, better content, faster sales, and scaled trust.
We start with the clients who already trust you.
1 Listen
You didn't start a business to become an influencer.
So flip the camera around. Let your customers talk.
We interview your best clients to uncover why they really chose you, what almost stopped them, and why they stayed. Evidence, not assumptions.
2 Translate
How It Works
You can't read the label from inside the jar.
When you're close to the business, you stop seeing what makes it valuable.
We don't just capture and post. We mine every story for the language, objections, and buying triggers that sharpen your positioning, messaging, and GTM. That's the real power.
3 Turn Compliments to Cash
Your customers are your best sales reps.
One vouching for you, in their own words, beats any pitch you write about yourself.
You've already earned their trust. Now let it overflow. That proof goes to work across your site, outreach, and follow-up so prospects understand your value before the first call, instead of comparing you on price
Ways We Can Work Together
$3,890
21 Days to Customer-Led Growth
A full proof engine built from your 3 best client relationships. We examine the gap between where you are and where you need to be then build the road map to to get you there. In 21 Days you’ll be ready to hit the ground running with:
Strategic insights report: real buying triggers, the language clients use, AI-search visibility, and homepage & pitch proof
A 6 month roadmap for how to use your insights report and personalized recommendations for growth
12 video assets (3 months of video content)
3 modern case-studies for social
A testimonial bank you can keep building upon
Customer Give-Back Activation: Encourage clients to share their story by offering a charitable gift in their name up to $100 - (My gift to you free to coordinate with no markups)
Add-ons include: additional interviews, host a client appreciation event and capture content in person, upgraded videography, pdf case-studies to send via email, done-for-you content and additional customized services upon request.
Book a 30-minute, no commitment call.
Starting at $3,000
Monthly Retainers
I embed with your team and make sure the stories actually turn into pipeline. Each month I get to work putting your roadmap to work. Your customized plan may include one or more of the following:
Monthly interviews with clients
Founder-led Thought leadership
Social content management
CRM implementation and management
Email Marketing
Sales Enablement
Funnel Creation
Event planning (attending and hosting)
SEO/AI Search visibility work
Paid Search management
$1,497
A Pinch of Salt
A full proof engine built from your single best client relationship. We examine the gap between where you are and where you need to be.
Strategic insights report: real buying triggers, the language clients use, AI-search visibility, and homepage & pitch proof
4 video assets
1 modern case-study for social
Testimonial quotes for site
Customer Give-Back Activation: Encourage clients to share their story by offering a charitable gift in their name up to $100 - (My gift to you free to coordinate with no markups)
Signs it's time to look at your customer conversations differently.
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Referrals prove the trust is already there. We turn the reasons clients chose you into proof that brings the right prospects in, without waiting for the introduction.
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When marketing runs on your energy, it stops when you get busy. We build proof you can reuse, so one client story works everywhere without starting from scratch.
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If you keep rewriting it, the words are coming from a brainstorm, not your clients. We pull the language from the people who already chose you, so it lands the first time.
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When all they see is a service list, the only thing left to compare is the fee. We surface why your clients stay, so the right prospects get your value before the price comes up.
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Buyers research before they call, and generic content gets ignored. The proof of why a real client trusted you is what cuts through, and what we help you put where they're looking.
The SALT method turns conversations into growth.
A proprietary framework built to bring value to your bottom line.
S
Surface
We talk to the customers who said yes and uncover the real story: the hesitation, the turning point, the outcome. Real language, not a forced testimonial.
A
Analyze
We decode what those stories reveal: the buying triggers, the objections, the exact words your best customers use to describe your value.
L
Launch
We put it to work across your site, sales enablement, content, and ads. One story, many assets.
T
Transform
We build it into a system that keeps producing proof, so your growth compounds on what's already working instead of guessing every quarter.
You've already earned the trust.
Let's make more people see it.
Book a discovery call. We'll look at the proof you're already sitting on and show you what it could be doing for your growth.