Services

Growth Marketing
Brand Strategy

Industry

Deep Tech & Infrastructure

Tags

Narrative Positioning

Campaign Optimization

A/B Testing

Persona Mapping

The Challenge

Blurgs.AI, an emerging player in maritime intelligence was entering a market where handshakes, trade shows, and technical conversations still mattered more than impressions or clicks. 

Selling to naval officers, maritime logistics heads, and state actors meant we couldn’t rely on a digital-only playbook. We had to engineer trust online AND offline

  • Build authority in a low-digital, high-trust industry
  • Communicate complex technical value to both military and commercial buyers
  • Deliver leads that convert without relying on digital-native behavior

The goal was not just visibility, but market relevance and conversion.

Our Approach

We built a dual-channel GTM strategy where every asset was designed to meet buyers where they were. It could be at a trade show booth, in a defense meeting, or browsing whitepapers on LinkedIn.

Rather than pursuing broad reach, the campaign focused on audience precision.

1. Strategic Lead Magnets

  • Created a print+digital eBook as the core lead magnet
  • Designed smaller brochures to function as a visual map of maritime AI use cases
  • Deployed across channels booths, events, outreach, and retargeting
  • Made to be passed around in high-trust offline settings and downloaded digitally

2. Narrative-Led Positioning

  • Reframed from “AI for maritime” to “next-gen maritime intelligence infrastructure”
  • Built trust with a voice designed for high-context, low-noise environments
  • Anchored the brand on outcome clarity and not algorithmic complexity

3. Audience-Filtered Performance Marketing

  • LinkedIn and Google ads with tightly defined ICP filters and exclusion criteria.
  • A/B tests to refine visual hierarchy, clarity, and conversion behavior
  • Used real-time attribution to pinpoint top performing audiences and assets 

4. Lifecycle nurture & Email automation

  • Implemented behavior-triggered email sequences to nurture the lead post-download.
  • Applied lead scoring models to identify sales-ready prospects via engagement depth
  • Re-engaged inactive leads through content refreshes and re-targeted workflows
Impact
  • 350%+ increase in organic traffic, driven by targeted SEO and thought leadership
  • High-value lead magnet conversion with a 30%+ download-to-qualified-lead rate
  • Lead quality improved, with over 35% of downloads converting to ICP-aligned sales leads
  • Engagement deepened, with a 40% drop in bounce rate and 2x session duration on key content
  • Elevated brand perception in a sector where reputation typically grows offline

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