Marketing Support · NZ Small Business
Marketing support.
No lock-in.
Whether you need a coach, a consultant, or a full team - we have a fit. Transparent pricing, no long retainers, built to hand over to your team. From $1,500.
River Path Home Loans
Manta5 Hydrofoils
Empower Software
PPC Foiling
Hofman Roofing
Hidden Springs
Agilis Consulting
Go Waipa
Presto Dryer
ZeroJet
Tectrax
Storage Care Hub
RB Thomas Builders
Airmax Website
Airmax - 10x Visibility in 28 Days
Find Your Fit
Where are you right now?
Find the situation that sounds most like you. We'll route you to the right engagement.
How We're Different
Four things that make us a fit for NZ small business.
Transparent pricing
Every product has a published starting price. No 'request a quote' walls. No hourly billing surprises. From $1,500 fixed for an audit through to $5-8k/month for full service.
No lock-in
We don't believe in long retainer contracts that keep you trapped. Our Full Service engagements are explicitly designed to hand over to your team within 12-18 months. Done properly, you should stop needing us.
Senior people, not junior account managers
You work directly with experienced marketers, not a junior account manager who passes everything up the chain. Smaller team, more direct, faster decisions.
Built for NZ small business
Our products are sized for $500K-$20M revenue businesses. Not enterprise pricing dressed down for SMEs. Real understanding of what small NZ businesses need and what they don't.
Honest Disclaimers
We're not for every NZ small business.
If you're under $250K revenue, we're probably not the right fit. The pricing doesn't make sense for businesses that small. Self-paced courses and free resources will serve you better at this stage.
If you want quick wins without doing any work, we're definitely not the right fit. Our model requires you to engage - even Full Service requires owner involvement in strategy decisions.
If you've been burned by agencies and trust no one, fair enough - book a $1,500 AI Marketing Audit first. It's a low-risk way to see how we work without committing to anything ongoing.
Common questions.
What does 'marketing support' actually mean?
Whatever your business needs to make marketing work - strategic guidance, hands-on execution, training your team, or all three. We have three engagement models depending on which you need most.
I don't know what kind of help I need. How do I figure that out?
Book a free 30-minute scoping call. We'll ask about your business, your current marketing, and your goals. Within the call we'll suggest which engagement type fits best - and we'll happily say 'we're not the right fit' if we're not.
How much should NZ small business marketing support cost?
Our pricing: AI Marketing Audit at $1,500 fixed-price. Full Service Accelerator $5,000-$8,000/month. Project work scoped individually. Compare to typical NZ agency retainers which often start at $5-8k/month with longer lock-in.
Are you suitable for a small business with no marketing team?
Yes - most of our clients have no in-house marketing team or just one person managing it. The Full Service Accelerator essentially is your marketing team for 12-18 months while we build systems and train you to take over.
What if I just want a website built and nothing else?
That's our General Services - project-based work for specific deliverables. Websites from $1,500 (simple sites) to $4,000+ (advanced and ecommerce). No ongoing retainer required.
Do you work with businesses outside the Waikato?
Yes. Most of our work is done remotely with NZ businesses nationally - Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and across the country. We do meet in person for kickoffs and key sessions where it makes sense.
What size NZ business is too small for King Tide?
We're best suited to NZ businesses doing $500K+ in revenue. Below that, individual services on a project basis might still work if you're committed to investing in marketing as a real function. Below $250K, you're probably better off with self-paced learning resources first.
Explore our services
The four ways we work with NZ small businesses.
Case Studies
Real results from real businesses.
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Just Bathrooms
A brand new bathroom renovation business launched with a 48-page search-built website and an AI tool that reimagines a customer's actual bathroom in seconds.
48
Pages live at launch
~13s
To reimagine a bathroom
NZ Concrete Group
A 22-page Wix site replaced with a 49-page search-optimised website, live in six days. Google impressions up more than five times over in the first seven weeks.
5.6x
Google impressions, first 7 weeks
2.9x
Clicks, first 7 weeks
Airmax
A basic WordPress site replaced with a 98-page, search-optimised website - built with AI. Two months later: search visibility up 29x, Google clicks up 6x, and the phone doesn't stop.
1 → 10+
Calls per day
29x
Search visibility, 2 months
Empower Software
A workshop-software company with a tight ad budget and a flat year behind it. Three months later: a paid lead engine that scales, a search-optimised site pulling free organic traffic, and the first leads landing in Australia.
31
Qualified workshop leads, first 3 months
~$102
Cost per qualified lead
Alpha Trailers
A tired WordPress site replaced with a fast, search-optimised website - built with AI, live in six weeks. The owner now edits it himself in plain English.
199
Google clicks, first week
4,360
Impressions, first week
River Path Home Loans
A team of mortgage advisers left an established brokerage to start their own firm - no brand, no website, no online presence. Seven days later they had all three.
7
Days to launch
55+
Pages built
PPC Foiling
From 7 dealers to 95 - how a Kiwi wing foiling brand built a global B2B channel from scratch with King Tide.
7→95
Dealers across NA & Europe
Consistent
Reorders from dealer network
Smart Housing Solutions
From tyre-kickers to 6 signed contracts in two weeks. How a husband-and-wife tiny home business in New Zealand transformed their marketing from scattered to strategic.
6
Contracts in 2 weeks
10+
Quality leads per week
Testimonials
Don't just take our word for it.
“The team deliver results at more than twice the pace and impact than normal marketing executives. A real hands on do and deliver team. Jumping from strategy to execution and results in days. The best marketing exec I have ever worked with.”
Mark Robotham
CEO, Manta5
“Louis has a rare and hard-to-find talent for reaching and engaging a target market. He made marketing a core competency of our business. I'm still blown away by the reach and engagement we had on social media and the thousands of enquiries we received over the years.”
Guy Howard-Willis
Founder, Torpedo 7
“The foiling industry is super competitive, and standing out isn't easy. We've made huge progress - we're selling more to end consumers and signing up dealers faster than we ever have. It's momentum.”
Sam Loader
Founder, PPC Foiling
“The team at King Tide are great people to work with. They strike a rare balance between big picture strategic thinking and sharp execution to ensure they deliver actual results, not just glossy reports. Highly recommend.”
Greg Johnston
37 South Capital
“Louis and Ella at King Tide are incredible, after a full brief, intel gathering and outlining our current frustrations and what we were looking for, these guys delivered!! Not only were they incredibly responsive, but they were also intuitive to tap into our Industry to produce result quickly, collaboratively and without fuss - would 100% recommend.”
Cherrie Wheeler
Presto Resourcing
“We've been using King Tide for 12 months as a general advisor for all marketing. The improvement we've seen in our business is off the charts and I see no other reason for it. They're awesome to deal with, incredibly knowledgeable, and their advice works. Can not recommend enough.”
Jake
RB Thomas Building