We were lucky to catch up with Ben Sorensen recently and have shared our conversation below.

Ben, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. One of the things we most admire about small businesses is their ability to diverge from the corporate/industry standard. Is there something that you or your brand do that differs from the industry standard? We’d love to hear about it as well as any stories you might have that illustrate how or why this difference matters.

We have two guiding principals – the first is “Givers Gain”, we believe the best way to grow our business is to grow our clients businesses. The second is “Go Above and Beyond”, the expectation amongst all of our staff is that when we have an opportunity to go above and beyond, not only do we say yes, we jump at the opportunity! I believe the difference between good and great is doing the small things, so we pride ourselves on focusing on our clients businesses, high performing marketing with transparent reporting, top notch quality deliverables, and willingness to go above and beyond every chance we get. Through this, not only have we made huge impacts to our clients businesses- we have built some amazing relationships and grown our own business along the way!

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

I have always had a passion for marketing, in high school I was 2 time DECA state champion in business services marketing- after high school I got my degree in Marketing from Fort Lewis College, from there I spent 10 years with a media backed agency working with small to mid size businesses on their marketing. I began to realize that there was so much more we could be doing for these businesses, and eventually founded Ascent Digital in 2021. Now, we have over 200 clients all over the country and 10 incredibly team members!

We are a full service agency offering everything related to digital marketing- our differentiator is the fact that we have an in house production department, we are finding that high quality video assets are making all the difference in the world, so we use our production department to create compelling and powerful pieces of content- we then hand that to our content marketing team and our ads specialists to deploy strategically!

We love what we do, we have a passion for helping businesses grow and love when we get to be creative!

Do you have any insights you can share related to maintaining high team morale?

BALANCE! We genuinely be that we should work hard and play hard. At Ascent Digital we have a true unlimited time off policy, and we actively encourage our employees to exercise, explore, play and find balance with work and life. We believe that living rich lives outside of work contribute to our ability to be creative, connect with people, and be the best marketers possible.

Can you tell us about what’s worked well for you in terms of growing your clientele?

Happy clients are our best resource for growing our business! We focus on results for our clients- because of that we have a great track record with referrals, and we have an incredibly high retention rate. If we focus on results, the business will come!

Contact Info:

• Website: http://ascentdigitalagency.com/
• Instagram: @ascent_digital_agency
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ascentdigital
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-sorensen-67b0b061/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ascentdigital1179
• Other: chasing-greatness.com