Goodway Group Acquires Tuff to Expand Growth Marketing Services Keeping ahead of changing customer journeys, Goodway Group evolves its offerings designed to supercharge customer acquisition and revenue
New York, NY
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March 02, 2022 10:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Goodway Group, a leading data-driven and technology enabled digital media and marketing services firm, is expanding its family of brands through the acquisition of growth marketing agency Tuff. The deal, which marks Goodway Group’s first acquisition, strengthens its professional marketing services for startups and fortifies its capabilities in customer acquisition, content strategy, search engine optimization, conversion rate optimization, and broadens Goodway Group’s client base in ecommerce, direct-to-consumer, SaaS, fintech and B2B.
Founded in 2016, Tuff is a growth marketing agency focused on helping businesses to accelerate customer and revenue growth through digital channels. Tuff clients include digitally-native brands such as Xendoo, Sabio, AKKO, and Thnks. Tuff is woman-founded and led by CEO Ellen Jantsch, who started the business more than five years ago after holding key marketing roles at thisopenspace, Adaptly and Nielsen.
Jantsch will continue as CEO of Tuff and will report to Jay Friedman, Goodway Group President. Tuff ’s brand and its full team will continue to operate independently as a division of Goodway Group. The acquisition of Tuff supports Goodway Group’s expansion, which includes the growth of its digital transformation consultancy CvE.
“We are beyond thrilled to welcome Ellen and her team to the Goodway Group family,” said Dave Wolk, CEO, Goodway Group. “We share both values and workplace practices, with remote-first cultures built into the bench of our shops, making Tuff’s team, services and ethos a perfect fit for Goodway Group. Our shared values and passion for digital marketing, collaboration and client service played a big role in establishing this partnership. Tuff also brings with it key areas of expertise and complementary capabilities that elevate the results we are able to drive across our client base.”
Tuff started as a remote-first company and Goodway Group transitioned to a fully remote workforce in 2007 and has since then grown to a team of more than 400 people in the U.S. and UK.
“When we started conversations with Goodway Group about how we could work together, the tone and energy felt so right. We are companies of the same mindset, which is all about being obsessively growth-focused, authentic, doing our best work and being the best in the business. What gets us excited is seeing our clients achieve their growth goals and taking part in their success,” said Ellen Jantsch. “Being part of the Goodway Group family brings our team a new level of resource, operation and network. I know we are going to be an incredible team.”
“Growth marketers are upending conventional marketing practices by being a source of revenue and the CFO’s number one way to drive growth. Goodway Group’s deep knowledge of measurement, Tuff’s strength
in growth marketing, and CvE’s expertise in digital transformation will help larger marketers adopt growth marketing principles to better connect marketing to the C-Suite,” said Jay Friedman.
About Goodway Group
Goodway Group is a leading data-driven and technology enabled digital media and marketing services firm with teams in the U.S. and the UK. Our diverse team of digital strategists, media practitioners, technologists, and data scientists have won the most prestigious awards for innovative marketing technology, impactful work, and inclusive remote-first places to work including being honored as a multi-year Ad Age Best Places to Work, AdExchanger’s Best Use of Technology by an Agency Award, and two MarTech Breakthrough Awards. The firm deploys deep expertise across both consumer and B2B marketing, including brand-performance advertising, retail media and commerce, and advanced analytics using proprietary digital programmatic technologies, data, analytics methodologies, and consultation. Goodway Group is an independent and remote-first media and marketing services firm with a 90+ year history. Find Goodway Group online at goodwaygroup.com or follow us on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn.
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About Tuff
Founded in 2016 by Ellen Jantsch, Tuff is a growth marketing agency that partners closely with startups and scale-ups that are looking to acquire new customers and scale their company through modern channels, tools and frameworks to help them increase revenue and sales. Tuff builds custom teams that seamlessly integrate into your business by acting as an in-house growth marketing team, replacing the hassle and risk of prematurely hiring and managing an in-house marketer or team of freelancers. Tuff specializes in building growth strategies backed by tactics like Google Ads, Technical SEO, Video Marketing, Facebook Ads, Email, YouTube Ads, Content Strategy, Creative, and CRO. Find Tuff online at tuffgrowth.com or follow us on LinkedIn and YouTube.
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