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Welcome to Hero Marketing Agency, where we’re all about helping you succeed in a constantly changing business world. We’re experts at understanding the challenges you face and finding ways to turn them into opportunities. Think of us as your partners in becoming a marketing hero and growing your business.
In today’s ever-changing business environment, where companies face countless hurdles, we step in as the experts who design and implement changes that will push your business forward. We’re committed to helping your enterprise reach its full potential and achieve greater success than ever before.
Our marketing agency boasts broad industry insight, enabling us to tailor strategies that resonate across diverse sectors, ensuring impactful campaigns that drive results. With our deep understanding of various markets, we craft targeted messaging and innovative approaches that engage audiences and foster lasting brand relationships.
Our marketing agency has demonstrated entrepreneurial success through a track record of launching and scaling ventures, driving growth, and delivering measurable ROI for our clients. With a team of experienced professionals, we combine creativity and strategic thinking to innovate and thrive in dynamic business environments.
What sets us apart is our client-centric approach. We recognize that every business is distinct, and our solutions are crafted with precision to address specific goals and challenges.
Our marketing agency stands out for its meticulous attention to detail, ensuring every campaign is flawlessly executed and optimized for success.
Through rigorous quality control measures and a dedication to ongoing improvement, we ensure that every project reflects our commitment to achieving the highest levels of success.
We always operate with our clients’ best interest at heart and treat our clients’ brands as our own, in a way that is respectful and honest at all times.
Our team’s expertise spans over 70 industries and disciplines, allowing us to leverage insights and best practices to drive impactful strategies and campaigns.
Our marketing agency maintains an active blog library, offering valuable insights, trends, and strategies to keep our clients and industry peers informed and engaged.
Established by the father-son duo, Bob and Josh Cates, our agency boasts offices in both Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Boerne, Texas. In 2023, we welcomed Kaitlyn Cates, marking the evolution of our family business into a three-generation legacy.
Rooted in our values of trust, integrity, and transparency, we are dedicated to delivering exceptional service and fostering enduring relationships with our clients.
Our team at Hero Marketing Agency is comprised of highly skilled and experienced professionals who are passionate about delivering exceptional results for our clients.
With diverse backgrounds in marketing, business consulting, paid media marketing, graphic design, and entrepreneurship, our team brings a unique blend of expertise to the table.
Organic Strategy
Content & Social Media
SEO & Content Creator
Organic Strategy
Content & Social Media
SEO & Content Creator
Our offices in San Antonio, Texas and Colorado Springs, Colorado allow us to serve clients across a diverse range of industries and locations. We pride ourselves on being able to cater to the unique needs and challenges of each client, no matter where they are located.
At Hero Marketing Agency, we work closely with small to medium-sized businesses across various industries. Our clients range from start-ups and entrepreneurs to established companies looking to revamp their marketing strategies. Our team of seasoned marketing and growth consultants are poised to be your trusted guide on the journey to sustainable success.
Embrace the future with confidence, backed by a consultancy and marketing firm that doesn’t just envision growth – we engineer it.
Our success stories are a testament to our ability to drive tangible results. We take pride in the success of our clients, and our collaborative partnerships extend beyond conventional consulting-client relationships.
When you partner with Hero Marketing Solutions you are selecting a strategically dedicated agency with the pedigree to propel your business towards sustained growth and prosperity.
Throughout my 25-year career as a multifaceted and data-driven entrepreneur and senior marketing executive, I have amassed a wealth of business knowledge by starting up five companies, three of which were successfully acquired. In addition, I have consulted in over 70 industries, giving me a unique and multidimensional perspective on business growth and development.
In my current role as Founder and CEO of Hero Marketing Agency, I understand the importance of strong relationships—our agency exists to help companies achieve transformational long-term success. I have a deep passion for working directly with organizations to realize real marketing returns and provide the best and most strategic services available.
I carry a DoD Top Secret Clearance, effective 17 April 2020, received a nomination for the Colorado Springs Advertising ICON award, recipient of multiple ADDY awards, and was honored to be nominated for Businessman of the Year by the Greater Boerne Chamber of Commerce.
Bob has always been an entrepreneur. He will tell you he has lived the American dream, starting and running his own businesses, which have included oil and natural gas exploration, healthcare, publishing, consumer electronics, e-commerce, franchise operations and marketing agency.
Graduating from the University of North Texas with an accounting degree, Bob received his CPA while an Audit Supervisor for the State of Texas. In 1983 Bob started his first business, an independent oil and gas exploration company, which he operated until 2007.
As the Co-Founder of Hero Marketing Agency, Bob is an invaluable part of the brand, and his talents expand beyond his dynamic abilities with projections and figures. Bob sits on the board and counsels on all matters relating to the brand’s financial well-being, in addition to consulting and handling the business management side for clients of Hero Marketing Agency.
In 2018 Bob added the title Director of Digital Strategy to his name, where his background in auditing and time as a CPA migrate perfectly to crunching data and making clear sense of the ever-changing world of digital strategy for Hero Marketing Agency clients.
Splitting time between Colorado and the Texas Hill Country, Bob is married to his high-school sweetheart of 51 years and loves volunteering in his hometown, where he serves on Boerne’s Planning and Zoning Commission. He also loves exploring the outdoors, bow hunting, cycling, and hiking.
Imagine it’s 2001, and you have a new, yet heavy, phone in your hand with the latest technology— get ready to be in awe — it has a single-color display! Instead of black text on a gray background, you get to look at black text on a blue background.
Yes, it sounds underwhelming, but that’s what level of tech we were excited about. It’s the same year wireless phone providers began to connect networks for text messaging. And it’s the same year Heather entered the marketing workforce.
She has had the benefit of experiencing first-hand the evolution and digitization of marketing tactics. From oil & gas to technology transfer, no industry has been left untouched from the vast increase in data now available at our business fingertips. As a data-driven marketer, Heather has not only an appreciation for, but also a solid understanding of tracking and analyzing data to devise strategies and evaluate performance.
At Hero Marketing Agency Heather collaborates with clients to help them achieve a sound strategy for marketing. First to define and distill their goals. Then to develop strategies for goal achievement, articulating objectives, tactics, and success metrics. Great strategists are dynamic storytellers who have the ability to make the incredibly complex feel simple.
A native Texan, Heather has recently moved back to Texas after 14 years in Northern Indiana. She graduated with a double major in marketing and advertising from Indiana University South Bend with scholarship awards. Her collegiate career began at the University of Texas at Austin, but life and her husband took their adventure north.
She is happy to be back in central Texas where they are close to family and do not need a snow blower in the garage. She enjoys emerging technologies and new consumer electronics. An avid runner, some of her best creative ideas have happened mid-run.
As veteran of the NYC & Dallas Advertising Agencies, Kurt has managed paid media for many of the top brands within the country including DIRECTV, Charles Schwab, Ralph Lauren, and the NBA.
His focus involves designing a fully integrated paid media strategy tailored to each business’s goals and objectives. After moving on from the larger Ad Agencies, Kurt shifted his focus on aiding small and mid-sized brands craft their integrated paid media strategy. Outside of his paid media interests, Kurt spends his time rooting for his beloved NY Mets as well as traveling with his wife Lauren and two daughters Chloe & Camille.
Our clients at Hero Marketing Agency consistently praise Kurt for his high-touch communication style, thoroughness, integrated media knowledge, and his strategic approach.
Joanna is a creative director, an art director, and a designer with 20+ years of experience delivering world-class creative content. Her career has taken her from London (UK) to New York City, then down to the heart of Texas with her family.
She is a creative leader with proven strategic thinking, problem-solving, effective communication, and management knowledge who forges meaningful connections with internal and client teams. In her role with Hero Marketing Agency, Joanna collaborates with brands, content makers, and storytellers to formulate and bring to life the creative vision through compelling human-centered, results-driven user experiences.
Joanna has worked with various startups to global giants, including J.P. Morgan Chase, Google, Unilever, and Norwegian Cruise Line.
Bob has always been an entrepreneur. He will tell you he has lived the American dream, starting and running his own businesses, which have included oil and natural gas exploration, healthcare, publishing, consumer electronics, e-commerce, franchise operations and marketing agency.
Graduating from the University of North Texas with an accounting degree, Bob received his CPA while an Audit Supervisor for the State of Texas. In 1983 Bob started his first business, an independent oil and gas exploration company, which he operated until 2007.
As the Co-Founder of Hero Marketing Agency, Bob is an invaluable part of the brand, and his talents expand beyond his dynamic abilities with projections and figures. Bob sits on the board and counsels on all matters relating to the brand’s financial well-being, in addition to consulting and handling the business management side for clients of Hero Marketing Agency.
In 2018 Bob added the title Director of Digital Strategy to his name, where his background in auditing and time as a CPA migrate perfectly to crunching data and making clear sense of the ever-changing world of digital strategy for Hero Marketing Agency clients.
Splitting time between Colorado and the Texas Hill Country, Bob is married to his high-school sweetheart of 51 years and loves volunteering in his hometown, where he serves on Boerne’s Planning and Zoning Commission. He also loves exploring the outdoors, bow hunting, cycling, and hiking.
