# 8 East Agency

> 8 East Agency is a full-service marketing agency helping growing businesses turn marketing into measurable revenue. Founded by senior operators with decades of agency experience, we focus on the bottom-of-funnel work that drives revenue quickly: paid search, SEO, websites, email, and paid social. No junior teams, no corporate runaround. The people you meet on the first call are the people doing the work.

Our founders are Kevin Hart (Founder & CEO) and Tyler Schoettmer (Founder & CSO). Cody McGee leads Client Experience. We serve clients across the United States from St. Louis, MO, Cincinnati, OH and Madison, WI.

Our tagline is "Growth, right on time." Our brand philosophy is "It's About Time" — about time an agency did the work differently, about time growing your business stopped meaning losing your time.

## Services

- [Paid Search](https://8eastagency.com/services#ppc): Google Ads, Bing Ads, and paid search strategy focused on driving measurable revenue from bottom-of-funnel intent.
- [SEO](https://8eastagency.com/services#seo): Classic search rankings plus Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) for AI-powered search — Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Perplexity.
- [Websites](https://8eastagency.com/services#websites): Fast, conversion-focused website design and development. Hosting and ongoing maintenance included.
- [Email Marketing](https://8eastagency.com/services#email): Nurture, retention, and revenue-focused email programs with CRM integration.
- [Paid Social](https://8eastagency.com/services#paid-social): Meta, Instagram, LinkedIn, and TikTok advertising campaigns.

## About

- [About us](https://8eastagency.com/about): The story of how and why we founded 8 East Agency.
- [Meet the team](https://8eastagency.com/about#team): Bios for Kevin Hart, Tyler Schoettmer, and Cody McGee.
- [FAQ](https://8eastagency.com/about#faq): Common questions about how we work, our approach to AI-powered search, our timelines, and what a partnership looks like.

## Blog

- [It's About Time: Why I Left Corporate to Start 8 East Agency](https://8eastagency.com/blog/its-about-time): Kevin Hart's founding story, on realizing he had become "the safest employee" and the phone call that changed everything.

## Contact

- [Book a conversation](https://8eastagency.com/contact): A 30-minute call to discuss your business, what's working, what isn't, and where we'd focus first. Includes a complimentary marketing audit.
- Email: advertising@8eastagency.com

## What makes us different

- Founded by senior operators with decades of agency experience.
- Family-first culture that clients feel in every interaction.
- Big-agency expertise without the corporate overhead.
- Built for long-term partnership, not short-term campaigns.
- Focus on bottom-of-funnel tactics that drive immediate, trackable revenue — then build from there.
- We use AI where it makes the work better (research, competitive analysis, content structure) while keeping strategy and voice in human hands.