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Get found. Get chosen. Get the system behind it.

Hook and Reel builds the AI-search presence, the ad engine, the website and the automation that mid-market and public companies run on. Senior people do the work.

Results Chris has led

Your buyers decide before they call. We make sure they decide on you.

Most agencies sell by channel and bill by channel. We start with the one thing costing you most this quarter, fix it first at a price you agree before we begin, then show you what to build next and the number we will be judged on.

What we build

Six builds in three lanes. One team behind all of them.

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Your name on the shortlist when a buyer asks ChatGPT, Gemini or Perplexity.

01 Get found

Be the name that comes up when buyers ask an AI or a search engine who to shortlist.

  • AI SEO

    See what ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity tell your buyers about you, then fix it.

    Start with AI Answer Audit · $5,000 fixed

  • Google Ads

    Ad spend that answers to your P&L, not to a dashboard.

    Start with Free read-only account audit

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Ultra-premium websites built to convert, SEO optimized from day one.

02 Convert

Turn the visits you already get into booked calls, with a site and a follow-up that do the selling.

  • Flagship Websites

    A site your buyers trust, your team can edit and AI search can read.

    Start with Free full site audit

  • Conversion Funnels

    From click to booked call, built and measured as one system.

    Start with Free Secret Shop of your funnel

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Every number traces back to where it came from.

03 Build and automate

Put the data and the busywork on rails, in systems your team owns and can run.

  • Custom AI Systems

    One working system live in your business in four to six weeks, in your accounts.

    Start with AI Workflow Pilot · from $15,000

  • Data Pipelines

    The lists and records you wish you had, matched and delivered into your CRM.

    Start with Source Map · $3,000, credited to the build

Pick your problem

Or start with what is happening to you.

Get found

AI SEO

See what ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity tell your buyers about you, then fix it.

First step AI Answer Audit · $5,000 fixed

Built for companies that can’t afford to guess.

Results Chris has led ↓

In-house, then consulting

13.5× dealer network · 3.6× retail sales

Hull Shield needed national reach for a technical marine product. Chris built the dealer and retail growth plan and made the product simple to explain, to dealers and boat owners alike.

Hull Shield · marine technology

Marketing engagement

2× abandoned-cart recovery, month over month

Abandoned carts went from a revenue leak to a revenue driver: personalised recovery emails tuned for timing, subject lines and creative, with an outbound sales campaign alongside email and SMS.

Snow Teeth Whitening · ecommerce

In-house, as CMO

100%+ month-over-month growth in B2B acquisition

“If you’re looking for someone who can drive growth and truly understand your needs, I highly recommend Chris and his team.”

Chris Putnam is also Dapper Care’s CMO. Nearly 250 licensed doctors onboarded in a year.

Steve Patzkowski, Co-Founder @ Dapper Care

Marketing engagement

3 channels one cart-recovery system: email, SMS and phone

For the science-led nutrition brand founded by best-selling author Jonathan Bailor: automated email and SMS joined with a five-person phone team running a new recovery script.

SANE Solution · nutrition

King Tide MediaHook and Reel client

Investor-relations and marketing firm for Nasdaq-listed companies

“I would use Hook & Reel for any of your marketing needs. Get Chris and his team on, you’ll be very satisfied.”

James Fillippone, Founder @ King Tide Media

How we work

Start small. Then build what the first step proved.

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Start small Days to two weeks

A free audit or sample, or a fixed-fee pilot. You keep what it finds either way.

  • Free: Google Ads audit · funnel leak audit · full site audit · pipeline sample
  • Fixed: AI Answer Audit $5,000 · AI Workflow Pilot from $15,000 · Source Map $3,000
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Plan One week

A written scope and a fixed price for the build, agreed before anything starts.

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Build Four to twelve weeks

Built in your accounts. You see working output every week, not a reveal at the end.

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Run Monthly

We operate it with you, with a one-page report: what it did, what it cost and what changed.

Who we work with

The people you meet are the people who build it.

Who it’s for
Companies from $1M to $50M+ in revenue, and small-cap public companies.
Who does the work
Chris Putnam leads every engagement, backed by his technical team for engineering, data and AI, and by specialists for media and creative. No account-manager relay.
What we won’t do
Sell you a build you don’t need. If there is nothing worth building, we will say so.

Questions

The questions everyone asks first.

What does it cost?

It depends on what you need, so build prices are quoted, not listed. Every offer starts with a free or fixed-fee first step, and you get a fixed written quote before any build begins.

How fast do you start?

Audits and samples start within days. We take on a small number of builds at a time, so you get a start date on the first call.

Who owns the code, the accounts and the data?

You do. We build in accounts in your name and hand over the code, the runbook and the access.

Who actually works on it?

Chris leads every engagement with his technical team. Specialists join for media and creative. There is no account-manager relay.

Will you replace our stack?

Only if it is the problem. We build on what you already run, and we say so when something you already own would do the job.

Start here

Tell us what you’re trying to fix.

Pick your problemNot ready to talk? See the free or fixed first step for what you’re facing.