You've worked too hard to stay invisible.
1:1 Coaching · Networking Groups · Content Creation & Marketing Strategy
No long-term contracts. Just results.
You know that moment when everything clicks. When the strategy is clear, the right people are in your corner, and you finally feel like the business owner you always knew you were capable of being. You are not losing sleep anymore. You are making decisions with confidence, building with intention, and watching what you created actually work.
That is what this is designed to give you. Coaching that sharpens your thinking, a network that multiplies your reach, and support that takes the weight off your plate. All of it working together so you can lead from the front instead of scrambling from behind.
This is where that version of you starts.
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Three ways The Hickory Algorithm moves your business forward
Stage 01
Anchor Service
1:1 Business Coaching
You get clear on who you are, what you offer, and why Hickory should choose you. Chris builds your strategy from the ground up using a proven process built specifically for this market. You stop spinning and start moving with a calm, decisive plan of attack.
Outcome
A clear position, a local strategy, and the confidence to walk into any room and own it.
Stage 02
Network
Three Ways to Build
You know your story and you are ready to put it in front of the right people. The Hickory Algorithm offers three distinct networking environments, each built for a different level of engagement and commitment. Whether you are looking for a curated brain trust, a structured weekly leads group, or something still taking shape on the horizon, there is a room here designed to move your business forward. Word-of-mouth stops being something you hope for and starts being something you build.
Outcome
Real relationships, real referrals, and a network that is actively working for you whether you are in the room or not.
Stage 03
Visibility
Content Creation & Marketing
Your business is growing and your time is full. Now you need someone to carry your message into the market while you focus on the work only you can do. Done-for-you content and social strategy keeps you visible and consistent without adding to your plate.
Outcome
A consistent market presence working for you whether you are in a meeting, with a client, or off the clock.
Most business owners try to build visibility before they have clarity, and network before they have a story worth telling. The Hickory Algorithm walks you through it in the right order so nothing gets wasted and every stage makes the next one easier.
Business Growth Coaching
Free · Instant Results Take the Bottleneck
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You don't need more time. You need someone in your corner.
90-Day Growth Package
$1,500You are new to the market and trying to get traction, or you are more seasoned and have hit a ceiling you cannot break through alone. Either way, you need more than advice. You need a proven process, a guide who has done this, and 90 days of focused momentum.
Your Business Cornerman, the workbook Chris built from 24 years of small business experience and award-winning marketing work, is the backbone of this entire engagement. Six one-hour 1:1 sessions guide you through it start to finish. Between sessions you have direct access to Chris throughout the full 90 days. You are never waiting until the next meeting to get unstuck.
What is covered
Positioning & Clarity · Visibility & Referral Strategy · Marketing Strategy · Goal Setting & Accountability · Growth Planning
Monthly Retainer
$125 / moMost people finish the 90 days and do not want to lose the momentum. The Monthly Retainer keeps Chris in your corner on an ongoing basis. One dedicated hour together each month, plus ongoing direct access between sessions so you are never making a big decision alone. No long-term commitment. Stay as long as it is working.
Strategy Session
$100 / hourYou have a specific problem and you need a clear answer without a long-term commitment. One focused hour with Chris built entirely around what is keeping you stuck. Sessions can cover any of the topics in the 90-Day Growth Package, or something specific to where your business is right now.
You come in with the problem. You leave with a direction.
No contract. No follow-up pitch. Just one hour that actually moves something.
Three Ways to Build
There is a version of a professional network that works while you are not in the room. Not because of automation or algorithms, but because you have invested in the right relationships with the right people, consistently and over time. That is what this community is designed to produce: a network that moves with you, advocates for you, and sends business your way because the trust is already there.
Content Creation & Marketing Strategy
You are not the person who used to do everything yourself anymore. You made that decision, handed off the content weight, and something shifted. Your presence kept growing. The right people kept finding you. And your time went back to the work that actually moves the needle.
Chris works with business owners who have built something real and need their market presence to reflect it, without it costing them the bandwidth that got them here.
Content and social services are scoped per project to fit what you actually need. Reach out to start the conversation.
Start the ConversationBuilt Here. For Here.
Chris didn't start The Hickory Algorithm because he had it all figured out. He started it because he remembered what it felt like to build something alone in a new market, and he knew there was a better way. With 24 years of management experience and a nationally recognized award-winning marketing campaign under his belt, Chris brings real-world strategy to the table. But what sets him apart is that he uses it here, for Hickory, for the entrepreneurs he coaches, networks with, and shows up for every single week.
Chris serves on the board of Neighbors Network, volunteers with Strong Student Leadership as a Facilitator at Maiden High School, is an active member of the Catawba County Chamber of Commerce, and hosts the Mastermind Networking Group that sits at the core of everything The Hickory Algorithm does. He is not a consultant who parachutes in. He is a business owner navigating this market right alongside you.
Chris takes on a limited number of 1:1 coaching clients each quarter. If you have been thinking about it, now is the time to find out if there is still a spot open.
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