About Us

PMM Creator - Chris Ripley

Chris Ripley founded the Strategic Marketing Group in 2003 with the goal of helping businesses achieve better results from their marketing and advertising. After many years in sales and marketing he knew there was an opportunity in the market for him to help businesses separate themselves from the competition and increase sales and profits.

“Most marketing is boring and does nothing to get the attention of the target and then give them a call to action.” says Ripley. “Marketing strategy is almost always overlooked in most advertising, before you say it you need to know what you are going to say, how you are going to say it, and to whom you are saying it.”

The Strategic Marketing Group has worked with literally hundreds of companies and many industries, adding millions of dollars in value to their business with marketing.

Ripley created the Pizza Marketing Machine based on a need he saw in the market. There are many companies providing text message marketing services for pizza restaurants. But most of these companies work with many different industries and don’t understand how powerful text message marketing can be for pizza restaurants. They don’t provide pizza restaurants with all of the tools and training you need to be successful. We only work with pizza restaurants. Everything we do is geared toward their success.

Chris earned a B.A. in Economics from the University of Virginia and received his M.S. in Management from the University of Maryland University College. He is an adjunct professor at the College of Southern Maryland and the University of Phoenix, teaching leadership, customer service, marketing, and economics. He is the past-president of the Kiwanis Club of La Plata, Maryland and former president of the Board of Directors of the United Way of Charles County.

Pizza Marketing Machine, a division of the Strategic Marketing Group.

Chris Ripley
11668 Cygnet Drive
Waldorf, MD 20601
301-328-2113
cripley@smg2.com
www.smg2.com