Crafting Stories That Connect

We help businesses find their authentic voice in a noisy digital landscape. By crafting strategic content that speaks directly to your target audience, we transform how brands communicate, connect, and grow. Our sociolinguistic approach ensures your marketing doesn't just reach people—it resonates with them.

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The Language of Effective Marketing

Marketing fails when it sounds like marketing. We help brands communicate in the actual language of their audience, across the platforms where they're truly present. This isn't just about what you say—it's about how you're heard.

Speak Their Language

Unlock the power of sociolinguistic marketing. I help your brand communicate authentically with each audience segment, creating content that resonates because it mirrors how your customers actually speak, not how marketers think they should.

Multi-Platform Presence

Navigate today's fragmented search landscape with confidence. From traditional SEO to answer engines to social discovery, I ensure your content appears wherever your audience is looking, in formats they naturally engage with.

Strategic Integration

Experience a hybrid approach that combines agency expertise with in-house development. I work alongside your team, delivering results while building your internal capabilities for sustainable, long-term growth.

About me

About Plate Lunch Collective

Marketing rarely speaks human anymore. We're changing that by studying real-world conversations first, then crafting digital content that respects how people actually talk—not how marketers think they should.

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What People Are Saying

Hayden was awesome and a pleasure to work with. I had so many moving targets and was struggling with finding an audience. Hayden helped ground me and create scripts for some of my best performing videos and develop a clear growth strategy with an engagement rate of more than 8.5% which is far above any industry benchmark for brands or creators.

Ben Puzzuoli, Content Creator

I recently took over a local business that has been in the community for decades. Hayden worked with me to create a hyper-local advertising strategy for locals and the large influx of tourists we get on the weekends and all throughout the summer. I had no idea what real targeted marketing looked like and I even understand it now, after working with Hayden.

Greg Gandolfo, Serial Entrepeneur

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