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Founder and Chief Growth Strategist
Bart Ratliff
Helping business owners and sales professionals get found, trusted, and chosen in Google and AI search.
Business still runs on people.
In 1995 I sold boats in Northeast Oklahoma. I started taking a picture of every customer with their new boat at delivery and mailing it back with a handwritten thank-you card. No ask. No referral request. Referrals took off, and sales doubled over the next two years.
Three decades later the tools are different. The principle is not. Today I pair AI search, websites, and AI agents with the same personal touch, so the right people find you and remember you. Read the whole story.
How I help
Visibility that turns into conversations.
Turn visitors into booked calls
Websites and AI agents that answer questions and put meetings on your calendar while you work. Through AI Smart Sites and AI Agents.
Find the right prospects
Researched prospect lists built around the people you serve best, ready for a real conversation. Through the AI Leads Tool.
Stay in touch for life
Personalized cards and gifts that keep clients and referral partners close, long after the sale. Through SendOutCards.
Regardless of industry, business is always about connecting with your prospects and clients and focusing on how you can serve them.
Since 1988
A career built on relationships.
Five industries: oil and gas, marine, mortgage, consulting, and AI and software. One principle the whole way through.
35+Years
5Industries
1Principle
- 1988Started in field operations for the family oil and gas business.
- 1995Took a picture of every boat customer at delivery and mailed it back with a handwritten thank-you card.
- 2006Became a SendOutCards Speaker and Trainer.
- 2008One of the first 47 SendOutCards Executive distributors in company history.
- 2012Founded Inspired Marketing.
- 2017Created and produced Relationship Marketing Weekly, which ran through 2021.
- 2019Organized and hosted the Relationship Marketing Grand Summit in person, and spoke at OutBound.
- 2020Hosted the Relationship Marketing Grand Summit again, virtually, and joined Sovereign Edge Solutions as Corporate Strategist.
- 2025Rebranded Inspired Marketing as Client Growth Strategies and moved to Greer, South Carolina.
- 2026Launched Upstate Business Network and became Chief Growth Officer at Haywood Smokehouse.
Off the clock
Three brothers, two sisters, and a lot of golf.
I grew up in a big family and learned my entrepreneurial drive from my father. I played on two Oklahoma state championship high school golf teams, and in 1981 my brother Brian and I taught ourselves to barefoot waterski. These days home is Greer, South Carolina, with Bo and Matilda.
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Who is Bart Ratliff?
Bart Ratliff is the Founder and Chief Growth Strategist of Client Growth Strategies, based in Greer, South Carolina, with 35+ years in sales and marketing across five industries: oil and gas, marine, mortgage, consulting, and AI and software.
What does Bart Ratliff help businesses do?
Bart helps business owners, sales professionals, and entrepreneurs get found, trusted, and chosen in Google search and AI search, then turns that visibility into conversations with websites, AI agents, prospect research, and relationship marketing.
How do I start working with Bart?
Book a 30-minute call on Zoom from the Contact page, or start with the Business Authority Appraisal from Client Growth Strategies to see where your business stands, at no cost.
When should we talk?
When you do great work but the right people cannot find you, when AI search recommends your competitors instead of you, or when you know you should stay in touch with clients and prospects but nothing is doing it for you.
Or start with the Business Authority Appraisal to see where your business stands, at no cost.