Become the #1 Choice for Ready-to-Buy Expats Searching Online
Turn more online searchers into leads and sales, faster. We've tested and perfected the system for turning high-intent local and expat searches into booked appointments in Costa Rica.
Built for Costa Rica businesses already getting 10+ inquiries a month
The 6-part system we build and run for you
Built-for-you lead capture websiteA conversion page that turns warm search traffic into inquiries.
24/7 bilingual AI lead responderInstant replies on WhatsApp, website chat and missed calls, in English and Spanish.
Automated review and referral engineEvery completed job becomes a 5-star review and a referral.
Ongoing SEO and AEOA new page every month so you show up more on Google and ChatGPT, and lead flow compounds over time.
Real-time pipelineTrack every lead, call and booking from your phone.
Zero technical workConfigured, tested and running in 7 days or less.
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Today
Hi! Do you have space for 4 people this Saturday? Found you on Google11:47 PM
Replied in 8 seconds
Hi Sarah! Yes, Saturday works. Morning or afternoon for your group?11:47 PM
Morning please11:48 PM
Perfect. I have 9:00 or 10:30 open. Which one?11:48 PM
10:30!11:48 PM
Booked: Sat 10:30 AMGroup of 4 · confirmation sent
LEAD ALERT · now
New qualified lead: Sarah M. Group of 4, Saturday. Booked 10:30 AM.
REVIEWS · 2h ago
New 5-star Google review "Answered us at midnight and booked in a minute."
★★★★★"Absolutely world-class! This system just WORKS!"— Mark Savoia, Costa Rica Business Owner
Stop losing your most valuable buyers to faster competitors
There's regular online search, and then there's high-intent search. These buyers aren't browsing. They're close to deciding who gets their money, and in Costa Rica they use Google, ChatGPT and WhatsApp to pick the option they trust most.
If your site is vague, your Google profile has no recent reviews, or your WhatsApp reply takes hours, they move on to the next option.
MIT's lead response research found leads contacted within 5 minutes were 21x more likely to qualify than leads contacted after 30.
Lead Response Management Study, MIT / InsideSales
Your biggest untapped revenue is also the cheapest
High-intent buyers have the shortest, cheapest sales cycle. You only need an organised, low-cost system that brings you more of them, without you having to think about it.
Who answers the after-hours WhatsApp first?
Typical small businessNext day
Business with a receptionistNext day
Business with Lead Flow Foundation8 seconds
The buyer messages three businesses. The first reply usually wins.
THE SYSTEM EXPLAINED
Get Unlimited, High-Intent Leads
Lead Flow Foundation fixes the three gaps in high-intent local and expat search: getting found, winning trust, and answering every inquiry instantly.
01
Get found
A conversion website, a fully optimised Google profile, listings everywhere, and new pages every month to help you rank higher in Google and ChatGPT.
02
Win trust
Automatic review and referral requests after every customer, and a fast reply to every review.
03
Answer instantly
A bilingual AI responder on WhatsApp and chat that qualifies and books, 24/7, with every lead in your pipeline.
The Selling to Expats System gets results for these LATAM businesses.
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"With the Selling to Expats system, we've been able to turn off paid ads—and STILL have new leads coming in every day. We went from ZERO to over 110,000 followers, 15,000 email subscribers, and over 100 million organic social video views."
Lead Flow Foundation is a force multiplier. It needs an existing stream of inquiries to deliver real ROI, so launch spots are limited to businesses that fit.
Book a fit callPick a time on the calendar. 15 minutes, no pressure.
We chat, then onboard you if it's a fitWe look at your business together. If you're getting 10+ inquiries a month, we get you started.
You're live in 7 daysYour website, AI responder and review engine go live within a week.
Our marketing system-building knowledge was built through 24 years of ongoing field-testing and repeated success in 80 industries, including some of the most highly-competitive considered sale markets in North America. Our client reviews highlight our skill for building marketing systems for business growth:
★★★★★
“Savage Marketing filled the marketing strategy gap that was missing in our company during our pivotal early stage of growth. They understand strategy, creative, and execution in a way that is rare, and are able to communicate this with ease to any team member. Highly recommended."
Chris GrosjeanGlobal Partnerships Director, Visier
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“Savage’s content delivered better results compared to any other marketing agency. Their their service delivered on its promise to save time and staff resources. Highly recommended!”
Jennifer BentleyVP Global Marketing, Optibus
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“Savage Marketing completely gets it. Finally, we found a creative brand and marketing partner who understands what we do and communicates it in a way that helps customers understand how we’re different."
Glenn WhiteheadVP Marketing, Oxford Learning
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“Savage is a trusted and preferred agency partner fueling the success of our ambitious lead generating system. We were so impressed by their capabilities, we hired them as part of our latest acquisition to replicate their lead gen and nurturing system for the parent company.”
Kevin PayneVP Marketing, 24/7 AI
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“Savage helped us organize and optimize our go-to-market strategy and build a content operation to drive leads for our global company. What’s more, they provide great strategic counsel that helps the marketing team make decisions and keep new leads flowing.”
Kathy JuveGlobal CMO, Concentrix
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“I have retained Savage Marketing as a preferred agency for three separate businesses, to help get brand messaging clear, organized, and properly targeted. Their work regularly won the favor of hard-to-impressive executive teams and Boards. Their range of services are perfectly suited to support fast-paced marketing teams, with exceptional value and ROI.”
Peter OxleyCEO, Starling Minds
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“As our agency for six years, Savage was instrumental in our company’s 400% growth culminating in a successful exit via sale to Sequoia-backed 247.ai. the growth of IntelliResponse. Savage provided thousands of world-class marketing assets that became the engine of our lead generation and nurturing system.”
Mike HennessyCEO, Doxim International
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“Savage helped us develop key sales and marketing assets for very complex sales cycles with executive prospects.”
Paul JosephSales Engineer, Reuters
NOT READY FOR A CALL? TAKE THE QUIZ:
Is Your Business Optimized for Selling to Expats?
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Expats are looking online and making decisions about your business before they ever contact you
Most businesses don't know how to measure the effectiveness of their digital channels in this critical period before the first sales conversation
We turned the first part of the Selling to Expats System into a FREE quiz you can take, so you can get a quantitative score and know what to fix
Built from the exact tactics we've used to 3x leads and sales for businesses that sell high-priced products and services to ex-pats in Latin America
1 year
The typical expat buyer first contacts a business about a year before they move, and most of the deciding happens before that first message.