Manticore Marketing

Manticore Marketing 🏆Award-winning marketing agency from Idaho—helping service-based small businesses finally make some damn money online. No bullsh*t. Just results. 💰
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06/02/2026

Who was the most accurate? 🤣

06/01/2026

I didn’t know MTV did a Cribs episode in Pocatello??! 😳🤣

05/31/2026

Did you know about this??

Small business owner reality:You’re trying to run the business…and market the business…and somehow make it all look good...
05/30/2026

Small business owner reality:

You’re trying to run the business…
and market the business…
and somehow make it all look good at the same time.

Meanwhile this is what it actually looks like behind the scenes.

Messy. Loud. A little chaotic.
But it’s moving.

Here’s the part most people miss—
you don’t need a full production crew to grow.

You need to show what’s real.

The process.
The people.
The experience.

Because customers don’t just buy the product—
they buy what it feels like to be there.

So instead of overthinking your marketing,
start capturing what’s already happening.

That dinner table?
That’s content.
That behind-the-scenes setup?
That’s trust being built in real time.

Perfect isn’t the goal.
Real is.

What’s something in your business you could start showing more of right now?

Let’s be honest…Half the time, you don’t feel “ready.”You just go for it anyway.That’s entrepreneurship.There’s always g...
05/28/2026

Let’s be honest…

Half the time, you don’t feel “ready.”
You just go for it anyway.

That’s entrepreneurship.

There’s always going to be risk.
There’s always going to be stress.
There’s always going to be that voice asking “what if this doesn’t work?”

But here’s the flip side:

What if it does?

What if the thing you’ve been hesitating on
is the thing that actually moves your business forward?

At some point, planning turns into procrastination.

And the only way forward is action.

Take the shot.
Adjust as you go.

That’s the game.

What’s one move you know you need to make but keep putting off?

05/28/2026

I just wanted to start a business, what do you mean I have to know what “lazy loading” is?!??? 😭😭😭

You don’t need to have it all figured out.Seriously.Too many business owners sit on ideas, content, offers—waiting until...
05/27/2026

You don’t need to have it all figured out.

Seriously.

Too many business owners sit on ideas, content, offers—
waiting until it’s “perfect.”

Meanwhile, someone else is out there
posting, testing, learning… and getting paid.

Done beats perfect. Every time.

That slightly messy post?
That simple website?
That first version of your offer?

It’s better than nothing.

Because you can improve something that exists.
You can’t improve something you never shipped.

Progress > perfection. Always.

What’s something you’ve been overthinking instead of just putting out there?

That “we’ll fix the website later” energy… yeah, that’s costing you.Your storefront isn’t just your building anymore.It’...
05/27/2026

That “we’ll fix the website later” energy… yeah, that’s costing you.

Your storefront isn’t just your building anymore.
It’s your website. And most small business owners are sending people there… just to lose them.

Slow load times.
Confusing layout.
No clear next step.

People don’t stick around to figure it out—they leave.

If someone lands on your site, they should know in 5 seconds:
what you do, who it’s for, and what to do next.

No guessing. No digging.

Think of it like this—
you wouldn’t let someone walk into your shop and just stand there confused, right?

Same rules apply online.

When’s the last time you actually went through your own website like a customer would?

Some days running a business just feels like nonstop chaos.Not the highlight-reel stuff—the 2am “is this even working?” ...
05/26/2026

Some days running a business just feels like nonstop chaos.

Not the highlight-reel stuff—
the 2am “is this even working?” thoughts.
The slow weeks.
The moments you wonder if you picked the wrong thing.

Every owner hits that.

That’s the test.

Most people don’t fail because their idea sucks.
They fail because they quit in one of those moments.

The ones who win?
They stick.

Through the doubt.
Through the slow seasons.
Through the days it feels like nothing’s clicking.

You don’t need a breakthrough today.
You just need to keep going.

Because this game is peaks and valleys—
and the people who stay in it long enough
are the ones who catch the next peak.

Real talk—what’s been the hardest part of running your business lately?

Does it ever feel like running a business is just…having a million tabs open at once?A little bit of marketing here.A cu...
05/22/2026

Does it ever feel like running a business is just…
having a million tabs open at once?

A little bit of marketing here.
A customer message there.
“Oh yeah I need to fix the website.”
“Did I ever respond to that lead?”

It’s nonstop.

That’s the reality for most small business owners—
you’re juggling everything, so everything feels half-finished.

And that’s where things start slipping.

Not because you’re lazy.
Because there’s no system.

When everything lives in your head (or on 47 sticky notes),
you’re constantly reacting instead of actually building something that grows.

Here’s the shift:

You don’t need to do more.
You need to simplify.

Lock in a few core things:
– make sure people can find you (Google, website, ads)
– make sure they trust you (reviews, content, consistency)
– make it stupid easy to take the next step (clear offer, clear CTA)

That’s it. Run that.

Because chaos feels productive…
but it doesn’t scale.

Be honest—how many “tabs” are open in your business right now? Because personally I've got at least 47 right now 🥲

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1424 Yellowstone Avenue, Suite A
Pocatello, ID
83201

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm

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