About Us
Operators first. Consultants second. Agency third.
The Mars Art (doing business as The Mars Art Marketing) exists because most local businesses do not need more marketing — they need better positioning, honest strategy, and someone who can actually execute. We have built, positioned, and grown real local business websites across home services, contractor supply, and e-commerce. That work is public, and it is how we ask to be judged.
The Craft
Every site in our portfolio was built the way we'd build yours
Positioning first, architecture second, content third, conversion always. The nine live sites in our portfolio are the flagship proof of that process — public, clickable, and judged in real markets against real competitors.
Leadership
The people behind the work
Public portfolio credit belongs to The Mars Art Marketing ecosystem — the system, process, and team, not any one person.
Igor Stepanov
Co-Founder, Market Positioning Strategist & AI Systems Architect
Igor leads market positioning strategy, local SEO architecture, AI-assisted research systems, website and content optimization, competitive analysis, organic search strategy, technical execution planning, and business growth systems. He connects consulting strategy with implementation, so small businesses get both the roadmap and the machine that executes it.
Sawittee Putthasangkharad
CEO & Chief Client Experience Strategist
Sawittee leads client experience, customer-facing brand presentation, design direction, buyer trust, visual quality, service clarity, and customer acquisition support. She makes sure every engagement feels polished, trustworthy, and easy for business owners to work with, from the first discovery call to ongoing management.
How We Operate
Four principles we refuse to bend
Diagnose before prescribing
We never sell deliverables before understanding your market. Every engagement starts with diagnosis, because a beautiful website built on weak positioning is an expensive decoration.
Honest expectations
Organic growth takes months. We say that on the first call, put it in every proposal, and never promise rankings, traffic, or revenue we cannot control.
Proof over promises
Our portfolio is public and clickable. Judge the work directly — architecture, positioning, content, and conversion paths on real live sites.
Scope in writing
Every engagement is governed by a signed Statement of Work with named deliverables, quantities, price, and exclusions. Vague scope hurts clients; we refuse to operate that way.
Our System
Why M.A.R.S. exists
After building sites across competitive local markets, patterns emerged: the businesses that win organic customers align positioning, content, local signals, proof, and amplification. M.A.R.S. is how we systematize that — our internal methodology, not an official Google ranking factor.
Work with people who have done the work.
Start with a discovery call or a Growth Diagnostic. We will tell you honestly whether we are the right fit — and if we are not, we will say so.
No guaranteed rankings or revenue — just honest strategy, real execution, and realistic timelines.