Kris Lindahl Is Opening a Marketing Agency—Guaranteed

Kris Lindahl is ready to put his endlessly outstretched arms around something other than buses and billboards. The Twin Cities’ most visible real estate agent, known for his eye-catching advertising techniques, founds a marketing agency.

Kris Lindahl

“There are over 30,000 real estate agents in our market, and the fact that we stand out from the crowd and have high awareness is a big deal,” said Lindahl. “We have the formula and the blueprint that we will now offer exclusively to other companies across the country.”

Lindahl works with his high school friend Steve Solberg, who brings over 15 years of experience in marketing and media roles at agencies and subsidiaries of NBC and TEGNA The marketing team, a marketing agency “run by people with real business and media experience”, website says.

“In the business world there are often people who either coach or advise who didn’t do it themselves,” said Solberg. “Having the player’s perspective of what it’s like to be on the field every day – what it’s like to be in the trenches – is another vision I can offer to other corporate leaders and business owners that I haven’t seen have planned in the agency area.

Steve Solberg

Lindahl said that people have been coming up to him for years asking for advice and expertise on how to build a brand and scale it quickly. Last year alone, Lindahl said his real estate agency, Kris Lindahl Real Estate, had sales of more than $ 1 billion and grew from a team of 60 to 400.

Always in promotional mode, Lindahl said inquiries about The Marketing Team’s services flow on the agency’s new website. The waiting list is “already hundreds of names long,” he said.

Not everyone is convinced. “Kris got up to hit the majors, did a home run, and then decided to start an agency to teach people how to hit home runs,” said Aaron Keller, co-founder and chief marketing officer of Capsule marketing agency in Minneapolis. A TCB Columnist, Keller has already interviewed Lindahl about his marketing strategy. “He had a successful campaign around his brand. That alone doesn’t make it worthwhile for an organization to get advice on building a sustainable campaign for a personal, product, or corporate brand. “

In the coming weeks, Lindahl and Solberg plan to review and review their waiting list to find the clients who they think their agency will provide the most value to. “This is a very exclusive, exclusive thing,” said Lindahl. “The interview process for customers will be extensive. I firmly believe that at this point in time we can help any company in any industry based on what we’ve learned over the years, but we only want to work with long term clients so we want to make sure we get it from the Side to side doing right start. ”

The duo say The Marketing Team will offer a wide range of marketing and advisory services, from traditional to more innovative. You will also bring in other niche experts. “We’re already attracting some really high-profile people,” said Lindahl.

Although the two are partners, Solberg, who is based in San Diego, California, will lead the marketing team full-time while Lindahl continues to focus on real estate.

Keep your eyes peeled: Lindahl said The Marketing Team plans to open “multiple” offices in the Twin Cities and beyond in 2021. “We are evaluating the locations in the coming weeks as we hire more people,” he said. “We will open offices when we see a need.”