Tampa marketing firm stretches to Tar Heel State

TAMPA — Exakt Marketing, which specializes in restaurants and hospitality, expects to open its first office outside Florida in North Carolina.

The Tampa-based full-service marketing agency plans to open an office in Charlotte, which will be overseen by Summer Taylor, an Exakt partner, says a news release. “We're very close to announcing a new client relationship in Charlotte that we've been nurturing for a while that we expect will be the impetus to propel us to the next step,” says Taylor.

Exakt Marketing contends its 10-step marketing system can improve a client's revenue stream by 15% or more. The company, which also has a Fort Lauderdale office, specializes in restaurant and hospitality, but it also does health and fitness marketing and meeting and conference marketing.