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Piedmont Avenue Consulting is a Bay Area business development and marketing consulting firm that creates brand awareness, strengthens customer loyalty, and generates leads for Los Angeles businesses. We work directly with owners across the city through six-month engagements that go from strategy to implementation.

David Mitroff, Ph.D., founder of Piedmont Avenue Consulting, advising businesses in Los Angeles
Los Angeles · Since 2011
Why Los Angeles

Los Angeles doesn't reward generic marketing.

Los Angeles is a city where industries that don't exist anywhere else collide with traditional small business — and where reputation travels faster than anywhere outside New York. An effective Los Angeles business marketing plan begins with a solid strategy that is continually adjusted to meet the demands of customers, market shifts, and industry evolution.

We work with entertainment and lifestyle brands, hospitality and dining in Beverly Hills and West Hollywood, professional services across LA County, retail and DTC consumer brands. Each engagement starts the same way: a free 30-minute interview to identify where the leverage actually is — not where we'd guess it should be.

Our clients are operating businesses, typically in the $1M–$25M revenue range, who have outgrown DIY marketing but aren't ready for the bloat of a traditional agency. We're closer to a fractional Chief Growth Officer than a project shop.

Our consulting is built on three pillars: brand awareness, customer loyalty, and lead generation. With these as the foundation, we advise on website, social media, email, technology integration, PR, and event marketing — whichever ones actually move the needle for your business.

Ready to see what's hiding in your Los Angeles business? The interview is where the leverage gets named.

Watch · Meet David

The person behind every engagement.

David Mitroff, Ph.D. — fourth-generation San Franciscan, UC Berkeley instructor, Google for Startups mentor, and the lead consultant on every six-month engagement.

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How we help.

Our Los Angeles business consulting work spans the six levers most businesses need to pull. Different clients need different emphasis — the interview is where we figure out which.

01

Brand awareness

Design creative marketing strategies and initiatives to expand brand awareness across Los Angeles. Website, social, content, PR. Brand Awareness.

02

Lead generation

Build and implement strategies to attract potential, new, and returning customers. Funnel design, follow-up systems, email programs. Lead Generation.

04

Event marketing

Promote your brand by organizing, hosting, sponsoring, or attending Los Angeles and Bay Area events. Our Professional Connector community runs 50–75 events a year.

05

Public relations

Bay Area media relationships: SF Chronicle, Diablo Magazine, Oakland Magazine, East Bay Express, San Jose Mercury News, and San Francisco Magazine. Plus national outreach when warranted.

06

Technology integration

Streamline operations with Google Workspace, Salesforce CRM, Basecamp project management, and marketing automation tools.

Want to see the full scope for your Los Angeles business? The interview gets specific.

Why Piedmont Avenue

Bay Area roots, global reach.

Most Los Angeles consultants offer one of two things: deep local expertise or polished playbooks. We bring both — and the implementation muscle to actually execute them.

Fourth-generation San Franciscan

David Mitroff was born in San Francisco and has operated Piedmont Avenue Consulting from Oakland for over a decade. This isn't a satellite office. The local network — from UC Berkeley Extension to Alameda County Bar Association — runs deep.

Ph.D.-level strategy

David holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with additional coursework in business, law, and marketing. That credential stack is unusual for consulting firms of our size, and it shapes how we approach customer psychology, retention, and behavioral marketing.

Strategy plus execution

Six-month minimum engagement — because real results take sustained effort. We don't just plan; we coordinate vendors, integrate technology, and train your team. See our approach.

35,000+ owners educated

Through workshops, MCLE programs, keynotes, and the Professional Connector community, David has educated over 35,000 business owners across the Bay Area and internationally.

International reach

Keynote engagements in Dubai, London, Morocco, Korea, Bangalore, and beyond. Plus a dedicated U.S. market entry practice for foreign companies expanding into California.

California MCLE provider

Piedmont Avenue Consulting is an approved California Continuing Legal Education provider. David spent six years with LexisNexis working alongside top SF law firms before founding the firm — a credential set you won't find at most marketing shops.

Sound like a fit? Let's verify it in 30 minutes.

Get Started

Los Angeles businesses grow here.

Please call us at +1 (510) 761-5895 so we can best help you. Or schedule a free 30-minute interview using the link below — no pitch, no pressure, just real strategy.

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