The Power of Real Connection in San Diego—Strategy Meets Human Support

A Quiet Turning Point, Far From Templates

""The café was loud—but the moment felt quiet.
Glass walls. Soft jazz.
Sunlight caught on the rim of Logan’s ceramic coffee cup.
And across the table?
A guy in a black hoodie, tapping open a MacBook, smiling like they’d known each other for years.

“Logan Carter,” he grinned. “In the flesh.”

Ethan Reyes. Growth Strategist.
But not in the corporate way.
California-born. Smart eyes. Calm presence.
No pitch deck. No clipboard. Just presence.
It all started the night before.
After weeks of using the GET TOP LISTED framework—posts, captions, reels, templates—Logan finally sent a message through the support portal:

“Hey. Can I talk to someone directly?
I think I need help—not just templates. A real person.”
He didn’t know what to expect.

But that same night, an email landed in his inbox:
“Hey Logan, I’m Ethan—one of the lead strategists here at GET TOP LISTED.
I’m based in Cali too. Let’s skip the emails. How about a coffee meet-up?”

—Ethan

It was simple. Human.
Not a follow-up funnel.
Not a sales call link.
Just an address, a time, and a line that said:

“We build brands face to face, too. I’ll bring the strategy. You bring the questions.”
And now here they were—at Oak & Cedar Café, tucked into a leafy side street in Palo Alto.
Behind them, someone was laughing too loud.
To their left, a toddler dropped a cookie and burst into tears.
And in that real-life chaos, Ethan leaned forward and said something that hit harder than any funnel strategy:

“You’re doing everything right.
But you were never meant to do it alone.”