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SmartSites 💡
Advertising, Social Media, Web, Search, and Inbound Marketing
SMARTSITES 💡 IS AMERICA'S TOP RATED DIGITAL MARKETING AGENCY - Outsmart the competition with best-in-class digital marketing services. With over 1,000 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reviews online, SmartSites 💡 is America's #1 rated digital marketing agency. Get more traffic. Acquire more customers. Sell more stuff. SmartSites works for businesses of all sizes. SmartSites is a Google Premier Partner and Facebook Marketing Partner. Winner of dozens website design awards and seven-time Inc5000 (2017-2023) fastest growing company. Let us grow your company. Call 📞 (201) 870 6000 for a free consultation!
Daniel Brian Advertising
Advertising, Branding, and Digital Strategy
BETTER BRANDS FOR A BETTER HUMAN CONDITION - DBA specializes in innovative and measurable advertising campaigns to engage families via retail, healthcare (hospitals & wellness products) as well as food, family entertainment and sporting goods. In addition to traditional advertising services and brand consulting, DBA provides integrated expertise in emerging social and digital media including branded entertainment, digital TV and content marketing.
Mountain Stream Group
Marketing Strategy
BOLD IDEAS. CONSTANTLY FLOWING. ENGINEERING YOUR SUCCESS. - Mountain Stream Group is a detail-oriented, results-driven, multi-discipline communications consultancy. Our mission is simple: help you engineer your success. To help you achieve success, we have adopted the following Albert Einstein quote as our mantra which our team of senior-level, world-class communications professionals and industry specialists lives by. "We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." We believe communication is all about problem-solving to which we apply scientific principles and multi-level, cross-trained thinking to blend visual, verbal and sensory communication into a multidimensional, behavior-affecting message stream that creates a physical, rational and emotional connection between your stakeholders and your brand, products or services. To fulfill our mission, we supply a range of engineering, management consulting, marketing communications, and workforce development services. With the ability to customize them to focus on an individual application or integrate them into a holistic organizational solution, we provide your business a singular place to obtain a clear, cohesive, consistent brand message for all your brand’s touchpoints — and memorable voice. Since 1993, our customized strategies have launched, grown, or revitalized companies, brands, and products locally, nationally, and internationally. We consistently engineer market inroads and your success by making it a performance standard — personalized for your situation. And, our business building formula has helped startups to Fortune 500 companies • formulate a blueprint for success; • develop a proprietary and sustainable brand position and creative strategy; • create breakthrough communications; • improve their brand image and awareness; • increase morale and lower turnover; • generate more productivity while reducing costs by up to 70%; • swiftly grow revenue; • gain market share; • deliver value to their stakeholders by providing category dominance; • expand their bottom-line through aggressive new product development; and • enhance their return-on-investment. We ensure your success by utilizing our 6-step, closed-loop design process. It combines principles from continuous improvement methodologies like Six Sigma with idea-to-launch product design processes. It provides structure, discipline, and persistence to smartly resolve issues, create communication that connects, and cause action — leading to sustainable, repeatable, and scalable success in an ever-evolving ecosystem. And, through our strategic alliance with Brand Central Station/ECCO — a worldwide brain trust of over 65 independent communications agencies in over 40 countries — we provide our clients with cost-effective, fluid global communications reach. Our proposal to you is this: sample our results-driven communications strategies. After all, your success could depend on it.
O'Keefe Reinhard & Paul
Advertising
ABOUT US - Big brand creativity with startup ingenuity. We started our agency because we saw a void out there. Traditional agencies have the resources to give their clients big ides, but too often the working of these agencies gets in the way of the work itself. Start-ups are progressive and agile but can't seem to get past a boutique mentality when it comes to creative. Our answer is to deliver big brand creativity with the prowess of a start-up, sticking to these four rules: 1. Be nimble. Be quick. Be prolific 2. Practice "the high art of selling." 3. Put the "agent" in advertising agency. 4. Have soul.
Aisle Rocket
Advertising
FULL-SERVICE MARKETING & CREATIVE SERVICES AGENCY - Aisle Rocket is a different kind of agency, focused entirely on delivering results. By unifying marketing and creative services backed by data and technology, Aisle Rocket drives revenue through best-in-class creative, e-commerce and media execution. Aisle Rocket’s Atlas managed Customer Data Platform (CDP) harnesses a brand’s 1st-party data to inform omnichannel online and offline media campaigns, supported by world-class creative, content, and UX. Aisle Rocket merged with Target Data Corp in 2020 shortly after Target Data Corp. acquired Social Fulcrum in 2019. All three agencies combined and branded under the name Aisle Rocket.
Demo Duck
Advertising
DEMO DUCK | AN AWARD WINNING VIDEO AGENCY - At Demo Duck, we believe video has the power to humanize your brand, educate your customers, promote your products, and so much more. It’s not just about having one good explainer video on your homepage. Video, like any marketing effort, is an ongoing strategy. We create video for any business mission. Get to know us and what we do at demoduck.com.
Upshot
Advertising
EMPOWERING BRANDS TO OWN THE MOMENT. - We use creativity, digital fluency, and cultural agility to lead brands through a world of change and unleash their full potential. Upshot finds clarity and opportunity in a world where commerce, culture, media, and technology have blurred conventional boundaries. For brands like Corona Extra, Google, Quaker, Newell, Bibigo, Therma-Tru and Karo we develop brand-building ideas that break conventions, inspire participation, and build equity. Since our founding in 1994 by members of the LGBTQ community, Upshot has set out to create a creative agency fueled by cultural curiosity and a progressive mindset. In fact, 6 of the 8 members of our executive leadership team identify as female or a member of the minority community. Upshot is proud to be one of a select group of agencies to participate in BLAC: Building Leaders and Creators, an internship program focused on bringing more Black talent to the advertising industry.
The Motion Agency
Advertising
ACCELERATING BRAND GROWTH - Full-service. Independently owned. WBE-certified. Motion is THE results-driven brand growth agency. We accelerate growth for our clients' brands and businesses by designing and executing smart, data-driven creative campaigns, marketing strategies, and consumer experiences that help you achieve and surpass your business growth goals faster. SERVICES Motion’s integrated agency services are thoughtfully designed to meet the unique needs of a growing roster of diverse clients, and particularly for the health and medical space, manufacturing and building products industries, consumer lifestyle brands, and non-profits. We are a highly collaborative group, working closely with you to develop strategic, data-driven creative campaigns and marketing programs designed to meet the challenges specific to your industry. Together, we'll identify smart ways to accelerate your company's growth, while proving the value of marketing's role (helping you look good…and sleep better) along the way. Our integrated, full-service agency has in-house marketing expertise spanning a wide range of disciplines: Brand Strategy + Positioning Brand Identity Digital Advertising (including paid media) Integrated Campaign Development Public Relations Social Media Marketing (organic and paid) Influencer Marketing Content Marketing Web Design & Development Package Design CRM & Email Marketing Lead-generation/Acquisition Campaigns Print & Digital Production
Convier Collective
Advertising
IT’S TIME TO GET REAL - We are a brand marketing agency that looks at problems and develops solutions with a whole new lens. Nowadays, there’s a whole lot of inauthenticity floating around. No shortage of brands, agencies and people all trying to be something they’re not. But that’s not us. That’s why we started Convier Collective—because we believe it’s time to get real. Our Approach: Grounded in strategy, we dig deep to find your brand’s true purpose. Led by design, we use the power of storytelling to showcase what makes you uniquely you. It’s all about helping your brand stand out in a loud and crowded world, so you can connect with audiences in a way that’s, well, real. We do things differently at Convier Collective—and you’ll notice. We don’t run up costs. We do roll up our sleeves to help solve problems. We don’t tell our clients what to do. But we do invite them to collaborate alongside us to make the best decisions possible. We don’t work with just anybody. We work with brands we believe in. And, more importantly, brands who believe in themselves. Brands that take a stand by knowing what they stand for. We believe there’s a better, more human way to connect people to the brands and products they want and need. Are you ready to join us? Learn more at conviercollective.com or connect with us now at [email protected]
NOVUS
Advertising
EVERYTHING WE DO IS THROUGH THE LENS OF LOCATION. - We exist to bring brands to where people live their lives. That's because in so many ways, geography and specifically location is destiny for people. WHERE people live, work and play is inextricably linked to every aspect of life -- from the teams they cheer, to how they talk, to how much money they make or how long they'll live. Similarly, we use data-driven insights to predict how people are motivated by media, neighborhood by neighborhood. At NOVUS, we offer strategic media planning, analytics, and media buying of digital, search, TV, radio, OOH and print. We are better than anyone at driving traffic where you need it most. We do this via: 1. Strategic planning with geographic customization, minimizing waste 2. Trade area, store-level insights 3. Sales response based channel optimization 4. Proprietary data and technology we built, for faster, more localized insights 5. Unique combo of speed & service, tools & talent
VisualFizz
Marketing Strategy
ABOUT US - Different: The traditional agency structure is flawed. That’s why we don’t sit in an office watching the minutes go by. We work, build, and test in the surroundings that inspire us. We are always in “startup” mentality, hungry for more life, more growth, and deeper connections. Efficient: No sexy office. No beer kegs. No time wasted on overly-lengthy meetings that cost you an arm and a leg. Every individual on the VisualFizz team is a master of their field with a proven track record. We don’t believe in wasting funds on unnecessary overhead. We provide more tangible work per billable dollar than our competition, which translates into higher success rates and more meaningful relationships with your audience. Experiential: We believe that effective marketing isn’t just attempting to yell the loudest. Experiential marketing encourages a direct, sincere relationship with your audience and thrives on engagement. We provide innovative ideas that create lasting impressions, combining just the right amount of edge and risk with years of industry experience. Explore the website to learn more: VisualFizz Contact VisualFizz at [email protected]
SWIDIA
Marketing Strategy
ABOUT SWIDIA - SWIDIA is a performance marketing agency that helps modern companies grow. We bring together the best-in-class to help solve your growth bottlenecks with full-funnel testing and engaging ad creatives. This provides your brand a foundation to produce results at scale. As your specialized operating partner, we serve as an extension of in-house marketing, creative, and product teams to improve revenue goals. Performance Marketing Service Stack: > Growth Strategy > Targeted Media Planning & Buying > Consumer-Centric Creative Ads > Marketing Analytics Let's find your tipping point.