What is a digital marketing agency?

A digital marketing agency is a groups of specialists that focus on improving the online presence of clients. Digital marketing agencies work exclusively with online marketing mediums, offering social media and SEO services rather than magazine ads, for instance. Through a targeted approach, digital marketing agencies aim to assist clients in engaging new audiences.

How much does a digital marketing agency cost?

The hourly cost of working with a digital marketing agency varies depending on the scope of your project, services offered, where the agency is headquartered, and project timeline. However, companies should expect to spend a minimum of $100 per hour with a digital marketing company. Larger firms may charge over $300 per hour, but most digital marketing agencies will cost between $100–$300 an hour.

What questions should you ask your digital marketing agency?

How much will my project cost? What is your process for optimizing content? What tools do you use for SEO and link building? What is your projected timeline for this task? Who are some of your past clients? Do you specialize in any industries? Have you worked in our industry before? Will we have a project manager or will we be communicating with specialists directly? Does our contract include design services? Who will be working on our project? Do you intend to outsource any digital marketing services for our project? What project management tools do you use? How often will we meet? Who is our main point of contact? When do you think we’ll start seeing results from your work?

What agency is best for digital marketing?

There are tons of options out there, but the best digital marketing agency will be one that meets your technical and operational requirements. There are plenty of firms with hard skills, but you want to make sure you connect with one that fits your geographic, budgetary, and project management needs. The Manifest evaluates the best digital marketing agencies and rounds them up on a monthly basis. Our proprietary scoring methodology and filtering options means that you can easily connect with digital marketing companies that meet all of your needs.

How do you evaluate a digital marketing agency?

Companies should evaluate digital marketing agencies by keeping their requirements front and center. Are you looking for a digital marketing agency that’s located in a certain area? Do you want a team to use a particular project management tool? Having non-negotiable requirements up-front will help you connect with experienced agencies that are perfect fits for your project.

Is it worth hiring local digital marketing companies, or can they be based somewhere else?

Yes, hiring a local expert in digital marketing for businesses, especially those targeting local customers, is worth it. Local service providers can meet with you in person and discuss popular strategies and trends in your area. They also have the latest information about the local market. However, remote companies provide incredible services, global reach, and competitive price points for companies looking for more variety, which may make them contenders for some businesses.

What kind of ROI (return on investment) should I expect when hiring digital marketing companies?

Businesses should anticipate seeing a tangible return on their investment when partnering with a digital marketing agency if the right measures and resources are implemented. This could include better conversions and online visibility. Companies can also expect improved performance levels compared to competitors thanks to data-driven insights gathered through extensive research and analysis conducted by experienced professionals.

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The Best of September 2024

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- Solid Digital
  (35 Reviews) 4.8
  - Timeliness
    4.9
  - Service Excellence
    4.8
  - Value
    4.4
  - Would Recommend
    4.8
  - $25,000+
  - 10 - 49 employees
  - Chicago, IL
  Solid Digital is a web design, development, and marketing company with offices in Portland, Ore. and Chicago. With about 30 team members, the agency has expertise in web design, branding, and custom development.
  
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- Joseph Studios
  (37 Reviews) 4.9
  - Timeliness
    4.8
  - Service Excellence
    4.9
  - Value
    4.8
  - Would Recommend
    4.8
  - $5,000+
  - 10 - 49 employees
  - Atlanta, GA
  Joseph Studios is a digital strategy company that is headquartered in Woodstock, Ga. with a second office in Atlanta. They were founded in 2016 and their team of 5 specializes in affiliate marketing, SEO, and social media marketing.
  
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- SmartSites
  (259 Reviews) 4.9
  - Timeliness
    4.9
  - Service Excellence
    4.9
  - Value
    4.8
  - Would Recommend
    4.9
  - $1,000+
  - 250 - 999 employees
  - Paramus, NJ
  SmartSites is a full-service digital agency located in Paramus, N.J. Founded in 2011, SmartSites has a team of nearly 100 designers, writers, developers, marketers, and problem solvers who work tirelessly to make websites successful. SmartSites offers its clients creative ways to build, plan, and promote their website. They focus on web design, PPC marketing, and organic SEO.
  
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Gigaleads
(4 Reviews) 5.0
- Timeliness
  5.0
- Service Excellence
  5.0
- Value
  5.0
- Would Recommend
  5.0
- $1,000+
- 10 - 49 employees
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
Gigaleads is a small advertising company. They offer advertising, media planning & buying, social media marketing, conversion optimization, and more and were established in 2021. The agency is headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands and Nõmmeveski, Estonia.
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- NL Zonnepanelen
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6962

ActiveConversion
(3 Reviews) 4.8
- Timeliness
  4.8
- Service Excellence
  4.8
- Value
  4.5
- Would Recommend
  5.0
- Undisclosed
- 10 - 49 employees
- Calgary, Canada
Small software development company ActiveConversion, is in Calgary, Canada. Their services include custom software development, conversion optimization, digital strategy, web design, and more.

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- M3.agency
  (9 Reviews) 4.9
  - Timeliness
    4.9
  - Service Excellence
    4.9
  - Value
    4.8
  - Would Recommend
    5.0
  - $1,000+
  - 10 - 49 employees
  - Birmingham, England
  M3 Agency is an Albrighton, United Kingdom-based advertising company. The small firm was launched in 1999. Their team focuses on advertising, branding, marketing strategy, social media marketing, and more.
  
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- NuStream
  (20 Reviews) 5.0
  - Timeliness
    4.8
  - Service Excellence
    5.0
  - Value
    4.9
  - Would Recommend
    5.0
  - $1,000+
  - 10 - 49 employees
  - New York, NY
  Founded in 2010 in Philadelphia, NuStream Marketing is an advertising and marketing agency of 8 employees. They also have an office in Allentown, Penn., and their team provides SEO, web design, and video production services to its small and midmarket clients.
  
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6963

Upturn Growth
(2 Reviews) 5.0
- Timeliness
  5.0
- Service Excellence
  5.0
- Value
  4.5
- Would Recommend
  5.0
- $1,000+
- 2 - 9 employees
- London, England
Upturn Growth is a London, United Kingdom-based digital strategy company. The small team provides digital strategy, email marketing, conversion optimization, BI & big data consulting & SI, and more and was launched in 2020.
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- M&S
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6964

Summit Valley
(2 Reviews) 5.0
- Timeliness
  4.8
- Service Excellence
  5.0
- Value
  4.5
- Would Recommend
  5.0
- $1,000+
- 2 - 9 employees
- Calgary, Canada
Summit Valley is a small advertising company. The Calgary, Canada-based company was launched in 2023. Their services include advertising, content marketing, digital strategy, social media marketing, and more.
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6965

ORCAFY
(1 Reviews) 5.0
- Timeliness
  5.0
- Service Excellence
  5.0
- Value
  5.0
- Would Recommend
  5.0
- $1,000+
- 2 - 9 employees
- Toronto, Canada
Established in 2015, Orcafy is a pay per click company. The firm specializes in pay per click, social media marketing, email marketing, and search engine optimization and has a small team. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
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6966

Green Trail
(1 Reviews) 5.0
- Timeliness
  5.0
- Service Excellence
  5.0
- Value
  5.0
- Would Recommend
  5.0
- $5,000+
- 2 - 9 employees
- Burnaby, Canada
Green Trail is a SEO company. The Burnaby, Canada-based firm was founded in 2024. The small team specializes in search engine optimization, social media marketing, pay per click, web development, and more.
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6967

We Think Solutions
(1 Reviews) 5.0
- Timeliness
  5.0
- Service Excellence
  5.0
- Value
  4.0
- Would Recommend
  5.0
- $1,000+
- 2 - 9 employees
Established in 1998, We Think Solutions is a web design company. The agency focuses on web design, search engine optimization, and pay per click and has a small team. The agency is in Mono, Canada.
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6968

AdVance Media
(1 Reviews) 5.0
- Timeliness
  5.0
- Service Excellence
  5.0
- Value
  5.0
- Would Recommend
  5.0
- $1,000+
- 2 - 9 employees
- Coon Rapids, MN
AdVance Media, a digital strategy and PPC agency, is in Coon Rapids, Minnesota. Launched in 2021, the small team provides digital strategy and pay per click.

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6969

Pixel Executive
(4 Reviews) 4.9
- Timeliness
  5.0
- Service Excellence
  4.9
- Value
  5.0
- Would Recommend
  5.0
- $5,000+
- 2 - 9 employees
- Prestwich, England
Pixel Executive is a web design company. They offer web design and other digital marketing and were founded in 2019. The agency is headquartered in Prestwich, United Kingdom.

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6970

Launch Kit
(4 Reviews) 4.9
- Timeliness
  5.0
- Service Excellence
  4.9
- Value
  5.0
- Would Recommend
  5.0
- $1,000+
- 2 - 9 employees
- Grand Rapids, MI
Launch Kit is a Comstock Park, Michigan-based web design agency. The small team specializes in web design, branding, video production, and corporate photography and was founded in 2020.

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6971

M Lab Studio
(1 Reviews) 5.0
- Timeliness
  4.5
- Service Excellence
  5.0
- Value
  5.0
- Would Recommend
  5.0
- $5,000+
- 10 - 49 employees
- Smederevo, Serbia
M Lab Studio is a Smederevo, Serbia-based web design company. They provide web design, web development, graphic design, and search engine optimization and were established in 2015.
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6972

G3 Group
(1 Reviews) 5.0
- Timeliness
  5.0
- Service Excellence
  5.0
- Value
  5.0
- Would Recommend
  5.0
- $1,000+
- 2 - 9 employees
- Rosedale, MD
G3 Group is an interactive marketing agency based in Baltimore that was founded in 1984. Its 10 employees offer a comprehensive range of digital services such as web design, web development, SEO, PPC, and digital strategy.

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- National Government Services
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6973

Hope & Teal Designs (formerly Needham Solutions LLC)
(8 Reviews) 5.0
- Timeliness
  5.0
- Service Excellence
  5.0
- Value
  5.0
- Would Recommend
  5.0
- $1,000+
- 2 - 9 employees
- Houston, TX
Needham Solutions LLC is a marketing agency based in Pheonix with more than two members. Founded in 2019, they specialize in content marketing, email marketing, and graphic design for small and medium-sized businesses in the fields of business services, IT, and others.

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- Vigilant Consulting
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6974

Digie Crew
(2 Reviews) 5.0
- Timeliness
  5.0
- Service Excellence
  5.0
- Value
  5.0
- Would Recommend
  5.0
- $1,000+
- 2 - 9 employees
- Ithaira, India
`Digie Crew is a digital consultancy headquartered in Greater Noida, India, and founded in 2019. With about 5 employees on their team, they offer social media marketing, SEO, web development, e-commerce development, and more to small-scale clients in IT and marketing.

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Clients
- Southern Time Band
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6975

MoreLeads
(1 Reviews) 5.0
- Timeliness
  5.0
- Service Excellence
  5.0
- Value
  5.0
- Would Recommend
  5.0
- $1,000+
- 2 - 9 employees
Based in Hallandale Beach, Fla., MoreLeads is a marketing company that was founded in 2017. Their small team of six specializes in social media marketing, PPC, conversion optimization, web design, and more for primarily small businesses.

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Clients
- Orange Fitness
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6976

Chambers Marketing
(1 Reviews) 5.0
- Timeliness
  5.0
- Service Excellence
  5.0
- Value
  5.0
- Would Recommend
  5.0
- $1,000+
- 2 - 9 employees
- Atlanta, GA
Chambers Marketing is a web design agency in Atlanta, Georgia. The small team provides web design, search engine optimization, social media marketing, digital strategy, and more and was founded in 2019.

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6977

ClickK LLC
(1 Reviews) 5.0
- Timeliness
  5.0
- Service Excellence
  5.0
- Value
  5.0
- Would Recommend
  5.0
- $1,000+
- 2 - 9 employees
Launched in 2019, ClickK LLC is a SEO agency. Their small team is in Sheridan, Wyoming. Their services include search engine optimization, web design, and web development.

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Clients
- Non-profit
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6978

Global Exposure
(1 Reviews) 5.0
- Timeliness
  5.0
- Service Excellence
  5.0
- Value
  4.0
- Would Recommend
  5.0
- $5,000+
- 2 - 9 employees
- Milton Keynes, England
Global Exposure is a digital marketing agency founded in 2019 in Milton Keynes, England. Their team of more than two specializes in SEO, web design, and digital strategy solutions for small and mid-market firms in the fields of advertising and marketing.

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6979

Blue Fox Advertising
(1 Reviews) 5.0
- Timeliness
  5.0
- Service Excellence
  5.0
- Value
  5.0
- Would Recommend
  5.0
- $1,000+
- 2 - 9 employees
- Logan, UT
Blue Fox Advertising is a small SEO agency located in Logan, Utah. Launched in 2018, the team specializes in search engine optimization, advertising, media planning & buying, social media marketing, and more.

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6980

LevTech Studios
(1 Reviews) 5.0
- Timeliness
  5.0
- Service Excellence
  5.0
- Value
  5.0
- Would Recommend
  5.0
- $1,000+
- 2 - 9 employees
Established in 2022, LevTech Studios is a small digital strategy company. Their team focuses on digital strategy, social media marketing, content marketing, search engine optimization, and more. The agency is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Paris, France and Bengaluru, India.
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6981

Growly Digital
(1 Reviews) 5.0
- Timeliness
  5.0
- Service Excellence
  5.0
- Value
  5.0
- Would Recommend
  5.0
- Undisclosed
- 2 - 9 employees
- Surat, India
Growly Digital is a social media marketing firm. Based in Surat, India, their small team offers social media marketing, content marketing, search engine optimization, ux/ui design, and more. The firm was launched in 2021.

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6982

Fox and Lee
(1 Reviews) 5.0
- Timeliness
  5.0
- Service Excellence
  5.0
- Value
  5.0
- Would Recommend
  5.0
- $5,000+
- 2 - 9 employees
Fox & Lee, a digital strategy company, was founded in 2009. Their small team is in Niddrie, Australia and provides digital strategy, e-commerce development, web design, web development, and more.

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6983

Vemlo
(2 Reviews) 5.0
- Timeliness
  5.0
- Service Excellence
  5.0
- Value
  5.0
- Would Recommend
  5.0
- $5,000+
- 10 - 49 employees
In Toronto, Canada, Vemlo is a software development firm. They offer custom software development, web development, mobile app development, digital strategy, and more and were launched in 2018.
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6984

Tech Talent Force
(4 Reviews) 4.9
- Timeliness
  4.9
- Service Excellence
  4.9
- Value
  4.8
- Would Recommend
  4.8
- $1,000+
- 10 - 49 employees
- Ahmedabad, India
Social media marketing company Tech Talent Force was founded in 2021. Headquartered in Ahmedabad, India, their small team offers social media marketing, content marketing, email marketing, web design, and more.
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6985

The Delta
(2 Reviews) 4.8
- Timeliness
  4.8
- Service Excellence
  4.8
- Value
  5.0
- Would Recommend
  5.0
- $5,000+
- 50 - 249 employees
- Cape Town, South Africa
Midsize digital strategy company The Delta, is in Cape Town, South Africa and Berlin, Germany. Founded in 2018, the team provides digital strategy, content marketing, ux/ui design, web development, and more.
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6986

Neo E-Marketing
(4 Reviews) 4.9
- Timeliness
  4.9
- Service Excellence
  4.9
- Value
  4.9
- Would Recommend
  5.0
- $1,000+
- 10 - 49 employees
Neo E-Marketing is a digital marketing agency based in Cancún, Mexico. Their team of under 10 employees was founded in 2015. They mostly provide SEO, web development and e-commerce development to midmarket and small businesses.

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- Melia
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6987

Bolt Brasil
(2 Reviews) 4.5
- Timeliness
  4.3
- Service Excellence
  4.5
- Value
  4.5
- Would Recommend
  5.0
- $5,000+
- 10 - 49 employees
- São Paulo, Brazil
Digital marketing agency Bolt Brasil has offices in São Paulo and Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Since 1999, their team of 35 has been specializing in content marketing, social media marketing, web design, and more.

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- Chrysler
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6988

Grant Marketing
(3 Reviews) 4.8
- Timeliness
  4.8
- Service Excellence
  4.8
- Value
  4.8
- Would Recommend
  5.0
- $5,000+
- 10 - 49 employees
- Boston, MA
Grant Marketing is a brand development and marketing agency based in Boston. Founded in 1986, their team of about 15 serves primarily midmarket businesses in industries such as consumer services, manufacturing, and healthcare. Services include branding, digital strategy, marketing strategy, content marketing, and advertising.

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- Precision Coating Company
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6989

The Yellow Strawberry
(4 Reviews) 4.8
- Timeliness
  4.9
- Service Excellence
  4.8
- Value
  4.8
- Would Recommend
  4.8
- $10,000+
- 10 - 49 employees
- Navi Mumbai, India
The Yellow Strawberry is a software agency based in Navi Mumbai, India, and founded in 2015. With no more than 50 experts, they offer mobile app development, social media marketing, and web development solutions to various clients.

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- DAC Watches
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Resolution Design
(1 Reviews) 5.0
- Timeliness
  5.0
- Service Excellence
  5.0
- Value
  4.5
- Would Recommend
  5.0
- $5,000+
- 2 - 9 employees
- Devizes, England
Resolution Design is a web design agency located in Devizes, United Kingdom. Founded in 2008, the small team specializes in web design, branding, content marketing, digital strategy, and more.
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