All businesses are different and we believe each client is a unique snowflake. We don’t practice a one-sized-fits-all approach. Instead, we prefer creative and outside-the-box thinking. Customized strategies, varied tactics, and a balanced marketing approach is key in our book.
Clients are like family. You’re not a tiny fish in a sea of clients as is the case with most larger agencies. We’re committed to working intimately with only a handful of clients.
We provide quality work for clients we believe in and eager to work for. That’s the beauty of a consultancy. It enables us to hand-pick clients we’re able to produce the most value for.
Open communication, integrity and transparency are at the core of everything we do. This means sharing realistic expectations and conveying honesty even if it’s not in our best interest.
Let’s do ourselves both a favor and skip formalities and stuffy conversations. We prefer a more practical and laid back mode of communication. You tell me your communication style, preferred frequency, and together we’ll define a process that works best for you.
There are no hoops for new clients to jump through. No blueprint, road map, or other introductory and mandatory services. We prefer flexibility and simplicity. You tell me what you’re looking for and we tell you how we can help. No strings attached. It’s really that simple.
No grand office. Zero overpriced employees. Zip in overhead expenses. We prefer to run our business lean so your billfold can stay fat.
Agency life can be a tad narcissistic. And for good reason! Successful agencies need to focus on self promotion. That is: growing their business, grooming thought leaders, scouting clients, marketing their website and increasing their visibility online. This can be a full-time job.
Us? We’d rather skip the agency hoopla. You won’t find us at conferences trying to score clients or spending hours perfecting our website. As independent contractors, our #1 priority is you. This approach means most of our business comes from referrals or networking, not from large marketing budgets.
We don’t assign account managers (i.e gifted sales people) to discuss your campaigns when in reality other employees are doing the work. You’ll find we’re the one taking your calls and getting our hands dirty with your campaigns.
As a veteran in-house SEO, I had my reservations about using an agency to handle any part of our small startup’s organic strategy. My previous experience with agencies all seemed to have a similar theme—a lot of promises with little results. However, my company desperately needed to ramp up our PR and link building, and we lacked the resources to do so internally. After weeks of vetting agencies I landed on a couple of the reputable big ones, but still didn’t feel comfortable with the services they offered. When I decided to back out with one of the agencies, they referred me to Amy Marshall at Co-Creative Marketing. I had a call with Amy the next day and was immediately sold on her services. Amy’s extensive SEO background was impressive. She had even worked for several of the big agencies I had spoke to. Unlike most agencies who employ one or two strategies to generate links, Amy uses a whole mix of link building tactics, all of which she’s had success with in the past. Amy also worked with me to create a custom plan based on our business objectives. She’s not like the big guys who offer cookie cutter packages, which at the time did not suit our goals as an organization.
I’ve worked with Amy for over a year now and it has been a wonderful experience. She is great at communication, always offering email updates rather than waste time on the phone with monthly calls. Amy goes above and beyond to make sure her clients are satisfied and kept in the loop with reporting and updates. We’ve actually began replicating some of her monthly reports in-house, as they are super valuable and great for high-level updates for others in the company. Amy’s invaluable services have been an integral part of the organic traffic growth we’ve had this past year.
Being in the SEO industry for more than 10 years, I’ve witnessed the industry evolve and worked on both sides as the agency account manager and as the in-house SEO Manager. I’ve also consulted on my own. Needless to say, I know what to look for in a partner on all sides of the spectrum. In my current in-house role, I was looking for a partner to help us develop quality links that make sense for our business, not just links for the sake of links. I tried working with a freelancer, an agency, hiring an in-house person, and no one gave us the results we needed until we started working with Amy. She dove right in and delivered exactly what we were looking for – placements on sites that meet our business objectives and resonate with our target audience. Amy has far-surpassed my expectations. She is professional, delivers quality and timely results and working with her is a pleasure.
Prior to using Co-Creative Marketing we had worked with a handful of other SEO agencies, all with mixed results. Other agencies would over promise and under deliver. They would also try to include a bunch of “add-ons” or required services that really offered no real tangible value. This was not the case with Co-Creative Marketing. After working together with Amy to create monthly goals and objectives, a plan was formulated. The goals were always reached and the budget was always maintained. Co-Creative is a breath of fresh air and what you’d expect every SEO company to be. Highly recommended!!!
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Destined for a career in Internet Marketing, Amy took an early interest in websites at a young age while growing up on the South fork of Long Island.
She recalls making her first website in elementary school and carried her interest in online businesses throughout college. While attending SUNY Cortland, Amy had a reputation among her sorority house for earning a small income online. With an unwavering entrepreneurial spirit, Amy would round up pre-owned designer handbags or high end clothing being discarded and sell them on eBay.
Not surprisingly, her first job out of college was at a large Digital Marketing agency as an SEO specialist and link builder. The first month on board, she took the record for the highest number of links built that month and remained a top performer for the four years she remained at the company. She went on to train other link builders, teaching her methods and strategies and soon took a role as an account manager at another agency before venturing out on her own.
At Co-Creative Marketing, Amy is known for her creativity and forward thinking. She has an innate talent and trained eye for content creation and content marketing activities. Being detail-oriented and organizationally driven, Amy excels at creating processes, procedures, and blueprints for SEO success.
When she’s not doing client work, you can find Amy running Primal Pooch, a raw dog food blog for the health-conscious dog owner. She also enjoys Crossfit and spending time with her Italian Masiff, Ronnie.
A SUNY Plattsburgh alum and upstate NY native, Brendan got his start in SEO almost by accident.
While managing his family’s successful restaurant and catering business, Brendan ran the website and sought ways to increase sales and profits. He began experimenting with domaining, email, affiliate, and content marketing both at work and during his free time. Soon after, he left the family biz to work for a large Internet Marketing agency where he worked an SEO specialist, link builder, and account manager. He quickly became a top link builder and rising star at the company from 2011 through 2015.
At Co-Creative Marketing, Brendan is celebrated for his big-picture thinking and vast SEO and link development experience among many different industries. With a true analytical mind, he excels at analyzing data, arming himself with facts, and making informed decisions for clients. He’s an effortless Google SERPs ninja, and can decipher potential opportunities for clients with ease.
Task oriented by nature, Brendan works well under pressure and always hits his deadlines. It’s why he’s been so successful in all his endeavors to date and why he can seem to just do it all. Outside of work, Brendan is also a licensed realtor, coaches at a local Crossfit gym, and is a fitness-junkie.
