11 Best Growth Marketing Agencies in Denver in 2020
There are a ton of great growth marketing agencies in Denver … almost too many. Since we have team members throughout the US, I spend time researching agencies in the cities we operate in, including Denver.
Having seen a ton of great growth marketing agencies in Denver, I’d love to share a short list of these teams – many of which specialize in different aspects of performance marketing.
Check out the list below. And hope you find some great new teams!
1. Metric Theory
Metric Theory focuses on User Acquisition and works with clients in nearly every industry, including Retail, B2B, eCommerce, and B2B. They are one of the larger agencies in Denver with 150+ employees and over 500 clients. They have extensive international experience and manage over $200M in ad spend.
Metric Theory was founded by Ken Baker and Jeff Buenrostro and in addition to Denver, has offices in San Francisco, NYC, Orange County, and Salt Lake City.
Case Study: FabFitFun
Sample of Clients: Lyft, Winc, and Optimezly
2. Tuff Growth Marketing
Tuff works with startups and scale ups by plugging in as their extended growth marketing team. They work with teams in nearly every industry, from solo-founders to larger enterprise brands. Tuff was founded in Denver, with team members in Portland, San Francisco, Boston, and Nashville.
They are a small, fully remote team that specializes in tactics like: Conversion Rate Optimization, Technical SEO Implementation, Facebook and Instagram Ads, Google Shopping, Google Search, Display Ads, YouTube Ads, Retargeting, Content Strategy, Link Building, Influencer Marketing and Email.
Case Study: Renogy
Sample of Clients: WatchBox, QuietKat, Xendoo and EnVision
3. Booyah Advertising
Booyah is an end-to-end advertising agency, helping clients with paid search, creative services, display media, SMS, social media + more. They are a go-to in Denver for paid ads.
Booyah’s CEO is Troy Lerner and has over 15+ years of experience helping companies scale up with advertising. The team now has 60 full-time employees and manages digital ad spend for major brands like Unilever, Discover Card, and Backcountry.com.
Sample of Clients: Discover, Pearl Izumi, and Bobo’s
4. Bounteous
Bounteous is a full-service digital marketing agency with expertise in design, as well as campaign management. The agency has been working together for the last 20 years alongside global brands and innovative startups.
“Everything we do is designed to optimize that flow so that we create big-picture digital solutions that drive growth for our clients and our business.”
Bounteous was founded by Keith Schwartz and has over 500 employees, primarily located in Chicago.
Case Study: Teach For America
Sample of Clients: Dominos, Harvard, and Wilson
5. Location3
Location3 is a growth marketing agency in Denver that helps global brands activate local markets. They specialize in high-level enterprise campaign strategy and execution.
This agency was founded in 1999 with a portfolio of primarily franchise brands. The team has 75 employees and is led by Alex Porter.
Their services include SEO, Paid Search, Content Development, Franchise Marketing, and Media Management.
Sample of Clients: Honey Baked Ham and Mountain Mike’s Pizza
6. Campfire Digital
Campfire Digital is a Denver digital agency specializing in inbound marketing, websites, SEO, and more.
The team is small (4-total) and was founded in 2012. Since then, they’ve grown an impressive client roster, focused almost exclusively on outdoor brands.
In addition to social, email, PPC, SEO, and blog management, they also build, design, and manage websites.
Case Study: KAABOO
Sample of Clients: Catalyst Coaching, World Cinema, and Cottonwood Residential
7. 9thWonder
9thWonder is a full service, creative marketing agency. Their specialties range from research and brand strategy to digital marketing, media, and creative. They are extremely strong with brand identity, creative, and website design.
While they are based in Texas, they have a small team and office in Denver. The agency’s CEO is Jose Lozano and he’s been managing the 150 person team for 9 years.
Case Study: Adam’s Camp
Sample of Clients: LAX, Pilatus Bank, and Coleman Natural Foods
8. 90octane
90octane is a growth marketing agency based in Denver. Their approach is simple: They get to know your business like our own and provide a dedicated team of specialized experts to tackle your challenges with a fresh point of view.
The agency has 50+ employees, all located in Denver. Sam Eidson and Jim Grinney started 90octane in November of 2000.
Grinney’s favorite client quote: “Nowhere else in our marketing mix have we seen a greater return. What makes it work is a combination of their knowledge, process, and a healthy dose of rolling up their sleeves and understanding our business and marketing goals. We consider the 90octane team an extension of our department.” – Steve Born, VP Marketing, Globus family of brands
Case Study: RES Software
Sample of Clients: Paladina Health, Timbers Resorts, and PENTAIR
9. Elevated Third
Elevated Third is a growth marketing agency in Denver that blends strategic thinking with technical execution to solve enterprise B2B challenges.
Unlike some of the other agencies on this list that work with multiple industries, Elevated Third focuses on enterprise B2B.
The agency was founded in 2004 by Jeff Calderone and since then has worked with brands like Comcast, CVENT, and Kaiser.
Case Study: Numerator
Sample of Clients: Central Square, Water Research Foundation, and Xactly
10. Zenman
Zenman is a web design agency in Denver, Colorado offering website development, branding, content strategy, and more.
The agency has over 30 reviews on Google and a team of 10. Zenamn was founded in 1998 by Keith Roberts. One thing that makes Zenman unique is their 5-step “zen process” shaped to help you focus on efficiency.
Case Study: Richey May
Sample of Clients: PlumVoice, Relocate, and Bonanno
11. Cast Influence
Cast Influence is a marketing agency in Denver that specializes in PR and their expertise are with small businesses and startups.
The agency was founded by Justin Kraft in 2017 after serving in senior marketing roles in-house for 16 years. They have a smaller shop, with 4 full-time employees in Denver.
In addition to their pillar service, PR, they also partner with clients to help with SEO and website design.
Case Study: 1UP Aerial Drone Services
Sample of Clients: OnDeck, Revivify Surface, and escapex
Ellen is the founder at Tuff and one of the team’s core growth marketers. She is a versatile marketer with expertise in multiple channels – from ppc to seo to email to others – responsible for the experiments and testing. She is happiest when she’s on the ski hill or outside pointing her mountain bike downhill.
