Mike Stelzner – Founder, Social Media Examiner and Author, Launch
Ryan is a well-seasoned marketer who uniquely understands how to leverage social media to help businesses achieve measurable and increased brand awareness.
Brian Halligan – CEO and Co-Founder, Hubspot
SmartBug Media clearly did an excellent job creating significant ROI and results. If you are thinking about hiring an agency to help with your inbound marketing, SmartBug Media is someone you should contact.
Doug Glen – Former Chief Strategy Officer, Mattel
Ryan and the SmartBug Team are gifted, yet practical marketers who truly understands how to connect consumers with solutions to their problems.
Liz Ricklefs – Hubspot Services Marketplace Manager
As the manager of over 70 providers in the HubSpot Service Marketplace, SmartBug Media managed to stand out above the rest in several ways - no small feat. Their president, Ryan Malone, is always incredibly responsive (I don't think he sleeps), helpful, thoughtful, experienced and willing to take on even the most unhappy or niche vertical clients easily. SmartBug also received resoundingly positive customer satisfaction and public reviews in the HubSpot Service Marketplace for inbound marketing services provided to HubSpot clients. As the manager, I often relied heavily on SmartBug to take on various project or retainer-based business for both HubSpot clients and prospects. I would recommend Ryan and SmartBug Media without hesitation to anyone wanting to demonstrate true ROI on their marketing efforts.
Amy Porterfiled – Author, Facebook For Dummies
The SmartBug team is extremely knowledgeable in social media marketing and has the ability to translate that understanding into practical and measurable results for their clients. Their ability to identify online marketing trends and know what really works is evidenced in their ongoing success.
Fara Gold – VP of Sales and Marketing, Brookdale Senior Living
Ryan Malone is truly the best-qualified third-party advisor, understanding the “in’s and out’s” of the senior housing and care business.
Michael Bruck, Former General Manager, Intel
The SmartBug Team is laser-focused on getting results, adding clarity to even the most complex and demanding of situations.
Beth Houlis, Internal Communications, Liberty Mutual Insurance
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I hired SmartBug to write a detailed technical white paper for my company. SmartBug brought a level of expertise and writing process that I highly valued. They were able to quickly dive into an extremely technical subject matter to bring out valuable recommendations. The finished product was just what we were looking for.
Kamau Coleman, Managing Partner, Diamond Rock Partners
After two websites, a lot of inbound marketing work and a Hubspot management program for one of our portfolio sites, it's clear that SmartBug Media knows what they're doing. They know how to bring their clients success.
O.L. Jernigan, President, Appraisal Bank
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We hired SmartBug Media to write a white paper for our new SaaS product and were really impressed with the results. We’ve already hired them again to redesign our website and help us execute a robust inbound marketing program. We expect to have a long relationship with SmartBug. If you are a technology company, you’d be wise to put SmartBug Media on your short list.
Marc Cisneros, Partner, HD Stor
We chose SmartBug Media to help us to deploy and set our inbound marketing strategy with Hubspot. As a Value Add Distributor, their strong understanding of the distribution channel made choosing them a no-brainer. More than any other agency we spoke to, they "get" inbound and the channel. If you're a VAD, VAR or B2B tech company, SmartBug Media should be your first call for inbound and content marketing.
Todd Barker, President, Senior Solutions Management
Senior Solutions Management Group has been a customer of Hubspot for several years. Having personally gone through Hubspot's Inbound Marketing University, I was very familiar with power of Hubspot and what it has brought to our organization. Time became a real issue for us and we wanted to focus on our core business of seniors housing. We contracted with SmartBug Media to manage our inbound marketing strategy and build on the success we had already enjoyed with Hubspot. Ryan and his team took command of our inbound and took us to the next level. Our communities currently enjoy stable occupancy rates of 99%+. SmartBug is an integral part of our success.