Step 5 Creative
Founded: 2012
Employees: 2 – 10
Minimum Project Cost: $149 / month
Local Clients: Lost Tavern, Trendz, Randevoo, Lehigh Valley Home & Garden, The Wilbur Mansion, Bru Daddy’s, The Puppy Palce, Keystone Metrofiber
Why We Like Them for SEO Projects: Step 5 Creative has an impressive list of well-known local clients. They’ve been involved in a number of successful, recent campaigns and client initiatives (such as the Wilbur Mansion), and the fact that locals recognize these names is a testament to Step 5’s work. The have a simple 3 package pricing structure with clear deliverables and areas of focus for their SEO work.
REACT Creative Marketing (Formerly MAS Graphic Arts)
Founded: 2017
Employees: 2 – 10
Minimum Project Cost: $70 / hour
Local Clients: Lehigh Valley Aqua Pools, Yasso Rothrock, Sal’s Pizza, Little Shepherds
Why We Like Them for SEO Projects: REACT Creative Marketing is a full-service offering, with SEO options featured front and center on their services page. They present transparent pricing and extensive work backed by a 5 star rating across many third and first-party reviews. REACT is highly skilled in the overall branding of a company, which is more important than ever in today’s search marketing landscape.
Unify Interactive, LLC
Founded: 2029
Employees: 2 – 10
Minimum Project Cost: Undisclosed
Local Clients: Second Harvest Food Bank, Pocono Mountains Hunger Coalition, Shawnee Village Owners
Why We Like Them for SEO Projects: Unify Interactive is another full-service digital marketing agency with a unique twist – they concentrate on working with businesses and causes that create a positive impact in the world. They hit the big pillars of SEO with their branding, web development, and content creation offerings, and are an excellent fit for businesses who strive to serve a greater purpose in the Bethlehem area.
FunnelKake
Founded: 2016
Employees: 10 – 49
Minimum Project Cost: Undisclosed
Local Clients: Lezzer Lumber, Alpha Laser, Zinc Decor, Brighton Jones
Badges and Awards: Google Partner, Verizon Media Group Partner, Facebook Advertising Partner
Why We Like Them for SEO Projects: FunnelKake is a performance marketing agency, which means you’d pay them a percentage of the revenue they deliver for your business rather than a larger monthly retainer or upfront cost. Performance-based agencies are highly incentivized to drive real results for your business, since the better they do for you the more they’ll get paid. We’re a big fan of this payment structure for local search agencies – putting your money where your mouth is demonstrates the level of confidence they have in their search marketing efforts.
Meris, Inc.
Founded: 2004
Employees: 10 – 49
Minimum Project Cost: Undisclosed
Local Clients: Lehigh Valley Marketplace, Rodale Catering And Events, Good Taste, Carl’s Corner
Why We Like Them for SEO Projects: Meris is uniquely positioned to offer your business modern SEO services along with just about any other digital or traditional marketing resources you may need. While most agencies focus on digital or traditional channels, Meris is able to provide it all – print media and promotional materials, a comprehensive search marketing strategy, and much more.
EggZack
Founded: 2008
Employees: 2 – 10
Minimum Project Cost: $58 / month
Why We Like Them for SEO Projects: EggZack has an interesting offering: Done-for-you, end-to-end website creation and maintenance. They have two distinct services, each with 3 pricing tiers. Service 1 is initial website creation and foundation SEO work for those businesses with a negligible web presence. This will run you from $388 – $1,388 depending on the complexity of the website and the type of SEO work you want done. Then, Service 2 is automated marketing packages. These 3 crystal clear packages range from $58/month – $178/month and EggZack will update your website several times per month depending on the price point you go with.
SWBR Marketing & Media
Founded: 1969
Employees: 10 – 49
Minimum Project Cost: Undisclosed
Local Clients: St Luke’s, Hof & Reid, DeSales University, National Penn, Lehigh Valley Planning Commission, Crayola
Why We Like Them for SEO Projects: SWBR has been around for a long time continually delivering results for their clients. They offer a very comprehensive full-stack marketing solution, of which SEO is a key part. They focus on search optimization as one pillar of their multi-channel digital approach – this is the correct way to view SEO and refreshing to see in a local agency. They have an adorable fluffy mascot named Boe, to boot.
Social Horizon Web Development
Founded: Undisclosed
Employees: 2 – 10
Minimum Project Cost: $1,999
Local Clients: Alburtis Tavern and Lodge, Sky Dental, Buckeye Tavern, Trendz Salon, Door 92 (Tavern Pizza on Main)
Why We Like Them for SEO Projects: Social Horizon has a clear, simple offering: they will make you a responsive website, a professional facebook and twitter brand package, foundation SEO strategy, and unlimited revisions all for $1,999. They’ve completed over 400 of these projects and can turn one around for you in as little as 3 weeks. They also have a cool little order queue counter on their pricing page so you have an idea how busy they might currently be.
Spite Digital
Founded: 2009
Employees: 2 – 10
Minimum Project Cost: Undisclosed
Why We Like Them for SEO Projects: Spite is more of your classic small business web marketing and SEO work agency. They offer search optimization, social media work, and reputation management – all key areas of focus when marketing a local business. As a neat plus, they can also set you up with cloud-based email, phone, and product suite solutions.
Mint Digital Marketing
Founded: 2012
Employees: 2 – 10
Minimum Project Cost: $330 / month
Why We Like Them for SEO Projects: Mint Digital offers a unique marketing and SEO solution for small businesses in the Bethlehem area: a “membership” pricing structure where the base price is $330 / month, and then you can scale up or down as needed with extra hours. They offer Planning & Administrative hours, Content Creation & Editing hours, and Small Scale Production hours, at rates of $55 / hour, $100 / hour, and $155 / hour respectively. This sort of flexibility is great for local businesses, and even allows you to trial their SEO work more without a big upfront investment.