Marketing Keys

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Media strategy and content marketing for small to mid-sized businesses

With over 25 years of media insight, Marketing Keys stands as Chicago’s key driver of media strategy. The agency, led by a former Disney/ABC executive, offers an outsourced marketing department model that provides small and mid-sized businesses with comprehensive marketing services for less than the cost of a single employee. Their expertise spans strategic planning, content marketing, and professional media placement, tailored to meet the unique needs of businesses with revenues ranging from $5 million to $100 million annually.

Marketing Keys employs advanced research tools such as Nielsen, Comscore, and Kantar SRDS to optimize media strategies and deliver impactful results. Their services include email marketing, social media marketing, video advertising, display advertising, search engine marketing (SEM), and mobile advertising. By customizing their approach based on client budgets and goals, they ensure effective media placement and performance analytics.

The agency's success is exemplified by their Quit Smoking campaign, which significantly increased call volumes for the American Lung Association. Marketing Keys aims to be an extension of their clients' teams, providing strategic insights and media solutions that drive business growth and enhance market presence.

19
YEARS IN BUSINESS
8
SERVICES

Agency details

Team size
1-10 people
Founded
2007 (19 years)

About this agency on Agency List

Marketing Keys holds an Agency List Score of 96 out of 100.

That score is higher than 89% of the 36,920 agencies Agency List has assessed so far.

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Agency List assessed Marketing Keys in September 2026, reading 7 pages published on marketingkeys.net.

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