Best 15+ Social Media Agencies in Chicago

With every project and every client, we provide a consistent, clear return on your investment. We can get you into the publication of your dreams, make your website or mobile app, create a new brand or find your markets with digital advertisements. We want to make your life easy, as a one-stop shop for Communications, Marketing and PR. After all, it’s not just our reputation on the line, but yours, and we’re invested in securing your success.

SWIDIA is a performance marketing agency that helps modern companies grow. We leverage core and emerging acquisition channels for one key purpose: to grow your brand. We keep a constant pulse on all changes and best practices on rapidly evolving platforms so your creative and media strategy are always ahead of the curve. Paid Advertising  Creative Studio Growth Advisory Let's find your tipping point.

RivalMind exists to help companies thrive, driving transformational growth through innovative digital marketing. We develop calculated, measurable user experiences that attract, engage, influence, and convert visitors into lifelong customers. From website design and search engine strategy to social media marketing, our data-driven decisions maximize results for clients. Headquartered 40 miles west of Chicago in Saint Charles, Illinois, RivalMind is a national leader in digital marketing insights, advisory services, and implementation. As such, we see amazing results every day—not just statistical or financial, but life changing.

Mekky Media is a boutique PR firm dedicated to delivering powerful publicity using trusted experience, innovative ideas and personalized attention. The firm is founded and led by recognized media and PR veteran, Michelle Mekky. Our team consists of passionate professionals from the best PR firms in the country and former journalists who work with relentless drive to achieve success for clients who all have one thing in common – a good story. Let us show you what true results look like.

In the thousands of advertisements, labels and messages people see every day, there are relevant products and services that make our lives better and our businesses more profitable. We are how those brands break through the noise and get noticed. We are how brands connect through strategic campaigns and relevant content across traditional, digital and social platforms. We are clear, focused and relevant brand experiences that compel people to pause, consider and engage. We are marketing and advertising. We are Popskull.

Our team is committed to strategically address your important business challenges when it comes to operating in the digital space in order to increase the value of your business in this environment.

ADM is a team of digital marketing professionals with a passion and proven track record of facilitating eCommerce growth. Our team is comprised exclusively of expert digital media managers, each with their respective area of specialization. We offer full-service management of Google Ads (Search, Shopping, Display, UAC, Youtube), Social Media (Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Twitter, Snapchat), Amazon Ads (Sponsored Products and AMZ DSP), Social Media Ad Strategy, and Google Analytics services to a range of clients in the eCommerce and lead generation space. We strive to set the bar amongst digital marketing agencies for the expertise, communication, and transparency that should be expected from a digital media partner. We uphold our founding values of serving as a strategic partner: focusing efforts on maximizing our clients' holistic eCommerce profits.      

We are the rare agency in that we spend more time in Excel than Photoshop. Our philosophy is data driven design - after all, if an amazing design isn't delivering results, does it even matter? We achieve growth for our clients by leveraging social media, custom web dev, video, email, SEO/PPC/CRO, and inbound campaigns.

Heron Agency, an award-winning lifestyle communications agency, has planned and executed over 1500 campaigns, from strategies for major events including the Taste of Chicago, the Race to Mackinac, the Jeff Awards, the Grand Chefs Gala, the Randolph Street Market, the Highland Games, the Chicago Boat & RV Show, and the One of a Kind Show; to corporate clients including Paper Source, Jet’s Pizza, BV Wines, Wow Bao, Bailey’s, Smirnoff Vodka, Orangetheory Fitness, Luna Carpet, Massage Envy, Galaxie Home Improvement, EZ Breathe, the Chicago Wolves; and several non-profit organizations including the National Hellenic Museum, Alliance Francaise Chicago, the American Writers Museum, and more. With an emphasis on entertainment and hospitality, throughout the 19 year history of the firm, Heron Agency has managed campaigns for over 25 hotel brands, and has also represented artists such as Jerry Seinfeld, Louis CK, Janeane Garafalo, Gabriel Byrne, Dan Aykroyd, Mike Ditka, the Beach Boys, Celtic Thunder, and Jewel, among others. As a winner of the PR News Agency Elite Awards and the BESPOKE Communication Awards, Heron Agency’s comprehensive results-driven campaigns help garner attention that leads to real bottom line results. 

We're a boutique firm that specializes in intent-driven marketing for eCommerce retailers and B2C/B2B lead gen. We use analytics and search data to define high-intent keywords and audiences that we build marketing campaigns around. Put simply: We drive high-intent traffic that is likely to convert for a profitable return to our clients' sites. Our team of expert-level consultants specializes in specific digital marketing channels. Our core channels are: SEO, SEM (paid search), paid Facebook/Instagram, and paid LinkedIn for lead gen. Our secondary channels are: Email Marketing; ASO (App Store Optimization and ads) and AMS (Amazon Marketing Services). We began our careers (and LyteYear) in Chicago working for large eCommerce retailers and high growth startups. Now our team works remotely in various locations around the US, thus allowing us to reduce overhead and environmental impact, and improve employee happiness. Our approach to projects involves creating a multi-channel marketing strategy that is driven by search, analytics, and intent (behavioral) data. We offer performance-incentivized pricing, and are a proud member of 1% for the Planet, and a Reforestation Partner for One Tree Planted.