Want to skip to the good part? Take the survey! Are you overpaying or undercharging for web development services? Many brands—and many digital agencies—simply don’t know. That’s a problem we plan to fix with data-driven, unbiased analysis. Consider this: according to Glassdoor, the average annual pay for web developers in the US is $104,080. But that figure doesn’t tell the whole story. As an average, it doesn’t account for specific factors that can influence salaries, such as skill set, location,…
tl;DR – today we’re launching the Credo Learn Center, which is a curated set of digital marketing and agency growth courses taught by recognized experts. Check it out! For nearly a decade, since January 2013, Credo has been helping companies and brands find the right digital marketing agency to work with. We’ve been through a bunch of iterations and team size has ebbed and flowed, but we’ve stayed true to our core reason for existing – to help companies grow….
A few years ago we launched the Credo Lead Network as a way for more agencies to get qualified digital marketing leads than we’ve been able to serve with our Pipeline As A Service offering. I realized in August 2020 that we were turning away a lot of good companies who needed marketing help because their budget was not large enough for the agencies in Credo’s network at that time. What started as a simple email with Buy Now links…
The bi-annual Credo Digital Marketing Pricing Survey is now live! The survey is open from February 17th-March 5th 2021. We aim to publish the results in early April 2021, to give us enough time to properly analyze and visualize the data. And this year, we’re giving away three prizes! Take the survey now Some history In 2017 we published our digital marketing pricing survey, which became one of the most referenced pricing surveys in the digital marketing industry. We published it…
Over the last five years at Credo we’ve put a LOT of time, energy, and money into growing the company and increasing the impact that we have by helping companies connect with and ultimately hire the right digital marketing provider for their needs. To date, we’ve helped 4,500+ companies who have a combined $150,000,000 in digital marketing budget between them. This includes brands like Adobe, Gshock, the New York Times, and many many more. Of these, hundreds have hired an…
As you may be noticing, we’re currently rocking through our set of features that we need and want to build to achieve true marketplace feature parity and keep innovating in the space. PS: don’t forget that we catalog all of these in the product changelog. Last week we announced in-platform messaging which is a big step forward on Credo towards empowering both sides of the market to connect. This week we have some more new features to announce that have been…
If you’ve been watching Credo over the years, then you know that we’ve been through a lot of changes. From a simple WordPress site to an exclusive network, I’ve learned a lot over the years since starting this company in my old Brooklyn apartment in early 2013. Today Credo’s product takes a big step forward. We’ve heard from many with active projects in Credo over the last few months that it’s confusing having communication during the sales and delivery stages happening…
If you prefer a tl;DR, here it is: Credo’s growing up, and with it we’ve rolled out a new platform to facilitate the end-to-end of digital marketing projects; We’re able to give clients guarantees that no one else in the industry can; Our project volume has grown by over 89% 2019 year to date over 2018, The Credo network is also open to new firms/consultants. You can learn more about the network Pro plan as well as the new Sales…
In 2017 we published our digital marketing pricing survey, which became one of the most referenced pricing surveys in the digital marketing industry. 184 respondents across 19 countries participated in that survey. We would love to grow that this time around so that we can provide more accurate statistics for the industry! Thank you everyone for your contributions! We had 272 survey responses, and are now at work analyzing, visualizing, and writing up our discoveries! Stay tuned for a launch…
Something I hear from marketers and agencies frequently is “we’re not ready to join Credo yet because we’re still working on our (sales process/lead generation)”. This is a completely valid concern. If you’re a marketing provider (agency or consultant) and your sales process isn’t working to close work, then being listed in the Credo network isn’t going to do you much good. When you get leads you will struggle to close them, and it will be much harder to see…
Edit: as of July 2019 the Credo digital marketing jobs board is no longer active. For a long time, people have asked me to help them hire full time people. Whether a full time SEO, PPC specialist, or director of marketing, hiring full time people is hard. Also for a long time I’ve told people that Credo is not a full time recruiting service. We are still not a recruiting service, but today as of today Credo has a brand…
I started experimenting with podcasting a few years ago. It’s taken off over the last few years, and over that course of time I’ve somehow racked up over 40 interviews (which you can find all of them here). By the numbers: 40 interviews Somewhere around 1200 minutes of content produced I started doing video with this latest season, Season 3.
Today I want to show you a new tool that we published recently onsite: the SEO calculator. I’m excited about this tool because it works towards answering a question that we get asked all the freaking time: How much should I expect to pay for SEO? This question is so hard to answer because there are so many different factors that go into it: Size of your site Experience with SEO in the past Growth goals How broken your site currently is Your revenue…
Back in November, I got to write the update that Credo passed the $1M mark in work sent to pros on the platform. This was almost exactly one year after the relaunch. What made it even sweeter was that I wrote that update while in Prague with my wife as we traveled the world for just under a month. Today I get to announce another exciting milestone: As of Monday February 27th, Credo has now sent over $2 million worth of…
As I’ve been running Credo over the last year, one of the things I’ve heard most often is “I know I need to grow but I have no idea how to do it or what I need.” Because Credo is a lead generation service for marketers, this also means that conversion rates on Credo are suffering because people don’t know what they need, so they don’t do anything.
Hello digital marketing enthusiasts! It’s me, John, founder of Credo. Today I am excited to announce that Credo Pro is once again open to new pros. Pro closed at the beginning of October so that we could rethink the sign-up flow to ensure that only the right agencies are able to get onto the platform, and that has indeed happened.
In the middle of October I emailed you to tell you that I had made some changes to the email system and that a few more were coming as well. Today I want to let you know that the way responses come to you has changed, for the better!
Update: this study is now live here! One of the bigger challenges that marketing agencies and consultants face is “how much do I charge?” With the popularity of our SEO company rates page, it is painfully obvious that this is a need in the industry. The need is on both sides – agencies need to know if they are over or under charging relative to the market at large, and businesses looking to hire should also have more transparency into…
Today I have an exciting announcement to share. As of the end of October, Credo has officially passed the $1 million mark in work sent to pros on the platform! Every month, Credo continues to grow faster and faster. It is amazing to me that in 13 months’ time, I have hit this milestone as a solo bootstrapped entrepreneur. Credo is an amazing business to run. I get to work with fantastic business owners (agencies and consultants) who are doing…
Looking for a new digital agency to help grow your business? Schedule a free marketing evaluation with our team to meet the right agencies fast. It’s fast, free, and we get it right. Today I have an exciting announcement both for pros and businesses looking for marketing help – availability! Now when you go to a pro’s profile (here’s mine) on desktop or laptop (anything bigger than a phone, really) you’ll see the pro’s availability for taking on work:
Today I set live a whole new version of my company Credo. While I’ve been iterating on the original idea of generating leads for marketing consultants and agencies for a while, and done it well (I’ve sent over $500k of work to pros on Credo), the time has come for phase 2. I’m excited to be here and absolutely terrified by it as well.
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