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Captiva Marketing Lands on Inc 5000 List at Number 2353
Continuing its history of company growth by providing sound marketing advice for clients, Captiva Marketing once again landed a spot on the annual Inc 5000, this year at number 2353. The internet marketing company gained the ranking with a three year growth of 106% and was ranked as number 213 in the advertising and marketing industry.
"It's no secret that the past three years has been hard for businesses across all industries, and marketing and advertising were some of the hardest hit companies during these years of economic uncertainty," said Mark Forst, President and Co-Founder of Captiva Marketing. "However, internet marketing was able to grow during this time by delivering cost effective promotion solutions that enabled companies to reduce marketing budgets without eliminating marketing all together. We were very fortunate to continue growing over the past years and are proud to once again be featured on the Inc 5000."
Founded in 2002 by business partners Mark Forst and Bill Brasser, Captiva Marketing was born out of a desire to reduce marketing budgets and increase ROI. Forst realized that sales leads generated from his then company's website were significantly less expensive than leads gained from traditional marketing techniques such as advertising, direct mail and trade shows. Before Google was a household name, Forst discovered that search engine marketing efforts could effectively drive sales to websites, and there were specific factors that he could control in order to improve results.
Eight years later, Forst and Brasser now lead a group of 21 employees dedicated to many facets of internet marketing: search engine optimization, ecommerce, web design, web development and online public relations. The breadth of services enables the internet marketing firm to service clients in a variety of manners that complement search initiatives.
"We've found that the way to make our company sustainable is to continue growing our offerings so we can enhance partnerships with our existing customer base. One of those initiatives was developing our own custom content management system, Empoweren, to power search engine friendly websites. We are extremely fortunate to have some of our initial clients still working with Captiva, and we continue to add clients that we plan to work with for years, not just on a project here and there. It is our dedication to building long term partnerships that has made us successful and has helped our clients see continued success with their internet marketing initiatives," said Forst.
About Captiva Marketing
Since 2002, Captiva Marketing has designed, developed and implemented more than 300 search engine marketing campaigns. Founded by Mark Forst and William Brasser, the St. Louis-based marketing firm specializes in search engine marketing, strategic marketing, web design and development and online public relations. Captiva Marketing recently unveiled its Empoweren Content Management Solution that is a fully integrated, web based interface for managing website content that is supported by a talented group of professionals skilled in all areas of Internet Marketing. Empoweren allows both technical and non-technical personnel the ability to quickly and easily modify web pages, without learning a programming language. For more information, visit www.captiva-marketing.com or call 1-877-227-8382.
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