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Search Engine People

5.0 (56)
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IT & Software Development
15 reviewers
37%
PROJECT COST
$1K - $2.5Kper project26 reviewers | 46%
RETAINER COST
$500 - $1Kper month6 reviewers | 11%
George Howe avatar
George HoweMedia Manager
Overall Rating
5.0
Communication
5.0
Responsiveness
5.0
Accuracy of Timeline
Not rated
Expertise
5.0
Value for Money
5.0
Accuracy of Cost Estimates
Not rated
The Search Engine People team has been handling our company's digital marketing for a few years now. Our experience with them is consistently good over the years. We started with a standard PPC marketing campaign, which was successful at generating leads for our website. Later, we added a SEO marketing strategy, which diversified our traffic and expanded our customer reach. By now, we've built such a great relationship with Search Engine People that they handle all of our digital marketing campaigns. Whether it's SEO or PPC, we trust their team 100% and know that their experts will deliver quality work. February 11, 2021

https://www.searchenginepeople.com

Pickering, Canada

Founded 2001

51-100 Employees

SEO & SEM company operating in Canada

Search Engine People is an SEO and SEM company with headquarters in Ontario, Canada. The team specializes in inbound marketing, social media marketing, email marketing, mobile marketing, web design, web development, and conversion optimization. The company has served several clients, including big names like Panasonic, PWC, and Intuit. They are also Google Ads-certified company. Search Engine People has been featured in The Globe and Mail, The New York Times, The Toronto Star, and many others.

Expertise

Services Offered
Advertising|SEO|Social Media Marketing|Web Design|Web Development
Industries Served
Retail, Consumer Goods & Services | Public, Non Profit & Religious Organizations | Manufacturing | IT & Software Development

Costs

Project CostProjects Starting at:
$1K each
40 reviewers reported project cost for this provider
Less than $1K
7%
$1K - $2.5K
46%
$2.5K - $5K
5%
$5K - $10K
4%
$10K+
9%
No cost reported
29%
Retainer CostRetainers Starting at:
$1.5K monthly
20 reviewers reported retainer cost for this provider
$250 - $500
2%
$500 - $1K
11%
$1K - $2K
9%
$2K - $5K
9%
$5K+
5%
No cost reported
64%

Search Engine People Reviews

Overall Rating

5.0

56 Reviews

Expertise
5.0
Value for Money
5.0
Accuracy of Cost Estimates
Not rated
Communication
5.0
Responsiveness
5.0
Accuracy of Timeline
Not rated

56 reviews

Recommended
George Howe avatar
George Howe
Media Manager
Non-Profit Organization Management, Unspecified
Overall Rating
5.0
Reviewer Source
Source: UpCity
February 11, 2021
Frequency: Single Project
Cost Per Project: $1,000 - $2,499
Overall Experience: The Search Engine People team has been handling our company's digital marketing for a few years now. Our experience with them is consistently good over the years. We started with a standard PPC marketing campaign, which was successful at generating leads for our website. Later, we added a SEO marketing strategy, which diversified our traffic and expanded our customer reach. By now, we've built such a great relationship with Search Engine People that they handle all of our digital marketing campaigns. Whether it's SEO or PPC, we trust their team 100% and know that their experts will deliver quality work.
Other Contributing Factors: Reputation, Portfolio, Specific Service Offering, Cost, Industry Focus
Joseph Burnett avatar
Joseph Burnett
Marketing Manager
Information Technology and Services, Unspecified
Overall Rating
5.0
Reviewer Source
Source: UpCity
February 11, 2021
Frequency: Single Project
Cost Per Project: $1,000 - $2,499
Overall Experience: Besides all the great work on the SEO and PPC campaigns, we were also really impressed with their team - our account manager, who kept in constant communication with us. He was super friendly with a great sense of humour, but he was also super knowledgeable about the SEO process. He could answer most of our technical questions with ease and clarity. It was a real pleasure working with him, and Search Engine People, on our digital marketing projects!
Other Contributing Factors: Reputation, Cost, Portfolio
Caroline Glover avatar
Caroline Glover
Marketing Manager
Non-Profit Organization Management, Unspecified
Overall Rating
5.0
Reviewer Source
Source: UpCity
December 9, 2020
Frequency: Single Project
Cost Per Project: $1,000 - $2,499
Overall Experience: Thanks to their ongoing SEO efforts, our website quickly appeared in the search engine rankings again. The results started showing with a few keywords at first, then a few more, and then a whole wave of keywords followed. Now we're prominently displayed on the first page of search results for a number of highly relevant keywords. We have seen increased traffic and leads over the past few years, all thanks to the great work at Search Engine People!
Other Contributing Factors: Variety Of Services Offered, Reputation, Portfolio
Steve Rosenbaum avatar
Steve Rosenbaum
President
Construction, Unspecified
Overall Rating
5.0
Reviewer Source
Source: UpCity
February 11, 2021
Frequency: Ongoing Service
Cost Per Project: $10,000+
Retainer: $500-$1,000 monthly
Overall Experience: Everyone at SEP is extremely professional and personable. They are market leaders when it comes to SEO and PPC customer engagement. We constantly get support from the team and they are happy to provide test, learn and roll out scenarios based on real data from our campaigns and efforts. Michael and his team are always accessible and we have total confidence in their full management of our digital presence.
Other Contributing Factors: Reputation, Technical Expertise, Industry Focus
Richard Jackson
Production Manager
Information Technology and Services, Unspecified
Overall Rating
5.0
Reviewer Source
Source: UpCity
December 17, 2020
Frequency: Single Project
Cost Per Project: $1,000 - $2,499
Overall Experience: I highly recommend Search Engine People to anyone looking for a great digital marketing agency in the Toronto area. After just a couple of months, they managed to bring my website out of nowhere and ranked it on top of Google search results. Their results were quite evident. I saw huge spikes of traffic a few months after I started my search campaign with their company. Since then, my web traffic has increased five times than what I was getting before. Right now, I'm getting numbers that I didn't think was possible for my website. And they're still on the rise every month!
Other Contributing Factors: Specific Service Offering, Reputation, Portfolio, Cost
Alana Piedl avatar
Alana Piedl
Digital Communications Specialist
Insurance, Unspecified
Overall Rating
5.0
Reviewer Source
Source: UpCity
December 17, 2020
Frequency: Ongoing Service
Cost Per Project: Confidential
Retainer: $2,000-$5,000 monthly
Overall Experience: Search Engine People has provided exceptional value to our small but mighty team. We look to SEP to manage a large and important part of our workload so we can focus on other important initiatives. They are knowledgeable, professional, and truly understand our needs. Our account manager is friendly and operates at a high level of professionalism. We look forward to our meetings with our account manager.
Other Contributing Factors: Industry Focus, Specific Service Offering, Portfolio, Reputation, Technical Expertise, Variety Of Services Offered
Steve Allan avatar
Steve Allan
VP & GM
Industrial Automation, Unspecified
Overall Rating
5.0
Reviewer Source
Source: UpCity
December 17, 2020
Frequency: Ongoing Service
Cost Per Project: $10,000+
Retainer: $2,000-$5,000 monthly
Overall Experience: SEP does a great job of a fully managed campaign. We get a good stream of new sales leads from new clients worldwide that results in new revenue. We are quite happy with all aspects of their service.
Other Contributing Factors: Reputation, Cost, Variety Of Services Offered, Technical Expertise, Location
Masood Mumtaz avatar
Masood Mumtaz
Marketing Director
Real Estate, Unspecified
Overall Rating
5.0
Reviewer Source
Source: UpCity
December 9, 2020
Frequency: Ongoing Service
Cost Per Project: $5,000 - $9,999
Retainer: $5,000+ monthly
Overall Experience: Have been working with Search Engine People for about 3 years now. They are very professional, knowledgeable and we are seeing good results in our SEO. Happy to work with them.
Other Contributing Factors: Specific Service Offering
Freddie Coates
Social Media Marketer
Marketing and Advertising, Unspecified
Overall Rating
5.0
Reviewer Source
Source: UpCity
December 9, 2020
Frequency: Ongoing Service
Cost Per Project: $1,000 - $2,499
Overall Experience: We wanted to thank Search Engine People (aka. SEP) for doing such a wonderful job with our search campaigns. Our company never had a strong online presence before. We're a brick and mortar business, but the recent pandemic made us invest more resources into online marketing instead. Even though we didn't have a lot of experience in this area, SEP was patient in showing us the ropes. They explained all the digital marketing concepts in simple terms that we can understand. All the figures, terminology, and visuals are clearly presented. We were able to follow along and understand how our campaigns performed every single month.
Other Contributing Factors: Reputation, Cost, Portfolio, Specific Service Offering
Rob Henderson
Marketing
Unspecified
Overall Rating
5.0
Reviewer Source
Source: UpCity
December 4, 2020
Frequency: Ongoing Service
Cost Per Project: $1,000 - $2,499
Retainer: $1,000-$2,000 monthly
Overall Experience: Having an online presence is incredibly important and while having a website is the first step, using social media marketing is the next for reaching the masses. Our website was generating a decent amount of traffic and impressions but we knew that if we wanted to meet our target deadlines, we needed to get our business in front of more prospective customers. So, we decided to sign a contract with Search Engine People for their social media marketing and digital marketing services (SEO and PPC). We are happy to say that our leads are up and our deadlines are well within our sights.
Other Contributing Factors: Reputation, Variety Of Services Offered, Portfolio, Technical Expertise
Katie Tsuyuki
Marketing and Brand Manager
Sports, Unspecified
Overall Rating
5.0
Reviewer Source
Source: UpCity
December 9, 2020
Frequency: Ongoing Service
Cost Per Project: Unspecified
Retainer: $1,000-$2,000 monthly
Overall Experience: The good people at SEP have been taking care of my Donek Snowboards account for a year now and their expertise and knowledge has helped grow the company to have some of its best years. I also like supporting a local business in Canada where I can actually speak to the people and shake their hands. There is a whole in-house team that is professional and takes the time to understand our business, even though we are a small account compared to others they serve. SEP is a great choice and you will not be let down.
Other Contributing Factors: Portfolio, Variety Of Services Offered, Reputation, Cost, Location, Technical Expertise
Dominic Campbell
Marketing Manager
Information Technology and Services, Unspecified
Overall Rating
5.0
Reviewer Source
Source: UpCity
December 4, 2020
Frequency: Single Project
Cost Per Project: $1,000 - $2,499
Overall Experience: We hired Search Engine People company because of their client-focused approach, but what we received was way more than what we were expecting. Search Engine People has helped us to create a solid digital presence (Social media, organic search and paid search) allowing us to hit our business goals. The Team at Search Engine People has helped us with custom digital solutions through their digital marketing expertise, and are perfect if you are trying to create a relationship with your customers. Our leads and sales had increased and we couldn't be happier with them. I would highly recommend this company!
Other Contributing Factors: Reputation, Portfolio, Cost
Bethany Hope
Marketing Manager
Marketing and Advertising, Unspecified
Overall Rating
5.0
Reviewer Source
Source: UpCity
December 9, 2020
Frequency: Ongoing Service
Cost Per Project: $1,000 - $2,499
Overall Experience: Search Engine People has been instrumental in our successful SEO campaign. Years ago, we came to their company with an old business website that fell off in the rankings. Search Engine People helped us develop a smart, detailed SEO strategy and immediately put it into action. We were impressed with the level of information in their website audits, keyword research and on-page optimizations. Every month, their team would provide us with analytics reports and walk us through the progress made with the campaign. We started seeing promising results within months.
Other Contributing Factors: Reputation, Portfolio, Technical Expertise
Julie Cowan
President
Unspecified
Overall Rating
5.0
Reviewer Source
Source: UpCity
February 11, 2021
Frequency: Ongoing Service
Cost Per Project: $5,000 - $9,999
Retainer: $1,000-$2,000 monthly
Overall Experience: This is such an easy review to write! The entire experience with SEP has been incredibly professional, with outstanding communication by all and especially with our Account Director, Michael Johnston. Each phase of our project has required some hand-holding and guidance, and he has been amazingly supportive. The kicker? SEP did EXACTLY what we set out to accomplish 6 months earlier. Our ranking moved to the top of the first page...increasing traffic and inquiries! We are super pleased and our expectations have in fact been exceeded!
Other Contributing Factors: Industry Focus, Technical Expertise, Variety Of Services Offered, Reputation
Joshua Harris, CIRP, LIT avatar
Joshua Harris, CIRP, LIT
Partner
Accounting, Unspecified
Overall Rating
5.0
Reviewer Source
Source: UpCity
December 9, 2020
Frequency: Ongoing Service
Cost Per Project: $10,000+
Retainer: $5,000+ monthly
Overall Experience: Nothing but the best experience with them so far!
Other Contributing Factors: Portfolio, Reputation, Variety Of Services Offered, Industry Focus

Locations

Headquarters:
Pickering, Canada