Social Media and Online Marketing Agencies in Leeds

At the recent Internet World 2008 event at Earls Court I noticed that three Leeds-based online advertising agencies (Sense, Coolpink and Cheeze) were next to each other at the back of the room.

And rather than that being the worst place to have a stall it was actually the best areas to have a pitch, as they were placed outside the main Keynote Theatre and could appeal directly the crowds waiting to file into the auditorium.

This got me thinking about the agencies with fingers in digital pies in the Leeds area; while I live in Leeds I work in Bradford (primarily) so I don't get involved in the day-to-day information gathering that professionals in Leeds would.

Leeds is slowly establishing itself as an agency haven in the north, something it's doing very well; I feel Manchester (40 miles west across the Pennines) deals with the web design brilliantly, Sheffield (35 miles south) deals with the technological infrastructure, and Bradford (10 miles west) does all the training (OK, all very fuzzy, but it broadly follows these lines).

So who are the online marketing agencies in Leeds?

As a list, and as a learning exercise for me (I know a few, but nowhere near the whole), I plugged a few search terms into Google; I was quite surprised how few social media agencies and consultants are in the LS postcodes - Wolfstar was the only Leeds-founded social media agency I came across. So there's an opening there for someone. Hey, including me!

Anyway, on with the list...

Social Media agencies from Leeds

Wolfstar (their MD's blog, PR officer's blog)

Social Media agencies with branches in Leeds

Online Marketing agencies from Leeds

Online Marketing agencies with branches in Leeds

Bloommedia

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) agencies from Leeds

Online Marketing/SEO/PPC agencies within 15 miles of Leeds

E-Learning/Social Media Consultants from Leeds

ReachFurther (thanks Helen!)

Any more that I've missed? Let me know!

TBH, if I have missed your company then you need to work on your SEO as you didn't come up in the first 20 results for "online marketing leeds", "online advertising leeds", "leeds ppc", "leeds seo" or "social media leeds". Just a little hint...

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# stuartbrucepr 8 June 2008 17:55
Peter, thanks for the plug. In fact I'm glad that we came up on your search as we don't really make a big thing of being in Leeds - just happens to be where I live! Hardly any of our clients are even in Yorkshire but we do have some in London, Brighton, Sweden, Norway, Coventry, the USA and Canada.
# stuartbrucepr 8 June 2008 17:58
Forgot to mention that we were also at Olympia for Internet World, but on the WOM UK stand at IDMF. We were helping to staff the word of mouth marketing clinic run by WOM UK, the new WOM industry trade association.
# Helen Whitehead 6 August 2008 08:56
Hi Peer - we've just 'met' on Twitter. We may merit a place on your list: Reach Further http://www.reachfurther.com is about elearning, online communities, Web 2.0, blogging (we even have an online blogging course starting next week!) and social media.

And we were founded and are based in Leeds :)

We will no doubt meet in person sometime - you may even have bumped into one or more of us at NLabs conference.
# Peer Lawther 6 August 2008 23:00
Thanks for your comments Stuart, Helen - good to see that there's the thriving community in Leeds for social media.

And again, to anyone, if I've missed a company that delivers social media, SEO or Online Marketing in Leeds or the surrounding areas, let me know!