Chicago’s brightest media agency
You can consult with a former DISNEY/ABC executive and leverage over 25 years of media insight to plan your campaigns?
A Letter from our CEO
I’m Roger Keys, Founder and CEO of Marketing Keys.
1987 was a big year for me. That year I not only graduated
college but I got my first marketing position in West Palm Beach.
Since that memorable first job at WPBR Radio in Palm Beach,
I have been involved in media and marketing for 30+ years working
for some of the largest media companies in Executive roles.
My longest stop? Disney/ABC in Chicago from 1995 - 2007.
After decades of learning my craft from the top respected media companies in the world like Cap Cities/ABC, The Walt Disney Company and others, I saw an opportunity. Marketing Keys was formed in July, 2007 to more than level the negotiation playing field between advertisers and media companies. We enabled advertisers to have a major leg up in the process.
Lately, I have been thinking how I can best leverage my knowledge, my wisdom and my relationships for small and mid-sized businesses. And then I had a lightbulb moment.
AN OUTSOURCED MARKETING DEPARTMENT FOR LESS THAN THE COST OF A SINGLE EMPLOYEE
Our program is an out of the box monthly flat-fee subscription that gives you access to an experienced marketing individual with the most talented contacts in the industry to help you with market research, brand development, content creation, social media management, email marketing, SEO, PPC, website design and development, video production, media buying and more. We have literally transformed the model of a traditional marketing agency.
We started Marketing Keys with a simple mission. Help Presidents, CEOs', Marketing Directors, CMOs, Regional Managers and collaborate with them to build their brand to the highest level. We want our clients to see us as an extension of their team.
The companies that we partner with are mainly small and medium sized businesses in various B2C and B2B verticals. They generate anywhere from 5 million to 100 million dollars a year in revenue.
The reason we do what we do is two-fold. One, we have a passion for helping companies in things that we know a thing or two about. This includes brand building and media planning. Secondly, we just have a passion for helping people. It is what gets us out of bed in the morning.
We will listen to you and always be committed to you. We strive to run our business with passion and humility all with the utmost integrity.
We look forward to collaborating with you to grow your brand!
Roger Keys
Founder and CEO
Marketing Keys
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DELIVERING THE RIGHT RESULTS TO THESE BRANDS (AND MANY MORE)
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Top Services
Marketing Keys can save time, conserve money and strengthen your brand. We customize our services specifically for your business based on your budget, goals and development. Here are our core competencies.
Strategic Planning
Marketing Keys will help you uncover the ideal online and offline media mix, narrow down your target market, hone in on your geography and map out an ideal schedule with the desired reach and frequency.
Planning includes plenty of research tools at our disposal including Nielsen, Comscore, Kantar SRDS, Scarborough, Media Audit, Media Monitors, MRI Simmons and others.
Content Marketing`
Marketing Keys can help plan, coordinate and manage your content marketing strategy.
Content marketing requires continuous delivery of large amounts of content. The most popular ways to deliver this content are through blogs, newsletters and social media channels. When we create content marketing strategies for our clients, our main focus is the needs of the prospect or the customer.
Outside of the areas I mentioned, content marketing can also be distributed through white papers, e-books, case studies, how to guides and podcasts.
Professional Media Placement
Marketing Keys establishes upfront a CPM or Cost per Thousand in order to negotiate the strongest rates for your campaign. We start ahead of the pack with our established, deep media relationships in addition to our buying power.
Marketing Keys is experienced in making local, regional and national buys in both online and offline media. A blended media strategy takes advantage of each allowing one to complement the other to build more impactful results.
Performance Analytics
As a Marketing Keys partner, these reports or recaps are provided to you at no additional charge.
Once the campaign has concluded, you will feel great knowing that we had delivered the right message to the right people at the right time at the lowest possible cost.
THE
CAMPAIGN
THAT STARTED
A
REVOLUTION
Historically, Quit Smoking campaigns use scare tactics. You may have seen them on TV in the past. Black Lungs. Skeletons. Head stones at cemeteries. We tried a different approach. And the results? Off the charts! Why not tug at a smoker’s heart through their kids? Have their children remind them of all the important events and milestones they will miss if they continue to smoke. The result? This campaign stamped out a lot of cigarettes! How many? We can't put an exact number on it but we can tell you this. The ALA’s call center in Springfield, IL was ringing off the hook during the campaign! We increased the number of annual calls to 866-Quit-Yes from 10,000/year to over 90,000/year, as this video aired both online and offline throughout the state of Illinois.
OUR DIGITAL STRATEGIES ARE DESIGNED TO GENERATE BUSINESS
As we develop your digital marketing plan, we will help you determine your target audience, business objectives and address ‘why’ someone should do business with you
EMAIL MARKETING
Because of its ease and ability to communicate directly with audiences, email marketing tends to be the first internet marketing tactic used by our clients.Even so, it works best when it is part of a wider strategy that includes some of the other strategies listed here.
SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING
Content marketing is so critical these days and creating relevant content on your social media pages is right up there. However, without a targeted campaign promoting your ads on sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn, your efforts will be all for naught. We recommend a campaign where your ads run natively within the actual content.
VIDEO ADVERTISING
If you aren’t creating video, you’re likely falling behind. However, no need to worry. For most videos, the more simple and raw it is, the more authentic the content comes across to your audience. Whether you partner with one of our talented video production firm partners or whether you shoot video in high-quality, 4K video with your smartphone, video should definitely be a part of your overall digital strategy.
DISPLAY ADVERTISING
Display ads or banner ads are a type of online ad that combines text, images and a click through URL that links to a website where a customer can learn more about or buy products. These ads are honest, visually engaging, and it spreads your brand’s message without being overly intrusive. Combining digital advertising with other forms of digital marketing will build even more relevant results.
SEARCH ENGINE MARKETING (SEM)
Google AdWords or SEM refers to bidding on certain keywords so when a user types in a certain keyword, Search Engine Marketing enables your business to appear at or near the top of the page or on the first page as a result for that search query.The price for certain keywords vary based upon the competitiveness of the various keywords.
MOBILE ADVERTISING
Mobile advertising is the process of creating and delivering ad content, using mobile devices as the primary point of contact. This includes smartphones and tablets.Your ads can be delivered through in-app ads, mobile-web ads, banner ads, native ads, interstitial ads and mobile video ads.
case studies
testimonIAls
We can beat our chest all day and tell you how great we are and how we can help your business grow.
We would prefer, however, to let our clients do the talking.
Allie Golden
Hooters Management Corporation
Harold Wimmer
American Lung Association
Laura Morton
NY Times Bestsellers (19x)
Mike Gordon
Chicago Wolves
Melissa Marchwick
Sittercity.com
30+ Years
Media Experience
$40,000,000+
Media Revenue Managed
$160,000,000+
CLIENT Revenue Generated