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Forge Marketing
About us

You're the hero. We're the guide.

Our mission: help every business we work with succeed online.

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We work with

Incredible companies

  • HGTV
  • Wells Fargo
  • UBS
  • Stifel
  • Broadridge Financial
  • Lendio
  • Studio McGee
  • McGee & Co.
  • Slumberland Furniture
  • Leavitt Group
  • Codie Sanchez
  • Darren Hardy
  • Swig
  • CupBop
  • Rachel Roy
  • AdvisorStream
  • CloseSimple
  • foreUP
  • Kimino Drinks
  • FiiZ Drinks
  • ShayFIT
  • WEconnect Health Management
  • Manta
  • Raising Wild
  • Moxie Pest Control
  • Chubby's
  • Anson Calder
A client laughing on a park bench, phone in hand

Who we are

We're veteran digital marketers who were tired of marketing agencies trying to sell business owners every service under the sun that doesn't actually provide results. We're an agency that focuses only on what's essential for your marketing goals. No fluff, just results.

If you want the formal version: a multi-disciplined digital marketing agency that plans and runs results-oriented marketing and manages paid advertising to put businesses in front of the right market. Same thing, longer words.

A neon OPEN sign in a shop window, ringed by line icons for the web, social and email

What we do

At Forge our identity is all in the name. We are creators. Through our proven experience in digital marketing and advertising we've been able to use our innovative approach to help amazing companies of all sizes come to their marketplace with an effective, implemented strategy to drive results.

We believe in a human-to-human approach to marketing: helping start the conversation and leading prospects to your end result. Today that means two doors. The creative side makes video ads and content on a schedule. The agency side finds which of three leaks is costing a business money and fixes it. One team, one flame.

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Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith
Founder & CEO
From the founder

Why Forge exists

I started Forge because I was tired of watching business owners get sold every service under the sun by agencies that never had to show a result. Brand, SEO, PR, social, paid, all on one deck, and nobody accountable for the phone ringing.

So we do two things. We make the video ads and content that make the phone ring, on a schedule you can set your watch by. And we find where a business is leaking money and fix that, in writing, before we ask for anything. You're the hero. We're the guide.

— Kyle Smith

Values forged in us

Everything we do at Forge Marketing is rooted in these four core values.

  • Customer first

    Our customer is everything. We constantly do everything in our power to give the best possible experience and results to our customers. Without our amazing customers, we have no hero to guide.

  • Realness

    Everyone is flawesome. We are unique and we believe each teammate has gifts and abilities that provide new perspective. We listen and respect others. Our time is too short to be anything other than who we are.

  • Always honest

    We never compromise our integrity, ever. We are honest in all we do. With our clients, our team, and ourselves.

  • O.C.E.

    We are Obsessively Committed to Excellence. Everything we do has our signature on it and reflects our brand. We take pride in our abilities to give incredible deliverables to our clients.

How we talk

Honest. Educational. Relatable.

We understand the confusing marketing world our clients are living in, one riddled with buzz words, upsells and over-promises. We take all of that away and value realness above anything else. We're educational, because only the professionals can make what's difficult look easy. And we're relatable, because we get business. We're kinda one too.

Meet Spark

Our sidekick. Your guide.

Just like our clients are the hero and Forge is the guide, Spark is the sidekick to our guide. He helps get the message across and sparks emotion in our readers, listeners and clients. He's been around in various forms since the very beginning of Forge. He doesn't talk much, but he smiles, winks and you may see him on a skateboard, who knows!

Spark, the Forge flame, waving hello
The proof wall

In their own words.

Clients on both sides of the house, quoted with their permission. Texts are real texts.

“We've gone from being a company that only sent blast emails, to now having a more personalized welcome flow, middle of funnel product retargeting flows… Our email marketing is better because of them!”
Denise Bruhns
CMO, Studio McGee and McGee & Co.
★★★★★
Text message from Trent M., Lendio
A text from Trent, the week his campaigns crossed a number he'd been chasing. Trent M., Lendio.
$15 per booked call
“We usually are around $100 cost per booked call and right now we are at $15.”
Chris M.
M&R Plumbing
★★★★★
“With their strategies, they were able to lower our cost per acquisition while also improving lead quality. Really appreciate all that they've done and look forward to continuing working with them for years to come.”
Brett Stevens
Director of Demand Generation, Lendio
★★★★★
Beat his own ads
“Even though everyone loves my handsome face, your ads have changed our trajectory and (I hate to say this…) they're outperforming ours.”
Bruce Wilson
Wilson360
★★★★★
“FORGE has been an INCREDIBLE asset to our business. We've been generating leads faster and at a lower cost than we ever have!”
Travis Smith
VP of Digital Project Management, Broadridge Financial
★★★★★
Text message from Brandon B., Blake Landscaping
Brandon never wanted to be on camera. His ads run with a creator instead. Brandon B., Blake Landscaping.
“If you are hiring an external lead-gen team, Forge is the best I've ever worked with. They took excellent direction from me, but didn't need me to hold their hands to get campaigns built and running.”
Amy LaVange
Director of Marketing, foreUP Golf
★★★★★
$122k on $20k spend
“Generated over $122,000 REV with $20,000 ad spend over the course of the past 60 days.”
Austin G.
Upsurge Pros
★★★★★
“Very professional and detail-oriented. Kyle and his team are top-notch in an ever-changing landscape of marketing and advertising techniques. Very current practices with a wealth of industry knowledge.”
Ethan Morgan
CEO and Founder, FiiZ Drinks
★★★★★
Delivered monthly
“Content getting delivered monthly for clients with “everything looking perfect.””
Riley R.
Richardson Brothers Custom Homes
★★★★★
“My intuition led me to Kyle Smith, who has been a stand-out marketing partner for my brand because of his work ethic, honesty, integrity, readiness to problem solve, positive personality, and talent.”
Rachel Roy
Founder, Ancient India and Rachel Roy Clothing
★★★★★
CPA $40 → $6
“Chopped CPA by 80% so far for this brand after hovering at $40 CPA to $6.”
Austin B.
Larra Studios
★★★★★
“Kyle and Forge Marketing are the real deal in an industry full of hacks! Love working with these guys.”
Adam Cook
CEO, Lion Share Financial Group
★★★★★
Text message from Riley R., Richardson Brothers Custom Homes
Delivery day at Richardson Brothers. Riley R., Richardson Brothers Custom Homes.
A year, still running
“If you go look at our ads library we've been running their ads for over a year cuz they never stop hitting.”
Hunter M.
Maddox Electric
★★★★★
“From day one, FORGE has been an integral part of our digital marketing launch. They have not only shown a deep interest in our brand, but has gone above and beyond to truly understand the needs of our business as we grow.”
Ben Choe
COO, Kimino Drinks
★★★★★
Bookings doubled
“We doubled our bookings and cut meeting costs in half in our first 30 days.”
Bracken A.
Busy Busy
★★★★★
“Kyle and his team are so much fun to work with! They have almost tripled our business and given us a lot more potential to go even higher!”
Shayli Campbell
CEO, ShayFIT
★★★★★
First lead in an hour
“Got the first lead that turned into an estimate for my clients within the first hour of ads live.”
Gerry H.
SplitRock Construction
★★★★★
“Our first experience working with a lead-generating company has been amazing. We have had a wonderful experience and have definitely had a huge improvement in leads and calls.”
Rachel Bartley
Director of Marketing, M&R Plumbing & Restoration
★★★★★
A selling point on calls
“Using their videos for my clients has been a major selling point on sales calls.”
Nate R.
Creative.io
★★★★★
“The Forge Marketing team is my go-to for paid ads. They are very easy to work with. Highly recommended, and a joy to work with.”
Aleson Rietow
Founder, Ari Creative
★★★★★
“They are so easy and quick to communicate with and always have your best interests in mind. They even took over my social media and it's never looked better. 10/10 would definitely recommend!”
Ashlee German
Polished By Ashlee
★★★★★
“With my small start-up, Kyle was there to answer all my questions and help implement appropriate marketing strategies to help us grow. I would give 10 stars if I could!”
Merik Richardson
Owner, The Fold
★★★★★
“Kyle has been amazing helping me with my business marketing. He's always available to help and would recommend him highly.”
MaKaibree Reese
Owner, The Beautiful Brows
★★★★★

Named clients, written permission on file. Where a client mentions a number, it is their number in their words; results vary, and the guarantee is on the work, not the outcome.

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