# SmartSites > SmartSites is a full-service digital marketing agency founded in 2011 by brothers Alex and Michael Melen in New Jersey. One in-house team runs SEO (including AI search optimization for ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews), PPC advertising, website design and development, email and SMS marketing, and social media management for businesses across the United States. This is the long version of https://www.smartsites.com/llms.txt. Every fact below is published on www.smartsites.com; the source page is linked in each section. ## About SmartSites Source: https://www.smartsites.com/company/ - Founded in 2011 in New Jersey by brothers Alex and Michael Melen, who still lead the company as co-founders. Based in Paramus, New Jersey. - 370+ people worldwide, with clients in all 50 states. Every service line has its own director, and every client works with named specialists. - Rated 4.9 on average from 2,100+ client reviews on Google, Clutch, G2, DesignRush, Yelp, Capterra and other sites (https://www.smartsites.com/company/reviews/). - $2.1 billion+ in client revenue tracked since 2024 (company-wide total). - Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest-growing private companies ten years in a row, 2017 to 2026. - #1 on Forbes Advisor's Best SEO Services of 2026, rated 9.9 (list updated September 30, 2026, https://www.forbes.com/advisor/l/best-seo-services/). - Best for Local Businesses on Forbes Advisor's Best Web Design Companies (https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/software/best-web-design-company/). - G2 Leader, Fall 2026 in SEO, PPC, Digital Marketing and Content Marketing. - Clutch Top Digital Marketing Company and 2023 Clutch Champion. - #1 on The Manifest's Top 100 Search Marketing Agencies. - Partners: Google Premier Partner (2025), Meta Business Partner, Microsoft Advertising Select Partner, Klaviyo Master Platinum partner, HubSpot certified partner, Mailchimp Pro Partner, top-tier TikTok partner, Amazon Ads Verified Partner, Yelp Ads partner, Shopify Agency Partner. - Timeline: 2011, founded offering SEO, PPC and web design; 2021, email and SMS marketing added; 2022, social media marketing added. - Mission: to develop and grow strategic partnerships that help clients succeed online. ## How SmartSites works Source: https://www.smartsites.com/digital-marketing-services/ Working with SmartSites gives a business a complete digital marketing department without hiring one: SEO strategists, PPC analysts, content writers, designers, developers, and email and social media specialists, all working from one plan built around revenue goals. A dedicated project manager keeps every channel moving in the same direction. Every client gets a live Client Hub dashboard, built in-house: GA4, Search Console, Google Ads, Meta and Google Business Profile in one login; every form lead in one tracker, with the page and campaign behind it; tracked calls recorded and summarized, tagged by what the caller wanted; revenue by source where sales or ecommerce data is connected; and visits from ChatGPT and other AI assistants reported as their own channel. Where to start depends on the goal. PPC is usually the fastest start for leads; SEO builds traffic that is not paid for per click; the website comes first if visitors arrive but don't call or buy; email and SMS put an existing customer list to work. Paid ads can bring in leads within the first weeks; SEO takes longer, usually several months. ## Organic SEO Source: https://www.smartsites.com/organic-seo/ Rank where customers search: Google, Maps and AI answers from ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews. SEO strategists fix the technical issues holding a site back, publish content that answers what buyers ask and earn links that build authority, so organic search can become a growing source of calls, leads and sales that are not paid for per click. Includes local SEO, Google Business Profile, AI search optimization, ecommerce SEO, national SEO, franchise SEO, technical SEO audits and blogging. Pricing: SEO starts at $2,600 a month, a minimum of 40 hours at $65 an hour, with free setup. The hours can be used interchangeably between content writing, link building and web development. ## AI search optimization Source: https://www.smartsites.com/organic-seo/ai-search-optimization/ Get found, cited and chosen when customers ask an AI assistant, with the same SEO that wins Google, measured in the client's own analytics. The work covers: - Structured, answer-first content: service, product and FAQ pages that answer a real customer question in their opening lines, with schema markup labeling the facts. - Entity and brand signals: business name, address, services and people kept consistent across the website, Google Business Profile, directories and social profiles, backed by Organization and LocalBusiness schema. - Digital PR and citations: coverage, expert quotes and links on established publications and industry sites. - Review signals: help asking happy customers for reviews and replying to them on Google and the review sites that matter in each field. - Google Business Profile: every field completed and kept in step with the website, since AI Overviews and Gemini draw on it for local searches. - Technical crawlability: AI crawlers such as OAI-SearchBot, GPTBot, PerplexityBot and Googlebot are not blocked, and key content is in the page HTML. From SmartSites client data: 98% of client sites get visits from AI assistants. Across 600+ client sites, visitors from AI assistants converted at 6.5%, against 3.6% for organic search. For the median site, AI visits are still well under 1% of traffic, so the work that wins Google is still the work that pays, and it is the same work that gets a business into AI answers. ## PPC advertising Source: https://www.smartsites.com/ppc-marketing/ Reach buyers the moment they search, scroll or compare. Certified specialists build and manage Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and Yelp ads, test new ads and landing pages, and move budget toward the campaigns that bring in leads and sales. ChatGPT Ads are also managed (https://www.smartsites.com/ppc-marketing/chatgpt-ads-management/). Includes Google Ads, Meta Ads, Yelp Ads, ecommerce ads, remarketing and landing pages. Cost: management is a monthly fee, quoted to scope in a written proposal. Setup is free. Ad spend is paid directly to the platforms and is not part of the fee. The minimum ad budget is $1,500 a month for local campaigns and $2,500 a month for national or ecommerce campaigns. ## Website design Source: https://www.smartsites.com/web-design/ In-house designers and developers build fast, mobile-first WordPress, Shopify and Magento sites around what makes visitors call, book or buy, with SEO foundations and conversion tracking in place at launch. 900+ websites launched. Includes WordPress, Magento, Shopify, custom development and WordPress maintenance. Pricing: websites start at $5,000. The final price depends on the number of pages, the features and the platform, quoted as one flat fee for the agreed scope. ## Email and SMS marketing Source: https://www.smartsites.com/email-marketing/ Earn more from existing customers. Klaviyo and Mailchimp specialists build welcome, abandoned-cart and win-back flows, send campaigns people want to open and add SMS where it pays off, so a bigger share of sales comes from buyers who already know the brand. Includes Klaviyo experts, Mailchimp experts, SMS marketing, marketing automation and email newsletters. Pricing: email and SMS marketing starts at $750 a month for one campaign a month. Setup is free. The email platform, such as Klaviyo, bills the client directly. ## Social media management Source: https://www.smartsites.com/social-media-marketing/ Turn followers into customers. SmartSites plans, designs and publishes content for Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, X and Pinterest, manages the community and runs paid social aimed at people who look like a client's best customers. Includes Facebook and Instagram, X, LinkedIn, TikTok, Pinterest, YouTube, video for social and influencer marketing. Pricing: social media management starts at $1,700 a month for 8 posts, $250 of boosted posts and 2 hours of engagement. Boosting is included in the price and setup is free. ## Results Source: https://www.smartsites.com/work/ (900+ published case studies) - SEO: an off-road and overlanding accessories brand lifted conversions by 46x (Recon Recovery): https://www.smartsites.com/work/automotive/recon-recovery/ - PPC: a last-mile delivery company grew lead volume by 25x (DG Express): https://www.smartsites.com/work/automotive/dg-express/ - Web design: an industrial coating company grew lead volume by 21x (A&A Thermal Spray): https://www.smartsites.com/work/industrial-commercial/aa-thermal-spray-marketing/ - Email and SMS: a luxury slipper brand grew email revenue by 10x (Stubbs & Wootton): https://www.smartsites.com/work/retail/stubbs-and-wootton/ - Social media: a custom bicycle builder grew followers by 11x (Wrench Science): https://www.smartsites.com/work/retail/wrench-science/ ## Contact Call 201-870-6000 or email contact@smartsites.com, Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm ET. Request a free proposal at https://www.smartsites.com/contact/.