Marcel Digital
A Chicago agency founded in 2003 with 31 named in-house employees spanning SEO and AEO, paid media, analytics, project management and software development.
Hub Score v2.0
70/100
Developing public profile
Top 20%A narrower capability profile; compare buyer fit and Evidence Confidence.
Tied #65 with 11 other companies of 399 listed United States companies.
Entry retainer
Not published
No recurring floor published; confirm current scope
Operating history
0 years
At peer median
Documented breadth
9 services
5 industry categories
Evidence confidence
98% · High
334 comparable industry peers
Website traffic
No public estimate
HypeStat · Checked 26 Aug 2026
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Open HypeStat sourceBuyer decision brief
Where the public evidence points
Marcel Digital qualifies through a current Chicago office, a documented 2003 founding, 31 named employees across its leadership and delivery roster, a genuinely integrated search and technology offer and detailed SEO cases. No exact current recurring amount is public, so the directory records pricing as Not published rather than carrying an estimate. Advisory-board members are excluded from the employee count.
The current roster supports a 20-50 team band and the company says delivery remains in one Chicago office
Search work integrates technical SEO, content, links, analytics, CRO and complex website migrations
Detailed cases publish qualified-lead, traffic, conversion and keyword outcomes for B2B and financial clients
Relative context
How Marcel Digital compares
Compared with 334 United States profiles sharing at least one documented industry.
| Measure | Company | Peer median |
|---|---|---|
| Entry retainer floor | Not published | $1.5k/mo |
| Years operating | 0 | Not published |
| Hub Score v2.0 | 70 | 62 |
| Evidence confidence | 98% | 95% |
Peer comparisons are computed from the current directory dataset, not external market estimates.
Documented services
Linked capabilities are included only when documented in the company research record.
Documented industries
Industry inclusion signals public experience, not exclusive specialisation.
Verified profile evidence
Products and operating claims
Founded in Chicago in 2003
The current about page says Ben Swartz started Marcel Digital in 2003 after leaving AOL-Time Warner.
Marcel Digital about
Current Chicago office
Current company pages publish 20 N Wacker Drive, Suite 1285, Chicago, Illinois 60606 and say the operating team works together in Chicago.
Marcel Digital about
Thirty-one named employees
The current roster names ten leadership employees and 21 delivery and administrative employees, supporting a 20-50 team band; three advisory-board members are excluded.
Marcel Digital team
B2B SEO tied to pipeline and revenue
Current SEO material covers strategy, ongoing management, technical and local search, content, links, audits, migrations and AEO for midsize and enterprise B2B organizations.
Marcel Digital SEO
In-house cross-functional delivery
The current about page says SEO, paid media, software development, UX and analytics work is researched and executed in house rather than offshore.
Marcel Digital delivery model
Monthly billing but no public dollar floor
The current ongoing SEO FAQ says services are billed monthly and customized to goals and budget but publishes no exact fee, so commercial scoring remains withheld.
Marcel Digital monthly SEO
First-party case evidence
Published client outcomes
Medius
61% more search-driven leads, 21.4% more organic traffic from target markets and 50 new first-page terms
Company-published B2B SaaS case combining lower-funnel content, international SEO, strategic links and improved lead attribution; 28 of the new first-page terms reached the top three.
Open sourceFutures brokerage
181.64% more overall organic traffic, 861.23% more learning-center traffic and 283% more futures-page conversions
Company-published financial-services case reporting 2020 results after a long-running engagement added content-gap analysis, page optimization, schema and authority building.
Open sourceRegulatory compliance services provider
149% more organic traffic versus 2016 and 120% more goal completions
Company-published life-sciences case combining technical remediation, content, backlink cleanup and ongoing CRO; the page also reports 22% year-over-year organic growth for 2019.
Open sourceTransparent scoring
Why Hub Score v2.0 is 70
Operating resilience
3/153 points under 3 years; 6 at 3-5; 9 at 6-10; 11 at 11-15; 13 at 16-20; 15 at 21+ years.
Delivery capability
25/25A monotonic diminishing-return curve: 1 service = 6, 2 = 10, 3 = 14, 4 = 17, 5 = 20, 6 = 22, 7+ = 25.
Sector evidence
25/25Industry coverage contributes 10, 14, 16 or 18 points; 1, 2 or 3+ source-linked case studies add 3, 5 or 7 points.
Commercial clarity
9/204 for a live site + 6 for a disclosed entry floor + 5 for a stated pricing model + 5 for a specific best-fit client statement.
Delivery capacity
8/15Team bands map monotonically: 10-20 = 5, 20-50 = 8, 50-150 = 11, 150-250 = 13, 250-500 or 500+ = 15.
The five capability factors total exactly 100. Evidence Confidence is calculated and displayed separately. See sources, guardrails and formulas →
Questions for the sales call
- Confirm which of the named SEO, content, analytics, UX and development staff will be assigned and whether any specialist work is subcontracted.
- Request CRM, analytics, Search Console and rank evidence for a comparable B2B account with dates, absolute baselines and qualified-lead definitions.
- Obtain a priced monthly proposal separating recurring SEO, content, links, analytics, CRO and development, including term, implementation ownership and exit rights.
What this profile does not prove
- All outcomes are company-authored and not independently audited; two selected clients are anonymized by industry on the public case pages.
- The 20-50 band is derived from 31 named employees and excludes advisory-board members, but it does not establish current allocation or available capacity.
- Monthly billing is public, but no exact recurring fee is disclosed, so price remains unscored and is excluded from the Illinois median.