# D2 Creative D2 Creative Reviews (1), Pricing, Services & Verified Ratings - 5.0 out of 5 average review rating - 0 connections joined D2 Creative's Network [Visit Website](https://thinkd2.com/) [Get a Custom Proposal](https://clutch.co/profile/d2-creative-0-0) **Think Design & Data-Driven** D2 is a award winning full service marketing & advertising firm who believes in working collaboratively with our clients. We are proud to partner with client who include Northwest Seaport Alliance, Amtrak, Paccar, EBay, HBO, Alaskan Seafoods, Innovasian Cuisine, Costco, and higher education institutions, and public agencies around the country. We understand how to develop creative, messaging, and digital campaigns to engage and motivate audiences through all communication channels, whether it be print, search, social, digital, or broadcast media. We understand that a true integrated campaign starts with the customer journey and promotes the brand and messaging along various touch points to drive awareness and engagement. Our brand development and marketing campaigns create emotional attachments at all levels to meet the goals of all your future campaigns. We are data & design so we developed our own proprietary analytics tools to measure the success of your campaigns across all media to always ensure we are hitting targets and delivering the right message to the right audiences where it makes the most impact. ## Company Information - Hourly rate: $150 - $199 - Number of employees: 10 - 49 - 3 Locations: - Kirkland, WA (Headquarters) - West Linn, OR - Pittsfield, MA - Founded in 2014 ## Services, Focus Areas, Industries, and Clients ### Service Lines - 15% Branding - 15% Media Planning & Buying - 12% Graphic Design - 10% Marketing Strategy - 10% Web Design - 10% Web Development - 9% Packaging Design - 7% Advertising - 5% Social Media Marketing - 3% Search Engine Optimization - 2% UX/UI Design - 2% Video Production ### Focus Areas - CMS Focus: - 45% Drupal CMS - 33% WordPress CMS - 11% Microsoft SharePoint - 11% Umbraco CMS - Branding Focus: - 30% Brand strategy - 30% Corporate identity - 25% Brand messaging - 10% Product branding - 5% Naming - Media Buying Focus: - 30% Print Media Buying - 30% Radio Media Buying - 25% Out of Home Media Buying - 15% TV Media Buying - Frameworks and CMS: - 28% React Native - 27% React - 18% NextJS - 9% GatsbyJS - 9% NodeJS - 9% VueJS - Design Focus: - 25% Brochure & Pamphlet Design - 20% Annual Reports & Newsletter Design - 20% Banner & Signage Design - 15% Merchandise Design - 5% Business Card Design - 5% Invitation Design - 5% Magazine & Book Cover Design - 5% Postcard Design - Application Platforms: - 20% Other app platform - 15% Amazon Application Development Framework - 15% Azure Platform - 15% Google app engine - 15% Linux server - 15% Windows server - 5% Force ### Industries - 5% Legal Cannabis - 10% Consumer products & services - 5% Advertising & marketing - 10% Hospitality & leisure - 5% Energy & natural resources - 10% Non-profit - 10% Supply Chain, Logistics, and Transport - 10% Government - 5% Legal - 10% Information technology - 10% Education - 10% Medical ### Clients - 45% Small Business (<$10M) - 50% Midmarket ($10M - $1B) - 5% Enterprise (>$1B) ## Pricing Snapshot Average rating for cost based on this provider's reviews: 5.0 out of 5 **Most Common Project Size**: $10,000 to $49,000 based on 1 review *(Pricing information for this provider is based on reviews where the project size was available.)* ### Pricing by Service - Pay Per Click: $10,000 to $49,000 based on 1 review - Search Engine Optimization: $10,000 to $49,000 based on 1 review ## Reviews Clutch investigates each reviewer's identity and work history. Every review goes through a rigorous, human-led verification process to confirm the reviewer's identity, and reviews that we verify are visibly marked as 'Verified' so you can trust that they come from a real client. [Learn More](https://help.clutch.co/en/knowledge/how-clutch-verifies-reviews) ### D2 Creative Review Insights Overall Review Rating: 5.0 - Quality: 5.0 - Schedule: 5.0 - Cost: 5.0 - Willing to Refer: 5.0 ### D2 Creative Reviews #### PPC Services for Healthcare Company **The Project** - Services: Pay Per Click, Search Engine Optimization - Project size: $10,000 to $49,999 - Project length: Jan. 2013 - Dec. 2015 **Project Summary**: D2 Creative was hired by an internet marketing firm to handle the advertising spend for a healthcare client. They optimized keyword lists and added new terms based on research. **Review Rating**: 5.0 - Quality: 5.0 - Schedule: 5.0 - Cost: 5.0 - Willing to Refer: 5.0 **The Reviewer** Founder, NowSourcing - Industry: Advertising & marketing - Client size: 11-50 Employees - Review Type: Online Review - Verified **The Review** — Jan 29, 2023 **Feedback Summary**: Thanks to D2 Creative's work, the client exceeded lead totals and dropped CPA in half with more impressions and traffic. They were always great at communicating any status updates and were not shy in terms of making suggestions for improvement.  ""Everything was excellent, cannot think of any areas of improvement."" **BACKGROUND** Please describe your company and your position there. I am the founder and president of a niche internet marketing firm that specializes in content marketing. **OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE** For what projects/services did your company hire D2 Creative, and what were your goals? We brought in D2 Creative to handle the advertising spend for a healthcare client of ours that we had been performing content marketing services for. **SOLUTION** How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors? I have personally known D2's principal Don for a decade at that point and fully trusted him and his team's services. In my network, trust is everything and even before we were introduced, Don was noted to me as one of the best int he business when it comes to all things PPC, so I knew that we were in good hands. Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and campaigns. We set out to make a difference in upping the game of the healthcare client. Audience-wise, we were targeting licensed travelling nurses looking for the next gig, and helping nurses get setup to become a travelling nurse.   We ran an aggressive set of ad tests using creative that worked for them in the past and creative that we made, measuring performance from both an engagement and conversion angle, and in both cases the new creative won. We optimized the keyword lists they were bidding on and dropped terms that no longer applied and added new terms based on research. How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions? We mainly worked with Don, the principal, as well as one member of the team that was as dedicated worker and analyst. This analyst was the main communication to the client providing status updates and reports. **RESULTS & FEEDBACK** Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables? By July, 2014 we exceeded lead totals from all of 2013 and dropped CPA in half with 5x more impressions and 4.5x more traffic. Our testing improved quality scores and click rates, which reduced click costs by 57% YoY. In short, excellent results. Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness. They were always great at communicating any status updates and were not shy in terms of making suggestions for improvement to the ads and creative. We mainly used email communication but also phone meetings when necessary for any more detailed conversations. Great and speedy team communication. What did you find most impressive or unique about this company? Don and the D2 Creative team are true professionals. Always friendly and responsive in addition to quickly achieving superior results. You can feel how much they care and this makes them a trusted partner. Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently? Everything was excellent, cannot think of any areas of improvement. --- ## Portfolio & Awards ### Destination Marketing Campaign To help recover from the impact of the pandemic, D2 launched a multi-phase marketing strategy which included safety messaging to promote rider awareness, and then pivoted the messaging to a destination marketing campaign making the train part of the travel experience. A new website with a strong content strategy promoted travel within Oregon and the convenience of train travel. Ridership increase 63% over the last year.  ### Big Campaign to drive big results for the port NWSA, which includes the Port of Seattle and Port of Tacoma faced numerous challenges – supply chain issues, shipping line consolidation, competition from other ports, and inconsistency with their brand and messaging.     The first step was conducting a brand audit, including review of brand guidelines, marketing collateral, digital and print assets and brand utilization both internal and external to NWSA. From there, we refined the brand and messaging developed a marketing strategy with NWSA on repositioning their various services to their global markets. D2 worked with NWSA to identify their key audience personas and the marketing channels to best reach and engage those audiences.     The “BIG” campaign highlights the capacity and array of services provided by NWSA.  We developed a new brand direction which we then implemented into creative assets including guides, print and digital ads, a landing page, and signage.     Follow up campaigns were developed for their capacity, transload, service differentiators, warehousing, and other services. Results to date have been very positive with increase in new clients and services and NWSA has adopted a new brand identity and brand consistency across the organization. ### Tourism Campaign to drive economic development A municipality wanted to partner with hotels to get heads in beds to reinvigorate their tourism, drive local economic recovery and growth, and position themselves as a tourism destination and business hub. D2 led the charge with new creative, messaging, digital campaigns, analytics, and a landing page. ### Recruitment Marketing Campaign To meet the needs of the agency during a challenging job market, D2 conducts recruitment marketing and media placement to drive brand awareness and candidate applications.   D2 identified and located where to post jobs and the best messaging to attract qualified candidates, even for extremely difficult positions to fill when sometimes there were only dozens of qualified people in the country to do the work.  ### Brand Experience Everyone has their favorite InnovAsian dish. D2 built out customer engagement with a new brand identity, packaging, in-store retail point of sale displays, and a new trade show booth experience.  ### New Website based on community user experience With multiple stakeholders and a niche content management system requirement, D2 exceeded the exacting accessibility, usability, and feature requirements for a city of 60,000.  D2 helped redesign content organization and how citizens access city data through UX/IA optimizations. ### Video Production D2 helped a client boast about awards and accolades without it appearing like they were boasting. We developed the scripting, graphics, editing, sound production and the final delivery for presentation at the event, social media, and their website.  ### Driving Awareness for Healthcare Agency Paired with an email outreach campaign, this website integrated marketing automation tools and a bespoke website to provide a pipeline for expectant mothers. ### Insurance Pool Websites & Information Architecture Six related insurance pools under one umbrella stand out with individual identities and looks but lean on core shared functionality of multiple centrally-managed WordPress websites. Project including content strategy consulting, rebranding, information architecture, functionality improvements.  ### Capital Campaign for University Using a combination of Account Based marketing targeting high net worth individuals (larger potential donors) and key marketing campaigns with messaging and targeting toward alumni, recent graduations, and the community.  D2 targeted media placements to key areas of alumni based on income, age, to drive first-time small donations from recent grads and larger donations from more established grads. We used analytics data to measure performance of different types of ads to  modify a 1-2-3 touchpoint system to start with a call to action and end with in-depth stories of impact to show donors what is  happening with their donations. The University closed the books on this historic campaign, in which more than half a million donors gave a combined $6.3 billion. D2 helped the UW make it the most successful capital campaign for a public educational institution.  Ever! ### Integrated Marketing Campaign to drive awareness D2 operated a fully integrated campaign targeting business owners and HR managers to drive awareness and adoption of a free tool funded by their tax dollars.  ### Digital Marketing Optimization D2 built a metrics and reporting framework to identify actionable opportunities for improvement on a website for a company in the Fortune 150 growing conversions 1,000-fold. ### Developing a Brand Identity D2 consolidated multiple legacy brands into a unified whole that appeals to experienced explorers and young adventureres alike. Our comprehensive and integrated e-commerce solution allowed the school to collect donations, sell physical products, enroll e-courses, and host downloadable digital goods. ### Brand Identity, Product Naming There's a lot in a name. That's why D2 helped Integra come up with a snappy new name for their software suite to showcase to customers. Conducting market research, focus groups, trademark research, and stakeholder interviews, we were able to launch a new leader in Pharmacy management software.  ### Go to Market Strategy D2 helped build and launch a brand from concept to checkout for a company entering the retail market. ### Seafood Brand Development Tradeshows are coming back with a vengence. Good thing D2 knew how to build a 20-foot tall shipable lighthouse that becomes a instagram background wherever it goes. We built out the Seaport Seafood brand, including logo, brand guidelines, packaging, positioning statements, and their website and social media content strategy.  ### Packing to promote retail sales D2 built out the brand and packaging to launch a brand from concept to checkout for a company entering the wholesale & retail marketplace.  ### Higher education student recruiting D2 developed overarching and program-specific brands and ad creative to drive graduate program applications and enrollments. University of Washington (Foster) is ranked No. 22 in Best Business Schools and No. 10 in Part-time MBA.   ### Digital Marketing to boost resort visitors Park City Mountain Resort, a destination resort of yesteryear that needed a boost. Their goal was to double their return on digital ad spending to 6:1. While we had several tools at our disposal to make this happen, some of the typical levers we pull, like adjustments to ticket pricing, were simply unavailable. Like with most of our advertising projects, our strategy was foundationally data oriented. We would begin with what we know before we test, measure, and adjust. We started with testing budget of 10% for the first half of the season during which we ran parallel ad messaging with varying targeting criteria. We measured traffic through Omniture and Google Analytics, and charted the impact on different ads against purchases through their e-commerce website. Reoptimization - With enough data from September–November, we made more adjustments to the creative assets and messaging with a bigger budget for the key months of December–March. Even small adjustments to the ads, like adding a child, yielded incredible results. The Results - Exceeded ROAS goals by more than 3×!  Return on Ad Spend ended up at 14:1, far surpassing the 6:1 goal! The initial campaign budget of $332,350 yielded over $2M in revenues in six months. Target of $4 ROAS beaten by 35% This was a tremendous increase to the value of the park, which was purchased by Vail Resorts the following year for more than $180m. ### Integrated Campaign to drive student applications As part of its push to increase enrollment, the University of Washington wanted a new 360 ad campaign that could reach prospective high school students. We wanted to find out which ads actually connected with students. Using agile A/B testing, we determined the most effective ads. Analytics and trend analysis informed us of the most efficient ways to reach them. While online ads returned the most behavioral data, we analyzed returns from TV ad buys as well as media that are traditionally difficult to track user engagement. We correlated website traffic with location data, TV viewership, social media, and search to fully measure the impact of our messaging. In a year where the state’s other universities saw applications jump 10%, UW’s jumped 16.5% with the provost crediting the campaign as the source of the surge. The increased applicants also had a higher average GPA and higher average SAT/ACT scores. Put another way, the Be Boundless campaign convinced 5,000 more people to apply for first-year admission. In the ensuing 5 years applications continued to grow and surpass records. D2 has taken information learned from incoming data to modify and tweak channels and deliverability to keep reaching the right audiences even against reduced budgets. ### Industry Recognitions - CAGE - 9GUH9 - Registered SAM.Gov Entity - S7CHGLTAT1F7 - Top 10 Admired Leaders of 2023 - Apple Search Ads Certified Partner - Amazon Certified Partner - Facebook/Meta Certification - Ridership Recovery Campaign Recognition - Krusteaz Packaging Design Award - Giradelli Packaging Design Award - Inspiring Leaders of 2023 - HIPAA Certified - Google Partner - Public Agency Communications Nominee - Innovative Transit Marketing Campaign - Top 100 Digital Marketing Agencies - 2021 Best of Creative & Design - Top 100 Marketing & Advertising Leaders ## Key Clients - Amtrak Cascades ## Packages ## Locations (3) ### Kirkland, WA (Headquarters) - 721 4th Avenue - Kirkland, WA 98033 - United States - 10 - 15 employees - Phone: 4256059538 ### West Linn, OR - Salamo Rd - West Linn, OR 97068 - United States - 10 - 15 employees - Phone: 4256059538 ### Pittsfield, MA - 82 Wendell Avenue - Pittsfield, MA 01201 - United States - 10 - 15 employees - Phone: 7817393021 ## Contact D2 Creative [Send a message](https://clutch.co/profile/d2-creative-0-0) ### Connect on Social - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/d2-creative-llc/)