PPC & paid media agencies in Washington

REQ is deliberate and agile, skillfully delivering the digital needs of corporations, government, and nonprofits. As a digital marketing company, we help our clients determine their own future on today’s rapidly changing media landscape bringing reputation, advocacy, brand, and business results to new heights. We provide clarity and metrics at the intersection of digital advertising, search marketing, and performance. We make it easy for our clients to do things differently. Steeped in collaborative culture, we are guided by precise analytics, the latest media technologies, design thinking and brand strategy. We share our clients’ purpose and success, safeguarding reputations by building resilient brands that activate and fully engage audiences. As trusted partners, we readily adapt and take advantage of the boundless opportunities that bring forward the brightest tomorrow. REQ. Own What’s Next.

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The Rational Way: All in Partners Rational 360 is a leading full-service strategic communications and digital agency, with offices and staff located across the country. We recognize that communications and public affairs rarely take place in a vacuum, and our work is always crafted using the best data analysis to support organization-wide strategic objectives for our clients. From public relations and public affairs to crisis communications and new media strategy, our experienced team takes an innovative, active approach to advancing your mission-critical goals. We understand the unique opportunities and challenges of the 21st century media landscape and operate as an extension of your own communications and leadership teams. The Rational Approach: Integrated Campaigns We create custom campaigns that are integrated with communication, policy, or business goals an organization may have and we measure our campaigns on their ability to deliver outcomes and results. Our creative and relentless approach inspires hearts and minds, turns data into action, opens commercial markets, and drives impactful outcomes that win. The Rational Difference: Connected Where it Matters. Our bipartisan team members have worked at every level of business and government and our networks extend deep into the Halls of Congress, the White House, and Fortune 500 boardrooms across the country. We have the pulse of mission-critical conversations and implement campaigns when and where it matters most – and measure success at every point in the process. Visit us on Twitter: @Rational360

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Social Driver is a digital agency trusted by the world's leading corporations and nonprofit organizations for strategic solutions for social media, websites, and digital marketing. We have experience working with hundreds of clients, world-class expertise in digital and social media, and a culture of long-term client partnerships. Social Driver is headquartered in Washington, DC with additional teams in Bellingham, WA, Chicago, IL, Kansas City, MO, and Detroit, MI. Our company mantra captures our mission, culture and values: “We believe the future is bright, all progress is social, and the drivers make history.” We aim to provide our clients with digital services that help them meet their goals and, through that work, make an impact for a brighter future.

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DSPolitical is the digital advertising and technology partner built exclusively for Democratic campaigns, progressive causes, and advocacy organizations. We help campaigns reach the voters and audiences that matter most across connected TV, streaming video, digital audio, display, and high-impact programmatic media. By combining trusted Democratic data, voter-file matching, premium inventory, real-time optimization, and hands-on strategic support, DSPolitical helps teams move faster, spend smarter, and run addressable media programs up and down the ballot. Since 2011, we have built the tools Democrats need to compete in a changing media environment, from Deploy for advanced campaign teams to DemocraticAds.com for local and down-ballot candidates. After 15 years, our focus remains the same: helping Democratic teams run smarter, more responsible, and more effective digital campaigns.

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Blue Water is an multi-award-winning information technology, web design, and interactive marketing agency based in Washington DC with offices in Maryland, Downtown DC, New York and San Francisco. We are Drupal experts, design legends, SEO wizards and scrum masters. Major 3rd party analyst and review site, Clutch, ranks us as #3 in web design for the Washington DC area and within the top 15 nationwide for full-service digital agencies. We provide government, large and small businesses, and non-profit clients, with full lifecycle support for digital initiatives, including custom web and software development, commercial and government website design, digital marketing, hosting, Section 508 compliance, and ongoing site maintenance. Leveraging cutting-edge web design techniques, flexible open-source software applications, emerging technologies, and integrated marketing campaigns, Blue Water offers a turnkey approach to attaining digital success. For more information, please visit: bwm.com

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Stratacomm is an advertising, public affairs and public relations agency with national reach, turning insights into powerful communications. With deep expertise in transportation, energy and sustainability, our reputation is built on delivering exceptional client service and measurable results for corporate, association, nonprofit and government clients. Connect with us today!

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We deliver policy and communications support that is bracingly honest, refreshingly creative and expertly executed. We come from the left and the right. We’re focused on bottom-line results. We tell it like it is. And we think we work harder than any team out there. Working together, we witnessed how deep issue expertise—paired with creative communications—can break down walls, persuade audiences and advance agendas. We’re committed to that core idea and it’s informed by our individual experience.

45/RPM is a digital agency with a track record of delivering complex websites and highly successful digital marketing campaigns for demanding high-growth companies. We excel at helping restaurants and e-commerce brands discover new solutions for their digital challenges. We can help develop solutions that blend ux/ui design, development, third-party apps, integration, and analytics expertise to implement growth-driven technology. Our success stories include Nando’s PERi PERi, District Taco, National Geographic, Nebia, Tulip, Dr.Dünner, and many more.

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PBJ Marketing is a digital advertising agency rooted in data-driven strategy, creativity, and execution. We advise major corporations, nonprofits, advocacy groups, political campaigns, industry-defining associations, and household brands on various digital marketing tactics and strategies. With over 15 years of experience in digital media research, strategy, and implementation, PBJ has placed hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of our clients in national, regional, spot, and rural arenas. PBJ Marketing addresses marketing challenges to build and protect brands, engage stakeholders, activate customers and navigate complex situations. Our team is expected to bring ambitious ideas, creative solutions and an authentic personality to work. Ultimately, our mission is to be the best agency to work with, and the best agency to work for.

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Buying Time, LLC is a seasoned media-placement and buying firm with almost 30 years of experience delivering strategic paid-media solutions. We specialize in placing media — from traditional outlets like television, radio, print, and out-of-home, to digital platforms — for corporate, political, and issue-based advertisers seeking broad or targeted reach across the United States and beyond. What We Do Strategic Media Planning & Research — We build campaigns informed by data on audience behavior, geography, cost, timing, and medium, ensuring your message connects with the right people at the right time. Comprehensive Media Buying — Our team negotiates and executes media buys across all channels — linear and digital — optimizing for cost-effectiveness and maximum impact. Competitive Intelligence & Monitoring — We track and analyze opposition media buys, giving you timely insights and helping you stay competitive. Full-Service Execution & Coordination — Acting as liaison between production teams and media vendors, we handle trafficking, reconciliation, and logistics so that your campaign runs smoothly and reliably. Why Choose Buying Time Led by experienced industry professionals, Buying Time offers a hands-on, boutique-style service — combining deep knowledge of media planning with a nationwide (even international) network of media contacts to maximize reach and efficiency. We pride ourselves on tailoring every campaign to your unique needs — whether you’re running a political outreach, a policy-driven initiative, or a corporate advertising push — making sure your ads reach the right audience, at the right time, with measurable results.

We are a leading strategic communications firm. We are data driven, strategy-led and tactic agnostic. We relish a challenge and excel when the stakes are high. We get results. Vision360 Partners supports companies, trade associations, coalitions, foundations and nonprofits in crisis, reputation, litigation and public affairs battles. The common thread across all our work is that we specialize in partnering with clients that face tough competition and/or highly adversarial situations where the stakes are high. We work across all sectors but are particularly deep in technology, health care, financial services, manufacturing, and transportation. We are non-partisan and privately owned, which means our people and our clients always come first.

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Black Digital is an award-winning, Black-owned marketing agency, specializing in branding, website development, and online advertising. We use this expertise to help customers with digital marketing, social media management, email marketing, paid advertising campaigns, and more. We are passionate about using our solutions to help our clients reach new audiences and increase their brand awareness. Our agency is built around one mission—to use our talents to provide our clients with optimal Return on Investment. That is how we provide value and make our solutions count.

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DeltaV Digital is a full service digital strategy and marketing execution firm with services designed to fill the gaps in your digital organization. DeltaV’s team of digital experts work closely with your in-house marketers and technology experts to design, develop, and execute digital marketing strategies that deliver results. Our goal is to become a seamless extension of your marketing and technology teams, and ensure that you get the most out of your marketing budgets.

House of JOY is a boutique culture strategy firm founded by Kelli JOY Richardson, Emmy Award winner, CROWN Movement co-creator, SonRise Project founder and 30-year veteran of brand, cultural strategy, and marketing. We're senior people who do the work so our clients have direct access to the strategic thinking, not layers of handoffs. Our edge isn't scale, it's access. Over three decades of relationship-building with coalition partners, cultural voices, community organizations, and industry collaborators. That network doesn't show up on an org chart, but it shows up in real impact and business results. We believe in four simple rules: 1. Relationships and reach: Trust built over years complements media buys 2. Action and awareness: Do the work before you advertise it 3. Movements and moments: Build initiatives that outlast campaigns 4. Senior thinking on every project: Direct access to the team doing the work Every engagement is led by Kelli and our senior team. When the work requires additional capacity, we bring in collaborators we've worked with for years. No scrambling. No strangers. Just trusted partners who know how we operate. Most of our work is project-based. We scope to what you actually need, not what inflates our retainer. WHAT WE DO Cultural Strategy & Insights - We help brands understand what actually matters to communities — through research, listening, and years of lived experience. Coalition Building & Advocacy - We build coalitions that amplify impact — bringing together organizations, advocates, and community partners around shared purpose. Purpose-Driven Campaigns - We create campaigns designed for impact, not just impressions — strategy through execution for initiatives that move culture. Events & Experiences - We produce experiences that bring communities together — from intimate gatherings to national activations and awards shows. Our incredible body of work speaks for itself, and our peers have honored us with 80+ awards.

Constantly changing dynamics in the economic, political, and media landscapes can be difficult to navigate without experience and perspectives on the people, policy, and process shaping Washington. Lilette Advisors is a boutique, full-service strategic advisory firm deeply rooted in the intersection of government, media, and politics.

THIS JANUARY® is an independent creative agency built for next year. We create culturally relevant stories that resonate with real people across modern mediums — from OOH to TikTok. +++ We grew up in the world of big, holding-company-owned advertising agencies. Places with offices in most time zones. Shops where a twenty-five-person meeting was most meetings. From the outside, there was a lot to admire about those agencies. The offices looked like you would imagine. There were grand, imposing conference rooms. There were encouraging murals on every floor. On the inside, though, the toll of the last three decades was unmistakable. By the time we arrived, every big three or four letter agency was owned by something still bigger — something far, far away. CPAs wandered the halls with grim expressions. Those holding-company-owned agencies were a fascinating paradox: they were enormous and always under resourced. They were obscenely expensive and forever broke. They were supposed to be shapers of culture and yet they felt fixed in amber in 1990-something. We saw what we did not want to be. This January is a modern advertising agency. We were founded on a simple conviction, firmly held: an independent, senior team makes better work. At our agency, the creative partners that founded the company work on projects — not pitches. We are obsessed with craft. It animates us, inspires us and keeps us up at night. We’re equally fixated on delivering the highest level of execution without outsourcing every frame to a London-based VFX shop or a Hollywood director between movies. We can do more with modest budgets. The world is full of the bland, boring and shoddily produced. We’re certain that interesting has better ROI. And we want to make it together.

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Since 2019, Allied has helped agencies and buyers increase purchasing power over opponents in competitive campaigns all across the country. Allied helps you unlock pricing and inventory that give your campaign an edge.

iExcel is a digital marketing consultancy that focuses on driving customer acquisition, retention, and referrals for our clients. Our ROI-driven approach always considers the many variables that a potential customer experiences, including location, psychology, and overall user experience. With specialists across the digital marketing skillset - including Analytics, SEO, Email, Social Media, Content, and Advertising - our team’s diverse background and experience allows us to take a unique approach in combining business and technical expertise. We adopt the role of serving as Interim CMO, or “resident growth hacker” for the duration of the engagement. CHRIS RODRIGUEZ, FOUNDER Chris Rodriguez is a 15-year marketing veteran with a passion for driving growth and tangible results for brands and entrepreneurs. He has worked with over 30 startups across all tiers of funding (Seed to Series E), generating brand awareness, website traffic, signups, downloads, and most importantly customers and revenue. Chris’ data-driven approach to marketing is industry-agnostic and heavily influenced by his training – “lean startup” (test, then build) and “growth hacking” (user acquisition + retention, conversion optimization, repeatability). With this approach, he has taught students, developed courses, and mentored startup founders at companies like Techstars, General Assembly, Springboard, and Platzi. Chris has a unique career path for a marketer, with nearly a decade spent in the entertainment and legal industries prior to a 2011 pivot to tech startups. Since that career pivot, he has helped grow 2 startups to acquisition (Speek, numberFire) and 1 startup to the INC 500 list (Contactually). Chris has been recognized by GrowthHackerTV as one of the top 200 experts on startup growth.

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Polaris was founded to develop the most nimble, responsive buying strategies that give Democratic campaigns the edge in an era of razor thin margins. It’s efficient, effective, and just makes sense. Specializing in both television and digital, Polaris works with clients to meet voters’ rapidly changing media consumption habits to put your powerful creative in front of the audiences that matter.

Versus Media Group is a strategy-first team with decades of experience as ad makers and political strategists building campaigns, recruiting and coaching candidates, and driving victories. We offer hands-on strategic guidance, messaging consulting, creative production, and media planning and buying for both linear and digital placements. Versus Media Group is part of the Orchestra family, the first communications company built for the modern media landscape. Working with Versus means forging personalized, boutique partnerships coupled with the expertise of our innovative, creative team. We work with you to understand your fight and craft a winning strategy that optimizes the media you need to win.

With decades of combined experience powering campaigns of all kinds to success, our team crafts innovative, data-driven, and on-message digital campaigns tailored to our clients’ goals. We’ll help you reach exactly who you need to reach for your campaign, cause, or business to succeed — with high-impact creative that motivates people to not just passively scroll, but take action.

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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. The moment keeps changing. Our mission does not. Better Together Agency is a Black woman-founded, AI-forward communications agency. We build campaigns for corporations, nonprofits and advocacy groups working toward equity. 𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗔𝗜 We built TogetherAI because our bias research made one thing clear: generic AI tools were not built with equity in mind. TogetherAI is trained on your organization's own materials, voice and data. Your team gets press releases, social posts, donor emails and talking points in your voice, with your facts, in minutes. Every output is checked for bias before it reaches you. Your data never trains public models. SOC 2 Type 2 certified. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗨𝘀 𝗔𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 • 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻-𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱. Our lived experience helps us spot bias before it becomes a problem for your organization. • 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀-𝗟𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗜 𝗕𝗶𝗮𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆. Our Annual Biases in Generative AI Impact Report surveyed 1,010 U.S. adults. 92% said companies must address AI bias. That research is built into TogetherAI and into every campaign we run. • 𝗪𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀. We work with corporations, nonprofits and advocacy groups serious about equity. 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 • 𝗚𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱: 216+ media placements in three months and zero negative coverage during a high-stakes crisis period. • 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗮: 66 million unique views per month and 15,000+ national news stories during the 2024 general election. • 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗙𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Crisis contained four weeks before Election Day with coverage in USA Today, NPR and The 19th. When silence is risky and a wrong move is costly, we help organizations figure out what to say, when to say it and how to say it without losing what they stand for. Request a TogetherAI demo: thebettertogetheragency.com/togetherai

SRB Communications is a fusion of creative talent. Our award-winning, full-service marketing and advertising agency specializes in multicultural markets, digital, research, video production, public relations, copywriting and community engagement. We are storytellers who deliver integrated marketing solutions through all media channels. For more than three decades, we have provided services to some of this nation’s top brands in energy & utilities, higher education, public health, government, non-profits, political campaigns, transportation, convention centers and sports arenas. We are committed to expand your reach, frequency, ROI and overall happiness. Come work with us. We’re ready and happy to help.

About Us We are a strategic communications and public affairs firm specializing in public relations, political consulting, and coalition management. Our core issue expertise spans technology, tax policy, and healthcare—serving a diverse range of clients from startups and Fortune 500 companies to issue-based coalitions and nonprofit organizations. Headquartered in Washington, DC, we maintain strong regional presences in San Francisco/Silicon Valley, Boston, New York and Seattle, and offer international reach through strategic partnerships in London and Brussels. We deliver smart, timely counsel and execution across traditional and digital platforms. Whether supporting a policy initiative, managing a media campaign, or building and coordinating diverse coalitions, we help our clients shape narratives, influence opinion, and drive results. Our Services Include: • Strategic Communications & Message Development • Earned & Paid Media Campaigns • Political & Public Affairs Consulting • Domestic & International Campaign Management • Coalition Building & Management • Digital Strategy & Media Navigation Who We Serve: Elected Officials, Businesses and political organizations, nonprofit institutions, think tanks, foundations, trade associations, and advocacy coalitions.