Setup is a marketing matchmaker, connecting brands with qualified marketing agencies, typically, free of charge.
Whether you’re a client on the brand side or a marketer on the agency side, Setup works to make connections for you that impact your business. We work with BtoB, BtoC, and DtoC brands across industries to understand their marketing challenges + provide resources and options to solve them. Our agency partners focus on a variety of different disciplines to ensure brands will have the best options for choosing a new marketing, advertising, PR, technology, or growth-focused agency.

How We Help Brands
1. Brand-Agency Matchmaking
2. Agency Ecosystem Planning
3. Marketing Team Recruiting

How We Help Agencies
1. Agency-Brand Matchmaking
2. Business Development Training
3. Agency Acquisition Services
Brands That Have Hired Agencies through Setup Matchmaking:

"Marketers need Setup more than ever - the marketing world has gotten so complex and the opportunities so dynamic that new skills are needed and specialties are at a premium. Setup helps you find them." - Scot Safon | Former CMO at CNN
Why Setup?
In 10+ years, we have made over 1,200 brand-agency introductions
Over 125K marketers engage with our website content each year
We talk to 10+ brand-side marketers every week
The best brands turn to us to find marketing agencies that fit their unique needs.
Setup works with marketers from clients and brands across industries to understand their marketing challenges + match them with relevant marketing/advertising Agencies to solve those problems. Not sure if Setup is right for you? Check out some of who we work with and serve:
Example Clients
Boys & Girls Club of America
The Coca-Cola Company
Char-Broil
Central Garden & Pet
UScellular
Hexagon
LYCRA
Aveda
Brooks Running
Great Clips
+ See more
Industries
Nonprofit
Consumer Goods
Consumer Electronics
Food & Beverage
Restaurants
Construction/Building Materials
Real Estate
Banking/Financial Services
Retail
Staffing/Recruiting
+ See more
Types of Agencies
Integrated Marketing
Full-Service Digital
Public Relations
Creative/Branding
Social Media
Media Planning & Buying
Strategy
Advertising & Media
Video
Growth Marketing
+ See more
Marketing Roles
Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)
SVP or VP of Marketing
Director of Marketing
Marketing Manager
Social Media Manager
Chief Technical Officer (CTO)
SVP or VP of Technology
Director of Technology
VP or Director of Innovation
Head of Growth