Garrison Olson

Garrison Olson is a digital marketing agency based in Chicago. It plans marketing programmes for brands, produces the content, spreads it across paid, earned and owned channels, and measures results against business goals.

What Garrison Olson offers

• Marketing strategy — research into goals, audiences and competitors, with plans that are adjusted as results come in.
• Content strategy and production — articles, infographics, videos and campaign messaging from content strategists and journalists.
• Distribution — SEO, PPC, native and display advertising and social media, planned as connected channels.
• Digital PR and branding — media outreach and brand work.
• Analytics — measurement frameworks, attribution and optimisation tied to business objectives.

Who it works with

The agency serves brands of all sizes. Its case studies include Home Run Inn, a Chicago pizza brand it helped grow frozen pizza sales with national retailers. Brands the founder has worked with include Allstate, Wells Fargo, Northwestern University and Lurie Children's Hospital.

Key facts

• Based in: Chicago, Illinois
• Founder: Kyle, a DePaul University advertising and public relations graduate
• Press: his work has been covered by national outlets including The New York Times and Forbes