Best-rated digital marketing agency
Google
4.9
908 reviews
Clutch
4.9
368 reviews
G2
4.9
260 reviewsSmartSites is a digital marketing agency started in 2011 by brothers Alex and Michael Melen in New Jersey. Today a team of 370+ strategists, designers and developers worldwide, 94 of them in the US, runs websites, SEO, paid ads, email and social for businesses across the US.
2,100+ client reviews Inc. 5000 ten times
Nationwide94 in the US · 370+ worldwide
Alex Melen launched T35 Hosting, one of the first free web hosting providers, in the late 1990s. His brother Michael built his first website at 9, helped with Alex's MP3 sites, and sold his first internet company at 19.
In 2011 they co-founded SmartSites. The agency now serves hundreds of businesses with a team working across the United States, with specialists across the US and abroad. Alex and Michael still run it together.
Our missionTo develop and grow strategic partnerships that help our clients succeed online.
Alex and Michael Melen found SmartSites in New Jersey, offering SEO, PPC and web design.
NJBIZ Top 250 Private Companies and Entrepreneur360 Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America.
Email & SMS marketing joins the lineup: Klaviyo and Mailchimp flows and campaigns.
Social media marketing launches: content, community management and paid social.
Clutch Champion, Adweek Fastest Growing Agency and an Energage Top Workplace.
Tenth consecutive Inc. 5000 year, NJBIZ Best Places to Work, Forbes Advisor Best SEO Services.
SEO, paid media, email, social, web design and AI search each have their own specialists at SmartSites, and they plan and report as one team. Start with one channel or hand us the whole plan; either way you get one strategy and one dashboard.
Meet the team
SmartSites made No. 4010 on the 2026 Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest-growing private companies, our 10th year in a row.
The founders still lead the company. Every service line has its own director, and every client works with named specialists.
Co-Founder
Before SmartSites, Alex ran digital analytics on the Walmart account at Starcom MediaVest Group. BusinessWeek named him one of America's Top 25 Entrepreneurs Under 25. Babson College graduate.
Automotive Search MarketingA Car Dealer's Guide to Google & AI Search, 2nd edition (2026)
Co-Founder
Michael was mentioned in Forbes at 16 and consulted Disney and Budweiser on digital media before graduating from Cornell University in three years. He leads operations and speaks on SEO and AI search.
Thought leadershipTalks, webinars and podcasts from both founders and the team
Matthew PrepisChief Sales Officer
Anita KostadinovChief Client Officer
Stephanie CookDirector of Project Management
Ashley IsmailovskiDirector of Email Marketing
Samantha BalounDirector of Social Media
Connor O’HanlonDirector of PPC
Victoria TanDirector of Inbound Marketing
Sam Chadson NgDirector of Content
Sherry AroraDirector of Design
Vaskar NepalDirector of Frontend Development
Sergey NechaevDirector of Backend Development
Oleg KorneitchoukDirector of SEO
We work from New Jersey and across the globe, and we get together whenever we can: team retreats, workshops, Google's New York office, and conferences like Digital Summit.
We care about what we do and about what you do.
The online industry moves fast, so we keep bringing clients what's new and what works.
We aim to exceed your needs, and we're delighted when clients become our biggest fans.
We honor our commitments and take personal responsibility for our goals.
We hire the best and brightest and work together toward your goals.
Results drive business, and we drive results.
A monthly report full of impressions does not tell you if the phone rang or the sale closed. Your SmartSites Client Hub follows each lead from the ad or search result to the call, the form and, where you track it, the revenue.
Inc. 5000America's fastest-growing private companies, ten times
Google PartnerGoogle Partner, 2025
ClutchTop Digital Marketing Company
G2Leader, Fall 2026: SEO, PPC, Digital Marketing, Content
Forbes Advisor#1 Best SEO Services, 2026
Microsoft AdvertisingSelect Partner, 2026
MetaBusiness Partner for Facebook & Instagram ads
TikTokMarketing Partner
KlaviyoPlatinum Master partner
ShopifyPartner
MailchimpPro Partner
YelpYelp Ads partner
Amazon AdsVerified partner
DesignRush#1 Digital Marketing Company, New Jersey
The Manifest#1 of the Top 100 Search Marketing Agencies
BBBA+ ratingYour team already knows your customers, your rules and what grows businesses like yours.
2,100+ client businesses in 50 states and DC, 2,100+ client reviews, and a team of 94 in the US across 27 states · 370+ worldwide.
Map of the United States with a dot for every SmartSites client location and every placed client review, and a pin for each city our US team works from. A review card changes every few seconds; hover or tap the map to stop it.
“I have utilize them for a variety of projects including SEO, Social Media Management/Marketing, Web Development and Adwords. They have always delivered remarkable…”
Google review+ 61 more client businesses outside the US
If you're passionate about internet marketing, web design or web development, we want to hear from you. Join a team that is shaping the future of digital marketing.
Hiring safely: every SmartSites job offer comes from an @smartsites.com email address. We never recruit over Telegram.
SmartSites was founded in 2011 by brothers Alex and Michael Melen, who still lead the company as co-founders.
We're a nationwide team: 94 people in 27 states across the US, plus specialist teams around the world (370+ people in all), with clients in all 50 states, so we work with you wherever you are. Founded in New Jersey in 2011.
370+ people worldwide: the 100 strategists, project managers, analysts and specialists on our Meet the Team page, plus 278 designers, developers, SEO and content specialists in our global teams. 94 of us work in the US, across 27 states.
Web design and development, PPC advertising, SEO, email and SMS marketing, and social media marketing. One team can run all of them, and every channel reports into the same Client Hub.
We are a Google Partner, Meta Business Partner, Microsoft Advertising Select Partner, Klaviyo Platinum Master partner, HubSpot certified partner and a Mailchimp, Amazon Ads and Yelp Ads partner.
We have 2,100+ client reviews on Google, Clutch, G2, Yelp, Capterra and other sites. You can read them on our reviews page.
Every SmartSites recruiter and job offer uses an @smartsites.com email address. We never recruit or interview over Telegram. If someone contacts you there using our name, report it to abuse@telegram.org. Open roles are on our careers page.
