Digital Third Coast
Digital Third Coast is a Chicago search agency founded in 2007 and based at 2540 W North Avenue. It runs SEO, paid search and paid social, digital PR and content campaigns, and has added answer-engine and AI-visibility work, for clients including US Foods, Life Time and Lurie Children's Hospital. Nobody pays to be ranked.
Why it’s hereA Google Premier Partner and US Search Awards winner with a 4.9 rating across 54 Clutch reviews, independent and Chicago-based since 2007. Number 4 of the digital marketing agencies in the Midwest.
Who leads itLyndsey Maddox, CEO.
Work they can showUS Foods. B2B digital PR campaign that earned more than 500 media placements. Intellectual property law firm (unnamed). CRM-integrated Google Ads work that cut cost per acquisition by 28.73%. Software consultancy (unnamed). Service landing page SEO credited with 200% lead growth.
- Custom pricing; standard agreement is six months, then month to month, per its site.
A fit forB2B and ecommerce companies that want SEO, paid search, paid social and digital PR run by one Chicago team with reporting tied to leads and cost per acquisition.
- Based in
- Chicago, IL
- Founded
- 2007
- Team size
- 11–50 people
- Led by
- Lyndsey Maddox, CEO
- Known for
- SEO · paid media · digital PR and content · AI visibility
- Named clients
- US Foods, Life Time, Lurie Children's Hospital, Olivet Nazarene University, Intelligentsia, Bid-on-Equipment
- Best for
- B2B and ecommerce companies that want SEO, paid search, paid social and digital PR run by one Chicago team with reporting tied to leads and cost per acquisition.
- Selected work
- US Foods. B2B digital PR campaign that earned more than 500 media placements. source ↗
- Intellectual property law firm (unnamed). CRM-integrated Google Ads work that cut cost per acquisition by 28.73%. source ↗
- Software consultancy (unnamed). Service landing page SEO credited with 200% lead growth. source ↗
- Published pricing
- Custom pricing; standard agreement is six months, then month to month, per its site.
- Office
- 2540 W North Ave · Chicago, IL · 60647 · (773) 904-2700

UpdateCo-founded by George Zlatin and Taylor Cimala; Lyndsey Maddox was promoted to CEO in 2023. Its team page still lists Zlatin as CEO.
Sources digitalthirdcoast.com, clutch.co · LinkedIn ↗
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