One of the fun things about researching companies every day is that sometimes I get to learn more about my neighbors. If I hadn’t been cruising through the Inc 500, I probably never would have taken a second look at the building just a block from me, which I can see right now out my office window. However, it happens to house Rise Interactive, a Chicago, IL based “full-service Internet marketing company” that services “companies of all sizes, from startups to the Fortune 500.” They’ve seen 658% growth over the past three, and that led them to $2.6 million in annual revenue last year. Their site isn’t as flashy as many of the interactive agencies that we’ve featured in the past, but that makes sense when you look at the services that they offer—they seem much more focused on results-based areas like SEO, Paid Search, Display Advertising, and Affiliate Marketing.

When Do You Rise?

I’m really interested by the kind of work Rise Interactive does because a lot of it overlaps with what I do to run my sites. If you take a look at Rise Interactive’s Client List, you’ll see that they work with a mix of familiar names and more recent upstarts. If you want to dig even deeper, you can read their Client Testimonials and take a look at their Client Case Studies. If you have never considered a career in online marketing before, it’s definitely worth thinking about—especially because people from a variety of academic backgrounds can thrive in the industry. If you want to learn a little more, you can take a look at the Online Marketing Resources that Rise Interactive provides, then you can check out their Job page or their specific Jobs page for new grads. You can apply for a specific position like Internet Marketing Consultant, or you can just apply generally.

Links to Help You Begin Your Research

• RiseInteractive.com
• Jobs at Rise Interactive
• About Rise Interactive
• Leadership at Rise Interactive
• Rise Interactive’s Clients
• Rise Interactive’s Resources
• Rise Interactive’s Services
• Rise Interactive’s Blog

Do you know who your neighbors are? Might they be hiring?

We've identified Rise Interactive as having career opportunities in the following categories:

• advertising
• affiliate marketing
• all employers
• analytics
• consulting
• e-mail
• Illinois
• interactive media
• marketing
• online marketing
• ppc
• SEO

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