Boostability came in at No.31 in MWCN's 100 Fastest Growing Companies in Utah! Check out the article here, and be sure to check out our photo of Russ Larson accepting the award! http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vIohe
Boostability Overview
Lehi, UT
201 to 500 employees
2009
Company - Private
Business Services
$25 to $50 million (USD) per year
Founded in 2009, Boostability is now one of the fastest growing internet marketing companies in the world. We use cutting-edge technology to provide high-quality SEO, social media, and website marketing services that achieve explosive growth for our small business partners and ... Read more
Mission: We help small businesses succeed online.
Glassdoor Awards
Best Places to Work: 2015 (#38)
Company Updates
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Check out the article about Boostability published in Insights Success magazine, “The 30 Most Admired Companies of 2017” issue. http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQEOZ
Boostability – Why Work For Us?
Boostability Quick Look Core Services:
- SEO for Small Businesses
- Social Media Marketing for Small Businesses
- Website Builds & Maintenance for Small Businesses
- Local Search and Maps Optimization for Location Based Businesses
- SEO, Social Media and Website Selling Opportunities for Resellers
- SEO, Social Media and Website Solutions for Media, Newspaper, and Phone Book Partners Who Need an SEO Offering for Their Clients
Market That We Serve
Small and Local businesses that need a cost effective solution for top online search visibility. Large Media and Advertising groups that need a partner that can scale small business SEO, Social Media and Webssite services to tens of thousands of customers and providing high value to the clients.
Expertise We Offer
We currently manage thousands of SEO customers.
Our Management Team has 40+ years combined of Internet Marketing experience.
Boostability developed proprietary SEO software technology to drive high client value and large customer management.
Boostability software technology and services deliver partner centric services:
- SEO Lead Generation
- SEO Sales Support or Sales POD Model for Partners
- White Label SEO Account Management and Reporting
- Large Volume SEO Fulfillment
- Social Media Services
- Website Fulfillment and Build Services
- API Integration Services for Reporting and Customer Management
- Billing
- SaaS Platform for Seamless Distribution of Services
- One Click Access to Accounts
Gavan Thorpe -- President & COO
Jared Turner - Chief Technology Officer
Russ Larson - Chief Finance Officer
Nathan Judd - Vice President of Fulfillment
Matt Tennison - Vice President of Sales & Partners
Trish Stines - Director of Account Management
Kelly Shelton - VP of Marketing
Johanna Fawson - Director of Human Resources
Boostability was created in January 2009 with the idea of creating affordable and effective SEO services for the small business marketplace. This was a revolutionary concept because SEO companies in general have avoided marketing to small businesses because they were not able to provide an effective service for the budgets that small businesses could afford and they were not able to deliver a scalable service that was profitable. Boostability founders saw this challenge as a tremendous opportunity, they set out to do what no SEO company has been able to do, deliver cost effective SEO services that produce results.
A talented team was assembled to develop a technology that would revolutionize the industry. The goal of the technology was to take a factory line approach to SEO fulfillment. The key to the technology is that it divides the workload among a group of specialists that are really good at one key component of SEO. The technology pinpoints the work that is ideal for each unique business and then gives the specialist step by step instructions so that they only do the work that needs to be done. The system then tracks the work performed by each specialist so that an account manager can easily see the work that has been done and the progress that the business is making. This has allowed Boostability to offer SEO services at an hourly rate that is a fraction of what other SEO companies charged.
In addition to streamlining the SEO fulfillment process our founders wanted to provide our customers and partners transparency. We wanted our customers to see the work we were doing as well as the progress they were making and be accountable for the work we were doing.
After a year of work the technology was completed and we began to market our services directly to businesses. A sales team was put in place that would quickly learn how to present and sell successfully and the company began to grow. We grew out of our first office with just over 13 employees in April 2010. From April 2010 to Nov 2010, we hired just over 30 new people into the company.
With our technology and our ability to market, sell and provide exceptional SEO services we began to attract partners that wanted to provide SEO services to their clients. Our founders had the foresight to incorporate into our technology a partner friendly platform that would allow our partners unprecedented access and insight into their clients’ accounts. We were able to share with our partners everything we learned about selling SEO to small businesses as well a scalable way for them to offer and provide SEO services.
The vision of our founders of providing small businesses affordable and effective SEO services is now being realized in an amazing way. As of December 2012 we reached more than 175 full time employees and hundreds of part time employees. We are considered to be the premier small business fulfillment service in the industry and our growth and profitability continues to climb at a phenomenal pace.
The future looks even brighter.
When to Outsource, and When to Build your Internal Competencies
Jared Turner, CTO, lists his 3 starting questions for entrepreneurs trying to effectively grow their businesses.
UV50: 30 Fastest-Growing Companies 2016 ranks Boostability No. 14
A former No. 1 and No. 2 Fastest-Growing Company, Boostability is still quick on its SEO feet.
Boostability Ranked on Inc. Magazine's List of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies for Third Year in a Row
For the third year in a row, Boostability, one of the largest digital marketing service providers in the world, has made the 2016 Inc. 5000's list of the "fastest growing private companies in America."
3 Success Factors of Selling Through Strategic Partnerships
Matt Tennison, VP Sales & Partners, talks about the secrets of running an effective and sustainable channel sales program.
Boostability Reviews
Boostability 181Recommend to a friend
Approve of CEO
Gavan Thorpe
25 Ratings
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"Great company to work for while in college"
Star Star Star Star Star- Work/Life Balance
- Culture & Values
- Career Opportunities
- Comp & Benefits
- Senior Management
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Boostability part-time (More than a year)
Pros
Cool, fun, laid back atmosphere. Enjoyed the productivity competitions among teams since the winners would receive rewards for their hard work. Well defined roles for each employee. Was easy to get along with coworkers because many of them were still in school and around my age. Free food is always great, too!
Cons
Repetition. Not much variety in the tasks I did as a fulfillment specialist. Was hard to stay focused and on task sometimes unless there was an incentive to do so. Felt like a computer program could eventually replace me as an employee.
Advice to Management
Add some more variety to the tasks that each employee does, or motivate them to advance to other positions within the company.
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Boostability Interviews
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No OfferNegative ExperienceEasy InterviewBoostability 2017-02-27 04:28 PSTInterview
While the one person I spoke with was decently professional, I was disappointed to find the reason for my removal from consideration was my asking salary. They advertised the role at $55k-$80k. Being that I have really solid experience, a good company brand backing my resume, and know what I'm doing in product, I asked for $80k.
At first, they were accepting of that figure. They had me do the lame video interview, but from there, I was never asked to speak with someone again. I was told, however, they were going to schedule a time for me to meet with the hiring manager. About a week after I was told that, I received a voicemail indicating they didn't believe my background matched my requested salary figure. For starters, it's none of their business to tell me I'm not worth what I'm asking for. This is so incredibly offensive.
What's worse, however, is the real reason they chose to say that. When I called back to speak with the recruiter about this odd voicemail I had received, I was told that I would likely get bored in the role as apparently it was more of an entry level position and that they just couldn't justify my required salary. Confused, I reminded them they had posted $80k. She was unrelenting in her assertion that I would get bored. Without a better explanation from the organization, I assume what's going on here, and based on another PM interview review, is they found candidates who were willing to accept the $55k figure (maybe even less). This also tells me that employee investment is low at Boostability. They'd rather get cheap employees than good employees.
I was told they'd keep me in mind for senior level product roles but I have no confidence in them being able to pay competitively for such a role. In the end, they lost out on someone who could've really done some cool things on their team.
Boostability Awards & Accolades
- The 30 Most Admired Companies of 2017, Insights Success, 2017
- Fastest Growing Private Companies in America, Inc. Magazine, 2016
- 30 Fastest-Growing Companies 2016, Utah Valley 360, 2016
- 100 Fastest Growing Companies in Utah, MountainWest Capital Network (MWCN), 2016
- 2016 Hot in Lehi Award, Owler, 2016
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