Agency · Portland, OR, United States
Mad Fish Digital
Values‑driven agency serving mission‑led SaaS with SEO, paid media & content anchored in transparency.
What does Mad Fish Digital do?
Mad Fish Digital is a digital marketing agency based in Portland, Oregon, that runs SEO, paid media, content and social for purpose-driven brands. Its website calls it “Award-Winning Digital Marketing for Purpose-Driven Brands”, and the agency is a certified B Corporation.
The services its website lists fall into four groups:
- Search: SEO, digital PR and search
- Paid and performance: paid media and performance marketing
- Content and creative: content marketing, design, creative and branding
- Social, email and advice: social media marketing, email, and digital marketing consulting
It sells both B2B and B2C marketing, plus ecommerce work.
Who does Mad Fish Digital work with?
Mad Fish Digital’s website lists SaaS among more than twenty industries, alongside healthcare, higher education, ecommerce, hospitality, outdoor, food and beverage, banking and finance, and sustainability. SaaS Hackers lists it for B2B SaaS and EdTech.
Clients named on its site include SkuIQ, GoAnswer, element labs, test.ai, Sapho, NGINX, Higg, Wacom, Legacy Health, ZoomCare, US Foods, Taco Bell, Solmate Socks and Neil Kelly.
How does Mad Fish Digital work?
The agency says it was founded over 15 years ago. Our review describes it as values-driven, serving mission-led companies with SEO, paid media and content, and anchored in transparency. Its B Corporation status backs up the values side.
Its website shows a long list of badges, including Content Marketing Awards 2025 Winner, Search Engine Land Awards 2024 Finalist, Search Engine Land 2023 Winner, 18th Annual Davey Awards Silver Winner and Inc 5000. It also appears among the 100 Best Companies to Work for in Oregon 2023 and the Portland Business Journal Top 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies.
What results does Mad Fish Digital’s website point to?
The case studies on the pages we read are mostly consumer and education work, with titles such as “Ecommerce B2C Marketing Case Study”, “Higher Ed B2C Marketing”, “Local & National SEO for 90+ Locations”, “One to One Digital Advertising & Lead Generation” and “Hospitality Marketing for B2C”. None of the titles names a SaaS client, so ask for SaaS examples directly.
What to ask Mad Fish Digital before you hire them
- Which of your clients are B2B SaaS companies, and what did you do for them?
- How do you adapt SEO and content for a long B2B sales cycle compared with your B2C work?
- Which channels would you start with for a SaaS company at our stage?
- How do you report on pipeline, beyond traffic and leads?
At a glance
- Type
- Agency
- Based in
- Portland, OR, United States
- Founded
- Over 15 years ago
As their own website states it.
Services
- Digital marketing
- SEO
- Content marketing
- Strategy
- Design & branding
- Social Media
- Performance Marketing
Industries
- B2B SaaS
- EdTech
Profile last checked
How we scored Mad Fish Digital
Four scores out of 5 with equal weight, averaged to give the overall score. Nobody pays to be listed or to be ranked higher.
Overall
3.75/5
- B2B SaaS focus3/5
- 3 out of 5.Full-service digital agency, includes SaaS clients
- Proof of results4/5
- 4 out of 5.Case studies show clear metrics (e.g., +200% conversions)
- Transparency4/5
- 4 out of 5.Transparent services & team; no pricing
- Reputation4/5
- 4 out of 5.Strong B Corp & award-winning reputation
Our review by service
SEO
Mad Fish Digital is a Portland-based digital marketing agency with a strong B2B and SaaS client base, running SEO programs alongside paid media and content as part of an integrated acquisition approach. Their SEO work is values-driven as much as technically grounded: they are a B Corp certified agency with a commitment to ethical marketing practices, which is a genuine differentiator for SaaS companies that want their agency partners to reflect their own organizational values. Their SEO covers site audits, keyword strategy, content development, and link building, all connected to commercial attribution.
Their approach integrates SEO with the paid and content programs running alongside, which means keyword strategy and content direction are informed by what conversion data says about buyer intent rather than built from organic research in isolation. Analytics connects organic activity to pipeline and revenue, and reporting is structured to give marketing leaders the commercial picture rather than channel-specific metrics. They are also a HubSpot partner, which supports attribution tracking through to CRM.
Mad Fish Digital is a good fit for B2B SaaS companies in North America that want SEO managed within an integrated digital marketing program by an agency with a values-led approach and strong analytics capability. They suit companies that want their agency partners to be B Corp certified and operate with transparency about their practices. They are less suited to companies that need a pure SEO specialist without broader digital marketing services, or to those looking for a large agency with significant global execution capability.
Content marketing
Content at Mad Fish Digital is integrated into a full-service digital marketing engagement rather than offered as a standalone editorial service. Their content work is shaped by what the SEO data says about buyer intent and what the paid campaigns are learning about what messages and formats convert, which means the content brief is commercially grounded rather than editorially driven. The HubSpot partnership also means content is connected to lead nurturing and CRM data, which extends content attribution through the funnel to deal contribution rather than stopping at session or MQL metrics.
Their production covers SEO articles, landing pages, and conversion-focused content assets, with editorial quality maintained through a brief-to-publication process that includes keyword alignment, on-page structure, and review. The values-led culture also extends to how content is produced: accuracy, authenticity, and ethical sourcing are part of the content standards rather than just the delivery quality. For SaaS companies that want a content partner whose editorial practices reflect their brand values, this is a genuine consideration.
Mad Fish Digital is a good fit for B2B SaaS companies that want content managed as part of an integrated performance marketing engagement with strong analytics and a values-aligned agency culture. They suit companies in North America that prioritize working with B Corp certified partners. They are less suited to companies that need a dedicated content agency focused exclusively on editorial strategy and thought leadership, or to those that want content managed independently of paid acquisition and CRM data.
From madfishdigital.com
What their own website says, checked .
In their words: “Award-Winning Digital Marketing for Purpose-Driven Brands”
- Services they list
- Paid Media, Content, Consulting, Design, SEO, social media, performance marketing, search, creative, email, B2B Marketing, B2C Marketing, Branding, Ecommerce, Social, Digital Marketing Consulting, Content Marketing, SEO & Digital PR, Social Media Marketing
- Industries they serve
- Apparel, Banking & Finance, Business Services, Construction, Direct to Consumer, Ecommerce, Event Planning, Food & Beverage, Healthcare, Higher Education, Hospitality, Industrial, Outdoor, SaaS, Ski Resorts, Sustainability & Environment, Travel & Tourism, B2C, B2B, Education, Professional Services
- Offices
- Portland, Oregon
- Founded
- Over 15 years ago
- Clients they name
- SkuIQ, GoAnswer, element labs, Solmate Socks, test.ai, Plumbing Supply, Woven Labels, Sapho, Wild Friends Foods, Forward Greens, US Foods, Taco Bell, Legacy Health, NGINX, Schoolhouse electric, ZoomCare, Neil Kelly, Higg, Wacom, Label Weavers
- Partner badges and awards
- certified B Corporation, Content Marketing Awards 2025 Winner, Search Engine Land Awards 2024 Finalist, Search Engine Land 2023 Winner, 100 Best Companies to Work for in Oregon 2023, Web Excellence Award, Muse Gold Award, Search Engine Awards 2022 Finalist, 18th Annual Davey Awards Silver Winner, Best in Search SEO, Portland Business Journal Top 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies, Inc 5000
Case studies on their site
- Ecommerce B2C Marketing Case Study (opens in a new tab)
- Higher Ed B2C Marketing (opens in a new tab)
- One to One Digital Advertising & Lead Generation (opens in a new tab)
- Local & National SEO for 90+ Locations (opens in a new tab)
- Web and Navigation Design (opens in a new tab)
- Higher Education B2C Marketing (opens in a new tab)
- B2C Marketing for Music Education Academy (opens in a new tab)
- Hospitality Marketing for B2C (opens in a new tab)
FAQs
Some common questions, answered
Where is Mad Fish Digital based?
Mad Fish Digital is based in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. It is a certified B Corporation that runs SEO, paid media, content, social and design for purpose-driven brands, and says it was founded over 15 years ago. SaaS is one of many industries its website lists.
What services does Mad Fish Digital offer?
Mad Fish Digital offers SEO and digital PR, paid media, performance marketing, content marketing, design and branding, social media marketing, email and digital marketing consulting, according to its website. It works on both B2B and B2C marketing, and our review lists its best fit as ethical performance marketing across SEO and paid search.
Which companies has Mad Fish Digital worked with?
Mad Fish Digital’s website names clients including SkuIQ, GoAnswer, test.ai, Sapho, NGINX, Higg, Wacom, Legacy Health, ZoomCare, US Foods and Taco Bell. Its published case studies lean toward ecommerce, higher education and hospitality, so ask which projects were for B2B SaaS companies before you shortlist it.
Has Mad Fish Digital won awards?
Yes. Mad Fish Digital’s website lists Content Marketing Awards 2025 Winner, Search Engine Land 2023 Winner and 18th Annual Davey Awards Silver Winner among its badges. It was also a Search Engine Land Awards 2024 Finalist, and it is a certified B Corporation.
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