9. Social Chain

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Updated on 18th May, 2021

The social media marketing agency running campaigns for the likes Disney and the BBC

Founders: Steve Bartlett and Dominic McGregor
Founded: November 2014
Website:www.socialchain.com

Since its inclusion at number 12 on last year’s index, social media marketing agency Social Chain has gone from strength to strength with the launch of a Berlin office and its incredibly successful “Manchester: Welcome to Zlatan’ viral marketing campaign, which reached 46 million people worldwide.

Founded by Young Guns Steve Bartlett and Dominic McGregor, the Manchester-based “internet-breaking” social media agency claims to be able to reach a global audience of more than 305 million people across 400 online communities, using deep research and analysis to create powerful and engaging campaigns.

As well as owning a range of internationally-known media brands such as Sporf, Student Problems and Love Food, in just two and half years, Social Chain has amassed a truly enviable list of major global clients including the likes of 20th Century Fox, ASOS, the BBC, McDonald’s, Spotify, Deliveroo, Puma, Disney and Universal to name a few.

In September last year it embarked on the first step of its expansion into North America with the launch of a New York office.

With a team with an average age of 22, it’s clear that Social Chain knows how to connect with the younger generation in a way that more established media companies could only dream of. Just one of the reasons it’s on target to generate a staggering £8m for 2017…

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Henry has been writing for Startups.co.uk since 2015, covering everything from business finance and web builders to tax and red tape. He’s also acted as project lead on many of our industry-renowned annual indexes, including Startups 100 and Business Ideas, and created a number of the site’s popular how to guides.

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