We've had a great experience working with Metro and truly consider them an extension of our marketing team. Their team is responsive, knowledgeable, and easy to work with, bringing valuable expertise across SEO, paid media, website optimization, content strategy, and local search. What I appreciate most is their willingness to collaborate. They take the time to understand our business, our goals, and the unique challenges of our industry, which makes their recommendations both strategic and practical. Metro does an excellent job balancing big-picture thinking with day-to-day execution. They consistently bring new ideas to the table, communicate clearly, and help us make informed, data-driven decisions. They're also willing to challenge our thinking when appropriate, which has helped us improve our marketing efforts and focus on what will have the greatest impact. Beyond the results, they're simply a great team to work with. Professional, dependable, and genuinely invested in our success. I would highly recommend Metro to any organization looking for a trusted digital marketing partner.
Metro Studios
📍 1350 Sherman RdMetro Studios is a Cedar Rapids-based digital marketing and creative agency providing a comprehensive range of services across marketing, web development, graphic design, and media production. Their marketing services include search engine optimization (SEO) and local SEO to increase organic search visibility, along with digital advertising and PPC management across search engines, social media, and third-party websites. They offer social media marketing, content marketing, and copywriting, as well as conversion rate optimization to help businesses achieve specific goals. In the digital space, Metro Studios focuses on web design, web development, and website strategy, providing clients with custom-built web applications and ecommerce solutions. Their technical team also handles website hosting and ongoing maintenance. The agency’s creative and branding capabilities cover logo development, identity design, packaging and display graphics, and print design. Additionally, Metro Studios maintains a full media production team capable of commercial photography, audio recording and mixing, event production, and professional video production for commercials, product showcases, and corporate training. Metro Studios works with a diverse range of clients, including those in the industrial, retail, and B2B and B2C sectors. They highlight specific experience with clients in the specialty tire industry, the Cleaning Industry (CETA), and local entities like the Cedar Rapids Kernels. Their methodology involves developing detailed plans for web architecture and paid search strategy to drive lead generation and online sales.
Customer Reviews(12)
Metro Studios is AWESOME. I used them to do the website for my foundation. They are so patient, knowledgeable, reasonable, and amazing. I would absolutely recommend Metro Studios. Aaron Spears and his crew are the best to work with. Thank you Metro Studios.
The team at MetroStudios goes above and beyond to ensure my business platforms are set up correctly and are very accommodating with my budget and goals. They do not upsell or pressure but they also will tell me candid recommendations. They are prompt in communication and easy to work with. I have worked with many agencies in my career both personally and on behalf of clients, and MetroStudios is on my top list of agency recs.
We've been working with Metro Studios for over a year now and have seen great success. From building a world class website to managing our advertising spend and SEO efforts. We've seen great organic growth and they've optimized our ad spend to drive an ROI. So much so that I inked another deal with them for our injection molding company. Their team is down to earth and provides data-driven reports that help me clearly understand what is effective and what isn't. They work hard to learn your business to the point where they can talk the talk and make inferences around industry specific keyword data. Over the years, we've worked with a dozen marketing firms with little success. Metro is the first marketing team to drive results for our business. Highly recommend!
Our company began working with Metro Studios in 2018, commissioning them to a website makeover / transition to an e-commerce platform. As a small company however we couldn't afford the makeover & their SEO/CRO Content Management & Google AdWords Management Advised Services. In 2018 the website makeover was 5800., the SEO/CRO & Google AdWords Pkg - $2500. per mo. Considering these numbers - the CETA Member Package ROI in less than 4 months & the monthly payments make it a ton easier to digest as cash flows fluctuate. For our company, it was a welcomed proposition. As an update to where we are now,... We recently had our First Monthly Meeting w/ Aaron & his team after the launch of our revamped website. The Metro Team shared many points that should be addressed in effort to enhance our site performance - quite informative. Our team tasked them with several requests,.. - mainly backend stuff,.. such as a Same Day Pickup on In Stock products & also front end additions of an entire series of equipment items. Metro took those action items & ran - getting it done & letting us know when it was live - one meeting & we didn't have to think about it! anymore!! That Peace of Mind is worth it's weight in Gold to our company!
