The best agencies are Recommended
Start your journey today to get recommended and showcase your agency to 1.2 million marketing professionals on The Drum and be found by thousands of brands looking for recommended agencies for their future projects.
How it works
Complete
your profile
Invite your clients
to rate your agency
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Get
recommended
Get insights
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Win
Awards
Showcase your
accreditations
Trusted by brands
Get found by brands
Members are found by the thousands of registered brand marketers who use The Drum Recommends to search for rated agencies using criteria including services, sectors and location.
Grow with insights
Not only will you gain insight about your own agency performance, but we will also share the latest insights we gain about what brand marketers are looking for from agencies to help you better position your agency.
Learn from client reviews
It can be challenging to gain honest and constructive feedback from clients. By inviting your clients to rate you via The Drum Recommends, you can gain clear insight from your customers to better understand your strengths and weaknesses to improve your agency performance and client retention.
Awards & recognition
Being recommended is one thing, but winning awards for your excellent client ratings enables you add further credibility to your current clients and agency team as well as being better recognised in the industry. Plus you get to celebrate your win with us at The Drum!
Promote your services
Not only can you list your whole range of agency services, you can demonstrate your work by uploading up to date client case studies and even thought leadership content to prove your expertise.
Recommended by The Drum.
Brands want to work with agencies they can trust to deliver. Being recommended by The Drum means that your agency has gone through our quality validation process which is trusted by brands to find agencies that we would recommend.
What our members say
"Being recognised as a Recommended Agency was a huge moment for me and the agency. To have clients say you're the best at what you do, brings not just the kudos endorsement, but the energy and enthusiasm to keep driving forward. It's energy that we trade on. And trust me, when you're walk into a new business meeting and the first slide says Best in Advertising, Best in Creative and Best in Effectiveness... things change. Your growth speeds up. And new doors open."
"Joining The Drum Recommends has been one of the best decisions we’ve made as a business. Not only are we getting invaluable feedback from our existing clients, we’re able to showcase our work and have attracted some leading brands globally. It’s really helped to establish our credibility as a young agency and helped us to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with long-established, industry leading agencies in our space."
"We’ve been members of The Drum Recommends for over 5 years. It’s one of a kind in the agency industry and especially relevant for independent agencies such as Big Group, providing a “shop window” for brands to find us. Having a forum for clients to rate our services and get feedback makes our membership even more worthwhile!"
"In my opinion The Drum is the most proactive and contemporary agency assessment business I have worked with. We have received a number of new business recommendations and I know that clients respect The Drum. LAW Creative makes use of The Drum knowledge bank and we are proud to gain their awards whenever we are able"
"We highly recommend The Drum Recommends! The opportunities afforded to us via our recommended status have developed into many new client accounts including 3 in the last 3 months... and even more enquiries. We seem to find educated and ready-to-move-forward ‘sweetspot’ clients via our awards and rankings."
"We are delighted with The Drum Recommends platform and how it helps to support our sales and marketing initiatives. We find that the opportunities the membership provides us really fuels our goals and prospects looking for independent validation of our capability as an SEO agency can use The Drum as a trusted, reliable resource to make their decision with."
