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About Marketing Counts

We Make Your Marketing Better
A traditional Seattle marketing agency gets traditional results. Time for the extraordinary.

We have driven the organic strategy behind a $250 million client exit, generated more than $100 million in client revenue, and launched PLR Funnels with Russell Brunson. Marketing Counts is a Seattle based AI digital marketing agency, helping businesses understand how to effectively use AI to get real results, delivering for both our corporate and small business clients. We believe traditional marketing leads to traditional results. Let us help you get extraordinary results today.

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$250M+
Client Exit Driven
$100M+
Client Revenue Generated
28+
Years Marketing Online
FTE
Our Growth Framework
Why We Are Your Best Marketing Partner

What Makes Us The Premiere Seattle Marketing Agency

You are not just another number to us. We are your marketing partner, and we take a 360-degree look at your business. Our focus is on ensuring all aspects of your marketing are in place to maximize your ROI.

We have launched big winners, and we have run projects that humbled us and taught us hard lessons. Both are why our systems work. You get the playbook that survived the wins and the misses.

A True Partner

You are never just another number. We treat your business like it is our own and stay in it with you.

360-Degree View

We look at every aspect of your marketing, not just one channel, so the whole system pulls in one direction.

Built For ROI

Everything we do is focused on maximizing your return, more traffic, more leads, and more sales.

How We Got To Where We Are Today

Explore Our Milestones And See How It All Began

How It All Started
March 1998
Paul Counts

Our Co-Founder and CMO discovered in junior high that you can effectively leverage the internet for more clients. He sold custom apparel to schools throughout Washington from his parents' computer, learning how to get emails opened and reach his market effectively.

March 2001
Paul Counts

At 16, Counts launched the Cuda Apparel Estores, individual stores optimized for schools and organizations to run online fundraising. He also built a partnership with CougFan.com to deliver their first online store selling officially licensed Washington State University merchandise.

March 2006
Paul Counts

Leveraging his experience in SEO, backlinking, and online PR from the apparel company that got him into marketing, Counts started his own digital marketing agency, helping clients across the United States unleash the power of the internet.

March 2006
Shreya Banerjee

Shreya started her online entrepreneurial journey. She quickly discovered how to generate traffic and sales through Google Ads (previously AdWords) and began building with content marketing.

March 2008
Counts & Banerjee

Banerjee expanded into content marketing for free traffic and backlinks. Meanwhile, Counts grew his ecommerce pet business and sold an online coffee company for a client after growing its sales and revenue. That year he generated first page Google listings for both "pet supplies" and "coffee".

March 2011
Paul Counts

Counts started the Real Guys brand, a digital marketing and online business education company, which grew from $0 to over $3 million in annual sales and served tens of thousands of customers globally. Banerjee continued to grow and expand her online business.

March 2016
Counts & Banerjee

Banerjee created the first of several digital marketing courses, empowering everyday people to build WordPress websites that generate consistent revenue. Counts partnered with Nicheology, one of the first sites providing licensed content to entrepreneurs, and built it into a successful launch.

March 2018
Marketing Counts

Our Co-Founders met at a live marketing event and, a few months later, held their first live digital marketing training event in Seattle. After its success, they officially launched Marketing Counts to bring their unique combined experience to businesses.

March 2020
Marketing Counts

We continue to serve large and small businesses through our FTE Formula for success. We partnered with Online Sales Pro to deliver marketing training and direction to their community, and with Washington DECA to bring our marketing curriculum into 140 high schools across Washington. We celebrate our clients' wins and look forward to the many people ahead.

March 2021
Paul Counts

Paul stepped in as Chief Marketing Officer for Believe Nation, the media brand founded by Evan Carmichael, leading marketing strategy through 2021 and 2022.

March 2022
Paul Counts

Paul coined the OPA framework, short for Other People's Audiences: a strategy for growing fast by tapping into audiences that others have already built. It became a signature part of how we help clients scale.

March 2022
Paul Counts

As the organic strategy leader behind CellCore Biosciences for five years, Paul helped build the growth engine that drove the company toward its $250+ million exit, one of the biggest results in our story. The same organic playbook is what we bring to your growth.

March 2023
Paul Counts, Shreya Banerjee & Russell Brunson

Paul and Shreya launched PLR Funnels alongside Russell Brunson, co-founder of ClickFunnels. The partnership went on to surpass seven figures, giving entrepreneurs done-for-you funnels they can customize, brand, and sell as their own. It is the same funnel expertise we apply to your offers.

March 2025
Marketing Counts

We acquired InboxGeek, the email engagement platform that has processed more than 73 million email optimization tests. It sharpened our edge in email marketing and deliverability for every client we serve.

2026, Today
Marketing Counts

Today, Paul serves as a Fractional CMO for top brands and influencers while Marketing Counts continues to deliver extraordinary results through our FTE framework. The mission to help people grow is bigger than ever.

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We are fully committed and focused on the development of your business. More traffic, more leads, more sales. Let's get started.

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Meet The Team

Our Founders

Shreya Banerjee, Co-Founder of Marketing Counts, at Pike Place Market in Seattle
Shreya BanerjeeCo-Founder

Shreya Banerjee

Co-Founder

The systems engineer who makes marketing predictable. They call her The Fixer for a reason.

She has over 11 years of experience and expertise in the power and aviation industry as a process engineer and lean leader for a multi-billion dollar international corporation, routinely managing projects totaling over $50 million dollars. She is Six Sigma certified, as well as Google Ads, Google Display Ads, and SEMRush certified.

She brings leadership skills, tech skills, and an understanding of processes that make her one of the leading trainers and consultants in the marketing world today.

Let her give you the processes you need to accelerate the growth of your practice.

Shreya Banerjee
Paul Counts, Co-Founder of Marketing Counts, at Pike Place Market in Seattle
Paul CountsCo-Founder

Paul Counts

Co-Founder

28 years online, a $250 million client exit, and a knack for taking businesses to the next level.

Mr. Counts started his first business in high school and has now been running a successful online business for over 28 years. He is well versed in many facets of digital marketing, including social media marketing, SEO, email marketing, link building, paid advertising, digital marketing planning, and more.

His strategies have proven effective across a variety of niche markets, including, though not limited to: healthcare professionals, major non-profits, professional athletes, world-class speakers and authors, the largest church in the United States, the leading hair restoration service, a leading coffee retailer, and a leading kitchen supply seller, to name a few.

He is also a movie producer, former radio show host, author, and an internationally recognized information product creation expert who has created products for professional athletes and best-selling authors. He has sold millions in info products and digital services through partnerships, thanks to his innovative approach to obtaining clients online.

Mr. Counts' outside the box thinking has helped take many people, practices, and businesses to the next level of success.

Paul Counts