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Single Grain (Paid Ads) review

CONDITIONAL

Founder-led (Eric Siu) revenue-marketing agency with sophisticated Mixed Media Modeling attribution and a strong content platform, but very broad (SEO+paid+content+creative+CRO across 5 ad channels), a small team for that breadth, and thin Clutch reviews (12).

Pricing: $10,000 Reported — not published by the agency
No published pricing; ~$10k+ minimum project; thin Clutch base (12 reviews). source ↗

Score 3.2/5Confidence: mediumLast evaluated 2026-07-19Website

Verdict

Single Grain (founded 2009, led by Eric Siu) is a well-known revenue-marketing agency running paid across Google, Microsoft, Meta, LinkedIn, and TikTok with Mixed Media Modeling to balance spend, genuinely more sophisticated attribution than in-platform ROAS, plus 500+ companies served and a 3.2x average ROI claim. The concern the rubric surfaces is breadth over depth: it does SEO, paid, content, performance creative, CRO, and analytics with a relatively small team (10-49) for that range and enterprise-level clients, its public Clutch base is thin (12 reviews), and the brand is heavily tied to Eric Siu's personal platform. Strong on measurement and content credibility; validate that your specific paid channels get deep, senior attention.

What we verified

Each claim below was checked against a named source, last on 2026-07-19. Follow any of them and check for yourself — that is the point of publishing them.

What other platforms say

Clutch listed (12) · Glassdoor 3.6

Sophisticated measurement and strong content brand, but spread across many services with a small team and thin public reviews.

These are other platforms' numbers, not ours. We report them because they are part of the picture, and we do not average them into our score — our score comes from the published rubric above.

Red flags

How it scored

Vertical & stage fit

Adequate · inferred

Serves SaaS, tech, ecom, B2B and B2C, broad rather than one vertical.

Channel depth (not breadth)

Weak · verified

Very broad: SEO + paid + content + creative + CRO across 5 ad channels.

Attribution & measurement

Strong · verified

Mixed Media Modeling to balance spend, sophisticated measurement for 2026.

Creative capability

Strong · inferred

Performance-creative capability is part of the offering.

Account ownership & seniority

Adequate · inferred

Small team for the breadth; founder-driven brand.

References & verifiable case studies

Adequate · verified

Thin Clutch base (12); big aggregate claims (500+ clients, 3.2x ROI).

Contract & pricing transparency

Adequate · verified

No public pricing; $10k+ minimum per directories.

What we could not verify

Sources

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