Conductor (company)
Conductor was founded in 2006 as a marketing services company, and launched its SaaS (Software as a Service) platform, Conductor Searchlight, in 2010.[1][2] The company’s primary product is Conductor Searchlight, a cloud-based SEO & Content Marketing platform.[3][4] Conductor also provides recommended actions for optimizing digital marketing metrics and increasing revenue.
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Industry | Digital marketing |
Headquarters | New York City, New York |
Website | conductor |
On March 6, 2018, it was announced that WeWork would acquire Conductor.[5][6][7][8] On December 12, 2019, it was announced that Conductor was spinning off from WeWork to form an independent employee-owned company, turning its 250+ current employees into co-founders.[9][10][11]
Insight Stream
In 2016, Conductor introduced Insight Stream, a technology that aggregates multiple marketing technologies such as Deepcrawl, Dragon Metrics, and Google Search Console into one stream.[12] It has since become a foundational part of Conductor’s software platform.
The Conductor Foundation
Conductor’s charitable arm, the Conductor Foundation, offers free access to the company’s technology and support in the form of a yearly grant to mission-based organizations, with the goal of helping them improve their digital marketing activities.[13][14] Past and present beneficiaries include the 9/11 Memorial, March of Dimes, Teach for America, and the World Wildlife Foundation.
History
Conductor was founded by Jeremy Duboys and Seth Besmertnik in New York City in 2006.[15][16] In 2012 the company ranked at number thirty-eight on the Inc. 500 list of US companies ranked by highest growth percentage, and received $20 million in financing.[17][18] Conductor has been ranked as a best place to work (small/medium-sized category) in the state of New York by the Crain organization for 8 years running. The company added an office in San Francisco in 2014.[19] In February 2015 Conductor raised $27 million in Series D round funding.[20] The CEO of the company is Seth Besmertnik.[21]
In March 2018, WeWork announced it would be acquiring Conductor. [22][23]
On December 12, 2019, it was announced that Conductor was spinning off from WeWork to form an independent employee-owned company.[9][10][11]
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- Content & SEO technology with proven workflows that guide you to revenue
- Playing to Win: How Gamification Helped Boost This Company's Sales
- Conductor Platform Website
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- Conductor adds Insight Stream to its Searchlight platform
- The Conductor Foundation Homepage
- The Conductor Foundation Now Accepting Applicants for 2013 SEO Grant
- Conductor provides search engine optimization measurement and optimization tools.
- Best Places to Work 2013
- Conductor provides search engine optimization measurement and optimization tools.
- Some say the SEO industry is dying – Conductor bags $20m to try and “transform it”
- These guys are betting you can still get noticed online without ads
- Conductor Proves Web Presence Management Is A Real Thing
- Conductor Says It Wants To “End” Ads And Turn “Web Presence Management” Into A Real Thing
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- WeWork. "WeWork + Conductor". WeWork. Retrieved 2018-03-08.