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Northern Brief

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Content strategy and long-form writing for enterprise

Min project
$25,000+
Hourly rate
$100 – $149 / hr
Employees
10 – 49
Founded
2020
HQ
Boston, MA

About

Northern Brief is a 10-person marketing firm headquartered in Boston, MA. For over 6 years, the team has partnered with enterprise leaders to deliver measurable outcomes — from initial discovery through long-horizon growth. Their engagement model pairs senior practitioners with dedicated delivery leads, and every project is scoped against a shared success framework rather than a fixed-scope statement of work.

Service lines

  • Digital Marketing10%
  • SEO43%
  • Social Media Marketing36%
  • Content Marketing11%

Client size split

  • Enterprise ($1B+)32%
  • Mid-market ($10M–1B)44%
  • Small business (<$10M)24%

Industries served

  • Enterprise
  • SaaS
  • Consumer

Reviews

Verified client reviews structured for signal, not marketing gloss.

74 total reviews
4.6

Based on 74 verified reviews

Quality4.7
Schedule4.5
Cost4.7
Willingness to refer4.6

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5.0Verified

Marketing partner that delivered on every promise

Mar 2026
Service
Digital Marketing
Project size
$50,000 – $199,999
Timeline
3 months
Reviewer
Jamie Alt, VP Content

Background

We engaged Northern Brief to lead a digital marketing initiative supporting our enterprise business.

The challenge

Our internal team was stretched and we needed senior expertise without adding permanent headcount. Prior vendors had underestimated the complexity of our stack and stakeholder map.

The work

Northern Brief embedded a dedicated pod, ran weekly working sessions with our leadership, and shipped in tight two-week iterations. Documentation and stakeholder comms were part of the delivery, not an afterthought.

The outcome

We hit our launch window with room to spare. The team stayed on to support the first 90 days of operations, which made the handover completely painless.

Delivered 2.4× the pipeline of the previous vendor within two quarters.

Jamie Alt, VP Content

Portfolio

Selected client work — anonymized where required.

Digital Marketing

Content Strategy program for a Fortune 500

A 6-month engagement covering discovery, delivery, and post-launch support.

SEO

Whitepapers program for a Series C startup

A 9-month engagement covering discovery, delivery, and post-launch support.

Services

Focus areas offered by Northern Brief.

  • Digital MarketingOffered
  • SEOOffered
  • Social Media MarketingOffered
  • Content MarketingOffered
  • PPC / SEMOffered
  • Email MarketingOffered

Locations

Headquarters

Boston, MA

United States

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