Award-winning digital agency
ThoughtShift is a multi-award winning digital agency with prestigious award wins from the Chartered Institute of Marketing for Marketing Excellence in Digital Marketing and Marketing Performance Measurement, as well as rated by Google in the top 3% of UK agencies.
Our award wins & nominations
Google Premier Partner Agency 2024
Top 3% of UK agencies for client growth, retention and annual Google Ads spend.
Google Premier Partner Agency 2023
Top 3% of UK agencies for client growth, retention and annual Google Ads spend.
100 Best UK Marketing Blogs 2025
Feedspot ranked over 250,000 blogs and websites to find the 100 best marketing blogs in the UK.
100 Best UK Marketing Blogs 2023
Feedspot ranked over 250,000 blogs and websites to find the 100 best marketing blogs in the UK.
Most Successful Ecommerce Marketing Project in the Media Innovator Awards 2019 Winner
Winner of the Media Innovator Awards 2019 for the most successful ecommerce marketing project for multi-channel retailer, WOLF.
Most Innovative Digital Marketing Agency UK in the Media Innovator Awards 2019 Winner
Winner of the Media Innovator Awards 2019 for the most innovative digital marketing agency in the UK.
Best Use of Digital Marketing in the CIM Marketing Excellence Awards 2019 Finalist
After winning the CIM Marketing Excellence Award for Best Use of Digital Marketing twice previously, ThoughtShift was shortlisted in the Best Use of Digital Marketing category for a third year in a row for work with luxury watch winder and jewellery storage brand WOLF.
Best Use of Digital Marketing in the CIM Marketing Excellence Awards 2018 Winner
For the second year running ThoughtShift won the CIM Award for the Best Use of Digital Marketing. To date, ThoughtShift is the only company to have won the award twice. This year was for our work delivering return on investment of 20X for Marine Super Store.
Best Use of Digital Marketing in the CIM Marketing Excellence Awards 2017 Winner
The CIM Marketing Excellence Awards are designed by The Chartered Institute of Marketing to recognise the very best marketing campaigns. ThoughtShift are delighted to be the winners in the Chartered Institute of Marketing Best Use of Digital Marketing category. Scooping this prestigious award beating luminaries in the field for work with retailer Calumet Photographic. The award-winning campaign used SEO, PPC, Social Media and Email Marketing to deliver a massive five-fold increase in ROI and more than tripling online revenue from £3 Million to £11 Million.
Best E-Commerce Blogs of 2017 Award Winner
Marketing Inspector have awarded ThoughtShift an award for having one of the best ecommerce blogs in the UK. The blogs were picked to give a comprehensive set of resources for novice and veteran entrepreneurs alike who work within ecommerce in the UK. Our post Online Shopping UK Revenue Growth was the favourite.
The Drum Digital Agency 2016 – Top 30 Agency
The Drum Digital Agency Census rates hundreds of digital agencies across the UK in various digital specialisms such as web design, media buying and digital marketing. Agencies are assessed based on the size of staff employed and then ranked in the categories financial strength and client satisfaction.
The UK Search Awards 2016 – Best PPC Campaign Finalist
The UK Search Awards recognise the best SEO, PPC and content marketing agencies, attracting thousands of entrants from leading UK digital agencies and brands. ThoughtShift and Calumet Photographic gained a shortlisting in the Best PPC Campaign category for Calumet’s paid campaign including Google AdWords and Facebook Advertising which achieved ROI in excess of 13X.
The DRUM Search Marketing Awards 2016 – Best Integrated Strategy or Campaign – SEO & PPC Category Finalist
The DRUM Search Awards aim to recognise and celebrate the most innovative, creative and effective search campaigns across the digital marketing industry. ThoughtShift and Calumet were announced as finalists for work on Calumet’s integrated paid and organic search campaign which saw revenue from search engines increase by 294%.
The CIM Marketing Excellence Awards 2016 – Digital – SEO Category Finalist
The CIM Marketing Excellence Awards were founded by the Chartered Institute of Marketing to recognise and reward brilliance, creativity and originality in the field of marketing. ThoughtShift was shortlisted in the Digital – SEO category for work on an organic search campaign for luxury watch winder and jewellery storage brand WOLF. The SEO campaign increased UK revenue by 505% using the ThoughtShift Buying Intent Methodology.
The Drum DADI Awards – Best Use of Organic Search Finalist
The Drum’s Dadi Awards were created to recognise excellence within the digital industries. ThoughtShift was shortlised in the Best Use of Organic Search for work with luxury biscuit brand Biscuiteers for an organic search campaign which saw non-branded traffic increase by 203%.
The Drum Digital Census 2015 – Top 10 For Client Satisfaction
The Drum Digital Census asses thousands of Digital Agencies from across the UK to rank in a census. Agencies are split into size categories based on the number of employees and then judges the agencies based on financial strength, peer recognition and client feedback. In the Drum Digital Census ThoughtShift ranked in the top 10 agencies for client feedback out of more than 70 agencies.
The Drum Search Awards 2015 Best Retail/eCommerce SEO Campaign Finalist
The Drum Search Awards are sponsored by Google, Bing and Yahoo! With judges including Matt Bush, Head of Performance at Google the Drum Search Awards aim to “shine the light on the great work that is being done in search”. ThoughtShift and luxury biscuit gift brand Biscuiteers were nominated for SEO work in the Best Retail/eCommerce SEO Campaign category. The nominated SEO campaign delivered a 77% year on year increase in eCommerce SEO revenue.
The Drum Search Awards 2015 – Best Consumer Products/Services SEO Campaign Finalist
ThoughtShift’s SEO campaign for luxury edible gift brand Biscuiteers was nominated in the Best Consumer Products/Services SEO Campaign category. This campaign achieved page one keyword rankings for seasonal keywords like “Halloween biscuits” and “corporate Christmas gifts”.
The Drum Search Awards 2015 – Best B2C SEO Campaign Finalist
ThoughtShift and luxury biscuit gift brand Biscuiteers were nominated for an SEO campaign in the Best B2C SEO Campaign category. This campaign reached consumers looking to purchase gifts over the holidays to increase new organic users 90% year on year.
The Drum Search Awards 2015 – Best B2B PPC Campaign Finalist
ThoughtShift’s PPC campaign for leading UK furniture manufacturer and retailer Gopak reached key educational audiences and was nominated for the Best B2B PPC Campaign. The campaign increased paid search revenue 44% and decreased paid search cost per sale by 61% year on year.
The Drum Independent Agency Census 2015 – Top 100 UK Agency
The Drum Independent Agency Census assesses thousands of agencies from across the UK to rank them in a census. Agencies are split into size categories based on the number of employees and then judges the agencies based on financial strength, peer recognition and client feedback.
The CIM Marketing Excellence Awards 2013 – FMCG / Retail Category Finalist
The CIM Marketing Excellence Awards are designed by The Chartered Institute of Marketing to recognise the very best marketing campaigns. ThoughtShift were nominated for the CIM Marketing Excellence Award for Retail/FMCG for work for fashion ecommerce client Oliver Bonas. The ecommerce SEO campaign for Oliver Bonas achieved 445% year on year increase in non-branded ecommerce SEO revenue.