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B2B integrated marketing and PR agency focused on outcome-based marketing.
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Walker Sands develops integrated B2B marketing and PR programs that start with desired business outcomes and then activate the mix of strategy, strategic communications, creative, content and digital marketing needed to achieve them.
Location
Chicago, Illinois
Founded
2001
Team Size
51-200
The themes clients raise most, synthesized from 5 verified reviews we read. Each badge counts how many of those reviews raised the point.
Strategic and flexible partner
Multiple reviews praise Walker Sands for being strategic while also adapting to client direction and evolving needs.
Strong PR organization
Reviewers highlight organized workflows, weekly touchpoints, tracking documents, and solid media/editor relationships.
High-quality deliverables
Visible reviews mention professional website work and describe the team as smart, creative, technical, and strategic.
Builds awareness effectively
Reviewers specifically say the firm helps B2B tech companies build profile and awareness.
Design could be stronger
Clutch's visible review insights note that some clients felt the agency's design capabilities and aesthetics could be improved.
Walker Sands does not appear to publish first-party prices, packages, retainers or hourly rates on its own website; its site consistently pushes prospects to contact sales for a tailored scope. The concrete figures available publicly come from third-party directories and review aggregators: Clutch says the most common project size is $50,000-$199,999 and its review summary mentions website redesigns in the $10,000-$50,000 range plus ongoing retainers under $10,000/month; iTRate lists a $10,000+ project size and $25-$49/hr, and GoodFirms lists < $25/hr, but those directory rate bands should be treated as directory-supplied estimates/metadata rather than first-party published Walker Sands pricing. For a buyer, the safest conclusion is that Walker Sands sells custom mid-market/enterprise agency engagements, with publicly observable entry points starting around a $10,000 minimum project and typical reviewed engagements clustering in the $50,000-$199,999 range.
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How Walker Sands actually works, reconstructed from customer reviews and third-party write-ups.
Walker Sands appears to run engagements by first aligning on the client’s business goals and current brand or marketing gaps, then translating that into a structured plan with a dedicated project lead, regular check-ins, collaborative review sessions and channel-specific execution. Across reviews and Walker Sands’ own methodology pages, the pattern is discovery and stakeholder input first, strategy and recommendations second, then execution, iterative client feedback, and ongoing results review/reporting.
Engagements typically begin with a kickoff in which the client explains goals, expectations, and what is or is not working in the current brand or marketing program. Walker Sands’ own site says its approach starts by working backward from business objectives, and a Clutch reviewer described a kickoff meeting focused on goals, preferences and expectations.
After kickoff, Walker Sands digs into the client’s situation through activities like stakeholder interviews or surveys, competitive or industry analysis, brand and content audits, customer-journey analysis, and analytics review. Reviews and company pages show this diagnostic stage is used to understand the business, define the audience problem and identify what needs to change.
Using that research, Walker Sands develops a tailored strategy tied to the client’s desired outcome, such as positioning, reputation, growth or engagement. Depending on the engagement, this can include brand strategy, tailored messaging, channel plans, survey/research concepts, site structure recommendations, or paid/earned/owned media strategy.
Walker Sands then shares options, concepts or recommendations with the client and refines them collaboratively. Review evidence shows clients are involved through regular meetings and review sessions, with feedback incorporated into choices such as brand identity direction, site structure, campaign approach and other deliverables.
Once direction is approved, Walker Sands handles much of the day-to-day execution, using specialist teams across disciplines like PR, content, paid media, SEO, design, development and research. Examples in reviews and company pages include media pitching, bylines and interviews, paid search and social management, analytics setup, website design/development, content creation, and original research production and amplification.
Clients consistently describe a structured delivery rhythm led by a project manager or account lead, with weekly check-ins or regular status meetings, deadlines for project phases, and broader review sessions with the wider team when needed. This suggests the operational process includes ongoing coordination, milestone reviews, client approvals and adjustment requests as work progresses.
At the end of major builds or campaign phases, Walker Sands launches the work, may provide handoff or training, and reviews performance with the client. Evidence includes post-launch handoff and training for website work, analytics setup and capture, and bi-monthly meetings to review current results, upcoming projects and align efforts.
Customer reviews and third-party write-ups this process was traced from.
How Walker Sands ranks against other Sales agencies.
Walker Sands has a clearly identifiable third-party review presence on Clutch, G2, and BBB, but I did not locate a matching company profile in search results for Trustpilot, Google, or Capterra. Across the platforms where it is listed and where review text was visible, the reputation appears strongly positive overall, with reviewers emphasizing strategic thinking, flexibility, organization, PR expertise, and high-quality deliverables; I found only a limited explicit criticism, mainly around design/aesthetic execution.
9 reviews
Clutch presents Walker Sands as a highly rated B2B marketing agency with review highlights around strong project management, client engagement, effective digital strategy, and high-quality deliverables. One visible area for improvement is that some clients felt the agency's design capabilities could be stronger.
“They gave us a slick and professional site that is easy to navigate and manage.”
“I also think they are the whole package—smart, creative, hard-working, technical, strategic, and genuinely nice.”
32 reviews
G2 shows Walker Sands with a strong aggregate rating and reviews that praise its strategic flexibility, organization, and PR expertise. The visible review snippets frame the firm as an effective partner for growing B2B technology companies and as a team that operates much like an in-house PR function.
“I like their willingness to be strategic and also step back when direction comes from us. Very flexible with how our efforts have evolved on the client side.”
“Organization, weekly touch bases, PR tracking document, relationships with relevant editors and publications, and expertise in retail, loyalty, and technology.”
“Walker Sands has a dedicated team of PR professionals to help any tech company build their profile and awareness.”
BBB has a business profile for Walker Sands Communications tied to walkersands.com, but the business is not BBB accredited, BBB shows it as Not Rated, and the customer-reviews page shows 0 reviews. Because no actual customer review text was visible, there are no review excerpts to extract.
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Walker Sands is a full-service B2B integrated marketing and public relations agency. Its services span strategy, strategic communications, creative, content, and digital marketing, including PR, media relations, brand strategy, SEO, paid media, marketing automation, email campaigns, and generative engine optimization.
Walker Sands does not publish first-party pricing on its website and appears to sell custom-quoted engagements. Public third-party sources indicate a $10,000+ project minimum, with Clutch listing common project sizes in the $50,000-$199,999 range.
Walker Sands is based in Chicago, Illinois. Its listed address is 55 West Monroe, Floor 39, Chicago, Illinois 60603, United States.
Walker Sands says it works with B2B brands in technology, healthcare, manufacturing, professional services consulting, and supply chain and logistics. Its site also frames the agency around goals such as positioning, growth, reputation, and engagement.
Walker Sands has third-party review profiles on Clutch, G2, and BBB. Clutch shows a 4.8/5 rating from 9 reviews, G2 shows a 4.8/5 rating from 32 reviews, and the visible feedback is broadly positive around strategy, flexibility, organization, PR expertise, and deliverables, with limited criticism around design aesthetics.
Walker Sands says it uses an "Outcome-based Marketing" approach. According to its site, that means starting with business outcomes and then tailoring the mix of strategy, communications, creative, content, and digital marketing to support those goals.
You can contact Walker Sands by phone at 312 267 0066 or by email at hello@walkersands.com. It also has a contact page on walkersands.com.
Location
55 West Monroe, Floor 39, Chicago, Illinois 60603, United States
Phone
312 267 0066Domain registered
May 2001
Last updated
May 2026
Domain age
~25 years
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