Golden Tide Consulting

What Golden Tide Consulting does

Golden Tide Consulting is a US-based boutique digital marketing agency that exclusively serves medical and healthcare practices. Founded in 2019 by Cynthia Johnson (a medical marketing veteran with over a decade of experience working with US practices) and co-founded by Stephan Johnsen, the company delivers Medical SEO, Medical PPC advertising, HIPAA-compliant website design, content marketing, and reputation management services. It targets medical practices across 20+ specialties — including dental, dermatology, orthopedics, cardiology, urology, ophthalmology, neurology, OB/GYN, podiatry, sports medicine, pain management, and gastroenterology — with verticalized service pages for each. The company is structured as a Delaware LLC and holds SBA EDWOSB and WOSB certifications, positioning it for federal healthcare contracting eligibility.

The agency's underlying technology stack is composed of standard digital marketing tooling rather than proprietary platform infrastructure: SEO services span keyword research, on-page, off-page, technical, and local SEO; PPC management is delivered on Google Ads and Facebook/Meta Ads platforms with the agency charging 15-25% of ad spend; website design emphasizes HIPAA-compliant architecture, secure hosting, and ongoing maintenance as add-on services; and an EMR integration capability enables automated HIPAA-compliant SMS/email review collection. There is no proprietary AI model, no public API, and no disclosed data asset. Delivery is executed by an international team of approximately 12 members spread across the US, Norway, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Sri Lanka.

The business model is sales-led, with custom quote-based pricing per project or retainer. The contact form exposes budget tiers at $1,000, $2,000, $3,000, and $4,000, suggesting monthly SEO/content retainers in that range; website design is treated as one-time project work; PPC and recurring SEO/content/reputation management flow as ongoing engagements. The company reaches customers via its website, phone (424-272-6031), and consultation-led inside sales. It operates from two US offices — Dover, Delaware and Mount Pleasant, South Carolina — and serves only the US market despite its international delivery team. The firm is bootstrapped, with no disclosed outside funding, M&A, or institutional investment.

Name

Golden Tide Consulting

Legal name

Golden Tide Consulting, LLC

Website

https://goldentideconsulting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Golden Tide Consulting is a US-based boutique medical marketing agency founded in 2019 that provides SEO, PPC, HIPAA-compliant website design, content marketing, and reputation management services to medical and dental practices across 20+ specialties.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Marketing Services

NAICS

Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services (5418), Marketing Consulting Services (541613)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare & Life Sciences PR (MPAAADAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Healthcare & Life Sciences PR (BPAFADAJ)

Keywords

• Medical marketing services
• Healthcare SEO
• Medical PPC advertising
• Medical website design
• Healthcare content marketing

Headquarters

HQ city

Dover

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Medical SEO Services: Ongoing search engine optimization services for medical practices with retainer-based or contract pricing. Services include keyword research, content writing, on-page SEO, off-page SEO, technical SEO, and local SEO.
2. Medical PPC Advertising: Pay-per-click advertising management for healthcare providers on Google Ads and Facebook Ads platforms. Agency charges 15-25% of ad spend typically.
3. Medical Website Design: Website development services including beautiful medical website design, HIPAA compliant secure websites, website maintenance, hosting, and speed optimization.
4. Content Marketing Services: Content creation including blog posts, articles, medical practice blogs, and educational content for healthcare marketing purposes.
5. Reputation Management Services: Patient review management including obtaining reviews through HIPAA-compliant channels and responding to client reviews as a paid service.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Golden Tide Consulting is a medical marketing agency that helps medical practices grow their patient base and online visibility through specialized digital marketing services. The company offers medical SEO, medical PPC (pay-per-click advertising), medical website design, and content marketing tailored to healthcare providers. Founded in 2019 and based in Dover, Delaware, the firm focuses exclusively on the medical and healthcare vertical.

Product overview

Golden Tide Consulting is a medical and healthcare marketing agency offering a comprehensive suite of digital marketing services for medical practices. The core offerings include Medical SEO (search engine optimization), Medical PPC (pay-per-click advertising), Medical Website Design, and Content Marketing for healthcare. These services are complemented by specialized sub-products including Local SEO for Doctors, Keyword Research, Dental SEO, Reputation Management, Email Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Technical SEO, On-Page SEO, Off-Page SEO, and platform-specific services like Google Business Profile Optimization. The company also provides add-on website services including hosting, maintenance, and security with HIPAA compliance. The portfolio targets over 15 medical specialties including dermatology, orthopedics, cardiology, urology, ophthalmology, neurology, OB/GYN, podiatry, gastroenterology, and pain management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Medical SEO Search engine optimization services tailored to medical practices, designed to improve organic search visibility for healthcare-related keywords and drive patient acquisition.
• Medical PPC Pay-per-click advertising management for medical practices, running paid search campaigns targeted at prospective patients seeking healthcare services.
• Medical Website Design Custom website design and development services for medical practices, producing healthcare-compliant sites optimized for patient conversion and online visibility.
• Content Marketing Content marketing services for medical practices, producing healthcare-focused editorial content such as blog posts, articles, and patient-education materials to support SEO and patient engagement.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 2,700 keywords ranking on first page of Google for orthopedic practice
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• GooglecoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration partner for Google Ads advertising platform and Google Business Profile optimization services. Provides the primary PPC advertising infrastructure for medical PPC campaigns.
• Facebook/MetacoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration partner for Facebook Ads campaigns as part of social media advertising services for healthcare clients.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Doctor Multimedia: Doctor Multimedia is a medical web design and marketing agency serving physicians and dentists with websites, SEO, and social media — a direct SMB-segment comparable to Golden Tide.
• Med Rank Interactive: Med Rank Interactive specializes in SEO, PPC, and websites specifically for medical practices, mirroring Golden Tide's specialty focus and service composition.
• Officite: Officite builds and markets websites specifically for medical and dental practices, including SEO and reputation management — a comparable specialty-focused web design and marketing agency.
• Healthcare Success: Healthcare Success is a medical marketing agency focused exclusively on healthcare providers, offering SEO, paid media, website design, and content — a direct comparable in vertical focus and service breadth.
• Invigo Media: Invigo Media is a healthcare digital marketing agency offering SEO, web design, and paid media for medical practices — a comparable specialist agency targeting similar SMB healthcare clients.
• Scorpion Healthcare: Scorpion is a healthcare-specialized digital marketing agency providing websites, SEO, PPC, and patient engagement solutions to medical practices, making it one of the closest direct competitors to Golden Tide's offering.
• Cardinal Digital Marketing: Cardinal Digital Marketing operates a healthcare vertical practice delivering SEO, PPC, and web design for hospitals and specialty practices — overlapping heavily with Golden Tide's vertical specialization and service mix.

Broad incumbents

• PatientPop (by Tebra): Tebra's PatientPop is a leading practice-growth platform offering websites, SEO, reputation management, and patient communication for medical practices — directly overlapping Golden Tide's core service stack but at much larger scale with software/SaaS bundling.

Others

• Bark: Bark is a marketplace connecting SMBs (including medical practices) with digital marketing professionals — adjacent to Golden Tide as a channel where it could source leads or face competitive agency listings.

Emerging players

• Practina: Practina provides digital marketing automation for medical practices including social, review, and advertising tools — overlapping with Golden Tide's reputation management and paid social offerings but with more productized/SaaS delivery.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/golden-tide-consulting
• Facebookfacebook.com/GoldenTideConsulting

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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