Digital Marketing Manila

What Digital Marketing Manila does

Digital Marketing Manila is a full-service digital agency based in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City, in Metro Manila. The about page says the company was founded eight years ago by Merlina Naldo, an SEO specialist, who was introduced to digital marketing by her co-founder Mukesh Kumar. The site's copyright reads 2024, and the directory listing records a founding year of 2014. Office hours are Monday through Saturday, 8 AM to 8 PM.

Services fall into three groups. Web development covers website design, website development, content writing, online reputation management, and digital marketing consulting. Online marketing covers search engine optimization, local SEO, social media marketing, email marketing, and pay per click advertising. Sales optimization covers SEO audits, an online presence analysis, and conversion rate optimization.

The site markets to specific business types rather than industries: startups, Shopify stores, e-commerce, manufacturers, restaurants, auto repair shops, and home services such as real estate, HVAC, roofing, plumbing, and home builders. SEO and local SEO get the deepest pages, and the agency describes itself as an end-to-end SEO shop first.

Pricing and engagement

Digital Marketing Manila is one of the few agencies in this category that publishes any prices. Its SEO audit page lists three fixed plans: a Small Business audit at $200 delivered in 1 to 3 days, a Local Business audit at $350 in 3 to 5 days, and an Enterprise audit at $450 in 5 to 7 days for e-commerce sites. Each ends with an action plan. The site also offers instant quote forms for SEO and digital ad services.

Ongoing SEO, PPC, and web work is not priced. The directory listing records an hourly rate of $50 to $99 and a minimum project size of $5,000. The audit process has five steps: a consultation to pick the audit type, access to Google Search Console and Google Analytics, a prioritized report, a joint review of results, and adjustments as the site changes.

Who should hire Digital Marketing Manila

The strongest fit is a small or local business in the Philippines that wants SEO run by a founder who stays close to the account. Two of three testimonials on the site name Merlina directly, and one cites her local SEO knowledge in particular.

• Businesses that want a low-cost diagnostic before committing, since the $200 to $450 audit plans give a fixed-price entry point.
• Local service companies such as HVAC, roofing, plumbing, and auto repair, which have dedicated landing pages and a local SEO practice behind them.
• Shopify and e-commerce stores, given the Style Gallery case study covering SEO, search and shopping ads, and email campaigns.
• Owners who want to work directly with the founder rather than an account manager.

Who should look elsewhere

The public track record is thin. The projects page lists one case study, the clients page shows no names, and Google has only three reviews. Several site pages still contain editor placeholder text such as Click to edit, which suggests limited attention to the agency's own site. The listing also flags premium pricing for senior-led work and a two to three week onboarding period.

• Enterprises or funded startups that need a large multi-disciplinary team. The agency reports 85 clients over eight years, which points to a small shop.
• Buyers who need detailed case studies with numbers. The Style Gallery write-up describes the work but publishes no results.
• Brands that want heavy paid social or creative production. PPC and social are listed, but SEO is the clear center of gravity.

Track record and signals

The single case study is Style Gallery, an Australian retailer of European and US lingerie and shapewear brands. The directory record says the agency handled technical, on-page, and off-site SEO, search and shopping ads, and email campaigns to grow organic rankings and online sales. No traffic or revenue figures are published. The about page counts 577 websites optimized and 85 clients, with a claimed 100 percent client satisfaction rate.

Three named testimonials appear across the site. Unica Encinares, described as a serial entrepreneur, praises on-time delivery and clear explanations and says she plans to work with the team long term. Steven Rosen, a business coach and author, credits the team's local SEO knowledge. Efren Castillo, a dental marketing expert, says he would use the agency again for SEO projects. These quotes are self-published and cannot be verified here.

The about page notes that the founder previously worked with Wikihow, Cisco's AppDynamics, and Business Coach before starting the agency, though those are her prior clients rather than agency accounts. The site links to a Clutch press release on the Philippines' top-performing B2B providers for 2021. The directory record shows a Google rating of 5.0 from three reviews.

How Digital Marketing Manila compares

Against other marketing agencies in this directory, Digital Marketing Manila's listed $50 to $99 rate is mid-range, but its published audit prices and small size place it closer to a boutique SEO consultancy than to the larger Manila performance agencies. Peers in the same city tend to sell experimentation programs and paid media to enterprise brands. This agency's edge is fixed-price entry work and founder-led delivery. Its gaps are a single case study, three Google reviews, and a site with leftover template text.