Company overview

At Backbone, we are insiders of the outside world; we bring an expedition mindset and discipline specializations to hone, amplify, and stoke brands in the active lifestyle space and beyond. Backbone is an integrated marketing agency with capabilities in public relations, paid media, strategy, social media, influencer marketing, search marketing (SEO and SEM), analytics, affiliate marketing, and retail marketing. From day one, Backbone was rooted in the idea that you could fuse passion for an outdoor, active lifestyle with a profession advocating for brands you believe in. Today, we’re a team of more than 100 hard-charging runners, skiers, climbers, cyclists, hikers, paddlers, hunters, anglers, dog lovers and travel enthusiasts. We align our employees’ passions with the brands they represent.Our fast-paced offices in Denver and Carbondale have landed us on Outside’s “Best Places to Work” list more years than we can count. But we don’t just throw around buzzwords like teamwork, trust, and transparency. We live and breathe by our true north — from lunch runs, the Powder Clause and happy hours to trail work days and river clean-ups.Check out our website to learn more about us and what we do.
Founded in 1997
Carbondale, Colorado, USA
109 employees (73 in marketing)

Salaries

Typical salary range

$60,000 – $70,000

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People

Headcount trend

Company growth over the last 12 months

Headcount -6.9% year over year

Audience

Monthly website visitors
9.6K
Month over month+61.3%
Quarter over quarter+35.1%
Top sourceDirect (47.7%)
Ad budget per month$37.8
Average search rank40.2
Traffic source mix
Direct
47.7%
Search
33.1%
Social
11.6%
Referral
6.5%
Paid referral
0.9%

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

9.9K

12-mo growth

+17.2%

Monthly growth

+2.2%

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