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    Business ProfileforStraight North, LLC

    Internet Marketing Services
    BBB accredited business

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1/5stars

    Average of 1 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    1 complaints closed in last 3 years

    0 complaints closed in last 12 months

    BBB Rating & Accreditation

    Accredited Since: 3/1/2011

    Years in Business: 26

    Customer Reviews are not used in the calculation of BBB Rating

    Overview of BBB Rating

    Overview

    Straight North LLC is an internet marketing agency that specializes in increasing website traffic, lead generation and increasing online revenue.

    Products & Services

    Core services include SEO, PPC, display advertising, email marketing and responsive websites.

    Business Details

    Location of This Business
    1001 31st St Ste 100, Downers Grove, IL 60515-1364
    BBB File Opened:
    7/1/2010
    Years in Business:
    26
    Business Started:
    12/8/1997
    Business Started Locally:
    12/8/1997
    Business Incorporated:
    6/30/2005
    Accredited Since:
    3/1/2011
    Type of Entity:
    Limited Liability Company (LLC)
    Hours of Operation

    Primary

    M:
    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    T:
    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    W:
    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    Th:
    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    F:
    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    Sa:
    Closed
    Su:
    Closed
    Business Management
    • Mr. David Duerr, CEO
    • Mr. Ian Stevenson, Secretary
    • Ms. Tammy Barry, HR Director
    • Mr. Kevin Duffy, Manager
    Contact Information

    Principal

    • Mr. David Duerr, CEO
    • Mr. Kevin Duffy, Manager

    Customer Contact

    • Mr. David Duerr, CEO
    Additional Contact Information

    Phone Numbers

    Customer Complaints

    1 Customer Complaints

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    Most Recent Customer Complaint

    04/19/2022

    Complaint Type:
    Order Issues
    Status:
    Answered
    Signed with Straight north on 1/19/2022 to have them complete SEO work for pur website. They billed us for month 1 on 1/19. Then they billed month 2 on 2/1, just 10 days later. Had we known they would do this we would have simply begun services on 2/1 and we thought this very odd but figured we missed that when speaking with them and as much of a red flag as that was, we gave them the benefit of the doubt and dint say anything about it.By month 3 of our contract with them, they had not uploaded a single piece of SEO work to our website. It was at that point when we questioned them why nothing had yet been done they said "oh, we can't upload to your shopify store, you need to pay us another 900 to do that"..... this was despite the fact that they explicitly told us they COULD do that before we signed with them and that it was included in our monthly price.It was also at this time we noted that they were over due in producing 2 months of work we had already paid for. Their own dashboard even showed it was overdue.After we called them on their bait and switch tactics they said "oh we will waive the 900 this one time"....... ummmmm. No. You're not doing us a favor by waiving it, you had already agreed you would do it in what we already paid.At this point we no longer trusted them with our login details for our website given their shady behavior and allowing due dates to lapse with no communications from then. As such we then cut off their access from all of our sensitive data at this point and requested a refund since they failed to deliver the promised work product and got an attitude with us about their shady behavior. We are seeking a **** refund for the 3 months of work they failed to deliver. THEY breached their agreement with us and what they promised to do, we have no use able work product from them still and they refuse to refund us. They offered to complete the work but we can no longer trust them with our data.
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    Customer Reviews

    1 Customer Reviews

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    Most Recent Customer Review

    Peter H

    1 star

    09/09/2022

    Straightnorth sends unsolicited emails to market their own marketing.Less than 1

    Straight North, LLC Response

    09/12/2022

    Thanks for your review. We see that you are not a customer. We apologize for the email that was sent to you by our marketing partner. Our marketing partner reached out because we have had success helping other higher education institutions with their digital marketing strategies. Our marketing partner will remove you from the email list.

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