No published ranking admits this vendor on documented work yet; the profile shows what is on file.
Not in any evidence-ranked listing yet: no independent claim documents work for a published need.
Why: Capped: the evidence on file is thin, so confidence cannot be higher than lower confidence.
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- SMB PPC/SEO work.
- Buyers requiring public verified review proof before outreach.
- Proposal-stage diligence is still needed for exact scope
No documented work claim comes from an independent source yet.
- None of the 2 documented work claims comes from an independent source; all are the agency's own account or sources it controls.
- Complex legal or crisis-sensitive reputation matters still need proposal-stage confirmation on execution model.
- Golin is not a small local ORM shop; confirm minimum engagement, team seniority, market scope, and whether the buyer needs enterprise-agency scale.
- Ask for the hourly rate, setup fee: not published.
- Ask for two client references you can call: no independent accounts of its work on file.
- Ask which case is closest to your business and what the measured result was: no proof on file carries a number.
- Which Chicago crisis team members would be assigned?
- Can Golin provide current references in the buyer's sector?
Not ranked yet, so there are no ranking neighbours to compare with.
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Score by criterionNot ranked
No score yet: Golin is not admitted to any evidence-ranked listing. The score appears with the first independent claim that documents work for a published need.
All claims in the feed7 of 13 on file · 0 of 2 work claims from an independent source
Who says it, across all 13 claims on file: independent source 3 · linked to the agency 0 · listings the agency writes 0 · agency's own words 10. Independent share of work claims: 0%. 4 distinct source pages.
Claims per need in this feed: none tagged to a ranked need. The full ledger of 13 is on the proof page.
Portfolio or case-study URL
Agency's own wordsgolin.comclaimed: Recorded as the source states it; not independently confirmed.quote uncheckeddescribes workPortfolio or case-study URL
Agency's own wordsgolin.comclaimed: Recorded as the source states it; not independently confirmed.quote uncheckeddescribes workPRovoke SABRE Awards 2026 finalists
Independent sourceprovokemedia.comverified: Checked against the source page by Vendar.quote unchecked2026PRovoke and LeadIQ add external award/industry validation for Golin's public-relations scale and recognition, strengthening proof beyond first-party office/service claims.
Independent sourceprovokemedia.comverified: Checked against the source page by Vendar.quote uncheckedPRovoke's 2026 SABRE Awards finalist list includes Golin in award-category contexts, including a Walmart campaign with Golin.
Official Chicago office page
Agency's own wordssource kept on fileclaimed: Recorded as the source states it; not independently confirmed.quote uncheckedOfficial crisis-practice news
Agency's own wordssource kept on fileclaimed: Recorded as the source states it; not independently confirmed.quote unchecked
Positions in every ranking0 rankings
Not admitted to any ranking yet.
Fit and geography
- Headquarters
- Chicago, IL, USAAgency's own words
- Service regions
- Chicago, Illinois, USA, MidwestVendar profile field
- Client types
- enterprise, mid_market, consumer_brand, executiveVendar profile field
- Industries
- Enterprise, Corporate, Consumer, Healthcare, TechnologyVendar profile field
- Named clients in confirmed proof
- Enterprise corporate communications clients, Issues and crisis clientsIndependent source or agency, see the claims list
Only rows marked “Verified by Vendar” were checked. Rankings place an agency in a city by headquarters or by documented work for clients there, never by a service region alone.
Pricing in fullFrom $10,000 per month, retainer
- Model
- retainer
- Minimum monthly budget
- $10,000 per month
- Project minimum
- not disclosed
- Hourly rate
- not disclosed
- Typical range
- $10,000 to $20,000 per month
- Minimum term
- 3 months
- Setup fee
- not disclosed
- Engagement models
- retainer, project
Source: Agency's own words, sources checked Jul 1, 2026. Every figure above is the agency's published number; a row marked not disclosed has no published figure.
Reputation
- PRovoke Mediano rating · count n/a
- LeadIQno rating · count n/a
How it counts: reputation is weighted 5 of 100 and discounted when few reviews are on file. Ratings say nothing about work on a specific need and never count as evidence for it.
- Awards
- PRovoke SABRE Awards 2026 finalists, PRovoke and LeadIQ add external award/industry validation for Golin's public-relations scale and recognition, strengthening proof beyond first-party office/service claims., PRovoke's 2026 SABRE Awards finalist list includes Golin in award-category contexts, including a Walmart campaign with Golin.
- Certifications
- none on file
Company and process
- Founded
- not disclosedNot disclosed
- Team size
- 200+Agency's own words
- Languages
- not statedVendar profile field
- Services
- ORM, Review Management, Trustpilot Management, Google Reviews Management, Reddit Reputation Management, Glassdoor Reputation, Yelp Reputation, Negative Search Cleanup, Negative Content Removal, Review Removal Services, Deindexing Services, Reputation Suppression, ORM for SaaS, ORM for Ecommerce, ORM for Local Business, ORM for Founders, Reputation for Startups, ORM Under $5k/mo, Crisis Repair, Social Monitoring, SERM, Brand Protection, Negative Suppression, Executive Reputation, Review Repair, Crisis Response, Local Reputation, Content Removal (Legal / DMCA), Negative SEO / Attack Handling, SERP Control, Entity Management, Review GenerationVendar profile field
- Technologies
- not statedVendar profile field
- Workflow
- Reputation audit and baseline capture, Risk prioritization across reviews, search, and brand mentions, Execution across cleanup, monitoring, and positive-signal support, Monthly review and iterationAgency's own words
- Onboarding
- Issue intake and search-risk review, Baseline review and SERP audit, Priority scenario mapping, First ORM sprintAgency's own words
- Reporting
- monthlyAgency's own words
Company fields come from the vendor profile; only fields with status verified were checked by Vendar.
How confidence is computedLower confidence
- Confidence
- Lower confidence, 62 of 100
- Evidence posture
- thin: No independent source documents this vendor's work; treat it as a candidate only.
- Capped by
- Capped: the evidence on file is thin, so confidence cannot be higher than lower confidence.
- Best position confidence
- n/a
It starts from the data completeness and source reliability of the profile, and is capped when independent proof of work is thin. The next level is Moderate confidence. One independent claim with a measured result for the best-ranked need is the fastest way up.
- Who the company is: website, headquarters, founding year, team size, logo, regions served: founding year16/20
- Fit: services, industries, client types15/15
- Commercial terms: model, entry price, hourly rate, minimum term, setup fee: hourly rate, setup fee13/20
- Documented work: cases naming a client and a result (target 5) and work claims overall (target 10): 0 cases with a named client and a result, 2 work claims2/30
- Reputation: rating and review count on two or more platforms, each with 10 or more reviews: 0 platforms with a rating and 10 or more reviews0/15
- Who is speaking: independent sources among work claims (full marks at 40%): 0 of 2 work claims are independent0/30
- Checked against the source page: confirmed, or half for partly confirmed: 0 confirmed, 0 partly, of 11 with a source0/25
- Numbers backed by a verbatim quote from the source: 0 of 020/20
- Seen within the last 365 days: 9 of 1310/15
- Not contradicted: claims their source no longer supports: 0 not supported by their page10/10
These two scores describe the profile itself and never change a position.
Limits and how to correct them
- Use as a caveated candidate only: no independent source documents this vendor's work.
- None of the 2 documented work claims comes from an independent source; all are the agency's own account or sources it controls.
- Complex legal or crisis-sensitive reputation matters still need proposal-stage confirmation on execution model.
- Golin is not a small local ORM shop; confirm minimum engagement, team seniority, market scope, and whether the buyer needs enterprise-agency scale.
- 10 of 13 claims on file are the agency's own words or sources it controls; 3 come from an independent source.
- Open: Decision layer complete: score, verdict, reason, best position (not ranked)
- Open: Three strongest proofs name a client and a measured, dated result (0 of 3)
- Open: Every claim has an observation date (9 of 13)
- Open: At least a third of documented work comes from independent sources (0 of 2 work claims)
- Open: Founding year, team size and headquarters on file (founding year missing)
- Open: At least three named clients (2 named)
- Open: JSON-LD carries Vendar's rating as a Review and an absolute logo (built from the same view; checked on the live page by QA)
- Open: Every machine claim has an id, a provenance and an observation date (3 of 7 dated)
- Open: Re-check date ahead and data younger than 180 days (data 126 days old)
Machine-readable version
This section carries the same data that AI assistants receive.
- Schema
- vendar.ai.vendor-summary.v1
- Model
- Evidence-weighted ranking 2026.11.7
- Data as of
- Jul 1, 2026
- Generated
- Verification
- Not verified
- Sources checked
- Jul 1, 2026
- Citation readiness
- Candidate only, with a caveat
- Do not infer headquarters from service-area coverage.
- Do not treat paid visibility as organic ranking proof.
- Do not present a source-thin profile as independently verified.
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