Two Good Agencies.
Different in the Right Ways.
829 Studios is a Boston-based digital marketing agency offering brand strategy, web design, SEO, paid media, and content marketing for businesses across multiple sectors.
This comparison exists to help you decide. We'll tell you what they do well, where we differ, and which option is likely the better fit for your situation. We'd rather you make the right choice — even if that's not us.
What They Offer
Boston digital marketing with strategy focus
829 Studios offers brand strategy alongside digital marketing execution from their Boston base, serving businesses across a range of sectors.
Where Sidestreet Is Different
In-house broadcast production
829 Studios focuses on digital marketing and brand strategy. Sidestreet adds broadcast-trained video production, commercial photography, and drone aerial — from NBC News and ESPN backgrounds — to the same strategic and digital foundation. For businesses that need production alongside their marketing program, Sidestreet handles both in-house.
PR and crisis communications
Sidestreet operates a dedicated PR and crisis communications practice. Digital marketing agencies don't typically maintain media relations, crisis preparedness, or earned media strategy as a separate discipline.
Church media practice
Sidestreet has a dedicated practice for faith communities. 829 Studios serves commercial businesses.
Southeast regional expertise
Sidestreet is based in the Southeast and serves Boston clients remotely with regional market knowledge relevant to clients operating in both markets.
How to Decide
829 Studios is probably the right choice if: you're a Boston business that primarily needs brand strategy, web design, and digital marketing from a local Boston agency.
Sidestreet is probably the right choice if: you need production alongside strategy and digital, want PR/crisis communications capability, are a faith community, or have Southeast market operations alongside your Boston base.
If you're genuinely unsure, talk to both of us before committing. Any agency worth working with will give you a straight answer about whether they're the right fit — and so will we.