Marquette Group

Specialties

Marquette Group is a full-​service digital marketing agency specializing in local lead generation for national brands and franchises. Click to learn more about our local advertising solutions.

History

Established in 1963.

Marquette Group was founded in 1963 in Peoria, Illinois as the Charles Ruppman Agency. In 1996, current CEO and co-​owner Chris Cummings purchased Ruppman’s Yellow Pages division. Soon the company reinvented itself as Marquette Group. In 2004, Cummings purchased USMotivation, an incentive awards and event management company located in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2008, Marquette Group opened a Canadian division focused on directional media and response measurement services that generates qualified measureable leads for advertisers. Less than a year later, we further supported the Canadian growth plan by announcing a merger with a Quebec-​based marketing services company.