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Jonathan
Saeidian.
Jonathan leads Growth Virality’s editorial review of marketing agency profiles and contributes practitioner judgment to marketing articles. His work spans agency operations, growth strategy, paid media, SEO, and content.
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Jonathan founded Growth Virality and Brenton Way, where he works on cross-channel growth strategy. He has described building Brenton Way around performance marketing, creative work, and technology in a 2025 Voyage LA interview. The Los Angeles Business Journal profiled him as Brenton Way’s chief executive in 2018. His Brenton Way author archive shows his published marketing articles.
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What Jonathan reviews
Agency directory: Growth Virality records Jonathan as the peer reviewer of its 80 agency assessments. The publisher recorded that confirmation on . Individual review dates and underlying research notes are still being published. A directory certificate confirms inclusion and attribution, not a current endorsement or independent accreditation.
Blog articles: Jonathan reviews agency comparisons and other marketing articles as a second editor. An article earns a visible “Reviewed by Jonathan Saeidian” credit only when its author, evidence, review date, factual check, and commercial disclosure are recorded for that article. Archive articles without that signoff remain labeled as awaiting review.
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Ownership and conflicts
Jonathan founded Brenton Way, which also appears in the Growth Virality agency directory. His review of that listing has an ownership conflict. The listing discloses the relationship, and a separate, unconflicted reviewer is required before Growth Virality can publish an editorial recommendation for Brenton Way. Growth Virality also offers agency matching and partnerships; material referral, sponsorship, or ownership relationships belong beside any affected recommendation.
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