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Stamats

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United StatesFounded 1923

Century-old Iowa marketing firm that builds research, content, web and SEO programs for hospitals, health systems and academic medical centers.

Healthcare is a core vertical4.8 based on 6 Google reviews

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Key Facts

HeadquartersCedar Rapids, Iowa, United States
Founded1923
Healthcare focusHealthcare is a core vertical
Best forHealth systems and academic medical centers
Published pricingCustom quote via RFP

Highlights

  • Founded in 1923 and still owned and managed by descendants of co-founder Herbert Stamats
  • More than a decade of work on UT Southwestern Medical Center's MedBlog
  • Has mapped more than 314 patient or audience journeys and completed 17 CRM integrations
  • Applies SEO, GEO and AI search optimization practices to every project

Independent review record

Client Reputation Chart

Recorded Oct 31, 2026

Composite rating4.8/5Excellent
Client reviews6counted across all sites
Review sites1independent sources
Ratings for Stamats on public review sites
SourceRatingRange 1 to 5Reviews
Google4.8/56

Ratings as shown on each review site on Oct 31, 2026. The composite is weighted by review count.

A Family-Owned Cedar Rapids Firm Dating to 1923

Stamats is a marketing, research and consulting firm in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Frank French and Herbert Stamats founded it in 1923 as a marketing services company, and descendants of Herbert Stamats and their families still own and manage it. It began in print publishing and added market research for education institutions in the 1980s.

Today it serves two main markets: higher education and healthcare. Healthcare clients include individual health centers, hospital systems, academic medical centers and bioscience research institutions.

Service Line Marketing to Referring Physicians

  • SEO/AEO strategy
  • Brand and design
  • CMS and website design
  • Content
  • Digital marketing
  • Enrollment marketing
  • Print, podcast and video
  • Research

Stamats applies SEO, GEO and AI search optimization practices to every project. For healthcare, it runs service line marketing aimed at referring physicians, patients and families, plus journey mapping, audience-based nurturing campaigns and attribution modeling that ties marketing to revenue.

UT Southwestern’s MedBlog Drives 40% of Web Traffic

Stamats has worked on UT Southwestern Medical Center’s MedBlog for more than a decade, growing from one service line to a health-system approach. The blog drives 40% of web traffic, publishes 85+ articles a year, and grew new website users 54% year over year. One patient story earned a 2025 Digital Health Award merit recognition.

Its top healthcare clients include Mount Sinai Health System, Evangelical Community Hospital, Mercy Iowa City and several health sciences colleges. It has mapped more than 314 patient or audience journeys and completed 17 CRM integrations.

RFP Submissions and Separately Priced Research

Pricing is custom. Organizations can submit an RFP.

Strengths and Considerations

Strengths

  • Long track record with academic medical centers and health systems
  • Content and storytelling program with measured results
  • In-house research alongside creative and web work
  • SEO and AI discoverability service line

Considerations

  • Splits its focus between higher education and healthcare
  • Healthcare work leans toward large systems rather than single practices

Specialties and Services

Healthcare specialties served

Marketing services offered

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