A Marketing Agency Built on Community
Thriving communities inspire people to live, work, and play
At Centrus, we are our community. As an employee-owned company, we have cultivated a culture of excellence, service, and commitment. Our multifaceted team has a wide range of expertise, allowing us to offer an expansive and truly white-glove service to our clients. As a company, we are committed to helping each client identify, reach, and ultimately better serve their own community. Through the unique talents of each of our team members, we are ready to start growing your impact today.
Bob Rustici
Founder, Managing Partner, Search Jedi
Hello! I’m Bob – the resident baby-boomer of Centrus. I do readily admit my hair is a bit silkier and whiter than the rest of our team. Read more…
Jonathan Day
Managing Partner, Millennial Beard
Hey Friends, I’m Jonathan! I am a self-proclaimed funtrepreneur. Oh, never heard that word before? Let me explain. HAVE FUN AND BE OF SERVICE. Read more…
Morgan Gray
Content & PPC Specialist
Hi, I’m Morgan! While Bob is our resident Baby Boomer, I’m the resident Zillenial. I’m a big fan of reading and writing, I also love spending my time having game nights with my friends. Read more…
Aaron Fletcher
Facebook & Instagram PPC Expert
Hey there, it’s Aaron here — residential Facebook & Instagram PPC Expert! I may have cut my teeth running multimillion-dollar campaigns but I’ve always loved working with smaller companies Read more…
Building A Stronger Community Together
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, lived a little old man with white hair and a big dream…
Scratch that. Well, except for the white hair, big dream, and old. Wait, scratch old. Middle-aged.
In 2015 Centrus Digital (then named Sharper Selling) was founded by Bob Rustici, at the ripe YOUNG age of 57. After spending much of his career working for a marketing agency in Boston, he saw the massive potential of digital marketing for businesses in the community. Being laid off proved to be the perfect impetus for creating a marketing agency that would transparently serve clients while focusing on the latest strategies and techniques.
Having years (actually decades) of experience in marketing, he knew exactly where to begin. Search marketing. This trend was being under-utilized by the big agencies, but its potential for businesses and organizations of all sizes was profound. Bob knew that by helping clients provide relevant content to their audiences, his agency would be able to deliver massive results.
By 2018, Jonathan Day had been working with the agency for two years and had dramatically increased the scope of service. With Jonathan’s local connections, he transformed the company into being truly immersed in the Portsmouth community and able to serve a wide range of clients. Bob decided it was time to restructure.
Bob and Jonathan became joint owners, paving the way for the current employee-owned structure. With the renaming of the agency to Centrus Digital, a formal commitment of service to the community was made.
As the company and the number of employees grew, Bob and Jonathan’s focus remained the same: giving clients the best service available. They created increased transparency by setting up real-time dashboards that would monitor all of their ongoing campaigns for clients to see. This was unheard of among other agencies.
In 2019, Centrus acquired To The Point Marketing Agency. This allowed Centrus to provide expanded services to existing clients, while also being able to reach more organizations in the community. With this, they also gained two new partners: Leo Roy and Jen Hazell. In accordance with the employee-owned culture of Centrus, Leo and Jen are now partial owners of Centrus.
Today Centrus takes pride in being an employee-owned company that focuses on providing the highest quality service to their clients. They are dedicated to maintaining a culture of excellence that benefits clients, while also providing a supportive work environment that helps retain their talent. Centrus’ continued commitment to the community is a cornerstone of their business.