Jumping from agency to agency happens because you're looking for a great service, at a great price, that drives results.
Stop switching and settle in. Here's 7 ways we're different than most agencies:
Many agencies don't know the difference between contribution margin and carrot margarine.
Us?
We run ad accounts inline with CAC & efficiency goals to a T. We know exactly where we're placing money on a daily basis across channels & tactics, push where there's room to, and pull back when needed.
Most importantly, knowing the numbers comes down to understanding your business and what we goals we're shooting for, together.
Specializing in business context and how that ties to your marketing function is what we do best.
Sign on, give us details, and we'll get moving.
- What are we selling?
- Who are we selling it to?
- What have you tried?
- Brand guidelines?
- What creative do you have?
- What are your hero products?
- Revenue & profit goals?
- Context of business details?
- Where is the business heading?
- + more...
We promise to not spend weeks on fancy presentations that don't deliver real value for your business.
We focus on the most important things to get moving while steering away from noisy nonsense.
Check in calls, reporting, and communication is simple with us. We'll tell you what happened, why, and where we're going together. No fluff.
Our reporting is automated, and much of our check in calls is to cover performance & then gather any changing business context you have first-hand knowledge of.
Long term agency retainers benefit the agency, not the client.
We believe in providing a service that's so good you have no problem paying us on a monthly basis with no expectation of leaving.
Expensive agency services means you're often paying for bloated teams.
Our services are less expensive than other agencies because we're a smaller team that's operationally savvy and we don't 'do' headcount bloat.
This means more $ to keep in your pocket, and increased marketing efficiency from the start.
It's just math.
We're not incentivized to upsell you diferent services.
We'll ask if there's any interest in learning more at some point. No? great. Yes? great. It's the same to us. We're not going to keep asking repetitively to further our own agenda if there's not a fit for you.
We believe in providing a great service where this comes up naturally. If we're hitting the mark for you we'll both know it and may toss the idea over.
"Is there anything else you'd like us to help you with?"
Our goal isn't to "land and expand" our services with you, just provide a great one that you're paying for upfront and let the rest fall into place.
Doing the 6 things above allows us to put time and focus into the actual growth strategy for your brand. We choose to not focus on unimportant actions because that's not where growth happens.
Partnering with us means partnering with an agency that sets aside time to embed themselves as part of your marketing team, without the bloated costs.
We help ecommerce brands in 3 core areas of growth.
Any agency can 'run your ads', but not every agency runs your ads with the full context of your business. We run ad accounts aligned with CAC & efficiency goals with a close pulse on how it impacts your business, and we intelligently place your dollars across channels and ad tactics to grow your business profitably.
We build killer ad concepts from scratch, and we build ads from your existing assets. UGC, EGC, ZGC (jk), and all the C's. Concepting, copywriting, creator selection, sending products, raw video comb through, editing, and QA steps all the way to the ad account. We have a reliable, repeatable process that puts more ads in your hopper.
We find problems within your business and propose solutions to fix them. You can run the best ads in the world, but if your business foundation is broken where will it get you? Consulting focuses on areas like hero product strategy, website experience, customer journey, channel expansion, tech stacks, building out DTC teams & in-house capabilities, forecasting revenue and profit, product innovation, and other areas of the business that relate to your growth.
Hey! I'm Luke Neely and I'm the founder of Black Oak Digital.
We exist as a bolt-on marketing agency for growing 7-8 figure fashion & lifestyle ecommerce brands that need action compelling ads, intelligent media buying, and high converting landing pages.
I've worked directly on, and consulted with 7, 8, and 9 figure ecommerce brands across media buying, allocation, planning & forecasting, cohort analysis, creative strategy, on-site & off-site strategy, SEO, CRO, affiliate, PR, and other digital tactics & strategy.
I was an ecommerce brand owner for 3 years. I know growth is multi-faceted and takes a lot of intentional, strategic actions. That's what we're here to help you with.
Here's a few pics of me with my wife and daughter so you know this isn't another faceless digital marketing agency.
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