For brands running paid media

Production & Strategy for Digital Advertising

Concepts backed by real research, produced at volume, tested for performance, and replaced before they fatigue.

Ad Library

Every winner starts as a plan

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Hard Rock video featuring Georgina Masseo.
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Creator video for Burt's Bees lip care.
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Anker product video set during a date night.
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Customer testimonial video from Asaf Shachar.
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Primal Bee
Before and after video for the Dreo 715 humidifier heater.
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UGC video about Stick A Day dog supplements.
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PetBeing
Horizontal video for Luis Fonsi.
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Product explainer video for Laifen.
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ValleyStar video on speaking the customer's language.
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Creator video about litter box smell for Litter Saver.
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Hard Rock video featuring Ronaldinho.
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Vertical brand video for Primal Bee.
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Member testimonial video filmed in Seattle.
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Vertical Instagram story ad for Interim HealthCare.
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Brand commercial for Eva+Avo skincare.
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UGC video about cats refusing supplements.
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Short film on the founding of Primal Bee.
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Before and after video for the Dreo 311 humidifier.
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The Creative Operating System

We built this system, and published the whole thing

The full thesis
Here is the whole thing, written out in full.

The thesis covers what this summary does not: how the platforms decide who sees your ads, and why creative became the only lever left worth pulling. It is not a skim.

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Same system, your market

Built for your industry

The strategy stays the same across industries, but execution adapts to fit your market.

Don’t see your industry? Reach out anyway.

Meet the people

The three of us, on every account.

With a US based editing and production team behind us.

Kyle, Kris and Elie of The Herd
Kris, The Herd Agency
Kris
Production

Runs production, turning approved concepts into finished ads.

Kyle, The Herd Agency
Kyle
Creative strategy

Leads creative strategy, from ICP research through the final concept.

Elie, The Herd Agency
Elie
Growth

Leads growth and partnerships, including the media buyers who run the ads we make.

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Testimonials

What our clients say

As our organization has strived to become more efficient, The Herd Agency has become our go-to resource for video/digital creative and production. Their ability to provide a superior product on budget and schedule has made them indispensable to our success.
Eddy Henry
Chief of Brand
I have worked with The Herd for many years. They have been my go-to agency for several campaigns. Their flexibility, diverse skillsets, and consistently amazing results has made them a constant in all my projects.
Carolina Lobo
CMO
The Herd was not only easy to work with, but extremely efficient and creative. They were able to handle a large scale production during Covid-19 without shooting any footage, and still developed an amazing video that will help us to launch our brand’s new look. We highly recommend The Herd.
Becky Freemal
VP of Brand
The Herd has been great to work with for many years. They have helped us to cover over ten communities in three states. Their style has been integral to our video marketing, I would highly suggest their services.
Jennifer Agadzhanov
Marketing Director
Our sales have directly risen as a result of our partnership with The Herd. They have been with me every step of the marketing journey, from strategy to implementation. Now, our marketing competes with the national QSR brands.
Steve Hettinger
Owner
The Herd has been a crucial partner in the growth of my practice for several years. They have not only expanded my website traffic and social media following but have also established my reputation as one of the top plastic surgeons in the area.
Dr. Benjamin Lam
Owner
The Herd was awesome to work with from the start. Their team always listened to my vision and contributed with positive insight along the way. I love the way they put my advertising content together, the music, video angles to lighting, they nailed every step.
Michael Sajeski
Owner

FAQ

Questions before starting

01
What exactly does The Herd do?

Creative strategy and creative production for paid advertising. In plain terms: we figure out what your ads should say and to whom, then we make those ads at the volume modern platforms demand. Platforms like Meta now decide who sees an ad by reading the ad itself, so the businesses that win are the ones that keep supplying strong, varied creative. That is the problem we solve.

02
How is this different from a typical agency?

Most agencies are strong at one piece. Strategy shops hand you a brief and leave the shoot to someone else, and media buyers run the ads but outsource the creative. We build the strategy behind every concept and produce it ourselves, so the idea that gets approved is the one that gets shot, at the standard you see in our ad library. The work runs on a six-phase system, the Creative Operating System, so every batch teaches the next one instead of starting from zero.

03
Do you run the ads too?

We work alongside your media buyer or in-house team, and we never touch your ad account. They run the ads; we plan and produce what runs, and read each batch with them. Budgets, the pages people land on and financial monitoring stay with you. We use your numbers as the input and stay focused on the two things that decide creative performance: production and the strategy behind it.

04
What happens when a winning ad stops working?

Every ad wears out. The platform shows it to the same people too often and results fade. Our system treats that as normal, not as a crisis: we read each batch against your acquisition target with your team or media buyer, track the Creative Win Rate, and keep new concepts in production so fading winners get replaced before performance dips, not after.

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What do you need from us to start?

Your numbers and your knowledge. We build creative strategy from your data: your acquisition targets, your past performance, what you already know about your buyers. You bring the inputs, we build the strategy and the creative supply around them.

06
Who will I actually be working with?

One of us, directly. The Herd is Kyle, Elie, and Kris, and the person who builds your strategy is the person you talk to about it. No account managers relaying messages, no support queue, no bot.

The first step

Start with the Ad Diagnostic

Put in the numbers you already know and see what your ad spend needs against what it has, the month at that spend and your first month step by step. About two minutes, with the plan emailed to you. The strategy itself is built with you on the free call.