You own everything we build
Code, creative, accounts, and strategy documents all live in your systems. No proprietary lock-in, no hostage data.
Running Paid Social for a Chicago business doesn't have to mean templated work and surface-level reporting. Every engagement we ship pairs deep technical execution with weekly conversations about the metrics that actually matter to your P&L.
Paid social only works when the creative is right and the measurement is honest. We run Meta, TikTok, and LinkedIn programs with first-party server-side tracking (CAPI / Events API) so iOS 14+ doesn't blind your reporting, and we ship 4-8 creative variations per month so the algorithm has something to optimize toward.
Code, creative, accounts, and strategy documents all live in your systems. No proprietary lock-in, no hostage data.
Real relationships with Cook County and Illinois businesses, not a national agency parachuting in with a templated playbook.
GA4, server-side tracking, modern CMSs, current ad APIs. We're not still running an agency on tools from 2017.
The strategist on your kickoff call is the strategist who runs your account. We don't do bait-and-switch staffing.
Chicago anchors the Great Lakes economy as the country's third-largest metro — a top-tier hub for trading and exchanges (CME, CBOE), national logistics (O'Hare and the country's largest rail interchange), and Fortune 500 headquarters from Boeing to McDonald's to Walgreens. The market is sophisticated, fragmented across 77 community areas, and rewards local SEO that matches operator footprint to neighborhood — what works in West Loop won't work in Bridgeport.
Sectors we know well in the Chicago market:
Chicago sits at the center of a region we know well — Cook County and the surrounding Illinois corridor where many of our Paid Social clients are based.
Same Paid Social expertise, neighboring cities:
Yes — typically through LinkedIn for direct prospecting and Meta retargeting for nurture. The creative ladder and offer matter more than the platform.
We can do either. Most clients let us produce static and short-form video creative in our monthly sprint; some have an internal team and just want strategy and media buying.
Usually 7-10 business days from kickoff: pixel and CAPI setup, creative production, campaign build, and approvals.
Meta still has the broadest reach for most Chicago-area businesses, especially with retargeting. TikTok is strong for restaurant, retail, and entertainment verticals. LinkedIn fits B2B services. We pick based on where your customers actually spend time.
Both. We're headquartered in the Elkhart, Indiana area and serve businesses across the Midwest and Great Lakes — including Chicago and the broader Cook County / Illinois market. For Chicago-area clients we'll come on-site for kickoff and quarterly reviews when it makes sense; day-to-day work happens over video and Slack like any modern agency.