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United States × Electronics × $10,000 - $25,000 ×Clear Filters
  • Thrive in the Age of Social Media

    Social Link specializes in delivering exceptional social media marketing services to help businesses thrive in the digital landscape...

    Top Services:

    • Digital Services
    • Digital Marketing
    • Digital Strategy
    • Social Media Marketing
    • Web Design
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    Location
    Nashville, Tennessee
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $175/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $10,000 - $25,000
    Portfolios Count
    5 Projects Listed
  • RASTRO STUDIO

    Award WinnerRecipient of a Best Design Award for outstanding work.
    Creativity with Purpose, Brands with Soul.

    With the motto "Creativity with Purpose, Brands with Soul" we combine strategy and creativity at every step of the brand-building journey. We provide creative solutions to authentic brands from our studios...

    Top Services:

    • Logo Design
    • Social Media Marketing
    • Branding
    • Graphic Design
    • Print Design
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    Location
    Austin, Texas
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $80/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $10,000 - $25,000
    Portfolios Count
    14 Projects Listed
  • Igniting Brands | Inspiring Clients

    Pure Fusion Media is your leading package design & branding agency, crafting story-driven designs that inspire and ignite emotions in your customers. One of the world's top 25 packaging design companies, we create powerful visual stories for brands, corporations, non-profits, and start-ups...

    Top Services:

    • Package Design
    • Branding
    • Creative Services
    • Logo Design
    • Video Production
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    Location
    Phoenix, Arizona
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $125/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $10,000 - $25,000
    Portfolios Count
    6 Projects Listed
  • Activate Brand Love.

    Supercharge your Marketing with Pop-Ups, Brand Activations, Sampling Campaigns, Wild Posting, Social Stunts, and Guerrilla Marketing - built for brands that want to breakthrough...

    Top Services:

    • Advertising
    Location
    Boston, Massachusetts
    Number of Employees
    50 - 99
    Average Hourly Rate
    $200/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $10,000 - $25,000
  • Creating Cutting-Edge Commercials for Epic Brands.

    At OCKHAM, they believe in producing kickass ads without over-complicating things. Its approach is based on the principle that entities should not be multiplied needlessly. It snaps the whip and executes with a smile, prioritizing elegance, efficiency, and razor-sharp accuracy. It believes that epic brands...

    Top Services:

    • Video Production
    • Video Marketing
    • Advertising
    • Content Marketing
    • Digital Marketing
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    Location
    San Diego, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $150/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $10,000 - $25,000
    Portfolios Count
    6 Projects Listed
  • Bay Area, San Francisco video production company creating 60-second animated company films and explainer videos for advanced manufacturing, defence, aerospace and deep tech startups...

    Top Services:

    • Video Production
    • Advertising
    • Video Marketing
    Location
    San Francisco, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $450/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $10,000 - $25,000
    Portfolios Count
    1 Project Listed
  • Work that Works

    Are you looking for an Atlanta Website Design firm? We are Experts at WordPress Website Design. We're brand savvy, and know how to drive brand engagement. We work primarily in WordPress for reduced development cost, SEO compliance, and its mobile-friendly platform. We are an Atlanta website design company...

    Top Services:

    • Web Design
    • Web Development
    • Graphic Design
    • Logo Design
    • Design Services
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    Location
    Atlanta, Georgia
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $85/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $10,000 - $25,000
  • We love telling visual stories that turn heads and build brand equity.

    We're storytellers at the intersection of art, commerce, creativity, and technology. Deep Vibe transforms complex ideas into captivating narratives through advanced technologies like VP/XR, Unreal, and Generative AI. We're not just a vendor we're the partner who turns your 'what if?' into done...

    Top Services:

    • Video Production
    • Video Marketing
    • Advertising
    • Branding
    • Creative Services
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    Location
    Boston, Massachusetts
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Minimal Budget
    $10,000 - $25,000
  • We create cinematic experiences that drive lasting results.

    The highest praise we've ever received? These are the guys you actually want to hang out with on set. No egos, no drama. Were about telling awesome stories with awesome people. So, whether you're looking for a killer video, a memorable ad, or something entirely out of the box, we've got you covered from the...

    Top Services:

    • Video Production
    • Audio Production
    • Video Marketing
    • Social Media Marketing
    • Advertising
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    Location
    Chicago, Illinois
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Minimal Budget
    $10,000 - $25,000
  • Branding That Slaps

    SLAPS is a creative branding and design agency that exists to challenge the status quo of modern advertising. Our mission is to create brands that inspire by collaborating closely with our partners and helping them reflect on why and for who they were truly created...

    Top Services:

    • Branding
    • Creative Services
    • Logo Design
    • Graphic Design
    • Package Design
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    Location
    Los Angeles, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $150/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $10,000 - $25,000
  • Imagination In Motion

    Denver-based video production studio creating cinematic commercials, brand films and social campaigns for B2B companies and national brands. Imagination In Motion...

    Top Services:

    • Video Production
    • Creative Services
    • Audio Production
    • Digital Strategy
    • Video Marketing
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    Location
    Denver, Colorado
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $250/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $10,000 - $25,000
  • Innovate Engage Delight

    Exhibit Experience is a full-service trade show exhibit rental company specializing in Orlando trade show exhibit rentals and custom exhibit solutions. We provide turnkey exhibit services including design, graphics, logistics, installation, dismantle, and exhibitor paperwork coordination...

    Top Services:

    • Event Marketing
    • Branding
    • Print Design
    • Advertising
    • Direct Marketing
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    Location
    Orlando, Florida
    Number of Employees
    50 - 99
    Minimal Budget
    $10,000 - $25,000
    Portfolios Count
    1 Project Listed
  • Unifying Your Brands Voice!

    At Voice & Reason, we prioritize collaborating closely with our clients to develop communications that genuinely resonate. Our team thoughtfully integrates brand development across all channels, including print, voice, and web, with the aim of transforming your prospects into customers and your customers into...

    Top Services:

    • Branding
    • Video Production
    • Email Marketing
    • Advertising
    • Web Design
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    Location
    Folsom, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $149/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $10,000 - $25,000
  • Performance marketing built for profitable growth.

    Sharply Labs is a performance marketing agency focused on profitable growth. We connect paid acquisition, creative, CRO, retention, analytics, and attribution into one system. Our team works across Meta, Google, TikTok, YouTube, Apple Search Ads, Reddit, and more, optimizing around CAC, LTV, MER, blended...

    Top Services:

    • AEO
    • Digital Marketing
    • eCommerce
    • Advertising
    • Social Media Marketing
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    Location
    Wyoming, Pennsylvania
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $200/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $10,000 - $25,000
  • Empowering Commerce

    Brandwoven is reshaping the way brands navigate the ever-changing marketplace landscape. We invest in the growth of dynamic, product-based brands by providing full-service consulting and management solutions. Our adaptive strategies empower brands to excel and drive growth...

    Top Services:

    • Business Consulting
    • SEO
    • Market Research
    • CRO
    • Advertising
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    Location
    Portland, Oregon
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $150/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $10,000 - $25,000
  • WHERE SCIENCE BECOMES STORY AND BRANDS SCALE

    Jadi is a strategic brand agency built for science-forward consumer brands health, wellness, beauty, nutrition, and technology. We translate product truth, ingredient science, and real innovation into stories that build belief and systems that scale it.Strategy. Story. Systems. Scale...

    Top Services:

    • Branding
    • Digital Strategy
    • Content Marketing
    • Video Production
    • Advertising
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    Location
    Laguna Beach, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $100/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $10,000 - $25,000
  • Fast Friends is a creative production collective happiest when assisting brandsand agencies with their short-form video and social content needs...

    Top Services:

    • Branding
    • Creative Services
    • Video Production
    • Print Design
    • Video Marketing
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    Location
    Ludlow, Massachusetts
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $110/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $10,000 - $25,000
  • Your video content team to unlock growth, retention, and user activation.

    Your video content team to unlock growth, retention, and user activation...

    Top Services:

    • Creative Services
    • Design Services
    • Video Production
    • Graphic Design
    • Branding
    • Show more
    Location
    Austin, Texas
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Minimal Budget
    $10,000 - $25,000

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Advertising Agency FAQs

What services do the best advertising agencies in the United States provide?

Leading advertising agencies in the United States plan, create, and launch compelling advertising campaigns across digital and traditional media channels to amplify businesses’ brand awareness, customer engagement, digital presence, and sales.  

According to our market analysis, the most prominent service offerings for online advertising companies in the US include: 

  • Media planning and buying is the largest revenue-generating segment for agencies, representing approximately 40% of industry revenue in the traditional advertising services sector. 
  • Creative services comprise another core offering of traditional agencies, accounting for approximately 35% of their revenue. 
  • Search advertising, including SEO and SEM, remains the single largest service offering within digital advertising, capturing over 24.1% of the total market share. 
  • Social media advertising is a major and rapidly growing segment, with ad spending in the US social media advertising market expected to reach $95.70 billion in 2025. 

How much do these services typically cost?

Advertising costs in the US start from $900 for digital campaigns and can go as high as $100,000 for TV ads. The pricing depends on the region, platform, campaign, reach, targeting, creative quality, and the channel.

Overall, the estimates present a stark contrast between the high, fixed expense of traditional television and the flexible options in digital media. 

Type of media channel Platform / campaign type Cost
Traditional Television ads (local production) Start at ~$1,000 
Traditional Television ads (national campaigns) Up to $8 million (average 30-second national ad costs around $350,000) 
Digital Facebook campaigns$2,500 – $9,000 per month 
Digital LinkedIn campaigns $2,000 – $4,000 per month 
Digital Instagram campaigns $1,000 – $1,600 per month 
Digital X (formerly Twitter) campaigns $900 – $1,600 per month 
Digital Google Ads (banner ads) $1 – $3 per click (CPC) or $2 – $5 per thousand impressions (CPM) 
Digital Programmatic ads Generally start around $2 per thousand impressions (CPM) 

When can clients expect ROI from advertising?

The expected time to realize a return on investment (ROI) from advertising depends on the specific channel: 

  • Paid ads (Google, Meta, LinkedIn) can generate visible results within days/weeks, with lead flow increasing immediately as the campaign begins. 
  • Email campaigns and remarketing re-engage warm audiences and existing contacts for early conversions and quick ROI. 
  • Content marketing and SEO begin driving consistent traffic, organic leads, and compounding ROI in the 6-12-month range. 
  • Thought leadership promotion (blogs, webinars, YouTube videos) builds brand authority and returns value within six months to a year. 

What are the typical timelines for advertising projects from initial planning to launch complexity levels?

Approximate timeframes for advertising projects are: 

  • Smaller campaigns usually take 4 to 8 weeks from the discovery meeting to launch. 
  • More complex campaigns that require deeper audience research, new creative asset development, and multiple platform configurations can stretch further because each stage adds time: 
    • Kick-off and alignment (1-2 weeks) 
    • Audience research (2-3 weeks) 
    • Creative development (2-4 weeks) 
    • Platform setup (3-4 weeks) 
    • Testing and launch (4-6 weeks) 

How often do the advertising firms update targeting data and creative assets once a campaign is live?

Depending on the platform, top ad agencies typically update creatives every 2-6 weeks, while targeting and bid/keyword adjustments are often reviewed weekly. 

Here’s how often other ads are typically updates once a campaign is live: 

  • For search campaigns, the best practice is to refresh ad copy every 4-6 weeks, while bids, keywords, and extensions are reviewed weekly. 
  • For social media ads, rotating creative every 2-4 weeks is recommended to avoid “ad fatigue,” especially when audience size or ad frequency is high. 
  • For display or video campaigns (YouTube or banner/display ads), monthly updates of visuals or placements are recommended.  

Generally, updates are prompted by creative fatigue or targeting inefficiencies, i.e., when click-through rates drop, cost per acquisition rises, or conversion rates fall.