Senior experience.
Already put to work.
We turn your growth priorities into campaigns, then manage the daily decisions that make them work. We launch new campaigns and ad sets, test creative and audiences, refine keywords and move budget towards what performs.
We look beyond platform ROAS to your sales, margins and cost of acquiring a customer. That tells us when to scale, when to pull back and what to test next, so the account keeps improving as your business grows.
We build the system around your ads. Competitor research and customer questions shape the angles. We turn those into creative briefs, an inspiration board and landing pages that carry the same message from click to conversion.
Then we test the creative and the page, review what people respond to and build on the winners. Your team or creators know what to make next, and your budget goes towards learning what can scale.
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You get senior guidance alongside the hands-on work. In your group chat, we bring ideas, challenge offers and help plan budgets, launches and the next tests. You can ask about anything affecting the ads, from creator partnerships to your wider marketing.
We explain the thinking, not just the results. You stay close to the decisions and get better at making them, without having to run the accounts yourself. When you need a specialist, we help you work out the brief and who to bring in.
Your own client workspace, built by Hey Sage. Meet your team, track our work, send creative briefs and check budgets, creative performance and landing-page results. Plan launches and sales in your ecommerce calendar. We keep it updated as we manage your ads, so you can see what’s happening.
Don’t judge him by that photo, he’s actually very nice. Sage is a gun, a lone wolf.
So good! Stoked to see how well this is performing Sage. Last month was our biggest month of sales online to date.
Having someone driving such an important project on platforms that we don't have to learn the intricacies of is such a huge help. We really value the skill, knowledge and advice you have been able to give!
Thank you for all the good work you've put into The Sneaker Laundry, and the improvements you've done for it. Thank you for all the marketing initiatives beyond just paid ads as well!
Managing Google and Meta ads is stupidly easy. And every day, the platforms make them easier to run. There is no moat. Complexity is collapsing, by design.
The issue is that traditional agencies haven't caught up. I think someone forgot to tell them. Flashy offices, expensive client lunches, 100-page strategy presentations. All that effort goes into perceived value, rather than what actually moves revenue.
Brands don't need agencies. In fact, you don't even need Hey Sage. You can run ads yourself. That's the magic of it.
Our value isn't some insider targeting secret (this doesn't exist). It's a streamlined ads system: senior campaign management, at a flat price, with zero bloat.
No expensive client lunches (sorry). No weekly meetings talking through a PowerPoint of nonsense.
You will get a WhatsApp or Slack group. You will get a live dashboard to track daily ad performance. You will get weekly and monthly reports drilling down into results.
And you will get a senior team actually doing the work.
That's it.
Sounds good?
Flat fees. Month to month. No lock-in contracts.
$10k to $30k monthly ad spend
$2k/ month + GST
29 of 30 Core places filled
Explore Core$30k to $100k monthly ad spend
$4k/ month + GST
8 of 10 Studio places filled
Explore Studio$100k to $200k monthly ad spend
$6k/ month + GST
3 of 5 Pro places filled
Explore Pro$200k+ monthly ad spend
$10k/ month + GST
By application, by fit
Explore UltraMonthly static, UGC-style and AI-assisted ad production. From $1k to $3k per month + GST.
| Compare | Hey Sage | Traditional agency | Freelancer | In-house |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | From ~$2k to $10k/mo | $10k to $25k+/mo retainer | $1k to $5k/mo, quality varies wildly | $90k to $150k/yr salary + tools + benefits |
| Contract terms | Month-to-month. No lock-in. | 6 to 12 month lock-ins standard | Usually month-to-month | Permanent hire. Firing is slow and expensive |
| Who runs your ads | Senior operators who have generated $700m in revenue across ecom | Junior media buyer, "supervised" by a senior | Whoever you found on LinkedIn. Could be world-class or terrible | Whoever you can afford to hire and retain |
| Reporting | Live dashboard from day one + weekly summary + monthly deep-dive | Monthly 60-slide PowerPoint | Ad-hoc, often only when asked | Whatever they build (or don't) |
| Communication | Direct WhatsApp or Slack group. Strategy calls on Studio, Pro and Ultra. | Weekly 1hr WIP + monthly review meeting | Email, sometimes ghost-mode | Constant. They're on payroll, in your stand-ups |
| Time to launch | Within 24 hours of payment, completed brief and account access | 3 to 6 weeks (kick-off, strategy deck, sign-off, build) | 1 to 4 weeks, depends on their other clients | 2 to 3 months to hire, then onboarding |
| Strategy & advisory | Included. Sales planning, SKU expansion, CRO, brand direction | Billed separately, often by a different team | Usually just runs the ads, nothing else | Limited to one person's experience |
| Total team cost | Flat management fee. Supply production is optional. | Retainer + creative fees + reporting fees + ad spend markup | Cheap, but zero redundancy if they vanish | Salary + super + benefits + tools + management overhead |
Our management fees are flat: Core $2,000, Studio $4,000, Pro $6,000 and Ultra $10,000 per month, plus GST. Ad spend is separate. Core suits $10k to $30k monthly ad spend; Studio $30k to $100k; Pro $100k to $200k; Ultra $200k and above.
You get a live dashboard, weekly summaries and a deeper monthly report. We review what worked, what changed and what to do next.
Both. We tailor the work to how your business makes money, whether that means online sales, bookings or enquiries. Your offer, margins, capacity and goals shape the priorities.
Yes. Custom ad landing page creation and management is included in every management tier. We build pages around your campaigns, review how they perform and keep improving them.
Your package includes creative direction, an inspiration board and testing. Monthly creative production is available separately through Hey Sage Supply. We help your team or creators understand what to make next.
You have direct access to your senior team through Slack or WhatsApp. Core is built around that ongoing conversation. Studio and Pro add a monthly 1:1 strategy call. Ultra includes a fortnightly 1:1.
No. Every tier is month to month, with no lock-in contracts and no percentage-of-spend fees.
Tell us about your business through the enquiry form. We’ll check the fit and package with you, then organise the agreement and onboarding. Once payment, your completed brief and account access are all received, we can get your ads live within 24 hours.
WE ARE NOT EVEN AN AGENCY AT ALL. WE DON’T DO SEO. WE DON’T DO RETENTION.
WE ARE JUST PEOPLE WHO OBSESS OVER ADS. AND WE MAKE $700M FROM THEM.
WE WOULD LOVE TO DO THE SAME FOR YOU.
THAT’S THE WHOLE PITCH.
YOU IN?
