A NEW KIND OF MARKETING AGENCY

Get written about where the world is growing. Build a brand that looks global.

We get your company or brand covered in the press. Through a network of working journalists across leading newspapers, online outlets, TV and radio, we place articles about you in the markets where audiences are growing fastest. We also run billboards and physical media in the densest cities on earth. Earned coverage and real visibility, across most of the world's emerging markets.

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01 THE THESIS ASYMMETRIC MARKETING

Attention and credibility are priced differently in every market. We trade across the gap.

Most brands spend their whole budget in the markets where they already exist, competing for the same attention as everyone else, at the same inflated prices.

Across most of the world's emerging markets, the picture is different. Press coverage, earned media, and outdoor inventory cost a fraction of what they do in the West, while reaching larger and faster-growing audiences. Asymmetric marketing means building presence where it is still underpriced, and banking the difference.

Press
EARNED COVERAGE
Newspaper, online, TV & radio
Core
OOH
PHYSICAL MEDIA
Billboards in dense urban markets
Core
Local
PARTNERSHIPS
Introductions to businesses on the ground
On request

Every campaign is built around what you are trying to accomplish. Pricing is quoted on request.

02 THE SITE WHERE TO GO NEXT
03 THE FRAMING WHY THIS WORKS

Two reasons brands come to us. Both of them work.

The first is reach. Emerging markets hold some of the largest and fastest-growing consumer populations on earth, and most international brands have not shown up yet. Being early there matters. Coverage in the outlets people actually read, and placements in the cities they actually move through, put you in front of audiences your competitors are ignoring.

The second is credibility. Earned press coverage changes what kind of company you are. When independent outlets write about you, you can point to real articles, on real publications, in your site, pitch decks, and press kit. Third-party coverage signals scale and seriousness to investors, partners, and press, often well before revenue reflects it. Most clients are chasing some combination of the two.

04 THE FORMAT EARNED COVERAGE VS PAID ADS

A banner ad disappears with your budget. An article stays indexed for years.

Paid ads rent attention for as long as you keep paying. Earned coverage and physical media do something paid social can't: they leave something behind that other people trust.

Paid digital ads.
SIDE A · WHAT EVERYONE ELSE DOES

Skippable. Forgettable. Gone when the budget is.

ATTENTIONAverage view time under one second. Skipped, blocked, or scrolled past.
PERSISTENCEStops the moment you stop spending. Zero residual.
TRUSTClearly an ad. Nobody mistakes it for a third party vouching for you.
PROOFIndistinguishable from every other brand running the same template.
Earned coverage & physical media.
SIDE B · WHAT WE DO

Credible. Searchable. It works long after it runs.

ATTENTIONReaders who chose to read a story, and commuters exposed to a placement for real minutes, not a fraction of a second.
PERSISTENCEA published article stays indexed and searchable on the outlet's own domain, long after the campaign ends.
TRUSTAn independent outlet writing about you carries weight an ad never will.
PROOFReal coverage and real placements you can cite to investors, partners, and press.
05 PHYSICAL MEDIA BILLBOARDS WHERE THE MATH WORKS

We still run billboards, in the densest cities on earth.

Alongside press coverage, we source and manage billboards and other outdoor media in high-density urban markets. Density is the mechanic: where people are packed tightly together, a single placement does work that is physically impossible in lower-density Western markets. You pay less, and reach more. The cities below are examples of where the math works, not the limit of where we operate.

LAGOS, NIGERIA
~18,000
PEOPLE PER MI² · 21M METRO POPULATION · LARGEST CITY IN AFRICA
KARACHI, PAKISTAN
~63,000
PEOPLE PER MI² · 23M METRO · CENTRAL DISTRICT HITS 143,000 / MI², DENSER THAN MANHATTAN
NEW YORK CITY (FOR REFERENCE)
~29,000
PEOPLE PER MI² · ROUGHLY HALF KARACHI DENSITY · WHERE BILLBOARD PRICES ARE 10X HIGHER
06 WHO THIS IS FOR BUSINESSES AND BRANDS

If you sell across borders, or want to, this works.

E-commerce brands. SaaS companies. Consumer apps. Hospitality groups. Financial services. Retail brands. Logistics companies. Crypto projects. Media companies. Professional services. DTC brands. E-commerce brands. SaaS companies. Consumer apps. Hospitality groups. Financial services. Retail brands. Logistics companies. Crypto projects. Media companies. Professional services. DTC brands.

If you are trying to enter a new market, build genuine presence in one, or simply become the kind of brand that operates at a global scale, we should talk. We structure every campaign around what you are actually trying to accomplish, whether that is real customers in a new market, press coverage that people can find and trust, or the credibility that comes from having been there.

07 HOW IT WORKS END TO END

Three steps, no agency theater.

01

You tell us where you want to be, and why.

Tell us which markets you are targeting, what you are trying to accomplish (press coverage, real customers, global credibility, local partnerships, or some combination), and the rough scale of the campaign. We respond within two business days with an honest read on whether we can make it work, and a quote if we can.

02

We place the coverage and build the campaign.

Our network of journalists writes and places articles in the outlets they work with, and we source and manage any physical media through vetted local vendors. We handle production, manage the process, and verify. You get coverage as it publishes and confirmation when placements go live.

03

We connect you with local partners where it makes sense.

If you want more than coverage and placements, we can make introductions. Local retailers, venue owners, and businesses in our network who can amplify your presence and give your brand real roots in the market.

GET IN TOUCH

Tell us what you're trying to build.

Every campaign is custom. No tiers, no off-the-shelf packages. Pricing is quoted on request. Tell us what market you want to reach, what you are trying to accomplish, and the rough scale you are working at. We will get back to you within two working days with an honest read.

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