Digital advertising for Fresno and Clovis businesses.

Throttle Up Media is a Fresno advertising agency for Google, Facebook and Instagram ads, and digital billboards, working here since 2000. We make the ads in our own studio. Google and Meta campaigns run in your own ad account, aimed at the area you serve.

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Where we place your money

We run the channels that fit what you sell and who buys it, and tell you when one isn't worth your budget.

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    Google Ads

    Keyword and location targeting built around the words people type when they're ready to buy, with negative keywords maintained so you pay for fewer wasted clicks.
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    Facebook and Instagram ads

    Ads cut from photos and video we produced for you, aimed at people in your area with Meta's location expansion turned off, so you don't pay to reach people you can't serve.
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    Digital billboards and screens

    Screens in the places your customers already are. For the right advertiser it buys attention a crowded search auction can't.
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    Retargeting and audiences

    Bringing back the people who already visited and didn't act. Frequency capped and time limited, so someone sees you again without feeling watched.
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    Reporting you can read

    A monthly plain-language summary of what ran, what it cost, and what it produced. No dashboard you have to learn and no metric chosen because it flatters us.

One steady number,
spend that follows your seasons.

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    A predictable monthly figure

    We prefer that clients give us a monthly marketing fund to manage rather than approving a different number every few weeks. When your plan uses a managed fund, we pay the platforms out of it, so your outgoing stays steady while the actual spend moves underneath it. The ad account itself stays yours.
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    Spend follows your calendar

    Within that fund we push harder ahead of your busy season and ease off when it's quiet, instead of dividing the year into twelve equal parts and hoping.
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    The structure is written down first

    How a plan is put together, including how the fund is divided between media and management, depends on the client and what they need. Whatever we agree is in writing before anything starts.

$1.5M

paid by about 465 new accounts.

November 2023 to August 2026, paid through September 30, 2026. Not typical and not guaranteed.

What one client's numbers show

We answer a local service company's Google reviews, run its local ads, keep its listings and social posts going, and report on new customers each month. Customers whose first job fell between November 2023 and August 2026 paid it about $1.5M, counted through September 30, 2026. A typical account has paid about $400.

Those are all new accounts, not only the ones who found the company through our work, and this is revenue, not profit. These results are not typical and not guaranteed.

Read the full results and how we measured them.

Before you ask.

How much should a Fresno business spend on digital advertising?
Set your ad budget from what a new customer is worth to you, not from a round number. That depends on what you sell, your margin and how competitive your category is. We'll work backward from it to a budget that can reach enough people to matter.
What are the terms?
Photography, video and similar project work is booked as a one-off. Advertising and social usually start with a minimum commitment, and its length depends on the scope, because a single month isn't a real test. We walk you through the agreement in plain language before you sign.
How does billing work, and do you mark up the ad spend?
It depends on how your plan is structured. Some plans use a managed monthly marketing fund, and some clients keep media and management billed separately. On some plans we add a markup to the ad spend; whether we do, and how much, is set out in writing before you agree to anything.
Who owns the ad account, and who pays the platforms?
The account is yours. Campaigns run in your business's own ad account, so if we ever part ways the account, its history, and its audiences stay with you. When your plan uses a managed marketing fund, we pay the platforms out of it.
What's digital out of home advertising?
Digital screens in public places, from retail and waiting rooms to roadside displays, bought by audience and location rather than by print run.

More from the studio.

Tell us what you need to sell.

Email what you sell, who buys it, and roughly what you can spend. We'll tell you whether advertising is worth your money now.

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Or call (559) 274-8082, or write to andrew@throttleupmedia.com.