Surge Media is senior-only and pay-per-performance. Same flat $5 per lead whether you're a local shop or a national DTC brand. The same strategist who pitches your account is the strategist running it on day 90, day 180, and day 360.
I spent seven years inside agencies watching the same broken pattern: senior strategists pitch the deal, junior account managers run it, the work declines after month two, and small businesses get told their budgets aren't worth the senior team's time.
I've personally managed over $10M in paid media across DTC skincare, supplements, streetwear, outdoor gear, local services, and B2C SaaS. I've watched brands hit eight figures on the back of disciplined Meta + Google buying. I've also watched brilliant founders get priced out of real strategy entirely — because every agency wanted a $10K/mo retainer floor before they'd take a phone call.
Surge is intentionally small. Three senior strategists, brands of every size, zero junior account managers, zero offshore execution teams. We turn down accounts every month — not because we don't need them, but because we won't take on more than we can run senior-only.
I'm based in Mendham, New Jersey — a two-hour drive to Manhattan, two-hour flight to Austin or Miami, four-hour flight to LA. We work remote-first with brands across the US and Canada, no matter the budget size.
If you're tired of agency theater and you want a senior strategist who'll work pay-per-lead — no retainer floor, no markup, no annual lock-in — that's what Surge is. Let's talk.
Not a value statement, not aspirational marketing copy. These are the actual operating rules every Surge account runs on.
The strategist who pitches you is the strategist running you on day 90. No junior handoffs, no offshore execution, no agency middleware.
Every Business Manager, Google Ads account, pixel, and creative file lives in your name. We never gate, never lock, never ransom.
Same flat rate whether you spend $500 a month or $500K. No retainer floor, no spend markup, no surprise fees on the invoice.
If a campaign tanks, you hear it from us first. If a brand isn't ready for our spend tier, we say so on the audit call.
Pay-per-lead means we earn the next month every month. Walk anytime with 30 days notice — no clawbacks, no enforcement, no friction.
You have a direct line to your strategist on Slack — not an account manager forwarding to an account manager forwarding to a media buyer.
