We make people buy stuff.
We’re a strategic advertising agency in Newcastle who’ve cracked the code: humans still make purchasing decisions, not algorithms (shocking, we know).
We craft intelligent brand strategies, eye-catching advertising, print design that doesn’t end up in the bin, and digital content that people actually want to share. Revolutionary concepts like “being relevant” and “having good ideas” are our specialty.
Our client roster reads like a who’s who of brands that trust us with their reputations – from Sintons (keeping Newcastle’s legal eagles soaring) to York Racecourse (where we bet on creativity), plus global players like ABB and Phone Names, who’ve discovered that people still want to talk to people..
After years of trial, error, and the occasional stroke of genius, we’ve figured out what gets results. Because at the end of the day, if we’re not making your business better, what’s the point of any of this?
People are brands. Brands are people. It’s not rocket science.
We make sure the brands we work with don’t sound like they were written by a committee of corporate robots. They talk like actual humans because, plot twist, that’s who they’re trying to reach.
Real insights come from real emotions.
We dig deeper than “people like nice things” to uncover the messy, complicated feelings that actually drive purchasing decisions. Our planning process, Brainwave (yes, we named it that), helps us identify exactly what’s stopping people from buying your stuff – and more importantly, how to fix it.
Intelligent ideas don’t play it safe.
They gate-crash the status quo, flip expectations on their head, and generally cause a delightful amount of commercial chaos. The kind that turns small brands into big ones and big brands into legendary ones. Because here’s the thing: boring ideas create boring results. And nobody ever built an empire on boring.
Intelligent ideas don’t just sell products – they change minds, shift cultures, and occasionally, change lives.
That’s not hyperbole. That’s just what happens when you stop playing it safe and start getting serious about being seriously creative.
If you want to know more, check out our case studies, or get in touch with nigelh@sha-agency.com or visit our contacts page.
