performance media for DTC brands · durham, nc · working everywhere

performance media, run like a system.

throughpoint runs paid social the way engineers run infrastructure: instrumented, reviewed weekly, and improved on a cadence. no vibes, no theater, a verdict on every dollar.

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$150M+

in managed Meta spend behind the method

6+ years

in DTC performance media, creative to attribution

1 verdict

for every ad, every week: scale, watch, fix, or cut

the method

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01 · diagnose

a full-account teardown

creative concentration, attribution deltas, and every place spend is outrunning signal. two weeks, fixed fee, and you keep the memo either way.

02 · decide

a verdict on every ad

each ad is scored against the framework and logged: scale, watch, fix, or cut. decisions get written down, so the account learns instead of loops.

03 · compound

winners become systems

proven angles turn into briefs, tests, and a creative pipeline that survives fatigue. the machine keeps working when nobody is watching it.

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watch scale cut fix spend performance

the quadrant that ends pause-roulette.

most accounts kill their best ad while it is resting and scale a lucky one that is dying. plotting every ad by spend and performance makes the right move obvious, and repeatable by anyone on the team.

we get you through the data, to the point

a throughline is the argument that holds from start to finish. a point is where it lands. we named the firm after the job: taking everything your account is telling you and arriving somewhere you can act on.

what we run

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paid social

meta-first media buying: budget architecture, bid strategy, and scaling decisions made from logged evidence, not dashboard anxiety.

creative strategy

angle maps, briefs, and iteration loops that feed the account what it actually needs next, with your editors or ours.

measurement

attribution triangulated across platform data, incrementality checks, and blended reality, so the numbers you steer by deserve it.

field notes

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framework 04

did you pause the wrong ad?

the quadrant that ends pause-roulette and makes kill decisions boring.

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measurement

creative fatigue is a measurement problem

why your best ad died three weeks before you killed it, and how to see it sooner.

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risk

concentration risk, but for ad accounts

what a herfindahl index says about the one ad quietly carrying your whole account.

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three ways to engage

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01start here

the audit

for brands that want the truth about their account before anything else.

  • a full teardown in two weeks: creative concentration, attribution deltas, wasted spend
  • a written memo with a verdict on every dollar: scale, watch, fix, or cut
  • a prioritized fix list your team can run with or without us
  • fee credited if we continue together

fixed fee · two weeks

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the advisory

for teams that can execute and want the operating system and the judgment.

  • a weekly working call with your team, decisions logged in writing
  • a scoreboard for every engagement: the three numbers that matter, with targets
  • testing and scaling frameworks your buyers and editors run day to day
  • creative briefs and angle maps that keep the pipeline fed

monthly retainer · your team executes

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full service

for brands that want the machine built and operated for them.

  • media buying on meta: budget architecture down to daily decisions
  • the creative pipeline: angles, briefs, production, and iteration on winners
  • measurement triangulated across platform data and blended reality
  • weekly written reporting, the way an owner would report to an owner

retainer · scales with scope

see if it fits →

every tier runs month to month with seven days' notice. we would rather keep you with results than with a contract.

start with the audit.

a fixed-fee teardown of your account, delivered as a memo with a verdict on every dollar. if the findings do not pay for it, the audit is free.

book an audit or write to curtis@throughpoint.co