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Hello, Amy!

We’re Guesthouse. We keep things simple.

We’ve done famous work for huge brands, and left big agency life to help brands create work people care about, in a simpler way.

Spindrift couldn’t be more exactly who we had in mind. We love companies that do the right thing and help people. Especially beverage brands we already buy at Costco by the trunkful. We’re senior talent working directly on the creative, from strategy to concept to production. We’re built to act less like an agency, more like a natural part of your team. We love getting rid of the silliness of agencies, and just making great stuff that works. We’re doing it now for brands like Every Man Jack, SAS, Flexcar, and The Home Depot.

We wanted to pre-share some of our work before our call, so we can skip awkward forced video-watching on Zoom, and focus our chat on your business, what you’re looking for, and how we can fit together.

Thanks for taking a look, and we look forward to chatting soon!

Mitch, Wes & Jeff

770-633-8862
mitch@welcometoguesthouse.com

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THE HARDEST WORKING HERBS ON EARTH

GAIA HERBS

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The herbal supplement industry is super shady and loves that no one knows it. There are no rules, and many companies take crazy shortcuts (including not putting ANY herbs in their products). Gaia Herbs is different. They’re over-the-top herb nerds obsessed with making supplements the right way, even though it’s waaaaay harder. We helped Gaia take a stand and challenge the industry to do better.

-Creativity Editor’s Pick
-Ad Age Top 5 Campaigns
-CBS Sunday Morning
-Industry press like this
-Real people press like this

First, we did something every other company would be terrified to do: We invited the FDA to come visit, any time.

A video, LinkedIn invite from Gaia’s awesome CEO, full page ad in the NYT and a social blitz made it clear we were serious.

Then we showed people exactly HOW we make the hardest working herbs on earth, featuring Gaia’s real employees herb-nerding it up.

Employee testimonials usually put people to sleep, but they work like a charm in this new campaign for Gaia Herbs.
— Ad Age

Once we had everyone’s attention, we launched a social influencer campaign with Gisele Bündchen.

RESULTS

12% revenue increase year over year

2+ billion earned impressions

30% increase in Amazon sales

1 shocked federal regulatory body

I have found working with Guesthouse to be incredibly unique.
From the outset, they have been a great thought partner and really an extension of our internal creative team.
— ELLIE OFF, VP OF MARKETING EVERY MAN JACK

COCA-COLA

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We worked on Coke for 10 years, finding ways to tell stories that just wouldn’t work without the product.

“Falling” was named one of AdWeek’s Ads of the Year

We worked on Coke for 10 years, finding ways to tell stories that wouldn’t work without the product.

Our NASCAR campaign helped Coke win NASCAR Marketer of the Year.

COKE SUMMER

For Coke, summer is their Super Bowl. It’s the time where they have to show the next generation why their products aren’t their parents’ drinks. We created a social campaign that reintroduced names on Coke in a highly personal way, by creative a totally unique song and social video for each name on bottles of Coke. All 1,000.

TV, OOH, and Digital captured the fun of being a teenager in the heat of summer.

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R E M I N D E R

EVERYONE HATES advertising.
BUT THEY LOVE INTERESTING THINGS.

LET’S MAKE INTERESTING THINGS TOGETHER.

SAS VIYA

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“GET MORE DONE” TV

We helped data and AI solutions company SAS create funny B2B commercials, with a global TV, digital, and social campaign called “Get More Done.” Guesthouse wrote, produced, and directed the spots, which feature all our favorite things - coworkers freaking out, a tense pizza standoff, and a ritual sacrifice.

-AdAge
-Roast Brief
-The Howler
-Indie Agency News
-Ads of the World

Freaking Out :15

Sacrifice :30

Staying Late :30

A word from our sponsorS

We always shoot interviews of our brand partners on set to help them introduce their campaigns internally. Sometimes they say super nice things about working with Guesthouse in the process. Here are those things!

Wes, Mitch & Jeff have led top agencies across the country. Their work has a way of getting talked about in the press and social, earning many millions in free media, winning global creative awards you probably don’t care about, and global effectiveness awards you might. They’re most proud of the results they’ve helped their clients achieve, and the excitement it can create in an organization. They do their most famous work by turning social briefs into quick, fun, timely content. They love teaching students, mentoring creatives, and training teams on how to get to big ideas. They’re able to write in third person like it’s no big deal.

Wes Whitener, Mitch Bennett, and Jeff Quick, Founders & partners

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As a commercial & video director, Wes Whitener has shot campaigns for brands like Five Guys, Checkers & Rally’s, and Blue Cross Blue Shield. So at Guesthouse, the same people shaping the work can bring it to life as well. No handoffs, nothing lost in translation from kickoff to going live. Our Guesthouse roster also includes great social content creators and producers to make sure the job goes off without a hitch.
(We’re anti-hitch.)

Thanks for looking. 

We literally built Guesthouse to help brands like Spindrift do great creative work in a smarter, more nimble, way. 

Let us know if you have any questions we can answer Tuesday!

- Guesthouse