Social media
advertising
that turns scrolls
into customers.

We’re a Meta Marketing Partner running paid social on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, and YouTube, built so privately held businesses reach the right audience with creative that actually stops the scroll, and results you can measure.

Dahl Automotive • Auto Dealership Group

Sky Zone • Entertainment

Wheels for Wishes • Nonprofit Car Donation

Vehicles for Veterans • Nonprofit Car Donation

Minnesotans for Line 3 • Public Advocacy

Super America • Gas Station

Fury Motors • Auto Dealership Group

Carlson Toyota • Toyota Dealership

Bachman’s • Garden Center

Borton Volvo • Luxury Car Dealership

Google Premier Partner badge, top 3 percent of agencies worldwide, 2026

Google Premier Partner

Top 3% · 2026

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Meta Marketing Partner

Facebook & Instagram

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Microsoft Advertising

Certified 2026

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YouTube TV Partner

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What Is Modern Social Media Advertising?

Reach the right people
where they already are.

Social media advertising is paid promotion on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, and YouTube. Organic posts reach a fraction of your followers. Paid social puts your business in front of the audience you actually want: by age, location, interests, and behavior.

The average person spends over two hours a day on social media. That’s where buying decisions start now, and where your competitors are already advertising. The question is whether those scrolling thumbs stop on your ad. 

As a Meta Marketing Partner, we combine sharp audience targeting with creative that earns a second look, turning attention into clicks, leads, and real customers.

2hrs+
average daily time spent on social media.
That’s where your next customers are looking.
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Our Social Media Advertising Services

Paid social that works,
handled by one expert team.

From Facebook and Instagram to TikTok, LinkedIn, and YouTube, we manage every part of your paid social: strategy, targeting, creative, and reporting, all under one roof.

Facebook Advertising

Reach your ideal customers across Facebook Feed, Reels, Stories, and Marketplace. As a Meta Marketing Partner, we build campaigns that convert at every stage of the funnel.

Instagram Advertising

Ads in Reels, Stories, Explore, and the main feed, built to stop the scroll and drive action from a visual-first audience.

TikTok Advertising

In-Feed ads and Spark Ads that feel native, on the platform where culture and trends happen first. 

LinkedIn Advertising

The platform built for B2B and professional targeting. Reach decision-makers by job title, industry, and company size with sponsored content and lead-gen forms.

YouTube Advertising

Skippable, bumper, and in-feed video ads that put your brand in front of viewers, combining the reach of video with the same Google audience targeting that powers our search and CTV work.

Audience Targeting and Retargeting

Reach the right people by interest, behavior, location, and lookalikes. Win back the visitors who didn’t convert the first time.

Ad Creative and Video Production

Our in-house creative team designs scroll-stopping images and short-form video, built for each platform. Great creative is the #1 driver of social ad performance.

Social Strategy and Management

A clear, channel-by-channel plan tied to your goals, plus ongoing management, testing, and optimization, so your budget works harder every month, not just at launch.

Reporting and Analytics

Dashboards that connect reach, engagement, leads, and conversions back to real business outcomes, so you always know what your ad spend is producing.

How Clients Use Paid Social

Social campaigns that
grow
privately-held businesses.

Examples of how privately-held and multi-location businesses put social media advertising to work across Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.

Dahl Automotive case study: a dealer group that grew from 6 stores to 16

Dahl Automotive

Minnesota & Wisconsin Dealerships
Organic Traffic
+184%
Lead Form Submits
+67%
Map Pack Rankings
#1 · 12 markets

“Multi-location restaurant SEO with optimized location pages, Google Business profiles, and review generation systems.”

Automotive · 15 Stores

Green Mill and Crooked Pint case study: paid social across 16 restaurant locations

Green Mill Restaurant

Minnesota & Wisconsin Franchise
Local Pack Rankings
Top 3 · 14 cities
Direction Clicks
+142%
Reservation Bookings
+93%
“Multi-location restaurant SEO with optimized location pages, Google Business profiles, and review generation systems.”
Restaurant · 16 Locations
Sky Zone trampoline park case study: 211 percent growth in organic sessions

Sky Zone Trampoline Parks

National Recreation Brand

Organic Sessions

+211%
Direction Clicks
+78%
Reservation Bookings
+156%
“Multi-location restaurant SEO with optimized location pages, Google Business profiles, and review generation systems.”
Recreation · 20+ Parks
A Smarter Way to Run Social

Managed social ads versus
boosting posts yourself.

Hitting “Boost Post” is easy. It’s rarely where real results come from. Here’s an honest look at what changes with a Meta Marketing Partner running your campaigns.

What You Get
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Saint Paul Agency

★ Best Choice

Boosting Posts Yourself
Audience Targeting
Precise interest, behavior, lookalike
Basic age and location 
Campaign Structure
Full-funnel in Ads Manager
One-off boosted posts
Ad Creative
Platform-specific creative and video
Whatever was already posted
Platforms
Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube
One platform at a time
Testing & Optimization
Ongoing A/B testing
Set it and forget it
Reporting
Conversion tracking, real outcomes
Likes and reach only
Expertise
Meta Marketing Partner team
Learning as you go
Retainer Fees
None. More budget goes to ads
Your time is money

— How a Social Campaign Works

From first audit
to ads going live.

A clear, repeatable process, refined to keep your campaigns profitable. Transparent at every step, you always know where your budget is going and why.

No long onboarding, no mystery. We learn your audience, build the creative, launch across the right platforms, and optimize continuously against real results.

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Audit & Discovery

We review your current social presence, audience, and goals to find the biggest opportunities.

Strategy & Audiences

We pick the right platforms and build precise target audiences mapped to your customers.

Campaign Build & Launch

Our team builds the images and video for each platform, tuned to stop a scroll instead of getting lost in one.

Launch & Test

Campaigns go live with A/B testing across creative, audiences, and placements from day one.

Optimize & Scale

We shift budget toward the winning ads and audiences, then scale what’s driving results.

Industries We Run Social Ads For

Social advertising that
fits
every industry.

 

From multi-location auto groups to national recreation brands, our campaigns are built around how your customers actually scroll, watch, and engage.

10+ Dealer Groups

Automotive

30+ Locations

Restaurants & Food

Multi-Location

Home & Garden

National Reach to 5+ locations

Marine

National Campaigns

Nonprofit

Multi-Market

Home Services

Franchise Focus

Recreation

Competitive Category

Home Improvement

What Clients Say

From the people
who actually pay us.

“Saint Paul Agency didn’t just improve our search rankings — they changed how we think about our marketing. The transparency and the actual revenue connection in their reporting is unlike any agency we’ve worked with.”

Multi-Location Owner

Restaurant Franchise · Minnesota

“After years of being burned by other agencies, finding SPA was a relief. No fluff, just real work and real results. Our organic traffic doubled in the first 8 months and they helped us understand exactly what was happening every step of the way.”
Dealership Group Owner

Automotive · 6 Stores

“They actually understand the challenges of running a family business with multiple locations. The local SEO work alone brought us from invisible to #1 in our top 3 markets. The team feels like an extension of ours.”
Operations Director

Recreation Brand · National

— Social Ads Questions & Answers

Common questions about social media ads.

Questions we hear from private business owners exploring paid social — or thinking about moving beyond boosting posts.

Why is social media advertising critical for family-owned businesses?

Your customers are already scrolling. The question is whether they’re scrolling past you or past whoever thought to show up. Word of mouth built your business. Social advertising is word of mouth with a budget behind it, reaching the exact people who look like your best customers, at the moment they’re most likely to notice. Skip it, and you’re leaving that audience to your competitors.

We don’t just click “Boost Post.” We build laser-focused custom and lookalike audiences using deep demographic data, behavioral patterns, and geographic parameters. By continuously monitoring your campaigns and removing underperforming audience pockets, we make sure every dollar goes to high-intent users.

 

Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, and YouTube, managed by one team under one strategy instead of scattered across different vendors. As a Meta Marketing Partner, we handle the Facebook and Instagram side directly with Meta’s own tools and support behind us. Not every channel fits every business. Part of the job is telling you honestly which ones actually matter for yours.

 

Organic is what you post for free, and it reaches a fraction of your own followers, full stop. That’s just how the platforms are built now. Social media advertising is paid placement that puts your business in front of people who’ve never heard of you, targeted by age, location, interests, and behavior. Organic builds your voice over time. Advertising puts that voice in front of the people who need to hear it today.

Strategy session

Tell us where you’d like to grow. We’ll come back with a plan and pricing – no obligation.
We’ll follow up within 24 hours by email or phone, whichever you prefer.

Get in touch

What are you interested in?