YOUR BRAND ON

We’re a podcast and radio advertising agency specializing in tactical strategies to increase your company’s profitability with qualified leads while building brand recognition.

Give your brand a voice

Radio

Reach 92% of Americans 18+ each week through national, regional and local market strategies.

PODCASTS

Your brand on the fastest growing audio medium with exponential growth year over year.

STREAMING

Reach 90 million smart speaker owners on hundreds of terrestrial radio stations and streaming channels including Pandora, TuneIn and Spotify.

SIRIUSXM

Harness the star power of celebrity sponsorships and generate qualified leads with 100% coverage nationwide reaching millions of paid monthly subscribers.

PROGRAMMATIC

Target, measure, refine & scale through hyper-targeted podcast and streaming campaigns using first-person and third-person data.

Creative Services

Strategy, messaging, and production that protects your reputation and your revenue.

Brands We Serve

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Hims MULTI-CHANNEL Success

After two years of success with SMI on Radio, Hims moved their remaining Audio channels – including Podcast and Satellite – to SMI. Six years later, audio remains one of their most profitable offline channels. SMI has helped Hims scale their monthly budgets to $1M+ while maintaining their target Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC).

Monthly Audio Advertising Budget

#2 Largest Radio Advertiser

When they came to SMI Babbel was very successful in Europe, but the US audience was largely untapped.

Using creative developed in collaboration between the Client and SMI’s creative team, Babbel was able to scale radio and satellite, dominate market share, and increase brand awareness by more than 10 points.

Campaign Wins

Largest Radio Advertiser in the U.S.

MediaMonitors 2023

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Share of Voice (SOV) on Radio

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Listen Now

Turning listeners into language learners—discover how.

Our Clients

“Hey, Strategic Media! It’s Nick, host of the Viall Files. Just wanna say hello and how much I appreciate our working relationship. 2024 has been our best year yet, and we have even more exciting things coming in 2025!”

– Nick Viall

Performance-Driven Partners

“SMI helped us to scale our radio advertising to levels we never would have expected. They are performance-driven at heart, agile, and responsive. It’s a true pleasure to have them as a partner.”

– Achim Spelten
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Optimized Performance

“Through SMI’s successful drive-to-web radio campaigns, Vistaprint has grown exponentially across the U.S. and Canada. Our data capturing methods gave us a deeper, clearer picture of attribution and optimized performance.”

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Move the

needle

Our direct response model is based on tracking every lead with clear, concise data. Data transparency and open communication offer our clients a precise look at how their ad dollars are working for them, and we don’t consider ourselves successful until our clients reach their goals.