My Top 5 Marketing Partners After 15 Years in the Game

After 15 years of building, scaling, and marketing brands, I’ve worked with a lot of agencies, freelancers, and creative partners. Some were okay, some were great, and a select few were absolute game-changers. These are the marketing partners I trust with my own businesses—people I’ve worked with firsthand who have helped scale brands to millions in revenue.

If you’re running a brand and looking for partners who actually move the needle, here are my top five:

1. Paid Social: The Pixel Theory (📍thepixeltheory.com)

My long-time friend Graham runs The Pixel Theory, and I trust him to manage paid social across all my projects. We’ve known each other for over 15 years, and he’s built brands of his own before—so he gets it. Paid social is a game of testing, data, and creative execution, and Graham consistently delivers.

2. Product Photography: Damion Lloyd (📍damionlloyd.com)

If you’re scaling an eCommerce brand and don’t have top-tier photography, you’re leaving money on the table—period. When I was building Feat (featclothing.com), working with Damion Lloyd was an absolute unlock. Yes, they’re expensive, but it’s far more expensive to scale a brand without incredible product imagery.

3. Video Ads & Content: Dreamlabs (📍Dreamlabs on IG)

Blakey P and his team at Dreamlabs are the best in the game for video content. Blake is a pioneer in DTC marketing—his work with brands like MVMT (which famously sold for $100,000,000) speaks for itself. If you need high-converting, scroll-stopping video ads, Dreamlabs is where you go.

4. Email & SMS: Bylders.io (📍Bylders.io)

Not to brag, but after 15 years in eCommerce, I pulled together the best email and SMS marketers I’ve worked with to create Bylders.io. If you want beautifully designed, profit-producing, strategic email and SMS that actually drives revenue, this is it. Our service starts at just $3,000/month, and we’re already helping up-and-coming brands scale efficiently.

5. Coming Soon…

I have so many more incredible partners, but narrowing it down to just five was impossible. Stay tuned—I’ll be sharing more of my must-know marketing partners in future posts.

If you’re running a brand and need trusted experts, these are the people I’d call first.

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🚀 Parker Burr
Founder, Bylders.io