We’ve built brands since 2013. Now we build the AI that runs them.
For over a decade, Southern Tide Media has grown 180+ businesses nationwide with full-service digital marketing — paid media, SEO, websites and apps, email, branding and automation. Now we pair that track record with custom AI workflows that make all of it faster, smarter and cheaper to run.
Trusted by 180+ brands since 2013
The whole funnel, under one roof
Attract, convert, nurture, retain — four pillars and eighteen services run by one accountable team, with the AI layer woven through every stage rather than bolted on the side.
Full-funnel marketing
The demand engine. Ads, search, email and creative that work as one system instead of five disconnected vendors.
Explore →AI services
Productized and AI-fulfilled. The same systems we run on our own business every day — not a demo, not a pilot.
Explore →Build & ship
We build, we don’t just market. Websites, native apps and the care plan that keeps them fast, secure and current.
Explore →Strategy & measurement
Where the money goes and what it returned. Audits, analytics and monthly reporting you can actually act on.
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TuckTec Folding Kayaks
How Southern Tide Media put a challenger kayak brand at the top of the page against the category leader, and made the account cheaper every year it ran.
Easy Denture
How Southern Tide Media built a 599% return in a product category Google actively restricts, by bidding on what each order is worth to the client.
Touch MedSpa
How thirteen years of full-funnel marketing keeps a Grand Strand med spa booked: search, social, email, video, and a CRM that knows which ad made the phone ring.
Innovative Dehumidifier Systems
How Southern Tide Media took over a break-even ads account and made it profitable in 60 days, then rebuilt the whole program in a month when the client changed their business model.
Oceana Resorts
How Southern Tide Media took five resort brands from zero Google presence to a fully tracked paid program in a single season, with booking revenue wired into the bidding.
Built by operators, not account managers
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We build, not just market
Real software and native apps, shipped by the same team that runs the campaigns. When the fix is in the code, we don’t file a ticket with someone else.
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The AI we sell is the AI we run
Every AI service on this site is a system already running our own agency daily — visibility tracking, content pipelines, reporting, CRM. We sell what we run.
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Relationships first
A decade of clients didn’t stay for buzzwords. We started with a simple promise — build relationships while building brands — and it still holds.
When you win, we win
Real clients, real numbers. Ratios and rankings, sourced, with each client’s sign-off.
Outbidding the category leader — at a 5.9× return
2023 – 2026
A 599% return in a category Google restricts
2023 – present
Thirteen years of showing up with the numbers
2013 – present
From break-even to 3.6× — then rebuilt for a new business model
2015 – present
A decade-plus for brands you know
The marketing — and sometimes the software — behind 180+ businesses on the Grand Strand and well beyond it.
A decade of relationships
In their words, not ours.
“Southern Tide Media has been an absolute game-changer for Tucktec Folding Kayaks! Their team combines top-tier digital marketing expertise with a true understanding of the outdoor and e-commerce space… Professional, creative, and results-driven—we couldn’t ask for a better partner.”
“Southern Tide Media brings our resorts valuable hospitality experience and marketing expertise, seamlessly integrating AI into our marketing systems… Their customer service and responsiveness are unmatched.”
“Brandon goes above and beyond for whatever project you give him. His team is amazing and always gives the best results!!”
“The Southern Tide Media team has smartly positioned itself as partners, versus “vendors.” Each step along the strategic path, I feel as if they are “all in” and have our best interests at heart.”
“Southern Tide Media increased our conversion rates on our SEO campaigns by 60% in short time… Brandon takes the worry out of all the technical jargon and translates that into workable applications you can understand as a business owner.”
“In every dealing I have ever had with Brandon Evans, he has been knowledgeable, fair, and has responded quickly. I would highly recommend using him for any of your business’s marketing or advertising needs!”
From the shop floor
What we’re learning about AI, marketing and growth — written by the people running it.
AI visibility: how to get your brand found inside ChatGPT and AI search
Search is splitting in two. Here’s how to make sure the AI half actually recommends you.
We sell what we run: how productized, AI-fulfilled services actually work
Behind the scenes of Website Care, AI Content, and the backend that fulfills them daily.
The full-funnel case for AI: where automation actually earns its keep
Attract, convert, nurture, retain — and where AI genuinely moves the needle at each stage.
Straight answers
Can I start smaller than Foundation?
What happens if I cancel?
How does paid media pricing work?
Can I switch plans later?
What happens when my host forces a PHP or platform upgrade?
What if I need something outside my plan?
Curious what AI could do for your marketing?
We’ll look at your current setup — ads, site, SEO, automation — and show you exactly where AI and a sharper strategy could move the needle. On us, no obligation.