OUR MISSION

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At Guide Social, we believe empathy, storytelling, and human connection is the core of profitability and sustainability for every business.

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Video Advertising is the most profitable, fun, and powerful way to expand your influence and customer base.

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We partner with like-minded, mission-driven brands who truly want to change people's lives and become more profitable through advertising across social media and television.

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OUR STORY

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Guide Social was founded in 2018.

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But its roots grow much further back.

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Matt Johnston, Guide Social's founder, spent years of his life as a pioneer in viral social video at some of the biggest new media brands in the world.

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He began his career as a founding video producer at Business Insider where he moved into a top editor position.

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Eventually Matt was tapped by New York Magazine (Vulture, The Cut), to build their video program from the ground up.  During that time his team was able to garner billions of social video views and win an ASME award for best long form video (Guns & Empathy, a documentary examining gun laws and mass shootings). That was followed by a stint running video across all Rodale Properties (Men's Health, Women's Health, Prevention, Runner's World, and Bicycling).

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Matt was then brought on to build and run three new lifestyle channels at NowThis, the world's top social video news company. After billions of views and building enormous Facebook channels at NowThis, Matt left to start his own company, Guide Social.

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We now create video marketing assets for mission-driven business across the globe, and have generated hundreds of millions of dollars for our clients.