Social media, content & paid ads for small brands

Anyone can have the recipe. The sauce won't taste the same.

We're a social media, branding and creative agency. Our team builds the strategy, content and calendar that make your business look as good as it actually is, so the right people find you and you get your evenings back.

Custom social media plans · Columbus, Cleveland and beyond.

Lauren, founder of the social recipe, seated in a chartreuse blazer
social, but
strategic

Created content for

CNNProcter & GambleWarby ParkerNBC News

Real work. Real outcomes.

What good social actually does to a business

10K → 900K

TikTok followers

30K → 125K

Instagram followers

3 mo → 3 yrs

Booked out from 3 months to 3 years

Why The Social Recipe

A full team behind your brand

The Social Recipe is a social media, branding and creative agency for businesses and personal brands. Our founder, Lauren Hogsette, brings 10 years of experience leading social media, branding and marketing, from growing companies into national brands to creating content for national news networks and household consumer brands. Today, our team of social media specialists plans, films, edits, posts and reports on every account we manage.

10 years

Leading social media, branding and marketing

100M+

Views across accounts we have built and managed

3M+

Followers across TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Snapchat, LinkedIn and Pinterest

What sets us apart

Strategy first

Every plan starts with your goals, your audience and your numbers. Then we build the content around them.

A dedicated team

Strategists, content creators and editors work on your account together, with one point of contact for you.

Done for you

We plan, shoot, edit, write, post and engage, so you can stay focused on running your business.

Built on consumer behavior

Our approach is grounded in the study of why people buy based on what they see, the focus of our founder's Human Ecology and Fashion Retail studies at The Ohio State University.

You run your business. We'll make sure the right people see it.

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Who we work with

Businesses that are excellent in the room, and invisible online.

01

Medical & dental

Build trust with useful, human content that never feels clinical or canned. Patient consent, before-and-after protocol and clinical claims review are handled as standard.

02

Beauty & aesthetics

Show the care, craft and confidence behind every appointment.

03

Fashion & retail

Turn new arrivals and strong point of view into content people save and shop.

04

Food & drink

Make the atmosphere, the menu and the regulars feel irresistible online.

05

Home & lifestyle

Bring the detail and quality of your work into every scroll-stopping frame.

06

Events & launches

Create anticipation before the doors open and momentum long after they close.

Services

The support your brand actually needs.

Strategy without the stiff deck. Content without the scramble. Reporting without the vanity metrics.

01

Social media management

A clear strategy, an intentional calendar and consistent publishing across the platforms that matter.

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02

Content creation & UGC

On-brand photo and video made to feel natural, current and unmistakably yours.

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03

Paid social

Focused campaigns that turn strong creative into qualified attention, inquiries and sales.

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Your custom plan

The right support for your business.

Every business is different, so every plan is custom. Book a call and we’ll send you a proposal built around your goals.

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The method

A thoughtful process. No mystery ingredients.

  1. 01

    Discovery call

  2. 02

    Intake questionnaire

  3. 03

    Mocks & direction

  4. 04

    Brand foundation shoot

  5. 05

    Scheduled & approved

  6. 06

    Monthly reporting

Events

Wrap & Yap 2026

Bring the presents you've been avoiding and wrap them with us on Saturday, December 12. Choose a morning, afternoon or evening session with wrapping supplies, drinks, food and good company.

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More from the social recipe

There's more than the feed.

Ready when you are

Let's find out what your flavor actually is.

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