Substance over hype. We are a full-service influencer marketing agency that delivers strategic campaigns that deliver measurable results. We combine art & science to tell your brand’s story at scale.
As veterans of the influencer marketing world, we have run brand campaigns across platforms including YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, podcast, Twitch, and beyond since 2008. In a world of glitz, glam, pomp, & circumstance -- our straightforward approach to influencer marketing sets us apart. We're always focused on delivering results for our brand partners & we make sure that we all have fun in the process. We aren't saving lives, but we are growing brands.
influencer marketing.
done right.
Founded in 2012, Linqia is the leading independent influencer marketing agency in the US. While some influencer companies offer only project management software, and others operate as creative agencies, we leverage our proprietary AI-powered technology platform, Resonate, and an experienced strategic and creative team to create emotive, human-first campaigns for the brands that inspire and perform.
Linqia is trusted by more Fortune 500 brands than any other influencer marketing agency. We’ve partnered with 650+ clients, including Albertsons, Danone, Bayer, and Instacart, delivering scaled creator-led strategies that perform.
We Are The Shelf ✨ The Influencer Operating System for Modern ROI
Your ROI is now at the mercy of algorithms.
The old influencer playbook is dead. You can no longer buy guaranteed reach through follower counts, and traditional ads are increasingly punished by modern interest graphs. In today’s attention economy, if content isn’t engineered for the algorithm, it simply won’t get seen.
Attention must be engineered.
The Shelf is an award-winning influencer marketing agency and four-time Inc. 5000 honoree, pioneering data-first, interest graph influencer marketing.
Most brands updated tactics but not their operating systems. We rebuilt influencer marketing from the ground up to combine creative discipline with algorithmic rigor, stacking probabilities in your favor so campaigns compound ROI instead of falling off the algorithmic cliff.
⚡ The Influencer Operating System
Our campaigns run on a continuous learning loop:
Market Intelligence:
AI analyzes billions of conversations and 400M+ creator profiles to identify the communities and cultural white space your brand should own.
Creative Engineering:
Creators are cast as archetypes and briefed using our Viral Hitmakers™ methodology to maximize reach and engagement.
Performance Marketing:
With Splice Lab™, we transform organic hits into paid assets designed to scale across modern ad systems.
Optimization & Measurement:
Our OptiFly™ loop maps 2,700+ creative variables to engagement spikes, turning campaign outcomes into reusable intelligence.
📈 Proven Outcomes:
Sam’s Club → 16.5s avg watch time
H&M → 4× revenue growth while reducing spend
Self Financial → 2.98× incremental ROAS +155% lift in Google Search
Stop relying on the 2018 influencer playbook.
👇 Ready to engineer predictable influence? Let’s talk.