Social media content built to earn its reach. We lead with organic. Once a content formula proves itself, paid amplification can accelerate what's already working.
What we do
Same approach. Different levels of involvement.
We handle everything. Monthly shoot day, editing, captions, scheduling and reporting across Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. You set aside half a day a month.
You do the filming. We give you a detailed shoot guide with word-for-word hooks and camera direction, then edit, caption, schedule and report.
10 edited Reels from a single shoot day. Good for testing the water or topping up your content bank.
Why it matters
Before booking a tradie, a lawyer, or any service business, more people are going to Instagram and Facebook first. Not Google. Not a directory. Social. Here is what the research shows.
Consumers say social media content has influenced a purchase decision in the last six months. Among people under 35, that figure rises to 90%.
Sprout Social, 2025. 2,200+ respondents across US, UK and Australia.
People across all age groups prefer social when searching for product reviews and recommendations, not just younger generations.
Sprout Social, 2025. Social is now the #1 search destination for Gen Z, ahead of traditional search engines.
Young people now turn to TikTok or Instagram over Google Maps when looking for local services and recommendations.
Prabhakar Raghavan, Senior Vice President, Google.
Scott Morris, Chief Marketing Officer, Sprout Social
Our work
Our focus is social media for businesses and professionals, but our work spans a wide range of client accounts and industries. Here are some of our favourite examples.
Two years building a content formula that directly appealed to heavy transport operators, folding in finance tips, industry updates and announcements alongside key personalities within the business. Reliably achieving between 5,000 and 50,000 views per video.
5,000 to 50,000 views per videoA formula featuring multiple employees across the business, making Hiko one of the fastest growing electrical businesses in the Bay of Plenty on social. Reliably over 1,000 views per post, with standouts breaking 50,000 views on TikTok and Instagram.
1,000+ followers and countingA year of short-form video content for Sam across Facebook and Instagram. Standouts include the Tauranga Marine Precinct video (250,000 views on Facebook) and the Dunedin see-saw (110,000 views on Instagram). Consistent average of 1,000 to 3,000 views per post.
250,000 views on a single Facebook postIn parallel to the primary focus on short-form content for businesses, rad's automotive photography work has also been published through outlets like NZ Performance Car, NZV8, Collecting Cars and several private owners and race teams.
Photography, specifically in the automotive space, is what first sparked Hugo's desire to build a business. Now, ten years after first picking up a camera, he still shoots for the love of it.
Services
Every package starts the same way. We look at your business, find the content formula that resonates with your audience, and build around it. Pick the level of involvement that suits your setup.
We handle everything. Monthly shoot day, editing, captions, scheduling and reporting across Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. You set aside half a day a month.
4-month minimum. Month-by-month, quarterly, bi-annual or annual after that.
You do the filming. We give you a detailed shoot guide with word-for-word hooks and camera direction, then edit, caption, schedule and report.
4-month minimum. Month-by-month, quarterly, bi-annual or annual after that.
10 edited Reels from a single shoot day. Good for testing the water or topping up your content bank.
Extras by negotiation before shoot day.
Commercial, people and automotive photography specialist. Minimum 10 edited photos delivered per session.
Configurable options include
Or configure your own
Want to pick your own features from our package options? Sitting on a goldmine of uncut footage? Need more or less than what our existing packages offer? Let’s talk. A tailored option is always on the table.
Discuss a tailored option →How it works
The same process every time.
A free 15-minute call to learn about your business, audience and goals.
We identify the content formula that fits your business and build a strategy around it before anything is filmed.
We come to you or you follow our shoot guide. Either way, everything is planned before the camera comes out.
Organic reach compounds month over month. Monthly reporting shows what's working and we refine continuously.
Book a free call. We will look at your business and tell you whether organic content marketing is the right move , and if it is, what formula we'd build around.
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Reel Action Digital is built on a single insight , every business has a content genre that grows its audience organically. We find it.
Our approach
rad is one of the few social media specialists with a genuine focus on organic content: content that earns its views without paid advertising or boosting.
Why does that matter? Because social media algorithms actively limit content that doesn’t earn engagement on its own. If your content isn’t performing organically, the platform simply won’t show it. And if you’re already paying for views on top of that, you’re paying more for less, because paid content is still scored against the same organic signals. Ask any Meta or TikTok specialist who’ll be straight with you.
People are also increasingly turning to social media to discover new businesses, services and people to hire. If they land on a dead account, or you’re not there at all. That’s revenue walking to someone who is.
We don’t just keep your account active. We build content that gives your business a distinct identity, turns followers into loyal customers, and creates advocates who come back, and bring others with them.
The rad story
Reel Action Digital grew out of HJ Media, a business Hugo built on five-plus years of commercial photography. Good eye, good gear, and a real understanding of what makes a visual land. But one thing became clear fast: on social media, short-form video is what actually moves people. Not stills. Not long-form. Short, watchable video that earns the stop.
Hugo's particular strength is getting people talking to camera naturally. Not stiff or over-rehearsed. Real conversations that let your audience feel like they genuinely know the person behind the business. That familiarity is what builds trust, and trust is what converts a follower into a customer. It's the difference between a business people scroll past and one they actually reach out to.
After two years producing short-form content every day for clients across professional services, trades, finance and community work, we've built a recipe for content people actually stop and watch. We've also worked out how to make you feel relaxed and look natural in front of a lens, which for most people is the hard part.
Hugo still shoots photography on the side, with regular contributions to NZV8 and NZ Performance Car magazine alongside other commercial work. But the main game is short-form content, and helping businesses build an audience that actually grows.
How we work
We don't produce content to fill a calendar. Every piece is built around the formula we've identified for your specific audience. The format they watch, share and follow.
Monthly reporting shows exactly what is working and what is being adjusted. Clear pricing, clear communication, no surprises.
We lead with organic content because it proves what actually works. Once a formula earns reach on its own, paid amplification becomes a smart, lower-risk next step. We advise on that when the time comes.
As featured in
Reel Action Digital (formerly HJ Media) has been featured by the Tauranga Business Chamber for helping local businesses improve their online presence and organic reach.
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However works best for you.
We'll come back to you with a view on which package fits and what formula we'd build around. Usually within a few hours on weekdays.
Common questions
Book a free 15-minute call , no obligations, just a conversation about whether Reel Action Digital is the right fit.
Book a free callWe have four services. Social media (Everything), where we handle the shoot, is from $1,899 +GST per month. Social media (You Shoot), where you film and we take care of the rest, is from $959 +GST per month. The Reels one-off shoot is $799 +GST with no ongoing commitment. Photography (half or full day) starts from $399 +GST. Every client gets a tailored quote after the initial call.
Both retainer packages cover Instagram, Facebook and TikTok, with up to four posts per week. We don't currently offer LinkedIn management. The LinkedIn algorithm operates very differently to other platforms and requires a distinct content strategy to be effective. Including it as a bolt-on to these packages wouldn't do it justice.
There's usually a teething period early on while we fine-tune your specific strategy and brand. During this time you may see outliers in both directions, some content performing unexpectedly well and some underperforming. That's normal and expected. By the two to three month mark we'll typically have enough data to know exactly what's working for your audience and have things well dialled in from there.
Yes. Social media management is done remotely, so rad works with businesses across New Zealand and internationally. For photo and video shoots we're based in Tauranga and travel within the Bay of Plenty and beyond.
Both retainer packages have a four-month minimum. This isn't arbitrary. The first months are where we dial in your content strategy, learn your brand, and edit the first batches of content to a standard we're confident in. Cutting that short doesn't give the process a fair chance. If you need to exit during the minimum period, early break fees and a non-disclosure agreement will apply. After the minimum, you can move to month-by-month, quarterly, bi-annual or annual. The Reels one-off shoot has no ongoing commitment.
Each month we send a performance report built around rad’s own reporting framework. Unlike the dashboards you’d get from a paid ads specialist, which are built around spend metrics like cost-per-click and return on ad spend, our report focuses on the metrics that tell you whether your content is actually working organically. That includes reach and impressions (how many people your content is getting in front of), engagement rate (the percentage of viewers who interact with a post), video completion rate and average watch time (which tell us how well your content is holding attention), follower growth over the period, profile visits and link-in-bio clicks, and a breakdown of which content formats and topics are outperforming others. The goal is to tell you what’s working and why, so we can build more of what your audience responds to and cut what it doesn’t. Most paid ads reports tell you what your money is doing. Ours tells you what your content is doing.
Before we start posting, we'll send through an example batch so you can see the style and format we're working with. Once a format is approved, we post on the basis that you're happy with that style going forward. If you'd prefer to approve every individual piece of content before it goes live, we can arrange a system for that. Just let us know upfront and we'll build it into the workflow.
Our focus is organic content. We advise waiting until there's a solid dataset of content to sample and judge performance from before moving into a paid ads campaign. Paid spend on content that hasn't proven itself organically tends to underperform and cost more. If you already work with a Meta or TikTok ads specialist, we'd love to collaborate. We can create a run of videos fine-tuned specifically for paid application to feed into their campaigns.
That's what the free call is for. We'll look at your business and tell you whether organic content marketing is the right move, and if it is, what formula we'd build around. If it's not the right fit, we'll say so.