# Steel Advertising

> Steel Advertising is an independent Austin agency that combines audience research, creative work, media buying, public relations and web development for institutions whose marketing has a public consequence - colleges seeking students, health plans seeking members and government agencies seeking behavior change. Its most revealing work is not a slogan but a habit: choose one measurable action, watch the early evidence and revise quickly when the original plan is missing.

- **Founded:** 2000
- **Headquarters:** Austin, United States
- **Founders:** Bill Cutshall (Founder and Head of Technology)
- **Products:** Audience research and strategy, Brand development, Integrated campaigns, Media and analytics, Digital experiences
- **Notable:** Named by Adweek as one of the nation’s Top 20 Interactive Agencies in 2002, according to Steel’s company history., Reached its 25th anniversary in September 2025., Won two gold awards for Tarrant County College and a silver for Texas A&M University-Central Texas in the 41st Annual Educational Advertising Awards in 2026.

## Products & services

- **Audience research and strategy** — Stakeholder interviews, primary research, market analysis, competitive audits, audience segmentation and campaign planning.
- **Brand development** — Positioning, naming, messaging, visual identity, audience testing, brand guidelines and launch planning.
- **Integrated campaigns** — Creative development across television, radio, print, outdoor, paid social, search, display, direct mail and grassroots outreach.
- **Media and analytics** — Media planning and buying, tracking implementation, attribution, reporting, A/B testing and ongoing campaign optimization.
- **Digital experiences** — Website strategy, user-experience design, development, landing pages, microsites, accessibility and conversion work.
- **Brandraising for Nonprofits** — A streamlined branding and advertising program developed for higher education, healthcare and government organizations.

## Achievements

- Named by Adweek as one of the nation’s Top 20 Interactive Agencies in 2002, according to Steel’s company history.
- Reached its 25th anniversary in September 2025.
- Won two gold awards for Tarrant County College and a silver for Texas A&M University-Central Texas in the 41st Annual Educational Advertising Awards in 2026.
- Reports 8,772 new students and more than $57 million in recovered state funding from Alief ISD’s 2021-22 enrollment campaign.
- Reports a 700% increase in applications for a US Family Health Plan direct-response campaign.
- Reports 775,000 unique users in one month and a 62% login conversion rate for the redesigned Texas STAAR parent website.
- Reports a 40% sales increase for FramesDirect after repositioning the retailer toward a more affluent segment, double the original growth goal.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Won two golds for Tarrant County College advertising and a silver for a Texas A&M University-Central Texas website refresh in the 41st Annual Educational Advertising Awards.
- **2026-04** — Published five education-branding observations from SXSW EDU, including the shift of AI from differentiator to expected infrastructure.
- **2025-09** — Marked 25 years in business and restated its focus on higher education, government and healthcare.
- **2024-05** — Reported national Educational Advertising Award recognition for work with the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets, College of the Mainland and RELLIS Academic Alliance.

## Links

- Website: https://steeladvertising.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/steeladvertising
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steel_advertising
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/steeladvertising

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Last updated: 2026-09-20