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Rated · SoCal
5.0 · Top-Rated Marketing Agency · Southern California

We help brands that help people.

If your business helps people live better, we make sure the right ones find you, choose you, and stay.

Newport Beach · Orange County Southern California
State-to-state nationwide
Award-winning · video, web, ads
Content · Video · Photography · Web Design · Brand · Ads · Automation · AI Integration · SEO · AEO · GEO
A creative-first marketing agency. Built by operators.

You run the business. We run the rest. Creative. Ads. Web. Automation.

Newport Beach agency. We build the brand, shoot the content, run the ads, and install the AI CRM that catches every lead. One senior team. A decade together.

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What happens on the 30-min call
  • Min 0–5Your business, your spend, your goals.
  • Min 5–15Where the funnel is leaking — brand, creative, ads, or CRM.
  • Min 15–25Exactly what we’d build, what it costs, in what order.
  • Min 25–30Yes-fit or no-fit. We tell you on the call — no follow-up sequence.

A founder picks up — not a BDR. Or call (833) 598-2254.

Preston Durnford, founder of PELORA Marketing Founder · Preston
Preston Durnford, mid-skydive Off the clock
10+yr
Team that’s worked together
1 dedicated team
Per client · senior leads, no junior swap-outs
4 platforms
Meta · Google · YouTube · TikTok
<5min
AI speed-to-lead, 24/7
As featured on Long-form podcast appearances · health & wellness The Epic Journal · sister-company podcast Podcast guest series Watch ↓
PELORA · In 90 seconds

What we actually do, in our own voice.

Our claymation explainer. Tells you everything we ship for clients in under two minutes. Plays inline below.

Hear from Preston

The full PELORA story — straight from the founder.

No script. No BDR. Just Preston walking through who we work with, how we do it, and why video-first marketing actually moves the needle for health and wellness brands. About four minutes — worth the watch before you book.

Just Preston talking 3:54 Preston Durnford — founder of PELORA Marketing, full overview

Filmed unscripted · Preston Durnford, founder of PELORA Marketing · Newport Beach, CA

See it in 60 seconds · 4 short videos

Watch the work. Hear the founder. Then book.

Real client work plus Preston straight talk on what actually moves the needle for health, wellness & behavioral health brands in 2026. No script. No fluff.

New · 2026 10 marketing tips for health, wellness and behavioral health in 2026 Just released · Marketing for 2026

10 tips for health, wellness & behavioral health marketing in 2026.

Founder Preston Durnford on the 2 things every brand needs From Preston · Authority marketing

The 2 things every brand needs — that most agencies skip.

How we win One winner pays for ten losers — why we test creative relentlessly Why we win · Creative testing

One winner pays for ten losers. That’s why we test relentlessly.

Client work Pacific Shores Recovery alumni interview filmed by PELORA Filmed by PELORA · Pacific Shores Recovery

Alumni interview — Will Mansfield. Real client work.

$5M+ ad spend managed 10–30 creatives tested / month 2 client shoots / month
Ready to talk?

Book a 30-min strategy call with Preston.

No BDR, no junior. A founder picks up. We'll map your funnel, tell you where it's leaking, and price exactly what we'd build. Yes-fit or no-fit on the call.

30 minutes · founder picks up Newport Beach, CA 27+ 5-star Google reviews
Ready to talk?

Book a free 30-min strategy call with Preston.

No BDR. No junior. A founder picks up. We'll map your funnel, show you exactly where it's leaking, and price what we'd build to fix it. Yes-fit or no-fit on the call — no follow-up sequence.

30 minutes · no fluff Founder picks up 27+ 5-star reviews Newport Beach, CA

Concierge, functional, regenerative & hormone medicine clinics · Behavioral health (operator side). Licensed clinics only — book a call.

Client interviews & podcast appearances

Client work we filmed. Plus podcast guest appearances.

Featured below: client videos PELORA filmed for paying clients, plus podcast episodes Preston appeared on as a guest. No endorsement claims — just real work and guest appearances.

Preston Durnford as guest on the State of Mind podcast Guest appearance · Preston on the "State of Mind" podcast

Preston was a guest on this episode — mental health, recovery & the operator path.

Cambria Judd MD on functional medicine Client interview · Filmed by PELORA

Cambria Judd, MD — Functional Medicine, Spirituality & Healing

Sam Mandel mental health clinic interview Client interview · Filmed by PELORA

Sam Mandel — Mental Health & Addiction Treatment Innovation

Dr Kristi Vaughan functional medicine interview Client interview · Filmed by PELORA

Dr. Kristi Vaughan — Functional Medicine for Addiction & Mental Health

Charity golf tournament organized by Preston Durnford and filmed by PELORA Marketing Charity event · Filmed by PELORA

Fundraiser golf tournament — organized by Preston

Original PELORA-produced brand film Brand film · PELORA original

Original brand production · Filmed by PELORA

Website hero Meta ads Instagram reels YouTube Blog articles Sales decks

Every interview above is either real client work (filmed for paying clients with written permission), a guest appearance by Preston Durnford on a third-party podcast, or a sister-company production for Epic Journey Recovery. PELORA Marketing is not affiliated with, partnered with, or endorsed by any of the named third-party persons or brands. See our press, permissions & affiliations page →

Preston Durnford, founder of PELORA Marketing Founder · Preston
Preston Durnford, mid-skydive Off the clock
Meet the founder

You'll work with Preston. Not a BDR.

I run every strategy call myself. Video-first marketing for concierge medicine, functional medicine, regenerative medicine, hormone therapy clinics, and behavioral health treatment centers. $4.1M+ generated for clients YTD 2026 — through real video, compliant paid ads, and AI-powered backend automation.

$5M+Ad spend managed
$4.1M+Generated for clients YTD
27+5-star Google reviews
10 yrsTeam together
Live · Client revenue tracker
$4.1M+
Generated for PELORA clients
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jan 1 — May 27, 2026
Auto-tracked across active PELORA client accounts. Updated daily.
In their words

Founders we’ve shipped for — in their own words.

Verified and public on Google. Not edited. Not paraphrased. Click any name to read it in full.

Verified · GoogleNEW

“One of my all-time favorite marketing agencies to work with. The videos they make are top notch.”

“One of my all time favorite marketing agency to work with. The videos they make are top notch, turning vision into real results. Great people.”

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Nate Nikolai
1 review · 5 photos
4 hours ago
Verified · GoogleNEW

“An excellent experience working with PELORA. From the very beginning, their team demonstrated a strong commitment.”

“I had an excellent experience working with this Pelora. From the very beginning, their team demonstrated a strong understanding of what we needed and delivered work that exceeded expectations.”

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William Mansfield
4 reviews
21 hours ago
Verified · Google

“Their video content really stands out — high quality, authentic, and they know how to turn it into real results.”

“Pelora Marketing can help your business grow! Preston really pays attention to your needs and wants you to be successful! Definitely recommend them to anyone looking to grow their brand online.”

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Jodi Barber
9 reviews · 2 photos
2 days ago
Verified · Google

“It’s rare to find a partner that balances high-end creativity with a data-driven growth mindset.”

“Team PELORA builds marketing systems that actually deliver measurable results — high-quality video, paid ads, web design, and SEO at the highest level. They know exactly how to build immediate trust with potential customers from the very first touchpoint.”

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Alane Warren
7 reviews · Local Guide
4 weeks ago
Verified · Google

“Marketing that feels intentional, professional, and results-driven.”

“Pelora brings a thoughtful approach to branding, digital marketing, and business visibility. What stands out most is the genuine effort to understand each client’s goals and create marketing that feels intentional, professional, and results-driven.”

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The Business Botanist
3 reviews
3 days ago
Verified · Google

“They delivered exactly what was promised — and the results exceeded my expectations.”

“Communication was clear, they delivered exactly what was promised, and the results exceeded my expectations. Highly recommend them to anyone looking for reliable and professional marketing services.”

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Jake Jennings
3 reviews
3 weeks ago
Verified · Google

“Hands-on, efficient, and a pleasure to work with.”

“Pelora is hands-on, efficient, and a pleasure to work with. They stay engaged throughout the process and consistently deliver. Highly recommend!”

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Kaleigh Bisconti
2 reviews
4 weeks ago
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The studio

Where the work happens.

Production-grade gear, real sets, and a Newport Beach studio. Built for cinematic healthcare content.

Cinema-grade video production for healthcare brands Cinema-grade video production
Strategy + creative from Newport Beach, California Newport Beach · Strategy + creative
What we do · What we build

The work. The world we build.

A mix of real shoots from past PELORA campaigns and brand-direction visuals showing the categories we serve. Both tell the same story: premium creative for healthcare and wellness brands.

Real PELORA campaign — Epic Journey wellness shoot
Real PELORA campaign — Coachella activation
Real PELORA campaign — wellness lifestyle shoot
Real PELORA campaign — athlete content
Real PELORA campaign — underwater brand shoot
Real PELORA campaign — Newport Beach lifestyle
Real PELORA campaign — golden hour content
Real PELORA campaign — underwater freedive shoot
Real PELORA campaign — premium portrait shoot
Real PELORA campaign — behind the scenes
Real PELORA campaign — event activation
Real PELORA campaign — event content
Brand visual — video production for healthcare clinics
Brand visual — functional medicine marketing
Brand visual — cinema-grade production capability
Brand visual — behavioral health marketing
Brand visual — Newport Beach strategy + creative HQ
Brand visual — peptide and wellness brand work
Real PELORA campaign — event content
Who we serve · How we work

Built for healthcare brands. Two ways to work with us.

We work with functional medicine clinics, behavioral health programs, regenerative and peptide practices. Pick the path that fits where you are.

Marketing for functional medicine and regenerative practices
Functional Medicine

Functional & Regenerative Medicine

Marketing we build around your protocols, your science, and the patients you serve best.

Marketing for behavioral health and recovery programs
Behavioral Health

Behavioral Health & Recovery

Compliance-first marketing we run for treatment centers, IOP, and recovery programs.

Marketing for peptide therapy and concierge wellness brands
Peptides · Concierge

Peptides, Concierge & Wellness

Compliance-safe creative we build for peptide therapy, concierge medicine, and premium wellness brands.

Build in-house · Consulting

PELORA Consulting.

You build the engine, I show you how. $897 Sprint or $1,500/month — payment plans available. Best for clinics with smaller budgets, solopreneurs, and founders starting out.

  • 2 calls with Preston (60 min each)
  • Custom AI marketing playbook for your practice
  • Learn 10+ AI platforms used by the agency
  • Bring marketing in-house at a fraction of agency cost
  • Best for clinics just starting out or on a tighter budget
Explore Consulting → $897 first month · or 4 payments of $224
AI Visibility · AEO & GEO

Search just changed.
Make sure AI picks you.

Your customers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews. Those engines decide who gets named. We make sure that’s you.

ChatGPT Perplexity Google AI Overviews Gemini Claude Microsoft Copilot
AEO

Answer Engine Optimization

Site, content, and schema structured so AI engines read it, trust it, and quote you as the source.

  • Schema & structured data buildout
  • FAQ + entity-rich content libraries
  • Ranked answers across AI engines
GEO

Generative Engine Optimization

We train ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews to recommend you by name — not your competitor.

  • Citation-grade content production
  • Authority signals across the open web
  • Brand-mention monitoring & reporting
Local + National

Geo-targeted visibility

Newport Beach. Orange County. Southern California. Nationwide. Optimized for the geography where your buyers search — and AI answers.

  • Local schema & Google Business optimization
  • City + region answer coverage
  • Multi-market campaigns at scale
See live availability

We’ll show you which AI engines name your brand today — and which name your competitor.


Investment · Six tiers

From $2,500/mo to $18,000+/mo.

Six retainer tiers. Three-month minimum. Ad spend billed direct — never marked up. Most land at Growth ($4,500/mo) for single locations or Dominate ($8,000/mo) for multi-location.

Objections, honestly handled

The questions every serious operator asks before booking.

Same answers we give on a sales call. No legalese. No hedging.

Yes — and it’s no longer optional. For health, wellness, and behavioral health brands, video is the highest-converting creative format on every channel that matters. Trust drives the buying decision in this category, and trust is built faster on camera than in copy. Founder videos, real client testimonials, and on-location footage outperform static images and stock photography on Meta, Google, YouTube, landing pages, email, and organic social. We ship 10–30 cuts per month for clients in this category and measure ROAS, cost-per-call, and pipeline lift directly.
10–30 cuts per month is the working range for a growing health and wellness brand. The volume is needed to test hooks, refresh creatives before fatigue hits (every 7–14 days on Meta), and feed every channel — ads, landing pages, Reels, TikTok, YouTube, email, SMS, and blog. Our standard cadence is two on-location shoot days per month producing 10–30 cuts in vertical, square, and horizontal formats. One shoot day. Ten channels of fuel.
For brands doing under $5M/year in revenue, an agency almost always beats in-house. The math: a single marketer can’t run paid media, shoot and edit video, manage CRM, and write copy at the level needed — and the 3-5 person team that could is more expensive than a full-service retainer once you add salary, benefits, software, and management overhead. Past $5M, an in-house CMO seat can start to make sense. We position as the outsourced CMO + creative team for brands in the $1M–$10M range.
Both. And most brands need both. Google (Search + YouTube) captures high-intent demand — people actively searching for a treatment, clinic, or product. Meta (Facebook + Instagram) generates demand through video creative, hooks, and testimonials. Behavioral health and addiction treatment lean Google-Search-heavy for in-market admissions. Concierge medicine, functional medicine, peptide therapy, and aesthetics typically start 60/40 Meta-to-Google and shift toward Google as the brand becomes searchable. We run both in-house.
AI engines now answer buying questions directly — naming specific clinics, brands, and providers in their responses. To get cited, a brand needs structured data (Schema.org), authority citations across the open web, consistent NAP info, and content written in answer-first format. We build AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) and GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) into every retainer so ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, and Google AI Overviews surface you when your future customers ask.
Ambitious businesses across six categories — and any high-trust brand with a story worth telling.

Licensed medical clinics (our core): concierge medicine, functional medicine, regenerative medicine, hormone replacement therapy (HRT / TRT), longevity medicine, licensed wellness MDs and DOs. Every client has a real licensed physician on the page.

We do NOT work with: RUO research-only peptide brands, pop-up med spas, IV-only operators, or unlicensed wellness coaches — Meta and Google won’t run those ads anyway.

Real estate & remodeling: luxury residential agents & teams, brokerages, custom home builders, design-build remodelers, kitchen & bath, additions, ADUs, restoration, and remodeling firms scaling beyond referral.

Interior design & home: interior designers, home stagers, furniture & lighting, custom millwork, landscape design, premium home services.

Behavioral health & treatment: detox, residential / inpatient, PHP, IOP, outpatient, telehealth, sober living, mental health, eating disorder, dual diagnosis, and adolescent / teen treatment.

Consumer brands & local services: DTC product brands, hospitality, restaurants & experiences, fitness studios, education, professional services, and high-ticket local businesses.

Founders, coaches & personal brands: consultants, coaches, advisors, course creators, info products, and operator-led brands ready to put a face on the business.

The common thread: businesses where weak creative kills conversion. Single-location operators on Launch, up to regional brands running us as full-CMO. If you're pre-revenue or shopping on price alone, we're not your team — and we'll say so in the first five minutes.
Most agencies outsource creative to stock and strategy to juniors. We build the machine: on-site production with your team and product, a creative library that compounds monthly, pages and AI CRM that don't drop the lead, and a senior seat on every account. No creative output and customer-level data in 60 days? We unwind clean — no kill fees, no hostage contracts.
Six retainer tiers, from $2,500/month (Launch) for single-location operators up to $18,000+/month (Full-Service) for full-CMO partnerships. Most land at Growth ($4,500/mo) or Dominate ($8,000/mo). Ad spend billed direct, never to us. 3-month minimum. Tell us your number on the call — we'll show you the scope that fits, or point you to someone who can.
90-day initial term, month-to-month after. Ninety days is the minimum to build a real creative library, separate winners from noise, and run a full CRM nurture cycle. Past day 90, you stay because it's working — not because the contract traps you. The exit clause is written into the agreement.
Weeks 1–3 — audit, creative roadmap, first on-site shoot. Weeks 4–6 — ads live, pages shipped, CRM installed. Weeks 6–12 — compounding: cost-per-customer down, lead quality up, pipeline stabilizes. If numbers aren’t moving by day 60, we have the hard conversation before month three.
Headquartered in Newport Beach, California. Core team in Orange County — we shoot on location, host in-person strategy, and meet clients across OC and Greater LA. The roster splits between Southern California and brands across the United States. Production travels: we fly to client shoots and run remote strategy weekly, same systems whether you’re in Newport Beach or New York.
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