LA ads

LA ads is a full-service advertising and marketing agency that describes itself as based in Los Angeles. Its roots go back to an agency started in the 1991 recession, which was re-formed in 2009 by creative director Dan Katz together with Rolf Gutknecht. Funeral marketing is its main niche, though it also takes on other sectors.

What LA ads offers

• Funeral commercials — television and radio advertising for funeral businesses.
• Funeral print advertising — printed campaigns for homes and cemeteries.
• Non-funeral advertising — campaigns for clients outside the funeral trade.
• Marketing strategy — planning that looks at how an audience engages with a brand.
• Case studies — published examples of past campaigns.

Who it works with

Funeral homes, cemeteries and providers to the funeral industry, plus other clients on the non-funeral side.

Key facts

• Based in: Los Angeles
• Origins: an agency dating from 1991, re-established in 2009
• Approach: a registered trademark, Agent of Change, describes its stated mission