Marketing Agency in Chico, CA
Strategy, video, branding, and content for businesses that want the real thing.

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Chico is home.

Chollet is a full-service marketing and advertising agency based in Chico, California. We help local businesses create marketing that is clear, authentic, and built to last — from brand strategy and commercial video to content, campaigns, and everything in between.

We believe the brands that stand out are not the ones producing the most content. They are the ones making the strongest connection.

That takes strategy, creativity, and craft.

Marketing built around communication

Most marketing tries to get attention. The best marketing earns trust.

We work with businesses that want substance behind their marketing — not trends, templates, or content for content's sake. Our work combines strategic thinking with high-end creative production to help you communicate more clearly and grow more intentionally.

Services

  • Brand strategy and positioning

  • Commercial video production

  • Website messaging and landing pages

  • Social media content

  • Advertising campaigns

  • Photography and visual storytelling

  • AI-search-friendly content strategy

  • Campaign creative direction

  • Marketing consulting

Built here. Made for here.

Chico has always been a city built on relationships, reputation, and community. The businesses people remember here are the ones with real personality and a clear point of view.

We help you find that — and put it to work.

A production background that changes everything

Chollet grew out of years of commercial filmmaking and visual storytelling. That foundation shapes everything we do today.

We know how to create content that does not just look good — it connects. Brand films, television commercials, recruitment videos, social campaigns, website content — we build work that moves people, because we understand how story actually works.

The marketing landscape has changed. Clarity wins.

Businesses today are competing everywhere at once — Google, AI search, social media, YouTube, paid advertising, and beyond. Most are producing more content than ever and becoming less memorable in the process.

The businesses that break through are the ones communicating with clarity and intention.

That means stronger messaging. Better storytelling. Smarter strategy. Creative that feels human.

Serving Chico and Northern California

We work with businesses in Chico and throughout Northern California — Redding, Sacramento, Oroville, Yuba City, Paradise, and beyond.

Let's talk.

If you're ready for marketing with real strategy and craft behind it, we'd love to connect.

Meet the Team

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    Stephen Chollet

    FOUNDER + CREATIVE

    Stephen didn't set out to build an agency. He set out to solve problems, tell stories, and make things that move people — the agency was the natural conclusion. A two-time Emmy Award winner with HPRMA Gold recognition, Stephen has spent twenty-five years learning to read rooms, move audiences, and make brands mean something. He's the one you'll work with most closely — part strategist, part storyteller, wholly invested in what happens next for your business.

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    Matt Meuter, Ph.D.

    RESEARCH + STRATEGY

    Matt has been cited in over 11,000 academic journal articles — not to brag on his behalf, but because it's the kind of credential that earns the right to ask hard questions. And Matt asks the best ones. Professor, Marketing Department Chair at Chico State, and twenty-five-year consultant; Matt has worked with companies like Honeywell, Qualcomm, and Starbucks. He brings academic rigor to real business problems without making you feel like you're back in a classroom. However, chances are he will give you some homework.

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    Glenn Taylor

    MEDIA

    Glenn Taylor has been in the media business long enough to remember when buying a television spot meant calling someone you actually knew. A fourth-generation San Franciscan who came up through traditional media and knows the digital world just as well, he has the relationships and the range to get a message where it needs to go — including the kind of creative placement most agencies don't even know to ask about. He's also the kind of person who still picks up the phone and thinks through strategy with you. When he's not placing media, he's on the water—where he's also very good at finding the fish.

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    Bentley

    VIBES

    Bentley is a Samoyed of distinguished pedigree — his grandfather, Striker, is among the winningest dogs in Westminster history. Bentley has yet to replicate those competitive achievements, largely because he finds the whole enterprise beneath him. He does not answer emails, contribute to designs, or attend strategy sessions. What he does do is make the office feel like somewhere you'd want to be — which, if you think about it, is a fairly important marketing function. He is very good at his job.