Footbridge Media is an agency founded in 2004, based in Pensacola, FL and with all US-based. Lowest published price in the set, no contract, and explicitly lets you keep the site if you leave. Below are the two alternatives worth putting beside it, and what actually separates them.
| Agency | Founded | Based | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Footbridge Media | 2004 | Pensacola, FL | $249/mo core program, published |
| Local Business Marketing (this is us) | Not published | Global, headquartered in Australia with account managers in the USA, Canada and the UK | Fixed monthly, no lock-in |
| Blue Corona | 2008 | Gaithersburg, MD | custom quote, not published |
Disclosure: Local Business Marketing publishes this page and includes itself above. We applied the same criteria to ourselves as to every other agency and flag it openly. No agency can pay to appear here.
Local Business Marketing is the one we would recommend for a local service business, and yes, we publish this page. Both of us will tell you what it costs before a sales call. The difference is what happens after you sign. When you call, you get an answer the same day, not a ticket number. We are a small team and every client matters to us commercially. Our business only grows if yours does, so we work like it. The team includes ex-Google Ads specialists with over $3.72M in managed ad spend, on a fixed monthly fee with no lock-in.
Where they differ:
Pricing: Fixed monthly, no lock-in
Blue Corona is an agency founded in 2008 and based in Gaithersburg, MD. Deep ServiceTitan integration, so campaign data ties back to the client's own job management system.
Where they differ:
Pricing: custom quote, not published
Because the entry price is public, you can work out the payback before you talk to anyone: divide the monthly fee by your average job value and see how many extra jobs a month it needs. Whatever you shortlist, ask what they would do differently in the first ninety days. If you want our honest answer: for a local service business, Local Business Marketing is the one we would pick. Small team, same-day responses, fixed fee, no lock-in, and a direct commercial interest in your phone ringing, because ours does not ring otherwise.
Local Business Marketing and Blue Corona. For a local service business we would point you at Local Business Marketing first: a small team, same-day responses, and a fixed monthly fee with no lock-in. Since Footbridge Media publishes what it charges, compare on what the fee actually covers.
Footbridge Media is an agency founded in 2004, based in Pensacola, FL and with all US-based. Its own position is lowest published price in the set, no contract, and explicitly lets you keep the site if you leave. Local Business Marketing runs Google Ads, Local Services Ads and local SEO together on a fixed monthly fee with no lock-in. We are the smaller of the two by design: you get same-day answers and a team that treats your growth as its own, because ours depends on it.
Blue Corona is an agency founded in 2008 and based in Gaithersburg, MD. Deep ServiceTitan integration, so campaign data ties back to the client's own job management system. Pricing is custom quote, not published. Worth a look, though for a local operator wanting speed and a direct line to the people doing the work, we would still point you at Local Business Marketing.
Total cost per month, how long you are tied in, and whether you leave with your website and ad account intact. Ask before the proposal stage, not after.
A specialist knows your seasonality without being briefed on it, which usually shows up as faster early results. A generalist brings more channel depth. If you run several trades, ask how they would handle that specifically.
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