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404-334-5809The articles here come from the two people who run Intown Ads. Mike Villela, our founder, has spent 20+ years in local advertising and has sold TV, radio, and print. He has watched audiences move from broadcast to cable, cable to streaming, and search to AI chat. Kris Johnson, our co-founder, has spent 20+ years on how businesses get found, from the Yellow Pages to Google to AI discovery. Mike and Kris first worked together at Yellowbook. You can read more on our about page.
Every post is written for local business owners, not marketers, and each one tries to answer a real question in plain language.
| Topic | What it covers | Start with |
|---|---|---|
| Websites and lead generation | Why an outdated site loses calls and what a lead-generating site does differently | The seven channels |
| Local SEO and AI search | How customers find local businesses on Google and in AI answers | AI search and local businesses |
| Creator video | Using real local people on camera instead of polished commercials | TikTok for local businesses |
| Streaming TV | How connected TV works and when it's worth it | What is Connected TV advertising? |
| Strategy | Testing on social, then scaling what works | Social video vs. traditional TV |
| For creators | How Atlanta creators get paid for local video work | How to become a paid local creator |
Read them in the order of your biggest problem. If your phone isn't ringing, start with your website and local search, because every ad you run sends people there. If your site already converts well, the creator video and streaming TV posts show you how to put more people in front of it.
A few habits we recommend:
- Look at your own site while you read. Open it on your phone and check each point against it. - Search for your service and your town. See who shows up in Google and in an AI assistant, and ask why. - Write down one change. One fixed page is worth more than ten saved articles.
We write about what we build and run every day: website recreation, Plant Your Flag local pages, Google Business Profile, Google Ads, creator video, and connected TV. We don't publish made-up case numbers, and when we cite a statistic, we link the source.
Our view is simple: most local businesses don't have an advertising problem first. They have a website problem. An older, slow, or confusing site quietly loses the calls that ads, reviews, and search visibility send its way. So many of these posts come back to the same idea from different angles: fix the destination, then turn up the traffic.
If you're new here, these five pieces give the broadest foundation:
1. Creator video ads vs. traditional commercials, on why real people on camera often beat polished spots. 2. Connected TV as a local channel, on reaching households by ZIP code. 3. Local SEO in 2026, on what still moves the Map pack. 4. The Street-to-Screen method, on testing small before spending big. 5. Getting found, our longer guide to how customers discover local businesses today.
We add guides when we have something useful to say, usually when we see the same question come up with several local businesses. Quality comes before a publishing calendar.
Yes. Email info@intownads.com or call 404-334-5809 (Mon–Fri, 9am–6pm ET). We reply within 24 hours, and good questions often become posts.
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