ARE YOU BEING FOUND?

Get Found By
Local Customers

Your customers are searching nearby every day — make sure they find you first. We help local businesses grow through smart SEO, Google Maps visibility, and data-driven optimization. Turn searches into visits, and visits into loyal customers. Let’s make your business the one they choose.

What We Do

Marketing

We help local businesses get found and grow through proven digital marketing. Our services include Local SEO, Google Business Profile optimization, paid advertising campaigns, and business listing management. Every campaign is built to bring you more calls, leads, and customers in your service area.

AI Integration

AI isn’t just for big corporations. We audit your current workflows and show you how to use AI tools for local business tasks like customer service, reporting, and marketing content—without enterprise costs. Our goal is to make AI practical, affordable, and effective for small business operations.

Optimization

We analyze your website, listings, and marketing channels to remove friction and improve performance.
From faster load times to better conversion paths, we focus on what actually drives results.
Our optimization process ensures your local customers find you quickly and smoothly.

Win Customers With Optimization

Having a website and a Google listing is a great start. However, as things become more efficient, competition becomes more fierce, and your customers are given an endless number of choices, the need for giving customers an impeccable experience becomes the edge you need.

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    The average loss in potential clicks by moving down one position in a Google search.
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    Of people who do a local search on their phone visit a business within 24 hours and 28% result in a purchase.
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    When a user clicks on your website you have 3 seconds before 53% of mobile users leave.

Services

We help local businesses grow through

  • Business Listing Optimization

    Optimize your Google Business listing with events, posts, sales, branding, review managemen, & more levers that fit your businesses unique needs.

  • SEO

    Optimize your website content to increase your visibility on Google with back-end and front-end optimization tailored to your business vertical and demographics with content focused on being found, and converting them to customers.

  • Paid Marketing

    Your competitors are running ads, stay competitive & reclaim your share of potential customers. Expand your visibility by reaching customers for your local business on the platforms that your competitors aren’t, and be there at their time of need with local ads on Facebook, Instagram, Google Maps, Yelp, Angie, & more.

  • Email Marketing

    Are you collecting customer emails? With an email campaign you can not only increase the lifetime value of cusomters and encourage repeat purchases, but also encourage reviews, word of mouth referrals, and promote events.

  • Conversion Optimization

    Optimize your landing pages and test different imagery, copy, and more to maximize optimization and convert more viewers to customers.

  • Reporting

    Gain actionable insights with reports and complete, tailored dashboards. See how your customers are finding you and what their needs are, identify trends, and leverage data to improve your current business, but also stay ahead of the curve.

Our Process

Consultation & Strategy

 We learn your business and service area, then build a local SEO plan that hits quick wins like Google Business Profile updates while setting you up for long-term visibility.

Implementation & Execution

From business listings to on-site SEO and local ads, we handle the work that gets you found in Google Maps and neighborhood searches.

Ongoing Support & Reporting

Local SEO is ongoing. We track rankings, monitor your Google profile, and give clear reports so you stay ahead of competitors.

About

  • James Thorburn

    Founder & Marketing Strategist

    With over a decade of experience spanning fintech, automotive, healthcare, and nonprofits, James Thorburn has built a career developing reliable tracking, routing, and reporting systems.
    Drawing on this foundation, he launched Mediathorn to bring enterprise-grade marketing rigor to local service businesses in the Raleigh–Triangle area. His approach combines strategy, execution, and optimization with clear weekly reporting, giving business owners peace of mind, predictable pipelines, and measurable results.

    • Contact Us

    Whether you’re looking to attract more local customers, improve your online visibility, or simply need guidance on where to start — we’re here to help.Send us a message and we’ll get back to you soon to discuss how we can make your marketing work smarter.