Digital marketing Columbus
Digital marketing for Columbus businesses in a metro that keeps adding rooftops, offices and competitors. I help you show up first in the suburbs where new customers are moving in, with a site and ads you own outright.
Free: a 30-minute call, an action plan and a price range in writing.
A young, growing
state capital
Growth on every edge
Dublin, Westerville, Hilliard, Grove City, Gahanna, New Albany and Delaware County keep expanding. New residents search for every service from scratch, which is a real opening for businesses that show up well online.
A university town inside a big city
Ohio State brings tens of thousands of students and staff, a fall calendar shaped by football Saturdays and a quieter summer near campus.
Offices, government and logistics
State government, insurance, banking, retail headquarters and distribution centers employ a lot of people with steady incomes and busy schedules. They book online and expect quick answers.
Neighborhood character
The Short North, German Village, Clintonville and Grandview have their own feel. Restaurants and boutiques there market to walkers and regulars more than to the whole metro.
Reviews that
win the next customers
Before calling, customers read reviews. I help you collect them and reply in a way that builds trust.
- Review request after the visit
- A reply to every review
- Reviews visible on Maps and in AI
Where I'd start
in Columbus
Local SEO
Rank in the suburbs where new households are searching for a dentist, a gym or a plumber.
Business website
A multi-page site with clear prices, booking and a page per service.
Meta ads
Good for restaurants, fitness studios and events around campus and the Short North.
Google Ads
For urgent and high-value services across Franklin County and beyond.
Landing page
One focused page for a new location or a single offer, live in about 10 days.
Digital marketing in Columbus: catch people while they're new
Columbus keeps growing, and every family that moves to Dublin, Grove City or New Albany has to find a new dentist, a new hair salon, a new HVAC company. Most of them start on Google and Google Maps. That makes digital marketing in Columbus a slightly friendlier game than in older cities: a lot of customers have no habits yet, and the business that answers them clearly gets the first call.
The basics matter here. A complete Google Business Profile with real photos, service areas and honest reviews. A website that loads fast on a phone, shows prices or at least price ranges, and makes booking easy. Then local SEO work on the suburbs you serve, and search ads for services where people need help today.
Campus, capital and the suburbs
Columbus mixes several markets in one metro. Around Ohio State, the calendar is academic: August move-in, football weekends, a quiet summer. Downtown and the office parks bring weekday lunch traffic and service needs from busy professionals. The suburbs behave like classic family markets with school-year rhythms, youth sports and home projects in spring.
For a restaurant in the Short North that means Instagram and Meta ads around evenings and weekends. For a home-service company it means Google Ads on urgent searches across Franklin, Delaware and Licking counties. For a clinic it means pages per treatment and careful tracking that respects patient privacy rules.
Common mistakes I see
- One "Columbus" page trying to rank across a metro of very different suburbs.
- Ads sent to a homepage that doesn't mention the service in the ad.
- No call tracking, so the owner can't tell which channel brought the job.
- Old reviews and no replies, which make a solid business look abandoned.
- Spending the same budget in July and in September, when campus and school traffic are completely different.
None of these need a big budget to fix. They need someone to look at the whole setup at once and decide what comes first.
Working with me from Europe
I work remotely, and Columbus is on Eastern Time, so a morning call for you is afternoon for me. You talk directly to the person doing the work. Everything is registered to your business, the contract has deadlines, and payments are staged. Prices are listed on the pricing page, and if you want a second opinion before spending anything, start with the free audit.
Five steps,
all remote
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Step 1
Your message
A few lines about your business. Reply within one business day.
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Step 2
Intro call
Thirty free minutes on Zoom, usually in your morning.
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Step 3
Audit and proposal
What to fix, what to build, in what order, with prices in dollars.
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Step 4
Contract and work
Deadlines and staged payments in writing; three rounds of revisions on designs.
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Step 5
Management
Ads reviewed twice a month, a report every month, no minimum term.
Columbus FAQ
Is SEO worth it for a new business in a growing suburb?
Often yes. When a neighborhood is new, the competition on Google Maps is still thin, and a business that sets up its profile, collects real reviews and publishes clear service pages can rank faster than in an established area. I usually pair it with a small ad budget at first, so you get calls while rankings build.
How do you handle the Ohio State calendar?
For businesses near campus, I plan around move-in in August, football Saturdays in the fall, finals and the summer slowdown. That might mean heavier Meta spend in late August and a lighter budget in July. Businesses in the suburbs often see a different pattern, so I look at your own data first.
Can you work with my existing website?
I don't patch websites built by someone else. If yours is holding you back, I build a new one, keep your domain and move the content worth keeping, so you don't lose the search history you already have. If it works fine, it can stay and focus on ads or SEO.
What does a typical first project cost?
Many Columbus businesses start with the Growth package from $3,950: a business website, Google Ads setup and analytics. Ad spend is separate and paid directly to Google. Others start smaller with a $1,000 landing page and analytics for $550.
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Ready to be found
in Columbus?
Write which neighborhoods or suburbs you serve. I'll reply within one business day with a time for a free 30-minute call.
- 9 short steps
- No obligation
- I reply personally
- I reply within 1 business dayPersonally, by email or on WhatsApp, whichever you prefer.
- A 30-minute call, freeI ask about your business, customers and budget. Beforehand I review your website and ads.
- A proposal with a price, in writingWhat I’ll do, by when and for how much. You decide with no pressure.
What do you need most?