Monterey’s digital marketing experts — built to grow your revenue, not just your traffic.
Clicks don’t pay the bills — customers do. We help Monterey businesses get found online, win the customers who are already searching, and see exactly what every dollar produced.
What a 90-day campaign can produce.
HVAC Company
An HVAC company in a town of 100,000 set out to maximize leads over three months with a $5,000 budget focused on ROI. Average sale value: $1,000.
Dentist
A dentist in a town of 50,000 set out to maximize leads over three months with a $2,500 budget focused on ROI. Average new patient value: $800.
Roofing Company
A roofing company in a town of 75,000 set out to maximize leads over three months with a $5,000 budget focused on ROI. Average sale value: $10,000.
Chiropractor
A chiropractor in a town of 75,000 set out to maximize leads over three months with a $2,500 budget focused on ROI. Average new client value: $850.
Landscaping Company
A landscaping company in a town of 100,000 set out to maximize leads over three months with a $5,000 budget focused on ROI. Average sale value: $3,000.
Sporting Goods Store
A sporting goods store in a town of 250,000 set out to maximize leads over three months with a $7,500 budget focused on ROI. Average sale value: $250.
A national platform can’t drive down Cannery Row. We do.
We’re not a franchise running a national script. We live and work in Monterey, and we build marketing around how customers here actually search, shop, and buy.
One Call Does It All.
Digital Marketing Monterey brings the power of a 91-year-old broadcast media group together with today’s most effective digital marketing. Instead of juggling separate agencies, media companies, designers, and vendors, you make one call — and put an entire media organization to work for your business.
One company. One marketing strategy. One coordinated campaign.
See exactly where you’re losing customers online.
It’s a diagnostic, not a sales call. We audit how your business shows up everywhere customers look — Google, AI assistants, maps, reviews, your website — and hand you the findings. Free, no obligation, yours to keep.
Straight answers
Questions business owners actually ask
A local digital marketing agency helps your business get found by nearby customers and turns that attention into revenue. That means building a fast, findable website, ranking in local search and AI assistants, managing reviews and listings, and running targeted ads — all measured by calls, bookings, and sales, not just clicks.
Most small businesses invest a few hundred to a few thousand dollars per month, depending on goals and competition. The better question is return: a well-built program should pay for itself in new customers. Our free assessment shows you exactly where to spend first — and what to expect back.
AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) is making sure your business shows up when customers ask AI tools — ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google’s AI Overviews — for recommendations. More people ask AI “who’s the best plumber near me” every month. If your business isn’t structured to be that answer, a competitor’s is.
Targeted advertising can produce calls and leads within weeks. Search visibility (SEO and AEO) compounds over three to six months. We set honest expectations up front and report in plain numbers monthly — so you always know what’s working, what’s building, and what it’s worth.
Not always — but sending paid traffic to a slow or confusing site wastes money. That’s why we assess your website first, as the foundation. Sometimes it needs a rebuild; often a few targeted fixes are enough. The free assessment tells you which, before you spend a dollar on ads.
Digital Marketing Monterey is owned and operated by HYS Inc., a 91-year-old broadcast media group whose broadcasting division operates 11 radio stations and 3 television stations throughout California. Instead of hiring separate companies for your website, social media, radio, television, video, print, and digital advertising, you make one call and put an entire media organization to work — one company, one strategy, one coordinated campaign.
Marketing that pays for itself starts with one call.
No pressure, no jargon, no obligation. Just an honest look at what your marketing could be producing.
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