Straight Answers From Someone Who Has Run the Marketing and the Sales Floor
Frank runs Media Pillars and also manages sales for a regional HVAC company. The advice comes from both sides of the phone.
What it is
Marketing consulting is paid advice: a review of what you are doing, what it produces, and what to change. Media Pillars offers a single $297 session, a $997 full audit of your website, listings, reviews and analytics, and a $597 a month advisory arrangement with standing calls and same-day answers.
Who it's for
- Owners deciding whether to hire, outsource or automate
- Businesses that have been burned by an agency
- Companies planning a second location or new service
- Anyone with a marketing budget and no idea what it bought
What you get
Strategy session
One hour, one topic, a written summary of what to do next.
Full marketing audit
Website, SEO, Business Profile, reviews, ads and analytics reviewed, with a prioritized plan.
Monthly advisory
Standing call, same-day answers by text, and a hand on the wheel as you execute.
Vendor honesty
We'll tell you when an agency, ad rep or software subscription is wasting your money.
Sales process help
Estimate follow-up, phone scripts and pricing presentation for service businesses.
Tool selection
Which CRM, scheduler or platform actually fits a business your size.
How it starts
Tell us the question
Growth, a bad quarter, a vendor pitch — bring the real issue.
We look under the hood
Access to analytics and accounts lets us answer with data, not opinions.
You leave with a plan
Written, prioritized, and sized for your team.
Pricing
Monthly plans are month to month with 30 days' notice. One-time work is a flat rate quoted in writing.
Consulting
Single strategy session, full marketing audit, or monthly advisory with a standing call and same-day answers.
Book a sessionPair it with a monthly plan
Most clients run this alongside Front Office AI ($397/mo) so calls, texts and bookings are handled by the same system. See every plan side by side.
Compare all plansAdvice From an Operator, Not a Slide Deck
Consulting with us is not a 40-page strategy document. It is an operator who builds websites, runs SEO and manages front-office automation every day, looking at your actual numbers and telling you plainly: this is working, this is wasted, do this next.
Most small businesses do not need more marketing. They need to stop paying for the two things that produce nothing, fix the leak that loses a third of their leads, and double down on the one channel that quietly produces most of their booked work. Finding those three things is what a session is for.
Everything is grounded in your Google Analytics, Search Console and call data. If we recommend it, we can measure it.
What You Get
Handled end to end.
The Straight-Answer Session
90 minutes on a video call. You share your numbers, we tell you what they mean and exactly what to do next, in order. Recording and action list included.
Full Marketing Audit
Website, SEO, Google Business Profile, reviews, ads and follow-up systems — scored, benchmarked against your three closest competitors, with a prioritized 90-day roadmap.
Monthly Advisory
A standing monthly call plus unlimited quick questions by text or email. For owners who want a marketing brain on call without a marketing hire.
Vendor and Quote Reviews
About to sign with an ads agency or web shop? We read the proposal and tell you what is fair, what is padding and what to negotiate.
Ad Spend Rescue
Google or Facebook ads running with no idea what they return? We trace every dollar to booked jobs and cut what does not pay.
Tech Stack Decisions
CRM, booking, phones, review tools — what to buy, what to cancel, what to connect. Independent of what we sell.
Built for Owners Who Want the Truth About Their Marketing
If you cannot say what your marketing returned last month, start here.
- Owners spending on ads with no idea of the return
- Businesses about to sign a big agency contract
- Companies whose website traffic never becomes calls
- Owners choosing between CRM, booking and phone tools
- Businesses planning a big season and wanting a plan
- Anyone who wants a second opinion before spending
Consulting Pricing
Every engagement starts with your real data. If a session tells us your problem is one we solve, session fees credit toward your first month.
Strategy Session
90 minutes. The fastest path to knowing what to do next.
$297 one-time
Credited if you start any monthly plan
- Live review of GA4, Search Console and your funnel
- Competitor snapshot on your top service and town
- Written action list in priority order
- Recording is yours to keep
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Full Marketing Audit
Everything examined, scored and roadmapped.
$997 one-time
Delivered in 7-10 days, includes the session
Covers your entire marketing — not just SEO. The $497 SEO audit (technical only) comes bundled with every SEO program instead.
- Everything in the Strategy Session, plus:
- Website, SEO, GBP, reviews, ads and follow-up scored
- Benchmark against your 3 closest competitors
- 90-day roadmap with costs and expected impact
- 30-minute follow-up call after delivery
Monthly Advisory
A marketing brain on call, without the hire.
$597/mo
3-month minimum, then month to month
- Monthly 60-minute strategy call with your numbers
- Unlimited quick questions by text and email
- Vendor quotes and proposals reviewed
- Campaign and budget decisions on demand
Flat rates, paid up front, no hourly meters running. Advice is independent of what we sell — if the answer is a tool we do not offer, that is the answer you get. Not sure? Tap the chat bubble or call or text (518) 777-2263 and the AI will tell you straight.
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Serving Upstate New York, Vermont and the Catskills
Media Pillars LLC is a NYS-certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business based in Granville, NY. We serve businesses in Glens Falls, Saratoga Springs, Queensbury, Albany, Schenectady, Troy, Lake George, Whitehall, Granville, Salem, Cambridge, Hudson Falls and Fort Edward, and throughout Washington, Warren, Saratoga, Rensselaer, Albany and Greene Counties — plus Rutland, Manchester, Bennington and Poultney in Vermont, and the Catskills region including Catskill, Saugerties and Hudson.
Everything is remote-managed, so where you are located does not change what you pay or how fast you go live.
Other Media Pillars Services
Local SEO & AI SearchAnalytics & ReportingSales Funnels & Landing PagesAll Services
Stop Guessing. Start Knowing.
Talk to the AI right now and book the 90-minute session — you will know more about your marketing by Friday than you have all year.
Talk to Our AI Right Now Call or Text (518) 777-2263
No contracts. Month to month. Session and audit fees credit toward any monthly plan — and setup is waived if you start within 7 days of your walkthrough. Consulting from $297; monthly plans from $197/mo. Prefer a human? Frank direct: (518) 588-4012.
Common questions
Do I have to buy anything else?
No. Consulting stands alone. If we recommend one of our services we'll say why and what it costs; you decide.
What's in the $997 audit?
A written review of your site, technical SEO, local listings, reviews, ad accounts and analytics, ending with a ranked list of fixes.
Can you talk to my staff?
Yes. Sessions can include your office manager, sales team or a partner.
Do you work with businesses outside your area?
Yes — sessions are by video call and we have clients in several states.
What makes this different from a marketing agency pitch?
A pitch exists to sell you the agency service. A session exists to read your numbers and tell you the truth, including when the answer is stop spending or fix it yourself in an afternoon. Session fees credit toward work with us, so we have no reason to invent problems.
What do I need to bring?
Ideally viewer access to your Google Analytics and Search Console, and rough numbers on what you spend and what a job is worth. No preparation beyond that — pulling the story out of the data is our job.
Can you audit my ads without taking them over?
Yes. Ad spend rescue is read-only: we trace spend to booked jobs, show you the leak, and hand you the fix. Running them for you is a separate decision.
Do you only recommend your own services?
No. Plenty of audits end with keep your current site, cancel this tool, fix these three settings. When something we sell is the right fix we will say so plainly, and the audit fee credits toward it.
How fast can I book?
Usually within the week. Tap the chat bubble and the AI will find the next opening on the calendar.
Does ChatGPT recommend your business — or your competitor?
Free 30-second check on ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini. Your score on screen, a PDF report in your inbox, and the exact fix.
Try the assistant, then decide about consulting & strategy
Call or text the AI line, or chat right here. It will book your 15-minute walkthrough on its own — that's the demo.
Backed by the Media Pillars Standard
Fourteen written guarantees, each with the remedy attached. Published because a promise you cannot check is not a promise.
- Calls answered 24/7 · 60-second text-back
- One-hour support response
- You own your domain, site and data
- No contracts · 30 days’ notice
- Every price published
- 90+ mobile PageSpeed on new sites
- Honest reviews, never gated
- Owner-level access to your own accounts
- A named human with a direct cell
- Money-back results guarantees
- 5-day exit, no fee