What does an advertising agency in Brandon or Riverview actually cost?

Every East of Tampa package is $500 a month with a three month minimum: advertising to our audience, owning one high school, or having us run your own social media. Meta ads management is quoted on your spend, so tell us what you are working with.

Do you work with businesses outside east Hillsborough County?

The media side is strictly local: Brandon, Riverview, Valrico, FishHawk, Lithia, Plant City, Ruskin, Wimauma and Apollo Beach. Ads management we will take further afield, but the local knowledge that makes us worth hiring stops at the county line.

Advertising agency

The advertising agency that already owns this audience

Q: Are you a media company or an agency?

Both, and that is the point. East of Tampa publishes a twice-weekly newsletter to about 5,000 local subscribers and runs high school sports coverage across the county. East of Tampa Business is the agency side. The media is what proves we can reach this audience.

We publish to east Hillsborough three times a week and run the sports coverage half the county follows. The agency is the second business. The audience came first.

East of Tampa / Advertising agency

5,000+Newsletter subscribers

1M+Monthly social impressions

2xA week, every week, since February

9Communities covered

Veteran owned and operated

Founded and run by a West Point graduate and former Army major who served in Afghanistan. You deal with the owner directly. More on that.

Why a media company sells better ads than an agency

An agency learns your market from a research deck. We learn it by having to fill a newsletter about it every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday. When a road closes on Brandon Boulevard, when a restaurant opens in FishHawk, when Newsome and Bloomingdale are both 2-0 and it is the game everyone is going to, we already know, because writing it down is the other half of the business.

That shows up in the ads in ways that are hard to fake. We know which offers this market responds to because we watch what our own subscribers click. We know the calendar, so we are not running a patio promotion into four days of afternoon storms. And we know who your competitors actually are, because most of them have asked us about advertising too.

The honest version of the pitch: we are not smarter than the big Tampa agencies. We are just genuinely operating in the nine communities you sell to, and they are not.

The four things you can buy

Meta ads management	Facebook and Instagram on your own ad account, so you keep the pixel and the audiences. Quoted on your spend. How we run them.
Newsletter placement	A written placement in the issue, in the voice people already read. About 5,000 local subscribers, three times a week. Details.
Own a school	Your logo on every card for one high school, all season. $500 a month for 3 to 5 posts a week. Details.
Directory listing	A permanent page on this site that ranks for your category and your town. Details.

Services

See the work

AI searchMore people out here are asking AI tools who to call. Nobody controls what those tools say, but they draw on signals you can fix. We fix them.
Business listingsYour business is listed in more places than you think, and some of them are wrong. We find them, fix them and make your name, address and phone match everywhere.
Facebook adsWe run Meta ads on your own ad account for local service businesses, restaurants and shops. The goal is leads and calls, not likes.
Google Business ProfileWhen someone out here searches for what you do, the map results come first. We keep your Google Business Profile complete, active and consistent so you have a real shot at showing up there.
Local SEOLocal SEO is how people out here find you when they search for what you do. We get your website, your Google profile and your directory listings telling Google the same story.
RetargetingMost people do not call the first time they find you. Retargeting keeps your business in front of the people who already visited your site or watched your video, so you are the one they remember.
ReviewsPeople out here read your reviews before they call. We help you get new ones every month, answer every one, and handle the bad ones without making it worse.
Short-form videoReels, TikTok and YouTube Shorts are where local attention is right now. We make short vertical video every day for our own pages and for clients, and we can make it for you.
Social mediaWe run your Facebook and Instagram so you can run your business. $500 a month, built by people who post to this market every day.
Website designWe build and run websites for local businesses out here. Real photos, real reviews, your phone number where people can tap it, and nothing that slows the page down.

Guides for owners

All guides

Your market

All nine towns

These markets do not behave the same way, and a campaign built for one will underperform in another. What works on Brandon Boulevard does not work in Valrico.

Marketing for Apollo Beach businesses — Waterfront changes which businesses can make money here, and it changes what the advertising has to say.
Marketing for Brandon businesses — Brandon is where east county shops, and it is the most competitive advertising market on this side of the river. Here is how we work in it.
Marketing for FishHawk businesses — A master-planned community is the easiest audience in the county to reach and the hardest one to fool.
Marketing for Lithia businesses — Lithia is where the county stops being suburban. The retail gravity is shifting here right now, and that is a timing opportunity.
Marketing for Plant City businesses — Plant City is an actual incorporated city with its own downtown and its own identity. Advertising to it like it is a Brandon suburb does not work.
Marketing for Riverview businesses — Riverview is the fastest growing corner of the county, which changes what advertising has to do here.
Marketing for Ruskin businesses — SouthShore is the cheapest advertising in the county right now, and it will not stay that way.
Marketing for Valrico businesses — Valrico is the community market on this side of the county. What works here is not what works on Brandon Boulevard.
Marketing for Wimauma businesses — The earliest-stage market we cover. Almost nobody is advertising here yet, which is the entire point.

Who we work with

Full directory

Every business in our directory is a business that pays us, and we say so on every listing rather than pretending it is an editorial pick. That is also the whole client list. There is no case-study page with logos of companies we did one project for in 2019.

1776 Marketing Solutions1916 Irish Pub2nd Amendment Armory2nd2none Tutoring55 RidesA & A Mortgage FundingA Caring Touch Skin TherapyA Kid's Place of Tampa BayABA of Tampa BayABA on DemandABC Event PlanningAbundant Air HVAC ServicesAce Handyman Services BrandonActi-Kare of BrandonAcuSystem Home InspectionsAdvantage Restoration & ContractingAdventHealth Riverview FoundationA&G DinerAimHigHRAll American TitleAll Ready Property Management & RealtyAll Trusted Lawn CareAll Uniform WearAlmost Home Pet ResortAlonso Family Dental of BrandonAlways There Heating & AirAM Design & ServicesAmani Med SpaAmazing Lash StudioAmbiance at BrandonAmerican Honey Creamery & Coffee Co.American Water & WindowsAmeriLife of Tampa BayAmour BeautyAngel Foundation FLAnytime Pump & Well ServiceApex Academy of Martial ArtsApollo's BistroAqua Duck PoolsAsset VA ServicesAt Last ChiropracticAtlas South Bay RealtyAugment WellnessAuto Works of BrandonAvenue 360 Digital MarketingAWC Business SolutionsB & F Lawn & LandscapingBack Nine Golf, BloomingdaleBackbone Construction & RoofingBar-B-Clean Tampa BayBay Area Veterinary CareBeef O'Brady's BloomingdaleBells Beauty BarBest Care Senior LivingBetter Blend BrandonBig Daddy LawnsBikes For ChristBivins & Hemenway, P.A.Blendz and Bladez BarbershopBlooming Bright PediatricsBlooming CommunicationsBolay, BrandonBoulevard Supper ClubBox of CubansBoyette Animal HospitalBrand HyveBrandon Area Ear, Nose & Throat, P.A.Brandon Crossroads BowlBrandon Family Eye CareBrandon Legal GroupBrandon Medical CenterBrandon Performing Arts CenterBrandon Pest Control, Inc.Brandon Puppy PalaceBriggs Family Insurance ServicesBright Brothers of East TampaBritta Horne, RE/MAX CollectiveBrown & BrownBryan Hindman ElectricBubbaQue's BBQ, RiverviewBubba's 33Burn Boot Camp BrandonC.H.O.I.C.E. Inc.Camp Bow Wow Tampa South ShoreCamp Mirage BrandonCampbell Real EstateCampo Family YMCACandice Duffey, Aflac Benefits AdvisorCanine CabanaCardinal RoofingCaring Transitions of RiverviewCarole Gill ConsultingCarrion Health GroupCatherine France, Realtor with Coldwell BankerCayFusionCDS Customer Driven StaffingCenter for Prestige Skin InnovationsCertified Roofers & General ContractorsChacon OrthodonticsChampion PaymentsCheryl Thompson, RE/MAX Realty UnlimitedChick-fil-A South BrandonChill CawfeeChiro-ExpressChris's Plumbing ServiceChristians in BusinessChuck's Tire & AutomotiveCircles Waterfront RestaurantCitizens Bank & TrustClearPath Tax & AdvisoryCoach Carolyn ClarkeColeman Septic Tank Solutions of BrandonCommon Sense Bookkeeping SolutionsCopper Top Garage DoorsCora Simon, Damsel in DefenseCornerstone Financial CoachingCovenant Metabolic SpecialistsCrazy CafeCrevello Electric, Inc.Cruce Pest ControlCruise Planners of ValricoC.S. West & Associates CPAs, P.A.Current ChiropracticCypress Creek Assisted LivingDancing for a DifferenceDancing for JoyDataCorps Technology SolutionsDebora Gatzke, Mary KayDeCort Electrical SolutionsDeliz Dental StudioDelta Credit RestorationDental Arts ProstheticsDental Care at ProvidenceDietrich & Kelso OrthodonticsDillard's Brandon ExchangeDLJ EnterprisesDMA Services CorporationDML Property SolutionsDon's Premium Painting Services LLCDrainworks Plumbing and GasDream Vacations, JB Travel ProsDreama Blount's InsuranceDuffey Tree CareDupree Family ServicesDuty Calls HaulingDynamic Roofing ConceptsE.C.H.O. Elite Cleaning & Household OrganizationEaton RealtyECHO of BrandonEcoSmart Pest SolutionsEd Morse Cadillac BrandonEdge Co.SpaceEdge PoolsEdible Arrangements ValricoEdison & Edison, PLLCEdward Jones, Madison NicholasEdward Jones, Peter BlakeElemental SolutionsElevated RealtyElite Business PerformanceEmpower to ChangeEncore Nails & SpaEnvironmental Protective SolutionsEstate Law 2 GoExcellence First InsuranceExodus ElectricExperienced Autism AllianceExpress Auto Tags of BrandonExpress Oil Change & Tire EngineersEye Site CenterFaces of CourageFairway Heating & CoolingFaith Based Fitness BusFajitas Mexican GrilleFamily Barbers FishHawkFancy That Specialty LinensFantastic Nails & SpaFantastic Nails LoungeFerman Mazda of BrandonFifth Third Bank ValricoFinn's Apollo BeachFire & Ice Heating and CoolingFirst Citizens BankFirst Class Kids Pediatric Dentistry BrandonFirstLight Home CareFishHawk BarbershopFishHawk Lions ClubFishHawk Oral & Facial SurgeryFitness ForgeFix It Today PlumbingFlash Forward Photo BoothFloating Springs Acupuncture & WellnessFlooring USA & MoreFlorida Executive RealtyFlorida Foam FactoryFocus Wealth StrategiesForgotten Angels FloridaFred's Market RestaurantFringe BoutiqueGarcia Weight LossGasparilla Pizzeria & GrowlersGathered Goods Co.Giddings Law GroupThe Law Offices of Steven J. Glaros & AssociatesGlory Days GrillGracie BrandonGrain & Berry, RiverviewGran AgaveGraze AcademyGrease MonkeyGrime Busters Exterior CleaningGuava DentalHaig Service CorpHand and Stone Massage and Facial SpaHandled with Care CounselingHarbor RoofingHarbor Trust AccountingHawthorne Center for RehabilitationHealthcare Solutions Team SeffnerHealthSource Chiropractic of ValricoHealthy BodiesHeath Wealth ManagementHeroes Only Barber ShopHigh 5 IncHines & McCarty, PLLCHomeTeam Pest Defense RiverviewHope ChiropracticHope for Her FloridaHunt Lending TeamHunter Law FirmHuntington Learning Center FishHawkHurricane IT SolutionsiCode RiverviewImpact ProgramImpact Taekwondo CenterIn Bloom Med SpaInsured American FamilyIrriGatorsiSmash of TampaJade HealthJamie's Air Conditioning CoJeff's Bagel RunJesse's Steak and SeafoodJF Kicks Restaurant & Patio BarJM Florida SolutionsJohnson BarbequeJoseph Michael Brace, PrimericaJules Car Wash, FishHawkJunior's Tasty DelightsJust Us Family Lawn CareK2 EscapeKaryn Scech, Yellowfin RealtyKeep It Green Nursery & LandscapingKemp Design ServicesKen Hope Air Conditioning & HeatingKidsPark BrandonKillebrew Home ImprovementKindred Hearts Animal Rescue & SanctuaryKingdom Pet HospitalKITS ComputersKiwanis ClubKuma Plumbing and DrainLa Septima Cafe and CateringLambert Law Offices, PLLavished StudioLet There Be Rock SchoolLightning Fast A/C & HeatingLightning Lock ServiceLionheart RoofingLithia Acres BarnLithia StorageLittle Fins Pediatric DentistryLittle Greek Fresh GrillLMCU ValricoLogan's HeroesLos Chapos TacosLovett Or Leaf It Lawncare ServicesLucky Puppy Canine Nail SpecialistsM & M PrintingMadison Patron, Foundation Realty GroupMagnolia Soap and Bath Co.Magruder AgencyMaid Pure Cleaning ServicesMake Insurance Simple LLCMarkley ChiropracticMarlin James Air Conditioning & HeatingMartina Miller, Florida RealtyMary Odum - Coldwell BankerMaster Garage Door Co.Master Marketing FirmMathnasium of BrandonMcCullagh & ScottMedi-Weightloss BrandonMedi-Weightloss RiverviewMeek Insurance GroupMelissa Snively State FarmMF Concrete ServicesMi Casa Mexican RestaurantMIDFLORIDA Credit UnionMilkShake Factory BrandonMilkShake Factory SouthShoreMillennium BarberMindful ChiropracticMISSION BBQ, RiverviewMoonlight MortgageMore Life Center for WellnessMorningstar ElectricMP+ Air ConditioningMusic ShowcaseMusick RoofingMVP OrthodonticsMyers Law, P.A.Natural Healing of Tampa BayNew York New York PizzaNext Level LendingNextWave AdvisorsNorgard Insurance GroupNova FurnitureNuLife Today Wellness CenterO2B Kids CedarbrookO2B Kids RiverviewO2B Kids South CreekOEL Heating and CoolingOh So RusticOnline Print SmartOops A DaisyOsprey ObserverOutdoor Lighting Perspectives of BrandonP F Auto GlassPaint Corps of TampaPamela BastPapaya Primary CareParkerson's Heating and AirPartners In Allergy & Asthma CarePattiCakes Custom CakesPayMore BrandonPB Financial GroupPearls Dry BarPerformance Pit ShopPet Wants South TampaPetSuites BloomingdalePG Athletic Club BrandonPlant It EarthPowrd POSPrecision Health MDPremier Pro Wash & SealPreservation 1st Financial GroupPrestige Pressure Washing & DetailPrime IV Hydration & WellnessProdigy HealthProfessional Pets FloridaPupStreet Hotel & SpaQuail Run CoffeeRadiance Esthetics LLCRadiant CleanRadiant StripingRaining Cats and Dogs Shelter and SanctuaryRandall Middle School PTSARara Avis TherapeuticsRaulerson Castillo & CompanyRE/MAX Realty UnlimitedReed & ReedRemote Insurance TeamRestoration 1 of Tampa BayRestoration Hem ProjectRevolve CPARise Up SolutionsRiverview Bail BondsRiverview Lawn Care LLCRiverview MortgageRiverview Veterinary HospitalRocket Pest ControlRoofing BoysRory B. Weiner, P.A.Rotary's Camp FloridaRoute 60 Auto RepairRoute 60 GrillRumble BoxingRYT IT SolutionsSabor A MexicoSakura Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi BarSalon 705Salon LucentSantini Personal Injury & Car Accident LawSartor Law and TitleSchool of Rock ValricoSCORE TampaSDS Auto DetailingSeeds of HopeSEF Accounting GroupSendOutCardsSerenity Meadows Memorial ParkSergenian's Flooring AmericaSERVPRO of BrandonShear Excellence Hair AcademyShine of Tampa BaySidekicks Family Martial ArtsSidekicks Family Martial Arts, Big BendSmileLYNN Pediatric Dentistry Apollo BeachSolaris HealthCare Plant CitySouthbay Periodontics & ImplantologySouthern Construction IndustriesSouthern Fabricating Machinery SalesSouthshore Insurance ProfessionalsSouthState Bank ValricoSpartan Builders Design & ContractSpectrum ReachSprout DigitalStand Strong Fencing of RiverviewStarfish Scholars of ValricoStingray's Bar Grill & ArcadeStone Mortgage GroupStoner's Pizza JointStrategic Inspection ServiceSuccess Mortgage PartnersSugar Lees Gourmet Coffee ServiceSun-Kissed NutritionSun Towers Retirement CommunitySuncoast Credit Union ValricoSunrise HomesSunrise IrrigationSwim LifeSylvan Learning CenterT&J PaintingTabatha Pugh, The Local Team at KW SmartTampa Bay PoolsTampa PaintingTampa's Plumbing SolutionTaps Pest ServicesTD Bank ValricoTeam PlumsteadThat Party MomThe Alley at South ShoreThe Babe Cave Esthetics Co.The Blind ShearsmanThe Crossings at RiverviewThe Enterprise Management GroupThe Gallery TampaThe GOAT Plumbing CompanyThe Honu TeamThe Hot TomatoThe Joint ChiropracticThe JunkLuggers of Tampa EastThe KKG, Keller Williams Suburban TampaThe Landing Bar and GrillThe Law Office of Ashley Ivanov, P.A.The Law Office of Jeffrey Dowd, P.A.The Learning Experience - RivercrestThe Moreland Way Family Health, PLLCThe New York DinerThe #1 Meat Guy of Tampa BayThe Observer NewsThe Orthodontic GalleryThe Presbyterian Church of BloomingdaleThe RegentThe Salt Room ValricoThe Toasted LotusThe Traveling Passport, Jennifer StinsonThe UPS Store 7834The UPS Store 7873The Wellness HiveThe White Oak CottageThe Wooden Spoon DinerTherapy & Sports CenterTiki Docks RiverviewTitanium Gymnastics & CheerleadingTNT Termite and Pest ControlTommy's Express Car Wash ValricoTop Lawn ProsTop Notch Trees & Land ClearingTosca Roofing, Inc.Transform Life Family WellnessTrifecta Cigar LoungeTrinity Restoration & Roofing TampaTroy's BarbershopTruly Nolen of ValricoTwin Creeks Assisted Living & Memory CareUncle Louie GUnited Food Bank & ServicesUSA PaymentsValrico Law GroupVampire PenguinVeterans 1st ElectricVictoria's School of DanceVictory Martial Arts Academy FishHawkViralytics MarketingVoodoo Brewing Co, ValricoVosler Young Artists' StudioWalk the Walk Professional Pet CareWanderlust Concierge HealthcareWarby Parker ValricoWatch Me SwimWater Smart Tots FoundationWatts DentalWe Are The EssentialsWeWedWhere Your Money WentWholesale MortgagesWomen In Trades & SkillsWomen of God Tampa BayWomen's Care, LithiaWoodie's Wash Shack, GibsontonYbor Grille RestaurantYour Green Team TampaYour Next Chapter ALF

Questions we get

What does this actually cost?

$500 a month, whichever package you take, with a three month minimum. Advertising to our audience is 50,000 local impressions a month. Owning a school and having us run your social are each 3 to 5 posts a week. Meta ads management is quoted on your spend.

Are you a media company or an agency?

Both, and that is the point. East of Tampa is the newsletter and the sports coverage. East of Tampa Business is the agency. The media is not marketing for the agency, it is the evidence for it.

Do you work outside east Hillsborough?

The media is strictly local: Brandon, Riverview, Valrico, FishHawk, Lithia, Plant City, Ruskin, Wimauma and Apollo Beach. Ads management can travel, but the local knowledge that makes us worth hiring stops at the county line, and we would rather tell you that than take the money.

Who actually does the work?

John Plumstead. You get him on the phone and he builds the campaigns. That is a real limit on how many clients we can take, which is why we say no to some of them.

Next step

One call, and we will tell you straight

Tell us what you sell and what you are spending now. If ads are not your problem, we will say that instead of selling you ads.

813-495-2136

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