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Full-service marketing agency, powered by

We run the marketing that brings in customers, and we build AI tools that take the busywork off your team's plate. You grow the business. You keep your weekends.

2022
Building with AI since day one
9
Marketing services under one roof
U.S.
Based in Springfield, working nationwide
4
Senior people. No hand-offs.

Everything your marketing needs. Plus the tools to run it.

Hire us for one channel or all of them. Every service runs on AI systems built around your business, so the work sounds like you and moves faster.

Marketing

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SEO and AI search

Show up when people search Google, and get named when they ask ChatGPT or Google’s AI.

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Paid ads

Google, Meta and more, built to pay for themselves. Plus TV, radio, print and billboards when they fit.

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Social media

Content, posting and community management that keeps you in front of the right people.

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Email and text

Campaigns and automated follow-ups that bring past customers back and move new leads along.

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Content marketing

Blogs, guides and answer pages that cover your customers’ questions and earn their trust.

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Websites

Fast, clear sites built to turn visitors into calls, bookings and sales.

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PR and influencers

Press, partnerships and creators who put your name in front of new audiences.

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AI tools for your business

Custom tools that take the repetitive work off your team, in marketing and in sales, operations, HR and customer service.

  • AI assistantsBuilt for specific jobs in your business and trained on how you work, so they answer like your best employee.
  • Automated workflowsReports that build themselves and leads that get a reply in minutes, not days.
  • Owner dashboardsOne screen with the numbers you actually care about.

You didn't start a business to babysit a spreadsheet.

Most owners we meet aren't short on ambition. They're short on hours.

  • You're paying for marketing, and you couldn't say what it did for revenue last month.

  • Your best people lose Tuesday afternoons moving numbers from one screen to another.

  • You tried AI. It wrote like a brochure nobody asked for.

  • You built this thing for freedom. You're answering emails at your kid's game.

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It sounds like you, because it starts with you.

Generic AI writes generic marketing. Everybody's seen it.

AI is only as good as what it knows. So before we build anything, we learn your business inside out: your customers, your numbers, your voice, the way you actually talk on the phone. Every campaign and every tool we build runs on that. No templates, no packages, no copy that could belong to anyone.

Numbers we'll put our name on.

We judge marketing the way you do: by what lands in the bank.

7.5x
Return on ad spend, held steadyDapper Doodle Grooming, Google Ads
1.8x→5.4x
Return on ad spend, while spending moreA stalled e-commerce account
+142%
Total revenue in 12 monthsA legacy B2B brand, new website and growth plan
310%
More traffic without paying for itSearch and AI search work
20K+
YouTube subscribers before opening dayOld Route 66 Wellness
3 mo.
To page one and AI search mentionsStartups in crowded markets, in as little as three months

Here's how it goes.

  1. 1

    We talk.

    About your goals, your numbers, and what's eating your team's week. If we can't move the needle, we'll tell you straight.

  2. 2

    We learn your business.

    Your customers, your voice, your offers. That becomes the foundation every campaign and tool runs on.

  3. 3

    We build and run it.

    Campaigns go live. Tools start taking on the repetitive work. Your team gets hours back for the work that grows things.

  4. 4

    You see the numbers.

    Plain reporting on revenue, leads and time. Short enough to read over coffee.

Small team. Senior people. Owners ourselves.

We run businesses too, so we know what a wasted marketing dollar feels like. We started building with AI the week it went mainstream in 2022 and haven't stopped. You work directly with the people building your systems. Nobody hands you off.

Shay Owensby

CEO / Founder

14+ years in digital marketing. Before Unchained, Shay took one retailer's online sales from $0 to over $1M a year in two years.

John Lopez

Co-Founder

Serial entrepreneur and U.S. Army veteran who knows firsthand what owners deal with.

Ab Jalan

Senior AI Engineer

Builds the custom assistants, automations and systems behind the work.

Anand Jalan

AI Engineer

Builds and looks after the systems our clients run every day.

We're picky. On purpose.

We only take clients we know we can grow. That keeps our results honest and your money working.

Usually a great fit

  • Established businesses with room and appetite to grow
  • A team losing real hours to repetitive computer work
  • An owner who measures revenue, not likes
  • Ready to do things differently with AI

Probably not us

  • Shopping for the cheapest package
  • Looking for a one-size-fits-all template
  • Expecting overnight miracles

Break the chain of busywork.

Tell us what's eating your team's week. We'll tell you, honestly, what we'd do about it.

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A real person reads every one. Usually Shay.

Got it. We'll be in touch soon.