Marketing Tips & Insights for Montana Businesses

What we publish

Every post on the Agency 220 blog is built around a question we hear from a real Billings or Montana client — usually within a week of writing it. We cover SEO strategy, Google Business Profile tactics, website conversion, paid-ad creative, social media that drives revenue, podcasting workflows, branding, and the messy reality of running a marketing program without an in-house team. No 3,000-word AI fluff, no rehashed industry hot takes — just things you can actually do this month.

New posts are published weekly. We write the first draft of every post in-house, fact-check the numbers against client data, and keep the case-study examples grounded in Montana businesses you've probably driven past.

Topics we cover

• Website Development. Conversion-rate teardowns, Core Web Vitals fixes, headless WordPress migrations, and SureCart eCommerce playbooks.
• SEO. Local-pack tactics for Billings and the Montana metros, on-page audits, keyword research, content workflows, and link-building experiments.
• Social Media Marketing. Reel scripts, content calendars, organic engagement loops, and what actually works for Montana audiences.
• Digital Advertising. Google Ads + Meta Ads creative, audience targeting, conversion-tracking pitfalls, and ROAS benchmarks.
• Podcasting & Video Production. Equipment guides, interview frameworks, and the publish-and-repurpose pipeline we use for client shows.
• Branding & Design. Identity systems, pitch decks, packaging, and visual storytelling that holds up across channels.
• Email Marketing. Welcome flows, lifecycle sequences, list-hygiene tactics, and reporting that ties revenue back to email.
• Reputation Management. Review-generation systems, response templates, and crisis-recovery playbooks for local businesses.
• Lead Generation & Attribution. Form analytics, call tracking, GA4 conversion modeling, and CRM/POS integration patterns.
• eCommerce. Product-page optimization, abandoned-cart flows, shipping integrations, and Montana-specific tax/shipping notes.
• AI & Marketing Tech. How we use AI inside the agency without letting it write generic slop on your behalf.
• Print & Publication. Magazine layouts, advertising sales support, and the print/digital pipeline behind Your Home Montana.
• Mailer Campaigns. Direct-mail strategy, list selection, design templates, and how to measure response without losing your mind.

Who writes the blog

Posts are written by the Agency 220 team — strategists, developers, designers, paid-media specialists, and podcast producers — and edited by a human before they ship. We use AI to help research and draft when it speeds us up, never to publish a finished post unedited. If you want to know who wrote a specific piece, the byline at the top of each post will tell you.

Want to suggest a topic?

If there's a marketing question you've been Googling and haven't found a good answer to, email hello@agency220.com with the topic. We answer reader questions in roughly the order they come in, and the best ones often turn into the next blog post.

Contact Agency 220

Phone: (406) 656-0608

Email: hello@agency220.com

Address: 2220 Grant Rd. Ste 102, Billings, MT 59102

Hours: Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Mountain Time)