Duane Baumgartner

  • The Ascent Toolkit: AI-Powered Revenue Growth for Pest Control

    Introducing the Ascent Toolkit The Fully Managed AI-Powered Revenue System Built Specifically for Pest Control After fifteen years of working inside the pest control industry, managing campaigns for some of the largest operators in the country, building and rebuilding systems, and learning hard lessons about what actually moves revenue, City Ranked is announcing the official

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  • The Agency Model Is Dead. Here’s how we fixed it.

    After fifteen years building advertising systems for pest control businesses, City Ranked is announcing the most significant evolution in its history — and naming the industry problems no agency has been willing to address honestly. TL;DR — The Agency Model Is Dead. Here’s How We Fixed It. Most pest control businesses are losing leads before

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  • AI-Powered RoAS Bidding: Supercharge Your Paid Ads ROI

    Cracking The Code: How to train AI using The Skout IVR for Paid Media RoAS Bidding In the competitive verticals of home services, where the difference between high-revenue HVAC installations and low-margin maintenance calls can dictate a business’s quarterly success, the traditional metrics of digital marketing are fast becoming obsolete. For years, business leaders have

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  • Announcing the City Ranked Marketing Automation Team

    City Ranked’s Marketing Automation Team At City Ranked, we’ve always believed that data-driven strategy and cutting-edge innovation are the twin engines of a process-driven, growing business. Today, we are thrilled to announce a significant milestone in our agency’s MarTech evolution: the launch of our dedicated Marketing Automation Team to support our Skout Marketing Automation platform

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  • The Modern Revenue Growth Alternative to Traditional Agency Models

    How City Ranked Drives Revenue Growth – A Modern Alternative to Traditional Marketing Agencies For service-area businesses, like pest control, roofing, HVAC, plumbing, and other home service categories, business growth isn’t about vanity metrics. Traffic, impressions, keyword position, and clicks don’t pay bills. Revenue growth does. Since 2011, City Ranked has built scalable and repeatable

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  • Jennifer Coker named President of City Ranked Media, Inc.

    Vancouver, Washington – January 14, 2026 – City Ranked Media, a leading digital marketing and web development agency based in the Pacific Northwest, is proud to announce the appointment of Jennifer Coker as the company’s new President. This leadership transition marks a pivotal moment for the agency as it continues to expand its footprint in

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