The Garner Agency

Based in Ridgeland, Mississippi, this small team works with a mix of small businesses, boutique brands, and larger industrial clients, including outdoor lifestyle retailers, a firearms and sporting goods store, a packaged foods company, and Ergon, Inc., a petroleum-industry company described as the largest privately owned company in the state. Client relationships span consulting, marketing, and custom software development, with at least one engagement noted as an ongoing partnership since 1999. The agency structures its work around a three-stage process of listening to understand a client's business and operations, aligning on a project scope and proposal, and delivering through direct communication channels and regular progress meetings, with analytics reporting offered depending on project type. Declared service lines include search engine optimization, branding, content marketing, pay-per-click advertising, web development, and social media marketing, delivered in-house across major advertising platforms. On the consulting side, the agency examines a client's business, audience, and existing practices to identify areas of improvement. Development work focuses on custom software and web solutions for identified inefficiencies, offered either through licensing of existing solutions or dedicated developers for new implementation; past development work has included HTML5, JavaScript, Laravel, PHP, and SQL-based projects. Marketing work is described as performance-based, aimed at identifying new customer segments, increasing visibility, and providing detailed campaign reporting.