Founded in 1974 by Gary T. Smith, SMITH is a full-service advertising agency with concentrations in the travel and tourism, healthcare, financial and real estate sectors. We have locations in Raleigh, Greensboro, and Fayetteville, North Carolina; Sarasota, Florida; and Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

At SMITH, we're much more interested in what you need than in building up our own image. And so what you need is what we provide: someone to reflect your consumers in your marketing communications as a sounding-board, researcher and expert on your target audience. More importantly, SMITH is someone who can strengthen your marketing ROI and increase conversions.

And because advertising should be a lot more science than guesswork, we make no assumptions, believe no preconceptions, create no new myths. Instead, we begin each project with a fresh start—researching from the beginning and questioning everything. In this way, we ensure your new brand or campaign will be targeted, relevant and effective.

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