Ladybugz Interactive Agency is ranked one of the top advertising, marketing, and communications firms in Worcester by Worcester Business Journal in its Book of Lists. Ranked by number of local staff and gross billing, Ladybugz secured the No. 6 spot among many other impressive agencies throughout Worcester County for 2024.
While the young and emerging Worcester-area-based web design agency has only been on the scene for a few years, its deep roots, local ties, and impact within Worcester County undoubtedly helped it land this notable mention.
“We try to keep everything at Ladybugz as local as possible, from the work we do to the talent we hire to ensure we are uplifting our community whenever and wherever we can,” says Ladybugz CEO Lysa Miller.
Earlier this year, we earned a top spot on Agency Spotter’s 2024 list of Best Web Design Agencies in the United States. Our team was also awarded with being the #1 Women-Owned Creative Agency in Massachusetts as we rose to the top the lists on both Clutch and The Manifest.
Just this year, our agency has received several awards highlighting our portfolio of digital work. We were honored to be a part of an exciting award given to an extraordinary biotech company, SanaHeal, which won a 2024 Communicator Award of Distinction for biotechnology websites.
We are also proud to have received “Gold status” for an award-winning healthcare website design for the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine. This website design won the Gold Horizon Award from Horizon Interactive Awards, which is one of the most prestigious awards in web design and creative media.
Top Creative Web Design and Marketing Talent Kept Local
The majority of Ladybugz staff are from Worcester County or surrounding towns and cities. From sales and operations to web services and design, Ladybugz’s local staff keeps a finger on the pulse for all things digital.
Here are just a few of Ladybugz’s rockstars:
Sarah Casasanto – Creative Direction + Brand Strategy
Sarah is a seasoned artist, creative and brand designer whose creativity helps bringing ideas to life everything from logos to signage to dynamic websites. She’s worked at architectural firms and agencies alike, before embracing her abilities as a brand designer. She is a creative expert with the ability to bring energy and passion into her work. Sarah is a storyteller at heart – she loves telling the stories with bold and memorable messaging.
Crystal Daher – Digital Marketing Project Management
Crystal is a seasoned digital marketer, and works with our digital strategists, social and SEO experts to help move clients forward in their digital growth. By implementing creative digital marketing, social media, storytelling and SEO programs, Crystal leads our teams and makes sure we see results!
Ola DiGeronimo – PR & Communications Manager
Ola assists our agency on internal marketing and events, as well as promoting and posting on our social media. She manages and creates for our social media platforms, attends community events, creates video communications, and promotes our Ladybugz brand in the community and online. In addition, Ola also creates our monthly newsletter, The Buzz, which is sent out through email and on LinkedIn.
Billie Kenyon – COO, Sales Operations + Business Success
At the helm of all things, operations is a Worcester native and professional powerhouse who infuses her passion for helping people into everything she does. At Ladybugz, Billie will do whatever it takes to help clients succeed and achieve their goals during the website creation or redesign process.
When she’s not helping her clients build amazing websites, she’s in the local Worcester community working hard to build a brighter future for the Worcester Jewish Community Center (JCC) in her newly appointed role as President of the Board. In 2022, Billie was named a 40 under 40 by Worcester Business Journal and was a recent graduate of Leadership Worcester’s class.
Aya Lanzoni – Digital Marketing Strategy
Aya leads our digital marketing accounts along with managing our analytics reporting for our B2C and B2C clients. She works in the digital marketing team to produce lead generating, brand building, and SEO savvy digital programs for our clients. Not only does Aya have a passion for SEO strategy, but she is also a skilled writer and dabbles in some writing when not managing her team of writers.
Frank Pereira – Director of Technology + Web Services
At the intersection of creativity and technical implementation is a local Ladybugz guru. Frank is an accomplished WordPress content implementation specialist and highly sought after graphic designer who is known for his seamless management of computer networking systems and high-concept designs. His unconventional approach and out-of-the-box thinking leads to many innovative solutions that enhance systems and elevate design for his clients.
Pushing Local Boston and Central Massachusetts Business Forward
In addition to their local staff, Ladybugz works with many local businesses on the creation and redesign of their websites and digital marketing. Below are just a few of the many local businesses Ladybugz has worked with over the years.
Assabet Community Education
Assabet Community Education in Marlborough is a community education center in Massachusetts that provides adults and children with opportunities for learning and building job skills. Each of their core programs originally had its website so they enlisted the help of the Ladybugz team to combine these four websites into one central and local presence.
Combining four sites into one community education website was no small feat and the ultimate challenge was to give four entirely different sites the same look, feel, and tone. The result was a modern, organized, and integrated new website under a new brand that ranks in Google searches. Their website is now simple to navigate and makes it easy for future students to sign up for courses.
Best Known Pest Control
Best Known Pest Control offers pest and wildlife control services in Middlesex County and the greater Massachusetts area, including the Worcester area. Brendan Walsh is the owner and operator of Best Known Pest Control and he works closely with clients, using his expertise to answer all of your questions and address your issue.
With a need for a new growth strategy, Brendan reached out to us in 2023 so we could become his new digital marketing growth partner. We revamped Best Known Pest & Wildlife’s digital marketing through incorporating a strategic local SEO strategy and collaborating on a brand new social media strategy.
We continue to support Best Known Pest Control with social media and SEO services as their digital marketing partner.
Hudson Business Association
The Hudson Business Association is made up of local business owners seeking to connect and the community. They needed a newly redesigned website that could attract and promote members and looked to Hudson-based Ladybugz Interactive for help. Their previous website was painful to navigate and impossible to update. They needed a refresh with a clean, modernized design with accessibility in mind because they had over 60+ business association members that they needed to promote and feature.
The Ladybugz team developed and modernized many aspects of their new website and enhanced their design. Hudson Business Association was pleased with their new custom website features and integrations that drastically improved site usability and visibility.
Hudson Family Dental
Hudson Family Dental is a family dental practice in Hudson, MA. They have served the MetroWest and Worcester area since 1988, providing general, cosmetic, and preventative family dental care using the latest technology and techniques.
Our agency elevated Hudson Family Dental’s digital marketing through implementing a local SEO strategy, completing a website redesign, and continuing their social media strategy. Our design team elevated their website cohesive colors, messaging, and website accessibility. We worked with Hudson Family Dental to truly understand their website’s content, goals, and vision. We love working with local businesses and local SEO is our specialty. Additionally, we did custom photography for both their updated website and social media platforms. Their updated photography helps personalize and elevate their new website, as well as stays consistent with their branding and goals.
We continue to support Hudson Family Dental with our support package as they continue to grow as a local businesses in the MetroWest area.
The IV Nurses
The IV Nurses offer mobile IV therapy services and deliver IV therapy and hydration services in your home. We became their digital marketing partner in May of 2024. Although we recently starting working with IV Nurses, we are already seeing results after just one month. After our team rebuilt their existing website onto a new platform, their site speed is faster and their pages are more SEO friendly allowing for higher ranking.
We started to improve their on-page SEO with content and keywords, as well as started an SEO plan using a content strategy personalized to them. We also have started a social media and SEO strategy to attract clients in the local area and grow their digital presence.
Medi Tresse Worcester
Medi Tresse in Worcester is a local medical care practice that specializes in women’s hair loss treatment. They approached the Ladybugz team for help redesigning their website to increase website traffic and convert visitors to patients, especially in targeted geographic locations where they were expanding their business. Medi Tresse’s website and digital strategies were falling short as they continued to grow, so our team developed a soundproof strategy to raise organic rankings and attract patients to new locations while refining the site’s technical elements and user experience.
Medi Tresse needed a fully customized local SEO strategy for their multiple locations. With such a niche target audience, our team of marketers got straight to work. Ladybugz loves working with local businesses and local SEO as it is their specialty. Medi Tresse has experienced many successes since the redesign of their website. With their new website design and continued content creation, keywords have increased by 150 percent and organic keywords have increased by 55 percent—translating to a 70 percent increase in booked appointments from organic traffic. The site’s overall health score rose to 98.
MJ Electric & Refrigeration
MJ Electric & Refrigeration in Rehoboth services Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts and is a full-service, go-to service provider for many businesses and property owners. They are a family-owned company that has been providing expert electric, refrigeration, and HVAC services for commercial buildings and residential properties.
MJ Electric & Refrigeration needed a fully customized local SEO strategy to attract clients in the Rhode Island and Southern MA areas and raise organic rankings. They also needed a new website design that successfully communicated the message that they have a personalized touch when it comes to their clients. Along with the website, our team of digital experts came up with an updated social media strategy to attract clients and represent who they are. Our team designed a variety of templates to follow their branding and a consistent look.
With the new website design and continued content creation, keywords have increased by nearly 200 percent. The site’s overall health score rose to 81, and continues to grow with our team every day.
Northeast Hair Restoration
Northeast Hair Restoration in Worcester offers the most innovative non-surgical treatments in Massachusetts. These innovative in-office treatments include Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT), Supplements & Vitamins, and Topical Products. They have an expert team of physicians with over 35 years of combined experience in hair restoration.
Our team of digital marketing experts continues to work with Northeast Hair, on their digital marketing and local SEO strategy to raise organic rankings. We continue to work together with the team at Northeast Hair to be able to provide them the results that their target audience needs. Since starting to work with our expert team, Northeast Hair has seen much growth digitally and we continue to see that growth as we work together.
Giving back in Worcester County and Central Massachusetts
Whenever possible, Ladybugz is always looking to give back to the community that has embraced them with open arms. So, when Ladybugz CEO Lysa challenged her clients, partners, and friends to raise money for the Fresh Start Furniture Bank in Hudson—a nonprofit she loves and has partnered with for many years—her circle gladly answered the call. Together, they donated more than $3,000 and had a private donor who matched the amount. Fresh Start Furniture Bank is an extraordinary local nonprofit that collects furniture and home goods donations and then distributes them, for free, to people in need.
We are proud to be a 2023 winner
Ladybugz Interactive Agency was also ranked one of the top advertising, marketing, and communications firms in Worcester by Worcester Business Journal in its Book of Lists last year in 2023. Ladybugz received the the No. 4 spot among many other incredible agencies throughout Worcester County. It is a honor for our team to be a repeating winner.
Award Winning Local Website Design and Digital Marketing in the Worcester area
Ladybugz Interactive was named one of the top web design firms and SEO agencies in New England on Agency Spotter’s Top 50 Web Design Agencies List. Even as a local and emerging digital agency, the many local awards and nominations on Clutch.co, the Manifest.com among other agency list awards, further prove Ladybugz’s commitment to empowering and uplifting local businesses and their community. Ladybugz wears these accolades with pride, as they stand behind their work, talent, and mission to give back.
