Lasana Smith, Founder GAROI Media

Lasana Smith, founder of GAROI Media, discusses how her full-service advertising agency focuses on delivering a positive return on investment for its clients, whether it be financial or through traffic or awareness. The company’s secret sauce is research and data-driven strategies that are unique and not intuitive. GAROI Media specializes in multicultural audiences and understands that the Hispanic and Black diaspora are not monoliths, so they break down into subgroups with different dialects and cultures. The agency’s targeting and creative strategies aim to be as granular as possible to reach the right audiences effectively.