About StraightForward Media and Josh Barsch

I’m Josh Barsch. I’m the founder of StraightForward Media, one of the oldest pure PPC/SEM agencies in the United States. We provide Google Adwords management, consulting and training to companies across the globe.

I’ve been working in Internet media since 1996, and with Google advertising since 2002. StraightForward Media has engineered successful Google advertising campaigns for companies ranging from small-business bootstrappers to well-known corporations like Wal-Mart, University of Phoenix and eBay.

I’m a frequent speaker and blogger about the Google Adwords and Adsense programs, and other topics, too. I also founded the StraightForward Media Scholarships program, which has awarded over $100,000 in tuition money to students worldwide since 2003.

Contact me at (605) 348-3042 or at joshb@straightforwardmedia.com.

StraightForward Media manages Google advertising for our customers in 16 languages in 190 countries. We are a certified Google Adwords agency with dedicated account representatives at Google.

I sit on the Board of Directors for the American Advertising Federation’s chapter in the Black Hills, where I focus on bringing in A-list national speakers in marketing and advertising. I’m also a judge in the Interactive Media category of the AAF’s annual ADDY competition. Before the Internet came along and changed all of our lives, I was a writer and editor for a variety of newspapers.

I live in Rapid City, S.D., with my wife Christina, my daughter Mia and my son Ezra.