About
Local roots. Sharp edge.
What this is
The team that builds your marketing and runs it.
What is this?
Samurai Digital Solutions builds the marketing a local business needs and then runs it. The website, the Google listing, the ads, the follow-up system, the online store, the logo. One team, one number to text, one monthly bill instead of six.
We are based in Western Connecticut and work across New England, New York and the tri-state area. We like to meet in person, at your shop or across a table. Further out, we meet on Google Meet, phone, or text. Seeing each other's face is how trust gets built, and it is how we work.
Your data is yours. Your domain, your Google listing and your accounts stay in your name, and your site is yours once it is paid off. Month to month.
Why we exist.
I spent fifteen years in sales and marketing before this. High-volume sales floors, software accounts, an agency, an e-commerce warehouse. I watched local owners get sold retainers, chatbots, and twelve-month contracts by people who had never stood in their shop.
So I built the thing I wished those owners had. A team that sits down with you first, tells you what is worth your money and what is not, and then does the work. One team. No account manager. No runaround.
I live here. My family is here. The owners we work with are people we see around town, and that is exactly the kind of accountability I want on every job.
“Trust gets built face to face. We meet before we build, we answer when you call, and we stay involved long after launch.”
What we stand for
Four things we hold to.
The samurai was a craftsman before anything else. Every strike practiced, every decision intentional. That is how we build for you. Not fast and flashy. Sharp, considered, and made to last. One strike at a time.
Transparency
You always know what we are doing, what is working, and what is not. No smoke.
Directness
Straight answers. If something is a bad idea, we say so. If it is great, we say that too.
Accountability
When we commit to something, we deliver, or we tell you why we cannot and what we are doing about it.
Right tool, right time
Text for quick. Email for anything with attachments. Call when it is urgent.
How we work
How we work.
From the first meeting to launch day, and long after.
We meet.
In person around Western Connecticut, or on a video call. You tell us about the business and where you want it to go.
We make a plan.
What you need, what it costs and how payments work, in plain words, before anything starts.
We build your preview.
A first look at your new site, built before you sign, so you see it instead of imagining it.
We walk you through it.
We sit down, show you the preview and change what you want changed.
We build and launch.
Your site, your Google listing and the back office behind them: calls, texts and reviews in one private place.
We stay involved.
We are local. We check in every month, we stop by from time to time, and you always have one number to call.
The team
The team. No layers.
You talk to the people doing the work, from the first call to the last invoice.
There is no account manager between you and the work. The person who scoped your job is the person you text, and the person who built it is the person who fixes it.
Founder
AJ Rodriguez
Sales and strategy.
Fifteen-plus years across high-volume sales, software account work, agency marketing, and e-commerce operations. Bilingual, English and Spanish. Lives and works in Western Connecticut. AJ is the one who sits down with you, scopes the job, and picks up the phone.
The team
Build and support
Sites, systems, and launches.
The team behind every build. Sites, Portal setups, Google listings, and the follow-up that keeps them running. Every page is checked by a person before it goes live, and when AJ is at your table, the team is the one making sure your build is done when he gets back.
A build, start to finish
Handshake to launch.
Blueprint Session
A face-to-face audit of your business. Before we write a line of code, we understand the heart of what you do.
Custom Mock-up
We design a custom website mock-up built around your brand, and you see it before we build it.
Build Phase
Clean code, calendar integration, and automations wired into one platform that runs itself.
Polish and Revisions
We refine every detail until it is sharp. The katana is not finished until the edge is perfect.
Launch and Train
We launch and train your staff on the Samurai Portal so your whole team runs from one place.
Let us understand your business first.