Pick the problem you want solved
Each page below goes deep on one job: how it works, what it needs, which rules apply in Illinois and the United States, and when it is not worth doing. Sources are listed on every page.
- AI receptionist for Chicago businessesAn AI receptionist is software that answers your business calls and chats, handles routine requests such as hours, questions and booking, captures lead details, and...READ MORE
- AI voice agents for Chicago companiesAn AI voice agent is software that handles phone calls by turning speech into text, letting a language model decide what to say and using text-to-speech to reply, or by...READ MORE
- AI customer service for Chicago companiesAI customer service uses software to read support requests, look up facts in your systems, draft or send answers grounded in your own knowledge base, and hand anything...READ MORE
- AI automation agency for Chicago businessesAn AI automation agency maps a repetitive process, builds it as a workflow on a platform such as n8n, Make or Zapier, and adds an AI agent only where judgment is needed....READ MORE
- AI consulting for Chicago companiesAI consulting is outside advice on where AI will pay off in your company, how to start safely and how to govern it. A good engagement ends with ranked use cases, a data...READ MORE
- AI development company for Chicago teamsAn AI development company designs, builds, tests and maintains custom AI software, usually an agent: a model connected to your documents and tools, with approvals,...READ MORE
Web design, WordPress and every CMS
We design and build new websites, rebuild old ones and keep them fast, on WordPress, on any other CMS or on our own CMS MESH 5.1 (Media Express Static Hub). AI tools help us work faster, a person decides what goes live, and the site stays yours.
New website, custom design
A site designed around your business, not a template: structure, design, build and launch, with the content outline agreed first.
Custom web design
Hand-built layouts and brand-matched pages for the times a theme will not do, designed for phones first.
WordPress, rebuilt with AI tools
New WordPress builds and rebuilds on modern themes, with AI-assisted editing and content updates that you approve before they go live.
Every other CMS
Shopify, Wix, Squarespace, Webflow, Joomla, Drupal and custom platforms: we work in the CMS you already have, or move you to a better one.
Speed-up
Faster pages through image and script work, caching and better hosting, measured with Core Web Vitals before and after.
WordPress cleanup
Remove old plugins, bloat and spam, repair a hacked or broken site, update safely and set up backups.
Hosting and migration
Move from another CMS or host without losing your rankings, onto hosting that can grow with the business.
Rebuilt for AI search
Clean structure, schema and an llms.txt file, so search engines and AI assistants can read, understand and cite your site.
- Custom web design in ChicagoWeb design in Chicago means planning, designing and building a website around what your visitors need to do, then launching it so search engines can read it, phones can...READ MORE
- WordPress speed optimization in ChicagoWordPress speed optimization is a measured job: audit the site, take a verified backup, remove dead plugins, themes and database leftovers, tune caching, images and PHP,...READ MORE
- A static website CMS, explained honestlyCMS MESH 5.1 (Media Express Static Hub) is our own static website CMS: a new-generation manual CMS where people write and check every page and the output is plain HTML,...READ MORE
Marketing and SEO that bring calls, not only clicks
We plan, run and report marketing for local and national businesses, built for Google and for AI answers. SEO now includes AEO, GEO and AI SEO: the work that gets you found in search results and considered by ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity.
SEO and local SEO
Technical fixes, on-page work, Google Business Profile and local citations for Chicago and beyond.
AEO: answer engine optimization
Pages and FAQs written so a search engine can lift a direct, correct answer from them.
GEO: generative engine optimization
Content and structure that AI assistants can read, trust and cite.
AI SEO
Checking and improving how ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity describe your business.
Content marketing
Articles, guides, case studies and FAQs with sources, not filler.
Email and SMS campaigns
Lists, sequences and offers that bring past customers back.
Social media
Posts, pages and group management on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and more.
Video and creative
Short video, graphics and ad creative, produced with AI tools and reviewed by a person.
Brand identity
Logo, colors, voice and templates that keep every channel consistent.
Tracking and reports
GA4, call and form tracking and a monthly report in plain language.
- SEO, AEO, GEO and AI SEO in ChicagoAI SEO is search engine optimization with AI answers in mind. Google says optimizing for its AI features is still SEO, and Bing describes GEO as eligibility for...READ MORE
- Digital marketing agency for Chicago businessesA digital marketing agency in Chicago plans, writes, sends and measures the marketing that sits beside search and paid ads: content, email and text messages, social...READ MORE
Advertising on radio, search, social, video and display
We build and manage campaigns on radio, on the major online platforms and on our own channels, for every budget. You set the ceiling, we report every dollar, every call and every form, and AI helps with copy and tests while a person approves the spend.
Radio advertising, on air
Commercials on Chicago-area radio, including Polish-language stations: script in English or Polish, voice talent, production, placement and negotiation, for every budget.
Radio advertising, online
Streaming and internet radio ads, including our own Polish radio network with 6 HI-RES streaming channels, for every budget.
Google Ads
Search, Performance Max and call campaigns, and Local Services Ads where they are available.
Microsoft Advertising
Bing, Yahoo and partner search networks.
Facebook and Instagram ads
Lead forms, calls, local awareness and remarketing.
YouTube and video ads
Short video campaigns with creative we produce.
Display and remarketing
Bring back the people who looked at your site.
LinkedIn ads
B2B campaigns aimed at roles and companies.
Polish-community campaigns
Ads and creative in Polish or English for the Polish-speaking community in the Chicago area.
Landing pages and call tracking
Pages and phone numbers built to measure what each ad brings.
Budgets that fit
Start small, scale what works and stop what does not, with a monthly report on every dollar.
- Advertising agency in ChicagoAn advertising agency in Chicago plans and runs paid media: Google Search and Performance Max, Local Services Ads where available, Microsoft Advertising, Meta, YouTube...READ MORE
- Radio advertising in Chicago: on air and onlineRadio advertising is paid commercial time on a station's broadcast signal (on air) or in an internet stream (online). We write the script in English or Polish, provide...READ MORE
Apps, integrations, automation, intranets and smart homes
We build custom apps, connect the systems you already use and automate the repetitive parts, for companies and for homes. Everything runs on accounts you own, with documentation and backups.
Custom apps
Web and mobile apps, customer portals and internal tools, built around your process.
Connect your systems
CRM, accounting, e-commerce, email, phone and spreadsheets joined through APIs and webhooks, so data is entered once.
Automation
Workflows that run themselves with n8n, Make, Zapier or custom code, with AI steps and human approval where it matters.
Intranet for companies
A private staff portal: documents, procedures, a knowledge base and permissions that follow your folders.
Private servers and backups
Run it in the office, in the cloud or both, with backups and isolated private data.
Intranet for homes
A private family hub for files, photos, calendars and devices, hosted at home.
Smart home automation
Lighting, climate, security and schedules in one dashboard, local first so they keep working when the internet does not.
Since 1995: older than Google
Media Express opened on April 1, 1995. Google Inc. was incorporated in 1998. We built websites when most people reached the internet through dial-up modems, and we are still here, stronger, because we kept learning: from hand-coded pages to WordPress, from search engines to AI assistants.[4]
Since April 1995
Founder-led, in the Chicago area, with 2,500+ digital projects delivered.
Polish-American agency
Support in English and Polish, remote across the United States and on site around Chicago.
AI-supported today
The same craft, now with AI tools doing the repetitive work and a person deciding what ships.
Polonijna agencja w Chicago od 1995 roku. Widzieliśmy już wszystko i nadal tu jesteśmy.
Tools and proof
Start with a ten-question self-check, or read how we run AI agents in our own business before you decide to trust us with yours.
- Is your company ready for AI agents ?Answer ten questions about your processes, data, tools, people and risk rules. You get a score out of 100 and the three areas to work on first, with links to the pages...READ MORE
- How we run AI agents every dayMedia Express runs its own operations with six AI models that share one workspace, write every change to a log, take a backup before editing and ask the owner before...READ MORE
How to choose where to start
Find the single process that costs most
Look for work that is repeated, rule-bound and handled by people who would rather do something else: missed calls, ticket triage, data re-entry, report assembly.
Decide what must stay with a person
Money movement, messages to customers and changes to records are the usual candidates for an approval step.
Pilot before you scale
A pilot on real data shows whether the agent pays back. If it does not, we say so.
Keep ownership
Accounts, data and documentation stay with you, so you are never locked in.
Our governance approach borrows from public frameworks such as the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, which organizes AI risk work into Govern, Map, Measure and Manage.[1]
What is the same in every project
The services differ, the way we work does not. Five habits run through every engagement, whether it is a receptionist agent or a custom build.
A written scope before work
Goal, tools, approvals, success measure and the things the agent will not do, agreed with you in writing.
Least privilege
A dedicated service account per agent with only the permissions its job needs, on accounts you own.
Approvals where it matters
Low-risk steps can run alone. Spending money, writing to customers and changing records can wait for a person.
Logs you can read
Every action is recorded in a form you can review, so you can see what happened and switch the agent off.
Handover and upkeep
Documentation, access and monitoring are handed over or kept running, whichever you choose, so nothing depends on one person.
If a project does not look like a good fit, we say so. Sometimes the right answer is an off-the-shelf tool, a small change to a process or simply waiting until the data is in better shape.
Questions answered
What does AIAgents.onl do?
Who is behind it?
Do you publish prices?
How does a project start?
Do you work outside Chicago?
Can the agents run on our own servers?
Do you ask for passwords or API keys in the form?
What if an AI agent is wrong?
Can you advertise my business on the radio, on air and online?
Do you build websites on WordPress and other CMS?
What is CMS MESH?
How long has Media Express been in business?
Can you build an app, connect our systems or automate our smart home?
Do you work with small budgets?
Sources
- AI Risk Management Framework (NIST), accessed 2026-10-12. Background for the governance approach (Govern, Map, Measure, Manage).https://www.nist.gov/itl/ai-risk-management-framework
- LLM06:2025 Excessive Agency (OWASP Gen AI Security Project), accessed 2026-10-12. Least privilege and human approval of high-impact actions.https://genai.owasp.org/llmrisk/llm062025-excessive-agency/
- Building effective agents (Anthropic), accessed 2026-10-12. Human checkpoints and sandbox testing for agents.https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/building-effective-agents
- How we started and where we are today (Google), accessed 2026-10-13. Google Inc. was incorporated in August 1998.https://about.google/company-info/our-story/
How we checked this page
What we checked
- Company facts match the Media Express entity data published on mediaexpress.us and in our llms.txt.
- Public sources opened and read on the access date.
- The year Google was incorporated, read on Google's own history page on 2026-10-13.
What we could not verify
- Opening hours and the phone number are our own statements and are not independently verified here.
- The descriptions of our services and of CMS MESH are our own statements; the company age is from our entity data.
Tell us which team drowns in repetitive work
Describe the process in a few lines. We reply with a written scope before any work starts.
