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Best Small Business PPC Services Providers

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  • Achieve All of Your Marketing Goals

    As a leading Orlando advertising agency, were here to give you back time, enhance your sales efforts, and offer actionable advice through carefully considered, results-driven marketing strategies. Its our job to help you tell your story, connect with your audience, and tap into new opportunities. You tell us...

    Top Services:

    • Content Marketing
    • Email Marketing
    • Digital Marketing
    • SEO
    • PPC
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    Location
    Orlando, Florida
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $125/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Proven Digital Marketers Delivering Value and Earning the Trust of Our Partners, Every Day.

    The Eyeful team is made up of former SVPs, Directors, Managers, and Associates with exceptional backgrounds from leading brands and agencies. Our team members bring an average of 13 years of digital experience per person. Shopify Plus certified and a Google Premier partner. Operator mindset...

    Top Services:

    • SEO
    • PPC
    • Digital Marketing
    • Social Media Marketing
    • Content Marketing
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    Location
    Dallas, Texas
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $275/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Get Found. Be Known.

    Get Found. Be Known. Grow your business with Lure Creative's locally operated & nationally award-winning digital marketing & web design agency in Lenexa, Kansas...

    Top Services:

    • Social Media Marketing
    • PPC
    • eCommerce
    • Digital Marketing
    • SEO
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    Location
    Lenexa, Kansas
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $125/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • The World Needs You. And You Need Us.

    Mod Girl Marketing gives your sales team the training, strategies, and support they need to generate predictable meetings month over month the agency's customised training produces noticeable benefits on LinkedIn for your workforce. The firm provides your sales teams with the appropriate tools and methods to...

    Top Services:

    • PPC
    • Social Media Marketing
    • Digital Marketing
    • Advertising
    • Content Marketing
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    Location
    San Diego, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $200/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Turning Content into Customers

    NextLeft is a digital content marketing and SEO agency based in San Diego, offering results-driven strategies for enterprise brands and local businesses. As a Certified B Corporation, the agency partners with in-house marketing teams to deliver transparent, measurable growth through technical SEO, content...

    Top Services:

    • SEO
    • Content Marketing
    • PPC
    • Digital Marketing
    • eCommerce
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    Location
    San Diego, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Marketing & Web Design Firm

    Here at the Raleigh SEO Company, weve been search engine optimizing websites since 1998. Over the years weve gotten over 500,000 webpages on the 1st page of Google, Yahoo and Bing. We dont just settle for getting you in the Top 10 on Google, we continue to work at it until we get you up at the top...

    Top Services:

    • Social Media Marketing
    • PPC
    • Digital Marketing
    • SEO
    • Web Design
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    Location
    Raleigh , North Carolina
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $250/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Branding & Marketing Excellence

    LGD Branding + Marketing is more than a Miami advertising agency. We are a fully engaged business partner specializing in real estate and destination brand building across all media platforms...

    Top Services:

    • Branding
    • Graphic Design
    • Logo Design
    • Video Production
    • Digital Marketing
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    Location
    Miami, Florida
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $175/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Growing Your Revenue, Not Your Budget

    Red Wall Marketing offers marketing services, consulting and education to small businesses. We give you the help you need to grow your business...

    Top Services:

    • PPC
    • Digital Marketing
    • eCommerce
    • SEO
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    Location
    Tampa, Florida
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $100/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Give Your Business Legs.

    Twelve Legs Marketing specialises in video and digital marketing. We collaborate with businesses in the sports, auto, higher education, banking, healthcare, government, and nonprofit sectors. Call us right away to talk about your requirements and how we can assist you in growing your company...

    Top Services:

    • Digital Marketing
    • Social Media Marketing
    • Video Marketing
    • Content Marketing
    • SEO
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    Location
    Colorado Springs, Colorado
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $100/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Delivering Thoughtful Solutions That Achieve Meaningful Outcomes.

    Our philosophy is simple: construct thoughtful solutions that maximize outcomes...

    Top Services:

    • Web Development
    • Web Design
    • Digital Marketing
    • Branding
    • Email Marketing
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    Location
    Denver, Colorado
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $160/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • A Powerful Marketing Agency

    We are a digital marketing agency specializing in powerful organic search engine optimization for small businesses. Northlake is all about building an improved cashflow system to increase your profits while lowering the cost per acquisition for new customers. When we started Northlake Digital in 2008, the...

    Top Services:

    • Content Marketing
    • SEO
    • PPC
    Location
    Charlotte, North Carolina
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $75/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • The Advertising and Digital Marketing Agency Tucson Businesses Rely On

    Looking for the best advertising agencies Tucson has to offer? Turn to Tagline Media Group. We're the digital marketing agency Tucson companies trusts to help their businesses grow...

    Top Services:

    • Web Design
    • Social Media Marketing
    • Digital Marketing
    • SEO
    • PPC
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    Location
    Tucson, Arizona
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $85/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • We Are Digital Marketing Professionals .

    We are SEO, Social Media Management & Online Reputation Marketing Specialists . Getting organic traffic to your website, social media and YouTube videos is what we do best. Every business is different so we customize digital marketing strategies to fit every one of our clients.  Reputation Marketing is new...

    Top Services:

    • PPC
    • SEO
    • Social Media Marketing
    • Digital Marketing
    • Video Marketing
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    Location
    Tempe, Arizona
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Helping clients define their authentic brand story, then own it across the entire customer journey.

    UPBrand is a team of strategists, writers, designers, brand managers, digital experts, producers, goofballs, and mad scientists, all striving toward the same goals of thoughtful creativity that makes a difference and rewarding partnerships. We are forever driven by our curiosity, our inventiveness, and our...

    Top Services:

    • Digital Marketing
    • SEO
    • Social Media Marketing
    • eCommerce
    • PPC
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    Location
    St. Louis, Missouri
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • An Award-Winning Marketing Firm

    The Department of Marketing (DofM) is an interactive, award-winning marketing firm headquartered in Raleigh, N.C. We wanted to create an agency that offers fantastic value while still being able to offer a full suite of marketing services. Seems impossible right? Actually, its not; we created a hybrid agency...

    Top Services:

    • PPC
    • Digital Marketing
    • SEO
    • Email Marketing
    • Advertising
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    Location
    Raleigh , North Carolina
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Leading SEO Agency

    With years of experience serving clients in the Phoenix and Scottsdale areas, DIAP Media is a leading SEO agency specializing in Local, National, Franchise, Ecommerce, and B2B SEO. Our track record includes successful projects with businesses like TucsonSEO.com and Lifted Websites...

    Top Services:

    • Digital Marketing
    • SEO
    • Content Marketing
    • PPC
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    Location
    Scottsdale, Arizona
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $250/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Creative Marketing for Bold Brands

    Alycia Yerves Creative is a Jersey Shore creative agency for brands who dare to be different.In short: we do a lot. But we're not a cookie-cutter company...

    Top Services:

    • Digital Marketing
    • Email Marketing
    • Social Media Marketing
    • Content Marketing
    • PPC
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    Location
    Ocean Township, New Jersey
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $75/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Glasgow Marketing Agency

    Are you looking to take your business to the next level with a results-driven marketing strategy? Look no further than Marketing Mavens!  Our team of in-house specialists are experts in their field and are dedicated to helping small and medium-sized businesses grow through our unique and tailored marketing...

    Top Services:

    • SEO
    • PPC
    • Web Design
    • Digital Marketing
    • eCommerce
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    Location
    Glasgow, United Kingdom
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $100/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Full-Service Marketing & Advertising Firm

    561 Media is a South Florida based full-service marketing & advertising agency offering custom marketing solutions that are tailored to your business...

    Top Services:

    • Digital Marketing
    • PPC
    • Social Media Marketing
    • SEO
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    Location
    Boca Raton, Florida
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $135/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Get More Local Customers with Our Proven Digital Marketing Services.

    Small business digital marketing agency offering a comprehensive range of digital marketing solutions for businesses that want to get more local customers and outperform their competition...

    Top Services:

    • PPC
    • Digital Marketing
    • Social Media Marketing
    • SEO
    • WordPress Website Design
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    Location
    Littleton, Colorado
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $50/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Digital Marketing For Your Small Business

    The Knowledge Group, Inc. was founded by D. Roger Maves in 1998. Since then our company has served many businesses, large and small, across the United States and around the world including Europe, Asia, Australia, Canada, Mexico and Central America...

    Top Services:

    • SEO
    • Email Marketing
    • PPC
    • Social Media Marketing
    • Web Design
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    Location
    Bailey, Colorado
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $125/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Women Owned & Operated Digital Marketing Agency

    Think back to the last time you went on a hike in the mountains. When you were surrounded by crisp, clean magnificence, it just did something to refresh and revitalize you. You just felt safer, relaxed, and invigorated by the experience of being out in flawless beauty.  At Mountain Air Marketing, our goal is...

    Top Services:

    • SEO
    • Content Marketing
    • Digital Marketing
    • PPC
    • Email Marketing
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    Location
    Colorado Springs, Colorado
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $150/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Digital Connections That Drive Growth.

    Signal Interactive is a Columbus, Ohio based digital marketing agency founded in 2014. With a team of under 50 digital professionals, the agency offers web design, content marketing, SEO, paid media, branding, video production, and social campaigns. Signal delivers performance-focused solutions for clients in...

    Top Services:

    • Content Marketing
    • SEO
    • Social Media Marketing
    • eCommerce Development
    • WordPress Website Design
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    Location
    Columbus, Ohio
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $65/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Marketing Strategy & Consulting

    SCD Consulting Services was founded, in Charlotte NC, in 2010 to provide concierge online marketing services, primarily to medical and dental practices We now assist any small to medium sized business...

    Top Services:

    • Content Marketing
    • PPC
    • Social Media Marketing
    • SEO
    • Web Design
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    Location
    Charlotte, North Carolina
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $50/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • B2B Lifecycle Marketing to Generate Qualified Leads & Accelerate Sales

    Before we start selecting technology, changing your website, or buying media we take time to understand your business, your marketplace, and your customers. We start with where you are today: baseline metrics. We uncover opportunities and challenges via audits and assessments...

    Top Services:

    • PPC
    • Digital Marketing
    • SEO
    • Content Marketing
    • Social Media Marketing
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    Location
    Boulder, Colorado
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $125/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • A Digital Marketing Agency That Delivers

    SunCity Advising is a full-service digital marketing agency based in San Diego. It specializes in SEO, PPC, content creation, social media, email marketing, web design, and business advising. The agency helps businesses of all sizes generate leads, increase sales, and grow their brand through data-driven...

    Top Services:

    • Social Media Marketing
    • Digital Marketing
    • PPC
    • SEO
    • Content Marketing
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    Location
    San Diego, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Market Growth

    We practice and preach that execution and rapid iteration based on unbiased data are the keys for a successful company. Magnitude doesn't just build winning digital strategies; we also invest in startups, manage online marketplaces, and run our own companies. Our team knows first hand that commerce has...

    Top Services:

    • PPC
    • Video Marketing
    • Social Media Marketing
    • eCommerce
    • SEO
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    Location
    Tucson, Arizona
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $250/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • A Full-Service Digital Marketing Agency Based Out of San Antonio, Texas.

    Two Texas natives and lifelong friends formed Gray Digital Group in the year 2000 in the heart of San Antonio. Jim Aderhold and Brad Gray recognised a rare opportunity to be pioneers in providing digital solutions at a time when the world was unmistakably moving toward digitization...

    Top Services:

    • WordPress Website Design
    • Web Development
    • Digital Marketing
    • PPC
    • Social Media Marketing
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    Location
    San Antonio, Texas
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $115/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Take Control of Your Marketing Measure, Improve, Succeed

    Spectrum Group Online is a San Jose, California-based digital marketing agency that specializes in data-driven strategy and performance optimization. Its services include SEO, Google Analytics, PPC (pay-per-click), and WordPress website design. The agency helps businesses uncover growth opportunities through...

    Top Services:

    • SEO
    • Content Marketing
    • PPC
    • Social Media Marketing
    • Web Design
    • Show more
    Location
    San Jose, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $200/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • A Group of Smart, Quirky, Funny, Hardworkers Who Think Like Entrepreneurs and Get Stuff Done!

    Welcome to MassConvert, the award-winning team that Consistently Grows eCommerce Brands & Local Businesses...

    Top Services:

    • SEO
    • Digital Marketing
    • PPC
    • Social Media Marketing
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    Location
    Austin, Texas
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Our results say it all

    WRD is a UK-based full-service digital marketing agency headquartered in Godalming, Surrey. The firm specialises in search engine optimisation (SEO), digital advertising (PPC), and web design & development, with a focus on measurable results and long-term client relationships...

    Top Services:

    • Digital Marketing
    • PPC
    • SEO
    • Content Marketing
    • Social Media Marketing
    • Show more
    Location
    Godalming, United Kingdom
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $125/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • We're a Beauty and Cosmetics Marketing Agency.

    We’re Break the Web, the search marketing experts who demystify organic growth so you can focus on what to do with your new followers, leads, clients & shoppers. We're a beauty and cosmetics marketing agency that helps bring your beauty, skincare, and cosmetics products to high-intent shoppers...

    Top Services:

    • eCommerce
    • SEO
    • PPC
    • Social Media Marketing
    • Digital Marketing
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    Location
    New York City, New York
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Marketing for Aspiring Brands

    We have a proprietary formula for all marketing materials we produce. We also approach every project with results in mind. There is no better way to design a website but from the ground up and with the client’s brand in focus while considering the target market...

    Top Services:

    • PPC
    • SEO
    • Digital Marketing
    • Social Media Marketing
    • Branding
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    Location
    San Jose, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $85/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • SEO. PPC. Digital Marketing.

    We offer professional pay per click, search engine optimization and social media marketing solutions...

    Top Services:

    • Social Media Marketing
    • Content Marketing
    • Digital Marketing
    • PPC
    • Email Marketing
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    Location
    Orlando, Florida
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Impress Prospects, Outshine Competitors

    At Engenius, we design websites with a specific goal in mind. We are not a group of independent contractors nor are we your typical web design firm. We are the beautifully flawed folks creating stunning, strategy-driven websites for companies just like yours...

    Top Services:

    • Digital Marketing
    • Email Marketing
    • Social Media Marketing
    • Content Marketing
    • SEO
    • Show more
    Location
    Greenville, South Carolina
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • nuBranch Media is a digital marketing company dedicated to developing responsive website designs and search engine marketing services custom tailored to each client. Our priority is to help your website generate more leads. We believe in being your one stop shop for your online business. Our services...

    Top Services:

    • SEO
    • PPC
    • Web Design
    Location
    Toronto, Canada
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $100/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Get More Qualified Leads.

    12 Steps Marketing is an ROI-focused and results-driven digital marketing agency built to deliver tangible results in just 100-days. They specialize in marketing drug rehabs, addiction treatment centers, healthcare businesses & more...

    Top Services:

    • Digital Marketing
    • PPC
    • Content Marketing
    • SEO
    • Web Design
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    Location
    Pasadena, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $75/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • We are Famous - Opening Brand New Worlds

    Famous is a creative agency that doesn’t specialize in categories but rather smart strategic thinking. They love helping IT companies and startups from around the world achieve their business goals through design solutions...

    Top Services:

    • Branding
    • Product Design
    • PPC
    • Logo Design
    • Digital Marketing
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    Location
    Toronto, Canada
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $135/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Digital Marketing That Actually Works

    You shouldn't worry about finding customers - you're looking for more targeted website traffic, revenue, qualified leads, and a higher return on your marketing expense. We establish shared goals and metrics, drive qualified traffic to your site, increase conversion rates, and grow your revenue...

    Top Services:

    • SEO
    • PPC
    • Digital Marketing
    • Social Media Marketing
    • Content Marketing
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    Location
    Denver, Colorado
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $150/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Charlotte's Full Service Internet Marketing Agency

    Website Design & Online Marketing Strategies. We build our business relationships with transparency, integrity and mutual trust...

    Top Services:

    • SEO
    • Content Marketing
    • PPC
    • Web Development
    • Web Design
    • Show more
    Location
    Charlotte, North Carolina
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $100/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Law Firm Marketing

    We get it! You want law firm marketing that works. You want a beautiful website and traffic that converts into leads and cases. That's what we do! And we do it without long term contracts. Legal marketing is all that we do...

    Top Services:

    • Digital Marketing
    • Social Media Marketing
    • Content Marketing
    • Web Development
    • WordPress Website Design
    • Show more
    Location
    Virginia Beach, Virginia
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $250/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Helping Awesome Businesses Reach New Heights in Revenue Growth.

    Dallas SEO Dogs is an award-winning, full-scale digital marketing team. We are experts in SEO, Google/Yahoo/Bing Ads, display and retargeting ads, social media advertising and content marketing...

    Top Services:

    • Digital Marketing
    • Video Marketing
    • PPC
    • Social Media Marketing
    • SEO
    • Show more
    Location
    Dallas, Texas
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Digital Marketing and Development

    Actify Media is a web design and internet marketing company providing quality, profitable websites that increase visitors and revenue for your business...

    Top Services:

    • PPC
    • Email Marketing
    • SEO
    • Social Media Marketing
    • Digital Marketing
    • Show more
    Location
    Pompano Beach, Florida
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Social Media Done Right

    We've been web-obsessed since AOL dialup days! 20+ yrs of tech marketing experience with SEO (search engine optimization), social media marketing, graphic design, and professional content writing. We excel in marketing more complex and technical subjects for industrial manufacturing and industry...

    Top Services:

    • SEO
    • Digital Marketing
    • PPC
    • Content Marketing
    • Email Marketing
    • Show more
    Location
    Clovis, California
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • We specialise in performance marketing: From analytics and technical advice/support to search engine optimization (SEO), creative content, search engine advertising (SEA) and affiliate marketing...

    Top Services:

    • Digital Marketing
    • SEO
    • Content Marketing
    • PPC
    • Affiliate Marketing
    • Show more
    Location
    Bonn, Germany
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Premium SEO Solutions

    Next Door SEO offers premium and custom search engine optimization solutions to local businesses...

    Top Services:

    • Video Marketing
    • Social Media Marketing
    • SEO
    • eCommerce
    • PPC
    • Show more
    Location
    Charlotte, North Carolina
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Getting your business noticed, online

    Artemis Marketing, established in 2004, specialises in SEO, including local SEO, for small, medium, and eCommerce businesses...

    Top Services:

    • PPC
    • eCommerce
    • Digital Marketing
    • Social Media Marketing
    • SEO
    • Show more
    Location
    Hurstpierpoint, United Kingdom
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Data-Driven Marketing for Performance-Based Strategy and Decision Making

    Data-driven marketing for performance-based strategy and decision making. Understand your audience, leverage your branch, connect with your clients...

    Top Services:

    • Email Marketing
    • WordPress Website Design
    • SEO
    • Social Media Marketing
    • Web Design
    • Show more
    Location
    Patchogue, New York
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $45/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000
  • Relationships. Collaboration. Creativity.

    We're a family owned graphic/web design & digital marketing business that bridges passion and creativity with "real" industry results that work...

    Top Services:

    • PPC
    • Video Marketing
    • Email Marketing
    • Content Marketing
    • Digital Marketing
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    Location
    Chandler, Arizona
    Number of Employees
    Under 49
    Average Hourly Rate
    $250/hr
    Minimal Budget
    $1,000 - $10,000

8 Frequently Asked Questions About Small Business PPC Agencies

Should I go with a flat monthly fee or a percentage-of-ad-spend model?

For most small businesses that spend under $10,000/month on ads, a flat monthly fee is the cleaner and more protective choice because percentage-of-spend minimums often cost more at small budgets, and the model pays the agency for spending your money rather than managing it.

The structural problem with percentage-of-spend is that the small business PPC agency earns more every time you increase your budget, regardless of whether that increase is justified by performance.

Ask any percentage-of-spend agency directly: what is their policy when they believe additional budget is not justified by current performance? The answer will tell you whose interests they are actually managing.

How much do small business PPC agencies charge for their services, and what's on top of the quoted fee?

According to numerous reports, agencies usually charge between $1,000 and $5,000 a month for standard management services, depending on your ad spend level and what's included. If you need them to run a complex enterprise account, the price can go up and range between $10,000 and $25,000 a month.

The management fee for small business PPC services is only part of what you'll pay. They typically run 10-20% of monthly ad spend, but this is separate from the actual ad spend, which you pay directly.

On top of that, expect to see:

  • Setup fees of $500-$5,000 for initial account audits and restructuring
  • Tool costs passed through for third-party analytics platforms
  • Overage charges if your ad spend crosses certain thresholds,
  • Exit fees if you leave before the contract term ends.

The budget math to run before you sign is the following: management fee + setup fee + any tool costs + your actual ad spend = true monthly investment.

At a $2,000/monthad budget, a 15% management fee leaves only $300 for actual strategy work. Minimum viable ad spend for meaningful optimization is generally $2,000-$5,000/month, and the management fee comes out of your total budget on top of that.

What are the clearest red flags to watch for before I sign a contract?

Any small business PPC company that guarantees specific results before auditing your account is either making a sales pitch or doesn't understand how paid search works. No credible agency promises a specific cost per acquisition before they have audited your conversion tracking, analyzed your competitive landscape, and assessed your landing pages. 

Other pre-signing red flags:

  • They focus reporting on vanity metrics rather than business outcomes
  • They can't explain their strategy in terms you understand
  • They push long-term contracts before proving value.

If any of these appear during the sales process, they will be significantly worse once you're locked in.

Who owns the Google Ads account, me or the agency?

You should own the Google Ads account, and if an agency won't confirm that in writing before you sign, walk away. Agencies offering small business PPC services sometimes build campaigns inside their own Manager Account (MCC), making them, instead of you, the legal account owner. When you leave, you risk losing all historical data, conversion tracking, audience lists, and Smart Bidding signals.

Before signing, demand an explicit account ownership clause that names your Google Ads Account ID and specifies that the agency's access will be revoked at your request.

When should I expect real results, and what's a legitimate excuse vs. a stall?

Expect to see your first meaningful, stable results between weeks 6 and 12, as many agencies suggest. Allow for a learning period of 30-60-days before drawing conclusions, but expect transparency and a clear optimization plan from week one. The first 60 days include the account learning phase, and performance below eventual steady state is expected. Unexplained underperformance is a red flag, but explained underperformance during a calibration period is not.

Check the Change History in your Google Ads account: if there is no evidence of thoughtful adjustments in the first 30 days, including no keyword refinements, no ad copy tests, and no bid strategy changes, the campaign is on autopilot. Small business PPC consultants who are genuinely optimizing will have a paper trail.

Is it a problem if the agency manages hundreds of clients, or if they seem very small?

Client-to-account-manager ratio matters more than total agency size. Agencies offering small business PPC services that take on too many clients at once cut corners, use outdated methods, or fail to give individual accounts the attention and tailored strategy they need. Therefore, you may lose more on poor results than you save on fees. Ask directly: how many active accounts does each account manager handle? 

A strategist managing 40+ accounts cannot be doing meaningful weekly optimization for any of them. On the other end, a two-person shop with no bench means your account goes dark when someone is sick or leaves. The right size agency for a small business has a dedicated point of contact with a manageable client load, a defined escalation path, and a process for running your account.

How long a contract should I accept?

A 3-month initial commitment is reasonable. A 12-month lock-in with no performance milestones written in is not. Three-month minimums are reasonable because campaigns need time to exit the learning phase before performance can be meaningfully evaluated. However, 12-month terms are a higher commitment and should come with clearly defined performance milestones and exit provisions if those milestones are not met.

If small business PPC consultants refuse to stand behind their work with a flexible exit option, they lack confidence in their ability to deliver results. You are funding their financial security, not your own growth.

The contract term to demand: a 90-day initial period with measurable KPI targets (cost per acquisition, lead volume), after which the engagement rolls month-to-month. Also, check the auto-renewal clause because many contracts auto-renew unless notice is given 30 to 60 days before the term ends. A missed notice window commits you to another full term.

How do I evaluate a proposal if I can't verify the case studies that an agency shows me?

Ask for references from current clients in a similar business category, not testimonials on their website. Case studies are marketing materials. They show the best possible outcome from the best possible client under the best possible conditions, and they are rarely auditable. The difference between agencies that claim to be data-driven and those that actually are shows up in specifics: ask them to walk through a real optimization decision they made in the last 30 days, what data prompted it, what they changed, and what happened.

If small business PPC services providers can't give you a concrete example with numbers, their case studies are doing the selling, not their process. Also, ask what happens when a campaign underperforms: agencies that have a clear answer ("we do X, then Y, then escalate to Z") are operating from a repeatable system. Agencies that answer with reassurance and vague references to optimization are operating on hope.

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