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Marketing & Communications Agency
360 Marketing & PR is a full-service agency specializing in integrated marketing communications and PR services. Visit our website for more information... View all reviews
Top Services:
- Social Media Marketing
- PPC
- SEO
- Web Design
- Reputation Management
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- Location
- Camden, New Jersey
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
REDISCOVER YOUR BUSINESS
Waterfront Media is a team of designers, programmers, strategists, and visionaries dedicated to helping businesses express themselves and better communicate with their customers. We help businesses and brands achieve their goal through exceptional design, consistent branding, and creative marketing &... View all reviews
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- Social Media Marketing
- PPC
- SEO
- Web Design
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- Location
- Camden, New Jersey
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
Web Design Excellence
Stack Media Design - is a New Jersey-based web design company with a big drive to give you the success you need. Specializing in all kinds of website design services including but not limited to eCommerce for your business and WordPress designs... View all reviews
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- SEO
- PPC
- Web Design
- eCommerce Development
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- Location
- Camden, New Jersey
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
Your Brand Evolved.
Webgevity is a branding, marketing, and web design business based out of the Southern New Jersey area... View Webgevity profile
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- PPC
- Social Media Marketing
- SEO
- Web Design
- Graphic Design
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- Location
- Camden, New Jersey
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
Your Marketing & Design Experts
Bloom Studios 12 offers services such as web design, Social Media, Social Media Content Creation etc... View Bloom Studios 12 profile
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- SEO
- PPC
- Social Media Marketing
- Web Design
- Creative Services
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- Location
- Camden, New Jersey
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
Dominate Your Competition.
Rule Your Kingdom is a premium results-based Web Design & digital marketing agency, world-renowned for solving the most complex and difficult search engine optimization (SEO) challenges for law firms and medical practices... View all reviews
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- SEO
- Digital Marketing
- Web Design
- PPC
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- Location
- Waco, Texas
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
Website Design, SEO, Marketing & More.
SWFL Media Consultants design industry leading websites, supply all the online tools you'll need to succeed, and get you found online... View SWFL Media Consultants profile
Top Services:
- Social Media Marketing
- Digital Marketing
- Web Design
- SEO
- PPC
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- Location
- Cape Coral, Florida
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
Strategy to Execution
Holistic Digital (formerly Holistic Internet Marketing) is a B2B digital marketing consultancy which provides Social Media Marketing, SEO, and SEM strategies and services... View Holistic Digital profile
Top Services:
- Social Media Marketing
- Digital Marketing
- SEO
- PPC
- Media Buying
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- Location
- Cape Coral, Florida
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
TURN-KEY MARKETING
Strategic Marketing Solutions is a full-service direct mail marketing company offering custom design, print, and mail services to small businesses that want to attract local customers... View all reviews
Top Services:
- Web Design
- Digital Marketing
- Graphic Design
- Logo Design
- PPC
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- Location
- Apache Junction, Arizona
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
Best Marketing SEO you can trust
Marketing Local SEO offers services such as web design, SEO, Digital Marketing, Logo Design, Graphic Design PPC Marketing, etc... View Marketing Local SEO profile
Top Services:
- Web Development
- Web Design
- Digital Marketing
- Public Relations
- SEO
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- Location
- Apache Junction, Arizona
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
Creative marketing strategies and custom web design in McAllen, TX
RSP.Marketing is an advertising and marketing agency, located in McAllen, TX, that provides web, marketing, branding, design, search, and business development solutions to take your business to the next level... View all reviews
Top Services:
- Web Design
- Web Development
- Digital Marketing
- SEO
- Business Consulting
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- Location
- McAllen, Texas
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
We Are The Right Digital Marketing Agency for Your Business
Cobalt Digital Marketing is data-driven digital marketing. We are a Google-certified company and developer of the Cobalt Formula, a proven formula to help companies maximize their digital presence to get found and increase sales. It's not rocket science, it's cobalt digital science... View all reviews
Top Services:
- Digital Marketing
- Social Media Marketing
- WordPress Website Design
- Web Design
- SEO
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- Location
- McAllen, Texas
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
Website. Marketing Automation. Local Business Software.
Ranking SB helps you maximize your home service marketing efforts. We provide the best technology and marketing strategies to help our customers exceed their goals... View all reviews
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- Digital Marketing
- Email Marketing
- Content Marketing
- SEO
- PPC
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- Location
- Santa Barbara, California
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
Set Your Brand on Fire
Burning Stick Creative is a full-service marketing agency located right in Downtown Lafayette. Our in-house services cover all your marketing needs. Stoke your creative flame with Burning Stick Creative and watch your business spread like wildfire... View all reviews
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- SEO
- Social Media Marketing
- PPC
- Graphic Design
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- Location
- Lafayette, Louisiana
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
Pattrns was founded on years of first class experience in all elements of biddable media from Search Ads 360, Google Ads and Meta Ads. We are accredited on all major platforms and have been in the game long enough to know more than a few of the industrys best kept secrets... View Pattrns profile
Top Services:
- PPC
- Digital Marketing
- CRO
- SEO
- Social Media Marketing
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- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $60/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
Tailored Marketing to Elevate Your Business
Edge Digital Agency provides companies with the best mix of materials to enhance their digital presence. We provide solutions and strategies to develop our client's digital marketing efforts and support growth and sales... View Edge Digital Agency profile
Top Services:
- Social Media Marketing
- SEO
- Digital Marketing
- PPC
- Email Marketing
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- Location
- Panama City, Florida
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
Social Media Excellence
Punch Up Digital offers services such as Website Design, SEO, Digital Marketing focused on playing a role in the success of your small and growing business... View Punch Up Digital profile
Top Services:
- Social Media Marketing
- Web Design
- Web Development
- PPC
- SEO
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- Location
- Panama City, Florida
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
Digital Marketing Delivery Customers
Proof not promises. Results not hope. The results you desire, the marketing challenges you need solved, the new customer outcomes you need, once we learn those a custom plan is crafted to achieve the results you want... View Simply Awesome Marketing profile
Top Services:
- SEO
- PPC
- Digital Marketing
- Location
- Clayton, North Carolina
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
New Perspective Marketing
We fuel growth for cleantech, agritech and next-gen manufacturers through expert marketing, web design and HubSpot... View NPWS profile
Top Services:
- Digital Marketing
- Digital Strategy
- SEO
- Web Design
- PPC
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- Location
- Worcester, Massachusetts
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $150/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
Thinking Outside the Box
Cube Creative Design works with small business and private schools to create videos, search engine optimized websites, and digital marketing plans including content marketing... View Cube Creative Design profile
Top Services:
- SEO
- Web Design
- Reputation Management
- Digital Marketing
- PPC
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- Location
- Asheville, North Carolina
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $150/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
Improve Your Online Presence with SEO Services in London
SEO Services in London is the best way to get your website ranked high on search engines. We make sure your website is ready for the big time, by optimizing it for all search engines... View all reviews
Top Services:
- PPC
- Advertising
- SEO
- Web Design
- eCommerce Development
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- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $15/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
Web design & digital marketing that delivers growth
Link Digital helps businesses like yours to achieve extraordinary results. Were experts in website design, search engine optimisation, pay-per-click advertising and other digital marketing services. We have a proven track record of driving online growth for hundreds of businesses... View all reviews
Top Services:
- Web Design
- UI/UX Design
- Web Development
- eCommerce Development
- WordPress Website Design
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- Location
- Hertford, United Kingdom
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $85/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
Where Dentistry Meets Precision Marketing.
DentalScapes: Your Dental PPC Digital SolutionFeel like most marketing agencies miss the mark? DentalScapes is different. With an on-board practicing dentist, we offer precise, clinically accurate, and impactful digital marketing strategies. Designed uniquely for your dental practice, we amplify leads and... View all reviews
Top Services:
- Digital Marketing
- Content Marketing
- PPC
- Web Design
- SEO
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- Location
- Raleigh , North Carolina
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $150/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
A pocketful of marketing.
Aliya is the first digital marketing agency in your pocket. Some agencies have an app - aliya IS an app, making all traditional digital marketing solutions - from SEO to PPC marketing, now available straight off your smartphone... View Aliya profile
Top Services:
- PPC
- SEO
- Location
- Brisbane City, Australia
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Minimal Budget
- Under $1,000
Focus on your business. We'll get you the leads.
You know your service business. We know how to make your service business look good on the Web. We'd like to proactively match our professional experiences/recommendations with your business goals. We can make your Kansas City Website design look like a million, and make it optimized for Google using local... View all reviews
Top Services:
- Web Design
- Web Development
- SEO
- PPC
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- Location
- Overland Park, Kansas
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $110/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
Drive Growth With Data-Driven Marketing.
Jade Orchard is a digital marketing agency dedicated to helping businesses grow... View Jade Orchard profile
Top Services:
- SEO
- Web Design
- Digital Marketing
- Email Marketing
- PPC
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- Location
- Oakland, California
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
Discover how Phoenix Business Owners are using the Omni Protocol to get up to 300 New Calls
Phoenix SEO Geek uses strategic marketing systems to get businesses in front of more customers. With the amount of competition that exists online today, its important to have a superior strategy if you want to have success online. Gone are the days when you could put up a simple website and generate sales... View all reviews
Top Services:
- Web Development
- Web Design
- SEO
- Digital Marketing
- Video Marketing
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- Location
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
Internet Marketing Professional Since 2005.
Local Is Where Its At is in Internet marketing professional since 2005... View Local Is Where Its At profile
Top Services:
- SEO
- Digital Marketing
- PPC
- Location
- Asheville, North Carolina
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
Grow Your Business With our IT 360 Services.
DigitalGrowthUs is an IT service provide in US. The company is professionally structured to provide SEO Services, Social Media Marketing, PPC Advertising, and Email Marketing, Graphic Designing, Logo Creation... View all reviews
Top Services:
- Web Design
- Digital Marketing
- SEO
- PPC
- Social Media Marketing
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- Location
- Cottleville, Missouri
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $25/hr
- Minimal Budget
- Under $1,000
Digital Marketing That Delivers Real Growth
A small business succeeds online when they have a great digital marketing strategy. Our 15+ years in the SEO and online marketing industry makes us the perfect partner for small businesses looking to boost their business online... View all reviews
Top Services:
- Digital Marketing
- SEO
- PPC
- Web Design
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- Location
- Ogden, Utah
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Minimal Budget
- Under $1,000
Marketing tips and ideas for local businesses that produce results.
More Leads. More Referrals. More Sales. Grow your business by increasing your local visibility... View all reviews
Top Services:
- SEO
- PPC
- Digital Marketing
- Web Design
- Reputation Management
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- Location
- St. Petersburg, Florida
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $500/hr
Stop Guessing. Start Thriving.
Pathbrand is a full-service digital marketing agency with experts in branding and web design who will create the perfect strategy to grow your business. Since 2010, we've worked with clients like you to create a strategic marketing plan, custom tailored to their unique business goals and KPIs... View Pathbrand profile
Top Services:
- Branding
- Digital Strategy
- Digital Marketing
- WordPress Website Design
- Web Design
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- Location
- Westport, Connecticut
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
Help Companies Increase Their Revenue and Online Visibility.
Placement Labs is a digital marketing agency based in Daytona Beach, Florida. Helps clients increase their revenue and online visibility... View all reviews
Top Services:
- SEO
- Web Design
- Social Media Marketing
- PPC
- Digital Marketing
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- Location
- Daytona Beach, Florida
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
Specializing in Affordable Marketing Solutions That Work
Architechs for the Web is a full service web design, development and digital marketing company helps in creating strategies and solutions for our client's online presence... View all reviews
Top Services:
- SEO
- Web Design
- Social Media Marketing
- Digital Marketing
- Email Marketing
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- Location
- Daytona Beach, Florida
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
Let Your Business Be Heard with MLJ Solutions
MLJ Solutions provides proper Search Engine Optimization process which will improve the quality and quantity of website traffic... View MLJ Solutions profile
Top Services:
- SEO
- Digital Marketing
- PPC
- Email Marketing
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- Location
- Scottsdale, Arizona
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
Generate More Leads For Your Business
A personable digital marketing company that is responsive to your needs and dedicated to getting you the growth results you're looking for... View all reviews
Top Services:
- WordPress Website Design
- Web Development
- Web Design
- Email Marketing
- Digital Marketing
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- Location
- Oshawa, Canada
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $120/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
Local business marketing company.
Econcept Inc. help small businesses to Shine Online. Econcept Inc. provides affordable Website Design & Social Media Management... View all reviews
Top Services:
- Digital Marketing
- Digital Services
- Web Design
- Social Media Marketing
- PPC
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- Location
- Santa Maria, California
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
Drive Results With Data-Driven Digital Marketing Solutions
A Digital Media Management Company SocialCatnip is comprised of professionals with experience in Digital Media, Marketing, Account Management, Sales, and Customer Service... View SocialCatnip profile
Top Services:
- Digital Marketing
- SEO
- PPC
- Social Media Marketing
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- Location
- Santa Maria, California
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
Energized By Exceptional Creativity
RTL Digital Media offers a number of solutions to help you make people adore your brand as much as you do. We understand that excellent branding is a combination of good processes and strong graphic execution. Our designers have designed or reinvented branding packages for both large and small... View RTL Digital Media profile
Top Services:
- SEO
- Advertising
- Digital Marketing
- PPC
- eCommerce Development
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- Location
- Kennesaw, Georgia
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $175/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
Powerful marketing solutions for independent tire & automotive repair
Floww Digital provides digital solutions for independent auto repair & tire shops across the United States. We know the automotive industry like the back of our hands. We have the digital marketing solutions your business needs to generate impressive results and revenue. Our methods are simple yet highly... View all reviews
Top Services:
- Digital Marketing
- SEO
- PPC
- Web Design
- Social Media Marketing
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- Location
- Corpus Christi, Texas
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $100/hr
- Minimal Budget
- Under $1,000
Attract. Impress. Convert.
Fitz Designz helps Clients with full service web design and internet marketing... View Fitz Designz profile
Top Services:
- PPC
- SEO
- Digital Marketing
- Content Marketing
- Web Design
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- Location
- Santa Rosa, California
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
Results-driven Web Design + Search Marketing
NorthWard Digital is digital marketing agency providing digital content, bringing together strategy, creative, production and ongoing implementation services to create truly effective campaigns across any and all digital platforms... View Northward profile
Top Services:
- PPC
- Web Design
- SEO
- Location
- Santa Rosa, California
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
Marketing Studio based in Italy and operating Europe-wide
Verbena Contents our clients finding the right way to connect with client using a 360 degrees marketing approach. We love to use combination of digital and traditional communication strategies to generate new leads and nurture those that are already acquired... View Verbena Contents profile
Top Services:
- WordPress Website Design
- Logo Design
- Branding
- SEO
- PPC
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- Location
- Brindisi, Italy
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $100/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
Madison CPA firm helping small business and individuals.
Build Your Firm provides marketing, website design and development, outsourced marketing services to accounting and CPA companies... View all reviews
Top Services:
- Social Media Marketing
- Video Marketing
- SEO
- PPC
- Digital Marketing
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- Location
- Madison, Connecticut
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
Google Ads, SEO, Website Design, Graphic Design & Full-Service Digital Marketing.
We grow your business, establishing a strong online presence with our SEO services and grow organically. We find potential customers at the right time and get conversion-oriented traffic... View Digitalaxy Media Corp profile
Top Services:
- Graphic Design
- SEO
- PPC
- Web Design
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- Location
- Lafayette, California
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Minimal Budget
- Under $1,000
"Your One-Stop Shop for ALL Your Online Marketing Needs"
Premiere Social Media is a digital marketing agency located in Mesa, Arizona, helping businesses build credibility and improve their online presence. We offer all forms of online marketing worldwide. We also have networking groups throughout Arizona. We are your one-stop shop for digital marketing... View all reviews
Top Services:
- Social Media Marketing
- Web Design
- SEO
- PPC
- Digital Marketing
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- Location
- Mesa, Arizona
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $150/hr
Patriots Helping Patriots.
Your One-Stop-Shop for Patriot Digital Marketing Needs, Patriots helping Patriots... View Patriot Business Marketing profile
Top Services:
- SEO
- PPC
- Web Design
- Social Media Marketing
- Digital Marketing
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- Location
- Homestead, Florida
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
Personalized Social Media Services
We offer personalized social media services that provide clients with effective thought leadership and sales content to increase brand awareness and boost sales... View all reviews
Top Services:
- Social Media Marketing
- Email Marketing
- Content Marketing
- PPC
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- Location
- Medford, New Jersey
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $125/hr
- Minimal Budget
- Under $1,000
we're Pink Studios - a creative space to think out of the blue!
By putting our technology background with our marketing knowledge into a blender, youve made the perfect combination/mix for the digital era... View Pink Studios profile
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- Digital Marketing
- PPC
- Social Media Marketing
- Email Marketing
- UI/UX Design
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- Location
- San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $100/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
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How to Hire a Small Business PPC Company
Is my ad budget big enough to get results, or will I fund someone's learning curve?
Agencies widely recommend a minimum ad spend of $2,000-$5,000 per month because campaigns below that threshold lack the click volume needed to run A/B tests, identify winning keywords, and achieve statistical significance.
Accounts spending under $5,000 per month saw 18% higher CPCs and 31% lower conversion ratesthan the median in 2026, according to benchmark data from Digital Applied — a structural disadvantage that compounds as AI bidding algorithms require data volume to optimize effectively.
Google's own Smart Bidding needs at least 30 conversions per month, and often 50 or morefor Target ROAS strategies, to optimize effectively; below that threshold, the algorithm is largely guessing.
Most small business PPC agencies charge 10-20% of monthly ad spend as a PPC management fee, which means on a $2,000 ad budget, you're looking at $400 going to management alone before a single click.
A $2,000 monthly fee can be a smart investment on a $20,000 ad budget.
That same $2,000 fee can feel painful on a $4,000 budget, especially if campaigns are not producing enough revenue to justify it.
The honest readiness question: Is my monthly ad spend large enough for an agency to actually optimize, or am I buying presence without performance?
Should the agency have verifiable experience in my specific industry, or are they generalists applying a template?
Ask which accounts the small business PPC agency manages that resemble yours in terms of average contract value, conversion type, and monthly ad spend.
Ask what their average client cost per acquisition looks like in your category.
If they cannot answer specifically, they may not have the relevant experience.
Industry CPC variance is enormous and directly affects how much a poorly matched agency will cost you.
According to WordStream's 2025 benchmark analysis of over 16,000 campaigns, attorneys and legal services averaged $8.58 per click, while arts and entertainment averaged just $1.60.
That’s a nearly 5x difference that demands entirely different bidding strategies and optimization approaches.
The average cost per lead in legal services ran $131.63, compared to around $33 in arts and entertainment.
Cheap clicks are not always the cheapest leads, because a low CPC with a poor conversion rate can still produce a higher CPL than an expensive click with strong intent.
A small business PPC services provider without domain experience in your vertical will discover this through expensive trial and error.
What to ask: Show me three accounts in my vertical that you've managed for 12 months or more. What was the CPA trend over that period?
What do the reporting metrics tell me, and am I about to pay for a vanity scorecard?
Monthly reports land in your inbox showing strong impressions, healthy CTRs, and rising click volume.
You don't know how to ask whether any of those clicks became customers.
Six months later, you realize you've been measuring the wrong things.
One of the biggest mistakes in PPC advertising is celebrating vanity metrics like click-through rates while revenue stays flat.
Clicks do not pay the bills. Revenue does.
Most agency monthly reports are PDF exports of the Google Ads dashboard with brand colors added — you see the same numbers already available in the platform UI.
According to PPC Chief's 2026 data, cost per click increased for 87% of industries in 2025, meaning campaigns that look "busy" with high click volume are quietly getting more expensive.
A report that doesn't surface cost-per-lead or ROAS trends is hiding the part of the story that matters most.
One industry survey found that only 10% of Google Ads accounts receive weekly updates from their manager.
What a real report shows: Cost per acquisition (CPA), return on ad spend (ROAS), lead quality trends, and pipeline attribution.
According to Shopify's 2026 PPC statistics roundup, the average cost per lead for Google Ads across all industries in 2025 was $70.11.
If the report that a small business PPC company provides doesn't show you your CPL, you have no way of knowing whether you're above or below the benchmark for your category.
What does the contract say about how I exit, and what data do I keep when I leave?
A PPC contract without performance expectations is essentially a contract for activity, not results.
Losing your historical conversion data and audience lists when switching small business PPC agencies means starting from scratch, which has a real cost in both time and campaign performance.
Before switching agencies, you must secure full account access, download all historical data, including search term reports, auction insights, conversion history, and audience lists, and understand your contract exit terms.
Doing this after you've already given notice is too late.
Three contract clauses to demand before signing:
- All accounts created in your name with admin access retained throughout
- Full data export delivered within 48 hours of contract termination
- A performance-based exit clause allowing termination without penalty if defined benchmarks aren't met within a set timeframe.
How will I know after 90 days whether this agency is working or just busy?
Top small business PPC agencies should be willing to commit to specific KPIs, such as cost-per-acquisition or return on ad spend targets.
They should also explain what causes would lead them to adjust those targets and over what timeframe.
Weekly check-ins during the first 90 days are appropriate for a new engagement; if an agency proposes only quarterly reviews, that cadence is insufficient for early-stage optimization.
According to Digital Applied's 2026 Google Ads benchmarks, AI-powered bidding now drives 78% of all Google Ads spend, and advertisers using these strategies report an average 22% lower cost per conversion compared to manual management.
Still, the advantage varies dramatically by account maturity, which is exactly why the first 90 days of active optimization matter so much.
Performance that has been consistently below baseline for 90 or more days with no credible explanation or improvement plan is a clear signal to consider walking away.
The same goes for an agency that is unresponsive or evasive about account access.
Set these in writing before day one: Your agreed CPA or ROAS target, the timeframe for the learning phase, the reporting cadence, and the specific trigger that gives you a no-penalty exit.
If the agency offering small business PPC services won't commit to these in writing, the confidence they're selling you in the pitch is not backed by their contract.
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Why Companies Trust DesignRush
Rated 4.8 on Google and 4.7 on Trustpilot, the DesignRush Agency Directory is a reliable resource for finding small business PPC agencies. We owe this to our executive selection team, which follows a strict screening process when featuring agencies on the platform, assessing key performance indicators, like portfolio, client reviews, and industry reputation.
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DesignRush sustains a directory of over 40,000 agencies categorized by service category, location, expertise, and reviews. We build our database in two ways:
- Our dedicated team of agency experts actively searches the web for top-performing companies. We then pull information from their websites, online presence, and client testimonials to verify their status and qualifications prior to listing.
- The agencies listed get notified of their profiles on the website and they can choose to claim it or not, which suggests their availability for more collaborations.
Agencies can also reach out to DesignRush and must go through the verification process prior to being listed.
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.Â
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?Â
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.
