ZATO

The PPC Marketing Agency for Brands That Can't Afford to Get Google Ads Wrong
14 N 24th St, Billings, Montana 59101, United States
https://zatomarketing.com

ZATO Overview

Year Founded
2011
Employees
Under 49
Minimal Budget
$1,000 - $10,000
Average Hourly Rate
$350/hr

ZATO is a senior-only paid search agency specializing exclusively in Google Ads, YouTube Ads, Demand Gen, and Microsoft Advertising. Founded in 2011 by Kirk Williams - ranked #4 among the Top 50 Most Influential PPC Experts globally - ZATO works with ecommerce and DTC brands spending $25K to $1M+ per month on Google Ads.

Every ZATO client is managed by a specialist with roughly a decade of paid search experience. No junior hires, no project managers playing telephone. You work directly with the senior specialist running your account - faster decisions, fewer miscommunications, and strategy built around your actual business.

ZATO does not manage Meta, TikTok, SEO, or email. That's deliberate. Every hour our team invests in professional development goes into being more technically capable at paid search. That singular focus is what separates a specialist from a generalist - and in Google Ads, the difference is significant.

Pricing is flat-rate and scoped to account complexity, not a percentage of ad spend. Month-to-month with no long-term contracts.

SMALLER BUDGETS?

ZATO Essentials is built for brands spending under $15K/month on Google Ads. Starting at $500/month, it delivers the same senior-level management - daily account monitoring, monthly reporting, expert optimization - without the full-service overhead. No strategy calls or complex setups, but your account is in capable hands from day one. Month-to-month, no contracts, full data ownership stays with you.

Digital Marketing Expertise
Digital Marketing Expertise
  • Digital Advertising
PPC Expertise
PPC Expertise
  • Google Ads
  • Google Shopping
  • YouTube

ZATO Clients

Purple
Groove Life Rings
Traeger Grills
Prima Coffee Equipment
4Wall Entertainment
CultureIQ
Pinto Ranch
AJF Growth
Adapt Naturals
Kuru Footwear
Iron Supports
Ridge Wallets

ZATO Team Bios

Owner
Kirk Williams
Owner

Kirk is the owner of ZATO, his Paid Search PPC micro-agency of experts, and has been working in Digital Marketing since 2009. He has been named one of the Top 25 Most Influential PPCers in the world by PPC Hero for 3 years in a row, and has written articles for many industry publications. He is one

Paid Search Strategist
Eric Marshall
Paid Search Strategist

A marketer at heart, Eric has been working in PPC since 2009. He is passionate about developing big picture marketing ideas but also loves getting his hands dirty while sifting through click and conversion data, testing ad copy and digging into analytics to find hidden insights.

ZATO Awards

#4 Most Influential PPCer 2026 (PPCSurvey.com)
#3 Most Influential PPCer 2025 (PPCSurvey.com)
Top 25 PPC Influencer 2024 (PPCSurvey.com)
Top 25 PPC Influencer 2023 (PPCSurvey.com)
Top 25 PPC Influencer 2022 (PPCSurvey.com)
Top 25 PPC Influencer 2021 (PPC Hero)
Top 25 PPC Influencer 2020 (PPC Hero)
Top 25 PPC Influencer 2019 (PPCHero)
Top 25 Most Influential PPCers in 2018
4th Most Influential PPC Expert in 2017
One of 21 Best SEM Experts in 2017
Named #7 Most Influential PPC Expert in 2016
Top 10 Speaker at Hero Conference

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