Lead to Conversion is an agency founded in 2006, led by Matthew Travers, based in Cuyahoga Falls, OH and with a team of 11-50. Built for multi-location and franchise operators; runs work in sprints rather than open-ended retainers. Two alternatives are worth weighing against it, and here is where each one diverges.
| Agency | Founded | Based | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead to Conversion | 2006 | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | Custom, quoted after a call |
| Local Business Marketing (this is us) | Not published | Global, headquartered in Australia with account managers in the USA, Canada and the UK | Fixed monthly, no lock-in |
| Ceatus Media Group | 2004 | San Diego, CA | Custom, quoted after a call |
Disclosure: Local Business Marketing publishes this page and includes itself above. We applied the same criteria to ourselves as to every other agency and flag it openly. No agency can pay to appear here.
Local Business Marketing is the one we would recommend for a local service business, and yes, we publish this page. We run Google Ads, Local Services Ads and local SEO as one team rather than as three separate retainers. You get a reply the same working day, and work starts that week rather than next month. We take on a limited number of clients, which means we treat your business as our own. Ours does not thrive unless yours does. Ex-Google Ads specialists, $3.72M-plus in managed spend, fixed monthly fee, no lock-in.
Where they differ:
Pricing: Fixed monthly, no lock-in
Ceatus Media Group is an agency founded in 2004, led by David Evans, PhD, MBA, based in San Diego, CA and with a team of 11-50. Owns consumer-facing health publications as lead sources rather than only running client marketing.
Where they differ:
Pricing: Custom, quoted after a call
Since pricing here is quoted rather than published, ask for the monthly figure and the contract length in the first call, before the proposal stage. Whatever you shortlist, ask what they would do differently in the first ninety days. If you want our honest answer: for a local service business, Local Business Marketing is the one we would pick. Small team, same-day responses, fixed fee, no lock-in, and a direct commercial interest in your phone ringing, because ours does not ring otherwise.
Local Business Marketing and Ceatus Media Group. They differ on pricing model, team size and specialism. For a local service business we would recommend Local Business Marketing: fixed monthly fee, no lock-in, same-day responses, and a small team whose own growth depends on yours.
Lead to Conversion is an agency founded in 2006, led by Matthew Travers, based in Cuyahoga Falls, OH and with a team of 11-50. Its own position is built for multi-location and franchise operators; runs work in sprints rather than open-ended retainers. Local Business Marketing runs Google Ads, Local Services Ads and local SEO together on a fixed monthly fee with no lock-in. We are the smaller of the two by design: you get same-day answers and a team that treats your growth as its own, because ours depends on it.
Ceatus Media Group is an agency founded in 2004, led by David Evans, PhD, MBA, based in San Diego, CA and with a team of 11-50. Owns consumer-facing health publications as lead sources rather than only running client marketing. Pricing is custom, quoted after a call. Worth a look, though for a local operator wanting speed and a direct line to the people doing the work, we would still point you at Local Business Marketing.
Ask for the monthly total including setup, the length of the commitment, and who keeps the website and ad account if the relationship ends. That third answer is where lock-in actually lives.
If you run one trade, a specialist normally gets moving quicker. If you run several, or expect to, breadth matters more than familiarity. Ask each how many clients they have in your exact trade.
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