Lemonade Stand is an agency founded in 2012, led by Derek Miner, based in Orem, UT and with a team of 51-200. Builds its own SaaS product alongside the agency; larger team than most independents here. Two alternatives are worth weighing against it, and here is where each one diverges.
| Agency | Founded | Based | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lemonade Stand | 2012 | Orem, UT | 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 |
| Leadhub | 2011 | San Antonio, TX | Custom (cost-per-lead management model) |
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. The obvious contrast is scale. We are deliberately smaller, and that is the point. 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
Leadhub is an agency founded in 2011, led by Ben Hubbert, former USAF Combat Controller and based in San Antonio, TX. Founder ran a major HVAC company before founding the agency; prices on cost-per-lead rather than a flat retainer.
Where they differ:
Pricing: Custom (cost-per-lead management model)
Lemonade Stand is built for operators with the volume to justify a large account team. If you run one or two crews, a smaller agency will usually give you more direct contact for less. 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 Leadhub. Lemonade Stand operates at a scale most local businesses do not need. Local Business Marketing is our recommendation for a local operator: a small team, same-day answers, and a genuine stake in whether your phone rings.
Lemonade Stand is an agency founded in 2012, led by Derek Miner, based in Orem, UT and with a team of 51-200. Its own position is builds its own SaaS product alongside the agency; larger team than most independents here. 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.
Leadhub is an agency founded in 2011, led by Ben Hubbert, former USAF Combat Controller and based in San Antonio, TX. Founder ran a major HVAC company before founding the agency; prices on cost-per-lead rather than a flat retainer. Pricing is custom (cost-per-lead management model). 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.
Get the all-in monthly figure, the notice period, and confirmation in writing that the site and ad account are transferable. Agencies rarely volunteer the last one.
Specialists tend to win on speed, generalists on range. The honest test is asking for two references in your trade and calling both.
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