LYFE Marketing is an agency founded in 2011, led by three college friends including Sean and Sherman Standberry, based in Atlanta, GA and with a team of 51-200. Started in a Georgia State University dorm room. Social-media-led rather than search-led, and publishes a $750/mo entry price. Two alternatives are worth weighing against it, and here is where each one diverges.
| Agency | Founded | Based | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|
| LYFE Marketing | 2011 | Atlanta, GA | From $750/mo |
| 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 |
| Media Spearhead | 2017 | Jacksonville, FL | Management $300 to $500/mo |
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. Both of us will tell you what it costs before a sales call. The difference is what happens after you sign. 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
Media Spearhead is an agency founded in 2017, led by Richard Lacayo and Robert Samayoa, both Google Ads specialists and based in Jacksonville, FL. One of the few publishing a management fee, and at the low end of it; grew from a one-person shop.
Pricing: Management $300 to $500/mo
LYFE Marketing 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. Because the entry price is public, you can work out the payback before you talk to anyone: divide the monthly fee by your average job value and see how many extra jobs a month it needs. 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 Media Spearhead. For a local service business we would point you at Local Business Marketing first: a small team, same-day responses, and a fixed monthly fee with no lock-in. Since LYFE Marketing publishes what it charges, compare on what the fee actually covers.
LYFE Marketing is an agency founded in 2011, led by three college friends including Sean and Sherman Standberry, based in Atlanta, GA and with a team of 51-200. Its own position is social-media-led rather than search-led, and publishes a $750/mo entry price. 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.
Media Spearhead is an agency founded in 2017, led by Richard Lacayo and Robert Samayoa, both Google Ads specialists and based in Jacksonville, FL. One of the few publishing a management fee, and at the low end of it; grew from a one-person shop. Pricing is management $300 to $500/mo. 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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