Pay-per-click advertising, run like a research desk.
We manage your paid media with the analytics rigor most agencies can't staff for, and it shows up in your cost per acquisition.
Platforms we run
- Google Ads
- Meta Ads
- Amazon Ads
- LinkedIn Ads
Some of the 45+ companies we've worked with
The gap
Most agencies manage spend on the platform's defaults and report at month-end. By then the budget is gone and the lesson is late.
The difference is rigor and speed of detection. Clean numbers, continuous monitoring, and decisions made while they still change the outcome.
What makes this different
The rigor a research desk runs on, applied to your ad account.
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Decisions run on your clean numbers, not the platform's defaults.
Every account is instrumented in its own data warehouse, so optimization starts from figures you can trust instead of whatever the ad platform reports by default.
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We catch tracking breaks and budget drift in hours, not at month-end.
Continuous anomaly, budget, and cost-per-lead monitoring flags problems while they are still small and cheap to fix.
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We watch your competitors' live ads and auction position, continuously.
Live competitive and auction monitoring is a standing input to strategy, not a quarterly screenshot.
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We experiment on every lever, not just the creative.
Bidding, budget, targeting, structure, creative, landing pages, feeds, scheduling, tracking: each is a place to run a structured test, measure it cleanly, and keep what wins.
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We optimize to qualified leads and revenue, not just form fills.
Offline-conversion feedback loops push lead-quality and revenue signals back into bidding, so spend follows what actually closes.
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The person who builds your account is the person who runs it.
One senior operator owns the account end to end. No junior hand-offs, no account-management churn.
Excellent work. For those looking for “wow” ads, Luke is the one you are looking for. Highly recommended!
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Years from now I will be able to say “I knew him when…”. Luke is super talented and a pure joy to work with. Will definitely work with him again.
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Second job Luke did for me, and he nailed it again.
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Luke Hovestadt is hands down the best I have hired. He is an absolute pleasure to work with, communicates often and takes pride in the quality of his work. I cannot recommend him enough!
Jon Taggart CEO, Taggart Media
- 5×
- Return on ad spend
- Oceans Optics: from an unprofitable 0.8× to 5× in three months, now holding 4× at four times the spend.
- 10×
- Account growth, budget and leads
- Hortitech Direct: rebuilt on Search with offline-conversion tracking, growing budget and lead flow ten-fold.
- #1
- Auction position, established and held
- West Coast Hot Mop: moved to a robust search campaign and held the top spot at a stable cost per lead.
Who we work with
Built for accounts where the numbers matter.
We do our best work for accounts that already spend meaningfully and care how every dollar performs. If you value precision over the cheapest retainer, you will feel at home here, whatever your segment.
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Home services & local lead gen
From HVAC and repair to interior design and residential architecture, we know how to win local demand, in high-CPC niches or not.
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Single-product & new stores
New stores with a few product lines that need to find winning ads fast, scale them, and grow top-line revenue.
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Nationwide lead gen
Large-scale campaigns across the country, dialed in for lead quality and a profitable, predictable cost per lead.
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Big ecommerce & many SKUs
Large catalogs where we forecast which categories are worth advertising and build structures that sell across the whole inventory.
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SaaS
Subscription and product-led SaaS that needs qualified trials and demos, with spend optimized to activation and revenue.
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B2B lead gen
Considered, high-value B2B where the goal is enterprise-grade leads that convert, not the cheapest form fills.
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Multifamily & property leasing
Lease-ups and stabilized communities that need a steady flow of qualified tours and applications, at a cost per lease that pencils.
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Healthcare & local practices
Clinics, dental, med-spa, and specialty practices that need a reliable stream of new patients, measured to booked appointments.
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Multi-location & portfolio brands
Franchises, chains, and multi-brand portfolios that need consistent performance and clean reporting across every location and budget.
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