Founder, Golden Ads
Athena Gardner
I run paid search and SEO for local businesses (mostly home-service contractors), and I have done it from inside two marketing agencies, building the campaigns, the sites and the reports that clients actually read. I saw what that model does well and where it breaks: questions relayed through layers, juniors learning on client budgets, and pressure to sign new accounts whether or not the current ones are being served.
Golden Ads grows deliberately. We take on a maximum of two new clients a month so every account gets real attention, you always know who is working on it, and you get a straight answer when you ask what changed.
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Google Digital Marketing certificate
Meta Ads certificate
Based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Working with local businesses nationwide.
The story behind the approach
Marketing does not fix the gaps in a business
When the phone starts ringing more, the first thing to break is usually follow-up. Calls go to voicemail while you are with a customer, quotes go out late, and people who were ready to book call the next company on the list.
I saw this happen with a commercial HVAC company opening a residential division. The marketing was working and leads were coming in, but the business had no system to catch them. Marketing does not fix the gaps in a business. It makes them more obvious.
That is why I build the follow-up alongside the ads, so the holes get plugged before the leads pour in and your business grows instead of leaks.
Why Golden Ads? Named for golden retrievers: loyal, steady, and focused on bringing results back.
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