Kandle Marketing

Founded by an ambitious 18-year-old, headed to Michigan Ross

More customers for your small business.

Two ways I help local businesses grow: running the Google Ads that bring in customers, or building and running the whole website if you don't have one yet. Pick the path that fits you.

No long-term contracts ยท No setup fees ยท Cancel anytime

โœ“No long-term contracts
โœ“No setup fees
โœ“Founder-led, not outsourced
โœ“๐ŸŽ“ Headed to Michigan Ross

Which one sounds like you?

Two distinct services, each with its own focus. Choose where you are today and I'll take it from there.

Not sure? Tell me about your business and I'll point you to the right one.

Liam, founder of Kandle Marketing

Why trust an 18-year-old with your business?

Fair question. I'm Liam, the founder of Kandle, and I'm headed to the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business this fall. I started Kandle because I wanted to do real work for real businesses, not just read about marketing in a classroom. So yeah, I'm hungry and I'm hands-on. And honestly, your success is how I build my own name. I'm not spread across a hundred clients. I'm focused on growing yours, because your growth is the story that gets my career going.

My promise to you

Whichever path you pick, here's what working with me actually looks like.

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You win, I win

Your growth is my track record. When you win, I get a real story to tell, so I'm genuinely invested in your results.

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Founder-level attention

You won't get handed off to a junior account manager. You work with me, directly, the whole way.

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Total transparency

Your dashboard shows every change I make and every dollar I save you, in plain English. Most agencies hide this. I make it the whole point.

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Lean, fair pricing

A flat monthly fee, no bloated agency overhead, no percentage-of-spend games. Your ad budget is separate from my fee and I take 0% of it.

Questions, answered

How much does it cost?+

A flat monthly management fee, starting at $149/mo, and that is the entire invoice. Your ad budget is separate and I take 0% of it. You load it from your dashboard whenever you want, every dollar of it becomes your ads, and your campaigns are capped so they can never spend past what you put in. No setup fees, no contracts, no percentage of your spend.

Whose Google Ads account do my campaigns run in?+

Mine, for now, and I would rather say that up front than have you find it out later. Google doesn't hand a brand-new agency its own separate client accounts on day one, so early clients run inside Kandle's account with their campaigns kept strictly separate from every other client's. In practice that works in your favor: there is nothing for you to set up, no card of yours sitting with Google, and a hard cap so your ads cannot spend a cent more than the budget you loaded. Once Kandle qualifies, clients move onto their own account and pay Google directly. Your dashboard, your reporting and your fee stay exactly the same.

What do I actually get for the fee?+

Fully managed Google Ads plus your own live dashboard that installs like an app on your phone. Inside it you get a plain-English feed of every single change I make, a running counter of the wasted ad spend I've stopped, your monthly goal with an on-track progress bar, and call & lead tracking. You'll never have to wonder what you're paying for.

How do I know you're actually working on my account?+

Because you can see it. Every optimization I make โ€” a wasteful search term blocked, a keyword paused, a budget shift, a new ad โ€” is logged to your dashboard in plain English the day it happens, with the dollars it saved. You also get a short weekly update and a monthly results report. Most agencies hide this. I put it front and center.

How does the wasted-spend counter work?+

Studies of Google Ads accounts find the typical one wastes around three-quarters of its budget on clicks that never turn into customers. My job is to stop that. Every time I block a search term that was burning money, pause a keyword that wasn't converting, or cut out-of-area clicks, the estimated savings add up on a live counter in your dashboard, so you can see exactly how much of your budget I'm protecting.

Am I locked into a long contract?+

Nope. Everything is month to month. I'd rather earn your business every month than trap you in a year-long deal. If I'm not getting you results you can walk anytime, and the work comes with you: your keywords, your ad copy, the negative-keyword lists I built, and all of your reporting. I hand them over instead of holding them hostage.

How soon will I see results?+

Google Ads can start bringing in calls within days of launch. Month one is mostly finding out which searches waste money, so a fair read takes about ninety days. I'll always tell you what's realistic for your budget.

Why should I trust someone so young with my marketing?+

Fair question. Your results are how I build my reputation, so we want the exact same thing. I only look good when you win. You also work with me directly, not some junior account manager, and I actually know how Google's tools work right now.

What kind of businesses do you work with?+

Local US service businesses where a new customer is worth real money: home services (plumbing, HVAC, roofing, electrical, landscaping), auto, dental and health practices, med spas, vets, and local professionals like law firms and accountants. If your customers find you by searching Google, this is built for you.

What happens after I request an audit?+

I look over your online presence myself and send back a clear, plain-English breakdown of your biggest opportunities. It's free and there's no obligation. If we're a fit, we talk next steps. If not, you keep the notes either way.

See what I'd do for your business

Tell me about your business and I'll point you to the right path, plus the first easy wins I'd go after.

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