Work With Chris · Agency Replacement
Thinking About Firing Your Marketing Agency?Get a Second Opinion First.
No ranking, lead-volume, or revenue promises. An independent read of your accounts, then a plan you can act on.
Signs You Have Outgrown Your Current Setup
None of these mean your vendors are doing bad work. They mean nobody is accountable for the whole result.
- You pay four or five separate vendors and nobody can tell you what a booked job costs.
- Reports arrive full of impressions, clicks, and "ranking improvements" with no line for booked jobs.
- Your website, domain, ad account, or Google profile is held in someone else's name.
- The person who sold you the plan is not the person doing the work.
- You asked a straight question about ad spend versus management fees and did not get a straight answer.
- Your leads land in an inbox nobody watches instead of a follow-up system.
The fragmented agency bill
Five bills. Five logins. Nobody owns the whole result.
Add up every management fee and software charge before you compare proposals. Advertising spend is separate either way and should always be billed directly to you.
- Website company and hosting invoice
- SEO and Google Maps retainer
- Google Ads or LSA management fee
- Social media or content vendor
- CRM, email, and follow-up software
- One package and one accountable team
- SEO, Maps, AI search, ads, social, and reviews
- Website included in Complete and Ultimate
- CRM and follow-up included in Ultimate
- Your accounts, website, content, and data stay yours
How a Switch Actually Works
The order matters more than the speed. This is the sequence that protects your rankings, your ad history, and your lead flow.
Second Opinion First
The $497 Marketing Audit reviews your current website, Google Business Profile, ads, tracking, and lead handling before you cancel anything. Sometimes the answer is fix, not fire.
Secure What You Own
We inventory your domain, website, Google profiles, ad accounts, analytics, call tracking, and CRM data, and get your company listed as the primary owner of each before any transition.
Transition Without Going Dark
Campaigns, tracking, and lead routing are moved in a planned sequence so the phone keeps working while accounts change hands.
One Accountable System
SEO, Google Maps, paid search, website, and CRM follow-up run under one plan with one set of numbers, reported the same way every month.
What You Own, Before and After
The single biggest fear for a contractor who has been burned: losing the domain, the site, the ad history, or the customer list. Here is the standard.
- Your company owns the domain, the website, and the content.
- Your company is the primary owner of every Google profile and ad account.
- You keep admin access to analytics and call tracking.
- CRM contacts, pipelines, and reporting are exportable at any time.
- No lock-in contract that holds your assets hostage. Leave and it all stays yours.
Trade-Specific Reads
The channels that matter change by trade. Start where your work is.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I fire my agency?
Not until someone independent reads the accounts. The $497 Marketing Audit tells you whether the problem is the agency, the website, the tracking, or how leads are handled after they come in. Plenty of owners find the spend is fine and the follow-up is the leak.
Will I lose my rankings or ad history if I switch?
Not if the accounts are yours and the transition is sequenced. The risk comes from rebuilding a site or creating brand new ad accounts instead of transferring the existing ones. That is why ownership is confirmed before anything moves.
What if my agency owns my website or domain?
That is common and it is the first thing we work on. We document exactly what is in their name, what it would cost to buy or rebuild, and what your options are. A website you rent forever is a liability, which is why our websites are owned by the client.
Can you replace several vendors with one system?
Yes. That is the point of the complete marketing system: SEO, Google Maps, paid search, social, website, and CRM follow-up run together, starting around $3,000 per month per location after the audit.
Do you take over campaigns mid-contract?
We can plan the transition around your notice period so nothing goes dark. Read your current agreement for notice terms and data return before you give notice.
What does this cost compared to what I pay now?
Add every management fee you pay today, excluding ad spend, then compare it to the packages. Many owners paying four vendors are already spending more than the complete system costs.
Not sure where to start?
Start with the $497 Marketing Audit for a personalized video walkthrough and 90-day roadmap. Then choose DIY, build in-house, or have us run it. Private strategy is available when you need Chris personally.
Before You Renew, Get It Read
The $497 Marketing Audit is an independent review of your website, profiles, ads, tracking, and lead handling — with a 90-day plan you own either way.
Start With an Audit
