Digital Marketing Agency in St. Thomas, ON

Here are the digital marketing jobs that have become your side-hustle. Hand off one, or all of them

social media manager

Your customers and their neighbours are on Facebook and Instagram, and steady posts keep you in mind when they need what you offer. We plan the posts, write them and keep them going out, so you're not staring at a blank caption at the end of a long day.

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website designer

Your website should look as good as the work you do, and it should be easy to call or book you from a phone. We design it, write it, build it and keep it running, so you're not the one fixing a broken contact form on a Sunday.

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Follow-ups

A missed call on a busy day is a customer who goes somewhere else. When you can't pick up, the caller gets a text back right away. New leads and open quotes get a follow-up before they go cold, and once the work's done, your customer gets a text asking for a review.

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Meta/Google ads

When you need customers now, or you want more of a certain kind of work, ads can fill the gap. We build campaigns around what you want to sell more of, target the towns your customers live in, and send each click to a page that matches what the person searched for.

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Local SEO

People search by town, like "plumber St. Thomas" or "hair salon London." We make sure your site shows up for what you do in the towns you serve, and we track where you rank. That's how PMD Excavation went from page 6 to page 1 on Google in 4 weeks.

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GBP manager

When someone looks for a business like yours nearby, your Google Business Profile is often the first thing they see. We keep your services, photos, hours and posts current and reply to your reviews, so the profile keeps bringing in customers instead of sitting half-finished.

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We'll keep it simple. Let's have an in-person strategy session

Here's everything you're firing yourself from:
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• Your website, built and handled
• Your brand, designed and handled
• Your graphics and visuals, handled
• Local SEO strategy, handled
• Getting found on Google, handled
• Your Google profile, managed and handled
• Your site's performance, optimized and handled
• Reporting that proves it's working, handled
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You stop doing all of it, and we pick it up from there. That's the whole idea.‍

Our Plans
‍The Spark plan is your“get me online the right way” package. Your customer engine starter. Landing page, local visibility, and the essentials to start getting calls fast.

Ready to grow?
‍The Growth plan gives you everything in Spark plus a multi-page website, deeper search strategy, and tools so you capture and convert leads consistently.

Want to dominate locally?
‍The Domination plan is for owners who want to win without spending their life online. Paid ads, advanced local SEO, automated follow-up, reputation growth, and reporting that proves the investment.

If you have a love-hate relationship with social media, stop scrolling

The little voice in your head:

I know, I should post more.

I know people check our social media before they call, and it probably affects trust. But if I’m honest? I hate doing it. Every time I open Instagram, Facebook or TikTok, it feels like another job I didn’t sign up for. And somehow I’m supposed to keep it consistent while running my business?

If that thought has crossed your mind even once, click the link below.

‍→ See what business owners like you are doing instead

Hair stylist who is frustrated with social media posting

Most small business owners don't have a marketing problem

They have a doing-it-all-themselves problem

Out-of-town agencies just don't get St. Thomas, London, or the rest of Southwestern Ontario. It's a different market, and it shows in their work. They guess, they generalize, and then they send you the same email template they're sending a thousand other small businesses.

Sparkstartr is local. We live here too. We know the seasonality, the neighbourhoods, and what actually gets people in this region to pick up the phone or click through.

When you call us, you get someone in St. Thomas, not a script reader at a call centre halfway around the world. And we know how to build sites and campaigns that help this region grow, one business at a time.

Explore our plans here.

Entrepreneurs

Solopreneurs

Small to medium businesses (SMBs)

Two business owners happy because of the success of their business

Sparkstartr for entrepreneurs

You’re launching something from the ground up and need a steady stream of customers, not how to build my website.

Sparkstartr for solopreneurs

You do a lot with a little. Let us take digital marketing off your plate so you can do the work people pay you for.

Sparkstartr for small|medium business owners

You’re established, but where are the leads? Let us fix that problem.

A few local clients that decided to fire themselves

PMD Excavation

Elgin County, ON

Maize Boreal

St Thomas, ON

a picture that shows the out on a limb homepage

Out On A Limb Tree Experts

London, ON

Life Made Easier

London, ON

Hearts of Hope

St. Thomas, ON

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Nucore Asphalt & Concrete

London, ON

Someone in London, St. Thomas or SW Ontario just clicked on your competitors website instead of yours

They're not better than you and they're not working harder, they just made one decision you haven't made yet: they stopped guessing and got real help.

If you're tired of guessing, tired of juggling five different tools, and tired of wondering why growth online feels so much harder than it should, this is a good place to start.

Tell us where you're at and we'll tell you where to go from here. And if it makes sense to work together, we'll handle the rest.

Let's figure out the fastest way to get you from busy to booked.

Aunt Linda loves your site. What about Google?

Your friends and family will tell you your website looks "nice." Google won't Google doesn't care about your colors, your fonts, your new logo, or how proud you are of the site you just launched. It cares about one thing: whether your site deserves to show up in front of real customers searching for what you do.

And if Google can't find you, neither can they. It really is that simple.

Our free SEO audit skips the opinions and the feelings and tells you the truth from Google's perspective, because around here, that's the only perspective that pays the bills.

We'll walk you through what's costing you traffic, trust, and jobs, in plain English. Just facts you can do something with.

Drop your URL in the box below and find out where you stand.

Aunt Linda means well. Google means business.

Aunt Linda looking at your website on her laptop with a smile on her face

Your two large double-doubles costs $4.43 a day. That's roughly $145 a month.

Our Spark Plan costs $12.80 a day. About $397 a month.

One gets you through your morning.
The other brings in customers.

You don’t have to give up either.

But if your business isn’t growing because your digital marketing isn't helping, one of these deserves a little more attention.

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Not ready to fire yourself yet? No problem

Start with a hands-on workshop and leave with a branding and marketing plan you can run yourself, or hand to us when you're ready.

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What people are saying:

FAQs

How fast can I start showing up on Google and getting calls?

It depends on your trade, your town, and where your site starts from, so we won't promise you a date. What we can tell you is what's happened before: after we rebuilt PMD Excavation's website, they went from page 6 to page 1 on Google in 4 weeks. Your free SEO audit will show you where you stand today.

Do I need a big website to rank?

No. A clean site that loads fast on a phone and tells Google clearly what you do and where you do it will usually beat a big, complicated one. We build what your business needs to turn searches into calls.

What if I already have a website?

That's a good place to start. We'll look at what's holding it back and tell you honestly whether a few fixes will do the job or it's time to rebuild. If you want to see it from Google's side first, run a free SEO audit.

How do I know this works for my area?

Local search is the work we do every day. We focus on your Google Business Profile, the map results, and searches people make in the towns you serve, like St. Thomas, London, Aylmer, Port Stanley, Woodstock, and Strathroy.

Why add paid ads?

SEO takes time to build. Ads can bring in calls while that's happening, or fill a gap when you want more of a certain kind of work. We'll tell you if your website and Google profile need fixing first, so you're not paying to send people to a page that won't convert.

Will I need to learn SEO or manage any of this myself?

No. That's the whole point of firing yourself from your digital marketing. We handle it, and you keep doing the work your customers pay you for.

How much does it cost to get started?

Every plan is a one-time setup fee plus a monthly fee. Spark is $1,397 to set up and $397 a month, Growth is $1,597 and $697 a month, and Domination is $1,897 and $1,197 a month. Ad spend on Google or Meta is paid by you directly to those platforms. You can see what's in each plan on our pricing page.

What’s included in that price?

Depending on your plan, you get a website built and looked after for you, local SEO, your Google Business Profile managed, follow-up texts and emails for new leads, a text back when you miss a call, review requests, and reporting so you can see what's working.

Is there a contract, or can I cancel anytime?

There's no minimum term, and you can cancel with 30 days' written notice. If you leave before 12 months, you can buy your website by paying the monthly fees left in your first year, or let it go offline at the end of your notice period.

Do I own my website and accounts?

Your domain, content, logo, photos, Google Business Profile, and ad accounts are always yours. We build and host the website as part of your plan, and after 12 months on any plan, we'll transfer it to your own Webflow account at no charge.

What kind of return can I expect?

Every business is different, so we'd rather show you real results than promise you a number. We track your calls, form fills, and rankings, and you'll get reports that show what's bringing in work.

What happens after I sign up?

We start with your Google presence, then get your website set up to turn visitors into calls, then switch on the follow-ups that keep leads from going cold when you're busy on a job.

How much work do I need to do on my end?

Very little. We'll ask you about your business, your services, and the towns you serve, and we may ask for a few photos. From there we set it up, keep it running, and show you how it's performing.

What if I've never worked with a marketing agency before?

That's most of the people we work with. We'll explain each step as we go, you won't need any technical skills, and you'll always have one local person to call.

How will I know if this is working?

You'll notice it in your phone, your quote requests, and your form fills, and you'll get simple reports that show where those leads came from.

What makes your system different from a typical marketing agency?

You deal with one local person who knows your market, not a call centre or a rotating account team. We handle the website, the search work, and the follow-ups as one system, and we show you the numbers so you're never guessing whether it's paying off.

Stop being your own digital marketing department.
‍Get let go. By you.

Fire yourself.We’ll handle the website design and digital marketing

Here are the digital marketing jobs that have become your side-hustle. Hand off one, or all of them

social media manager

website designer

Follow-ups

Meta/Google ads

Local SEO

GBP manager

We'll keep it simple. Let's have an in-person strategy session

If you have a love-hate relationship with social media, stop scrolling

Most small business owners don't have a marketing problemThey have a doing-it-all-themselves problem

Sparkstartr for entrepreneurs

Sparkstartr for solopreneurs

Sparkstartr for small|medium business owners

A few local clients that decided to fire themselves

PMD Excavation

Maize Boreal

Out On A Limb Tree Experts

Life Made Easier

Hearts of Hope

Nucore Asphalt & Concrete

Someone in London, St. Thomas or SW Ontario just clicked on your competitors website instead of yours

Aunt Linda loves your site. What about Google?

Your two large double-doubles costs $4.43 a day. That's roughly $145 a month. Our Spark Plan costs $12.80 a day. About $397 a month.One gets you through your morning. The other brings in customers.You don’t have to give up either.

Not ready to fire yourself yet? No problem

What people are saying:

FAQs

Fire yourself.
We’ll handle the website design and digital marketing

Most small business owners don't have a marketing problem

They have a doing-it-all-themselves problem

Your two large double-doubles costs $4.43 a day. That's roughly $145 a month.

Our Spark Plan costs $12.80 a day. About $397 a month.

One gets you through your morning.
The other brings in customers.

You don’t have to give up either.