Two agencies had already burned his budget. We proved the system on a $10K test, scaled it to $100K in ad spend at roughly 4x back, and added about $100K more from SEO. He just showed up and closed.
A Miami remodeling contractor came to us after two agencies in a row had spent his budget without filling his calendar. He had paid for traffic and reports - not booked jobs - and he had every reason to be skeptical of trying a third time.
About $500K booked in a single quarter. Ads came back at roughly 4x on $100K in spend, and SEO added about $100K more on top. He kept every asset we built - the site, the ad account, the ranking, and the reviews.
If an agency has burned you before, the answer isn't to stop marketing - it's to start small, measure booked jobs instead of clicks, and scale only what pays. See how we do it for remodeling contractors, or browse more results.
Numbers are taken from the client's own dashboards. The client's name is withheld under NDA.