About us
We have worked inside the agencies that burn your budget.
Based in Gloucestershire. Built to do things differently.
SearchMaven started with a frustration. Its founders are Google Ads specialists who'd grown sick of agencies that put retainer income ahead of client results. We've worked inside those places. We've watched budgets vanish into clumsily built campaigns, and we've seen business owners left completely in the dark about where their money actually went.
So we built something different. We take on a deliberately small roster of clients, which means every business gets real attention from a senior specialist, not a junior handed your account the moment the flashy onboarding call ends. Not an account manager who surfaces once a month with a slide deck full of impressions and little else.
“Ask us a question and you get a straight answer. If something isn't working, you'll hear it from us before you have to ask.”
If we reckon you should be spending your budget differently, we'll say so, even when it means less in fees for us. It's a simple principle. It's also one most agencies quietly drop the moment it starts costing them.
We're based in Gloucestershire, and most of our clients are too. That local knowledge feeds straight into better campaigns. We know the market. We know the search patterns. And we know what genuinely works for businesses in this corner of the country.
How we work
These aren't values we cooked up for a website. They're the things we actually do, day in, day out.
Transparent
No hidden fees. No vanity metrics dressed up to look like progress. Every month you see exactly what your budget did, in plain language a human can follow. And if something's off, you'll hear it from us before you ever have to ask.
Plain-speaking
We won't blind you with jargon. Clicks, conversions, ROAS, Quality Score: we'll translate every bit of it into terms that actually mean something. Here's the rule we work to: if we can't explain a decision clearly, we don't make it.
Results-focused
Every call we make points at one thing: better results for your business. Lower cost per lead. More qualified enquiries. More revenue in the bank. We won't polish a dashboard to look impressive while the numbers that actually matter sit still.
No lock-in contracts
We work month to month. No tie-ins, because we'd rather win your business afresh every single month than trap you in a contract you've outgrown. If we stop delivering, you should be free to leave. Simple as that.
Like what you see? Let us take a look at your account.
Every new enquiry gets a free Google Ads audit. No obligation. No sales pitch lurking at the end. Just an honest read on where your budget's going, and what we'd do differently.