Flat-rate Google Ads management · taking new accounts

Stop paying fees that scale with your success.

Your ad budget should go to Google — not to a management fee that gets bigger every time you grow. Flat rate, senior strategist, and the account stays yours.

Your spend scales. Your fee doesn't.
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Percentage-fee agency Cherri Stone
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Percentage fees. Ever.
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You own your account
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Years in paid search
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Senior strategist, direct
the problem

The agency industry has a pricing problem.

Traditional agencies make more money when you spend more money. The incentives are upside down — and you end up paying the price.

01

Percentage fees are backwards

Why should your management fee jump when your ad budget grows? A $10k budget doesn't take twice the work to manage as a $5k budget. You shouldn't be paying twice for it.

02

Hidden costs and markups

Platform fees, fine-print charges, mystery line items. Most agencies pad the invoice in places you'll never check, inflating your real cost without adding any value.

03

Senior pitch, junior execution

You bought the senior strategist on the sales call. You got someone three years out of school running your account. The expert moved on to chase the next pitch.

04

They own your account

When the agency owns your Google Ads account, leaving them gets expensive. Your history, your conversion data, your audiences. They hold everything that matters.

the fix

Performance without penalty.

Flat-rate pricing. Senior strategist. Your account stays yours. The agency model rebuilt around the way it should have worked from the start.

01

Zero percentage fees. Ever.

Flat monthly rate whether you spend $5k or $50k. Same expert work either way. Scale your budget without scaling your fee by a single dollar.

02

Senior strategist, direct access

Your account is built and run by a strategist with 20+ years in Google Ads. No middle layer, no junior handoff. The person you sign with is the person who does the work.

03

You own your account on day one

Full admin access from the start. No hostage situations, no expensive exits. If you ever decide to leave, you walk out with everything intact.

04

Reporting that says something

Clear monthly reports on what's working, what isn't, and what we're changing next. No vanity metrics. If a number doesn't tell you what to do, it shouldn't be in the report.

who you actually get
When you hire Cherri Stone, you get me — a senior strategist, not a sales rep and a junior handoff.

I've spent 20+ years in paid search, and I build and run every account personally. That's the whole reason the flat fee works: no agency overhead to feed, no team to mark up. Just senior-level work at an honest, predictable price — and an account that's yours from day one.

AmiFounder · Cherri Stone Interactive
pricing

Simple flat-rate management. Three levels of involvement.

Pick the level of management your account needs — from monthly upkeep to weekly hands-on work. Pricing reflects the work your account needs, not what you spend.

Monthly
Light-touch management to keep a focused account healthy and on track.
$449/ month
  • Google Ads management
  • Monthly optimization
  • Monthly performance report
  • Email support
Best forSimpler accounts that need steady upkeep
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Managed
Active, multi-platform management for accounts in regular motion.
$1,200/ month
  • Everything in Monthly, plus:
  • Multi-platform management (Google & Microsoft)
  • Bi-weekly optimization
  • Bi-weekly strategy call
  • Audience & ad testing
Best forWorking accounts managed every two weeks
Hands-On
Weekly, close-in management for accounts being actively pushed and scaled.
$2,500/ month
  • Everything in Managed, plus:
  • Weekly optimization & strategy calls
  • Full campaign coverage
  • Live performance dashboard
  • Cross-channel tracking & experiments
  • Priority phone & email
Best forHigh-volume accounts that need weekly attention
Build & Onboarding is a one-time $995 setup fee covering the full account build — conversion tracking, keyword research, and campaign structure, done right from the start. It's billed upfront to get the work going; your flat monthly fee doesn't begin until your campaigns go live, so you never pay management on an account that isn't running yet. Every plan includes full account ownership from day one — month-to-month, no contracts, never a percentage of spend. Rebuilds of existing accounts and complex integrations (CRM, offline conversions, custom tracking) are quoted case-by-case.
for $5M+ brands

Need more than Google Ads management?

When you're scaling and want one senior lead across paid search, paid social, email & lifecycle, and merchandising — not four separate vendors — that's our fractional growth engagement.

Flat $7,500/mo · 12-month engagement
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