Flat-rate Google Ads management · 20+ years

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.

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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
Certified by Google Partner
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. Four levels of attention.

Your plan is set by how much attention your account gets, not by what you spend. No percentage of spend, and the number of campaigns doesn't change your price.

Silver
We keep it running and watched.
$449/ month
+ $995 one-time build
  • Google Ads management
  • Optimized monthly
  • Monthly report
  • Onboarding call, then email
  • 2 project credits a month
  • 2 business day response
  • Microsoft Ads available for +$300/mo
Best forSimpler accounts that need steady upkeep
Sterling
We improve it every two weeks.
$899/ month
+ $1,495 one-time build
  • Everything in Silver, plus:
  • Optimized every 2 weeks
  • 30-minute call each month
  • Monthly report with recommendations
  • 4 project credits a month
  • 1 business day response
  • Microsoft Ads available for +$300/mo
Best forAccounts that need steady improvement
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Gold
Weekly work, monthly strategy.
$1,500/ month
+ $1,995 one-time build
  • Everything in Sterling, plus:
  • Optimized weekly
  • In-depth monthly strategy session, with a written list of next opportunities
  • Biweekly report
  • Google and Microsoft Ads included
  • 6 project credits a month
  • Same-day response to alerts
Best forWorking accounts in regular motion
Platinum
We plan and forecast it with you.
$2,500/ month
+ $3,500 one-time build
  • Everything in Gold, plus:
  • Weekly, plus as needed
  • Biweekly calls and a quarterly planning and forecast session
  • Biweekly report with custom analysis and a forecast
  • 10 project credits a month
  • Same-day response, direct line to your strategist
Best forAccounts being pushed and scaled

Everyday changes are included. New keywords, negatives, bids, budgets, pauses and small ad edits happen in your next regular cycle, with nothing to count.

Bigger work uses project credits. A new campaign is 3 credits, a new service or location or a seasonal ad set is 2, and an extra call or quick custom analysis is 1. Credits reset monthly. Need more? We quote first and wait for your yes.

Every plan includes a landing page scorecard at onboarding and each quarter, a daily check that your site is live, alerts if your ad account goes dark or billing fails, a change log, and full account ownership.

Need a new brand, a second website, or something else like Meta Ads, email or a one-off project? Get in touch and we'll scope it.
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 $15,000/mo · 12-month engagement
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get in touch

Want to see what flat-rate would look like for your account?

Reach out — it comes straight to me, and I'll get back to you the same day.

Email hello@cherristone.com or Call or text (201) 304-7880