The retainer came first
You paid every month, whether the phone rang or not. Ask what it bought you, and you got a slide deck.
ClientSwing vs. agencies
You've paid an agency once. How'd that go?
No retainer. No contract. Your ad budget stays in your own account.
Trusted by 113+ ContractorsMost of them came to us after an agency.
Marketing services agreementYour last agency
- BillingMonthly retainer
- Term12 months
- Ad spendBundled with fee
- Ad accountAgency-owned
- LeadsShared
Signed
Month-to-monthCancel anytime
Your ad accountYour name, your data
The pattern
It usually breaks the same 3 ways.
We hear these on almost every call.
Your ad money vanished into theirs
Spend and fee came as one number, run from their ad account. When you left, the account, the pixel and the history left with them.
Nobody owned the outcome
Leads came in late, unqualified, or shared with 4 other contractors. The report counted impressions, not booked jobs.
Why it happens
A retainer pays for activity, not booked jobs.
Once the fee is locked in for the year, the reason to make your phone ring is gone. And the contract makes leaving expensive enough that most contractors just ride it out.
The difference
What actually changes.
Same goal: a full calendar. A very different deal.
The agency model
- BillingRetainer billed monthly, results optional
- ContractLocked into a 6 or 12-month contract
- Ad spendSpend and fee bundled into one number
- Ad accountAds run from their account, not yours
- LeadsShared, recycled or unqualified
- ReportingImpressions and reach
- Your areaThey sign your competitor down the road too
ClientSwing
- BillingOne flat fee, month-to-month, cancel anytime
- ContractNone. 30-day money-back on month one
- Ad spendOur fee is for managing. Spend is separate.
- Ad accountYour ad account, your name, your data
- LeadsExclusive, AI-qualified before booking
- ReportingA monthly report on booked, qualified jobs
- Your areaOne contractor per trade, per area
The math
You already know your old number.
We won't invent a figure for what your last agency charged. You've got the invoices. Put ours next to them.
Your last agencyMonthly invoice
Ad spend + fee
One number, run from their ad account.
ClientSwing2 separate numbers
Our fee is for managing the machine, never a cut of your spend disguised as one.
Ownership
Your accounts stay yours.
In your name, under your control. You fund the ad spend directly, and the money never passes through us.
Your CompanyAccount owner
- Ad accountIn your name, funded by youYours
- PixelAnd all of its historyYours
- Google Business ProfileUnder your controlYours
- ReviewsUnder your controlYours
- CRM contactsEvery contact in itYours
- LeadsNever shared or resoldYours
Contractors who switched
They'd all tried something else first.
We'd tried other marketing companies who charged a lot more with hardly any results.
Brandon BallanceTexas Home Remodel & Repair“Right away we started picking up higher-ticket clients.”
Brandon BallanceTexas Home Remodel & Repair
Dallas–Fort Worth, TXHigher-ticket clientsQualified in 48 hours
“Through the dead winter months, I've been booked solid.”
Joseph RomanoHome Improvements by Joseph
Staten Island, NYBooked solid all winterReplaced 8 yrs of Angie's List
“Within days I got two serious leads. More than Houzz gave me in four years.”
Gordon KwasniewskiTogo Custom Homes
Canonsburg, PA2 serious leads in daysReplaced Houzz
Questions
What contractors ask after the last one.
We have nothing for sale for a business we can't help. Ask us anything on the call.
How is this possible when my agency charged multiples of it?
Most of what an agency bills for is people doing repetitive work by hand: chasing leads, follow-ups, qualifying, booking. Here that part is automated and runs the same way for every client.
What you're not paying for is an account team, an office, and a retainer that exists whether the phone rings or not.
So what's the catch?
No hidden one, but a real constraint: we take one contractor per trade, per area. If your zip is already taken for your trade, we'll tell you on the call.
We also turn down businesses we don't think we can help. That's not a line. It's cheaper for us than a refund.
Am I locked in?
No. Month-to-month, cancel anytime, and the first month carries a 30-day money-back guarantee. You shouldn't have to trust us for long before you can see whether it works.
Who owns the ad account and my leads?
You do. Your ad account is in your name and you fund it directly. The money never passes through us.
Your Google Business Profile, your reviews, your CRM and every contact in it stay under your control. Your leads are never shared or resold.
Do you take a percentage of my ad spend?
Our foundation fee is flat, not a percentage. There's a fuller version where we run the ads for you, and that one is priced differently. We'll walk you through it on the call.
Either way, you always see the spend and the fee as 2 separate numbers.
How long before I can tell if it's working?
You're live in a day and fully activated inside 48 hours. Your first month is covered by the money-back guarantee, long enough to see real leads, not just setup.
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