Google Ads management for Catonsville, Maryland businesses that need calls, not clicks. I work with contractors, Frederick Road restaurants and retail, and other local operators. You work with me directly. No junior handoff. No outsourced account team.
Catonsville sits between Baltimore City and Howard County. Buyers often search Catonsville first, then expand outward.
Local retailers, contractors, and professional offices need Catonsville landing points that match how people actually search.
Broad match and weak landing pages burn budget. Local buyers click. Nobody calls. In Catonsville, that hits contractors, Frederick Road restaurants and retail, and professional offices hardest. The business that owns the search gets the call. Everyone else gets silence.
SEO or Google Ads from $650 a month. Both for $1,300. A 6-month contract includes a website redesign tailored to search.
Buyers here type searches like "google ads management Catonsville" and "ppc agency Catonsville". Those exact phrases are where the work starts. Not a national template with Catonsville pasted in.
As a local PPC agency, I build Google Ads around high-intent searches in your service area, clean conversion tracking, and pages that ask for the sale.
I serve Catonsville, Maryland and Baltimore, Ellicott City, and Baltimore County. The plan gets built around Catonsville demand, not copied from another market. You work with me directly.
I typically keep about 10 clients at a time. That is how Catonsville, Maryland businesses get senior attention instead of a recycled playbook. Strong fit for contractors, Frederick Road restaurants and retail, and small teams under 25. No MLMs.
Serving Baltimore, Ellicott City, and Baltimore County. If you also need coverage in a nearby town, use the links below. Each page targets its own city + service searches on purpose.
A short call or the form on this page. I look at how Catonsville buyers actually search for you.
$650 a month each. $1,300 for both. A 6-month contract includes a website redesign built around search.
I write the strategy, ship the work, and keep optimizing. No account manager shuffle.

Gary Thorn owns Up The Brand. Twenty years in agencies, startups, and federal work. Now based in Bel Air, serving Catonsville and Greater Baltimore. If you hire this shop, you get the person who writes the strategy, builds the site, and runs the ads.
About 10 clients at a time. Harford County Chamber of Commerce member. No handoff. No outsourced account team.
Same person Catonsville businesses would work with. Direct access. No junior handoff.
“We are very satisfied. Gary is always available and extremely transparent with what he does. We had a unique situation where we had to have a third party integrated with our site. Gary went above and beyond.”
“My experience has been unmatched with Up The Brand. I needed a landing page designed for my business, somewhere my customers could find my business and our services. After speaking with Gary I had a better understanding of what my site would look like and how it could increase sales.”
“I had the pleasure of working alongside Gary and the marketing industry needs more people like him. He's someone you can count on to have your company's best interests at heart and deliver quality work every time. Whether your company is starting from scratch or is more established, Gary knows what it takes to generate and convert traffic into customers for local businesses. Truly, a great professional and person.”
Management is $650 a month plus your ad spend, which goes directly to Google. Most Catonsville clients start near $1,000 a month in spend. A 6-month contract includes a free website redesign.
Yes. Up The Brand is based in Bel Air, and Catonsville is squarely in the service area along with Baltimore, Ellicott City, and Baltimore County. This is a local operation, not a national call center with a map graphic.
Calls, form fills, and booked jobs, tracked properly. Clean conversion tracking comes first, so we both know what every Catonsville click turns into. No screenshots of impressions dressed up as results.
Yes. From day one you keep access. I rebuild what is broken and keep what is working.
Yes. Local Service Ads are available as a $650/mo add-on when they fit your industry.
SEO or Google Ads for $650 a month. Both for $1,300. A 6-month contract includes a website redesign. You work with me directly.
I read every message. No ticket queue.
Message sent.
It lands in my inbox. You will hear back from me, not an assistant.
Internal links between services in the same town help users and search engines map the local offer.
Same service, different city pages. Each one targets its own local searches.
Catonsville overview · All service areas · National Google Ads page · About Gary