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Two founders. Every account. We do the work.

Stackt Marketing is two founders who build marketing in the right order. We keep the team small and deal with you directly, so whoever you speak to is the person doing the work.

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Gold Coast · 2023

Made for the businesses most agencies get wrong.

For years Adrian and Lochie watched good service businesses get handed the same one-size-fits-all agency package. Recycled strategies. Account managers fresh out of uni who had never built a Google Ads campaign for a tradie. Monthly reports stuffed with numbers that never turned into a phone call or a booked job.

In 2023 they set up on their own with a tighter focus: service businesses and consumer brands. Sparkies, plumbers, builders and landscapers. Law firms and accountants. Retail brands with several stores and big plans. The industries differ, but what works doesn't: showing up when people are ready to buy, measuring everything honestly, and doing the work that brings in revenue.

Staying small is deliberate. A founder runs every account, nothing gets passed down the line, and the person you call is the person building your campaigns.

We called it Stackt because that is how we work: brand, website, search, content and ads built in the right order, each layer holding up the next.

The two people you'll actually work with.

No account manager in the middle

Adrian Fowler

Co-founder · Digital & branding lead

Adrian looks after paid media, branding and where the agency is heading. You'll find him running strategy calls and brand sessions, and inside your Google Ads account.

His background spans business development, marketing leadership and creative direction, including leading marketing as a Chief Marketing Officer in the Australian financial services industry, where he launched two new brands.

Google AdsMeta AdsDigital strategyBrandingSocial media

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Lochie Burgdorf

Co-founder · Content, build & systems lead

Lochie looks after content, search engine optimisation (SEO) and anything technical. He writes the case studies, builds the websites and is behind the camera on shoot days.

He began as a freelancer, working with My Muscle Chef, InMotion, Gym and Fitness, Scooter Hut and Stratco, among others. His view: content without a story falls flat.

SEOWeb designContentPhoto & videoAI & systems

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How we work, every time.

How we work

No fluff, just results

We measure enquiries, booked jobs and revenue, not likes and reach. Every report links what you spent to what it brought in, and if the numbers don't stack up, you'll hear it from us first.

Specialist, not generalist

Trades, professional services and retail brands. We say no to work outside that, because knowing an industry well is what makes the results good.

Transparent everything

Your ad spend, your enquiries and what's working (or not) are all in front of you. No marked-up ad budgets and no mystery fees buried in the invoice.

Long-term partners

We think long term and build marketing that keeps paying off. You're still free to leave any month, with no lock-in.

A different kind of agency.

What changes when the founders do the work

The typical agency

Stackt

Works across any industry that walks in

Service businesses and consumer brands, with deep industry knowledge

A junior account manager runs your account

Founder-led on every account, every call

12-month lock-in contracts

Month to month, leave any time

Reports built around vanity metrics

Reports tied to leads, jobs and revenue

Strategies templated from the last client

A plan built for your specific business

Hidden retainers and platform markups

Transparent pricing, no markups, see the numbers

Brands our team has worked on.

Before and alongside Stackt

Brands our founders have worked on in previous roles and projects. Our own client case studies are on the work page, kept anonymous.

About us, briefly.

Common questions

Where are you based?

Mudgeeraba, on the Gold Coast in Queensland. Our clients are all over Australia and we run things the same way for each of them; the only thing that changes is which towns and suburbs we target in search. We also work across Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast and Darwin.

Do you only work with tradies?

Tradies were our starting point, but not our limit. Law firms, accountants and retail brands are on our books too. What they share is a clear customer they're trying to reach.

Why founder-led?

Agencies usually go wrong once the owners step back from the day-to-day. You sign up for experienced people, then someone new is put on your account. Keeping Stackt small is how we stop that happening.

What's your team size?

Deliberately small: the two founders, plus trusted specialists such as photographers and videographers when a job calls for them. No layers of management and no big-agency overheads.

Do you lock clients into contracts?

Month to month, with no lock-in. If the results aren't there, you're free to go. We'd rather keep clients because of the work than because of a contract.