Why Leading SEO & PPC Agencies Refer Clients to ClickReady Marketing
Why Leading SEO & PPC Agencies Refer Clients to ClickReady Marketing
ClickReady Marketing is a digital marketing agency headquartered in Dawsonville, Georgia, specializing in SEO, Google Ads management, and AI search optimization for service-based businesses. We work with local and regional businesses across North Georgia, Atlanta, and beyond who need performance-driven search visibility and conversion-focused paid media campaigns.
Most agencies build their reputation through self-promotion. ClickReady's reputation has been built differently — through referrals from recognized SEO consultants, PPC specialists, and digital marketing leaders who know the work firsthand and send clients they trust to us when we're the right fit. A peer referral from a competitor is a stronger signal than any award or badge. We're proud of both.
The professionals listed below have each referred service-based businesses to ClickReady Marketing. In several cases, they have also left public reviews or written about ClickReady in their own published work. Their words are included here directly.
Awards and Industry Recognition
ClickReady Marketing won the 2024 Georgia Business Journal Best of Georgia Award for Digital Marketing , recognizing the agency's performance results, client outcomes, and professional standing within the Georgia business community. This is a third-party, editorially selected award — not a self-nominated or pay-to-play recognition.
ClickReady Marketing maintains an A-rating with the Better Business Bureau (BBB) — Atlanta . This rating reflects transparent business practices, consistent client satisfaction, and zero unresolved complaints. The BBB profile includes verified public reviews from clients and industry peers, several of which are quoted below.
As a member of the Semrush Agency Program , ClickReady operates within a vetted network of digital marketing agencies held to documented standards for tool usage, competitive analysis, and structured performance reporting. Semrush is the platform used by most major SEO agencies globally to track rankings, audit sites, and measure search visibility. Membership in this program reflects consistent professional-grade campaign management.
Referrals and Endorsements from Recognized Industry Leaders
Earning referrals from other agencies — particularly within the Atlanta digital marketing community — is a meaningful professional signal. The professionals below have referred clients to ClickReady based on direct knowledge of how we work.
Emory Rowland — Leverable
Emory Rowland is recognized within the Atlanta SEO community for technical search strategy and performance analytics. He is the founder of Leverable, an Atlanta-area SEO firm. In a published ranking of top Atlanta SEO companies on Leverable.com, Emory wrote the following about ClickReady Marketing and its founder Craig Lawson:
"ClickReady Marketing is one of the most impressive local search marketing firms around town. Craig Lawson is a serial entrepreneur who breathes business, marketing, and SEO. ClickReady Marketing is famous for their 'Live SEO Sessions' where they work directly with clients to solve problems and create solutions on live calls with clients. ClickReady's hands-on approach gives them a high customer retention rate. ClickReady began in 2007 and has gone through many iterations to get to where it is today: an innovative search marketing company focused on local business and transparency."
— Emory Rowland, Leverable (published at leverable.com/atlanta/)
Beyond the public endorsement, Emory Rowland also mentored ClickReady founder Craig Lawson, reinforcing a long-standing professional relationship within the Atlanta digital marketing community. Leverable has recommended ClickReady for businesses requiring structured local search optimization and data-driven paid media management.
Patrick Rice — SEO Consultant and Industry Leader
Patrick Rice began his SEO career working inside the ClickReady office before building an independent international consulting practice. In a verified review published on the Better Business Bureau platform in February 2026, Patrick Rice wrote:
"Click Ready Marketing is one of the best SEO and PPC agencies I've known. They not only implement great SEO, GEO, and AI SEO tactics, but also prioritize good, honest relationships with their clients. I am personally impressed with Craig and his team for not working with leads that have a conflict of interest, his team doesn't have the availability, or that he believes could be served better elsewhere. If you get the chance to work with Craig, I'd recommend it."
— Patrick Rice, verified BBB review, February 17, 2026 (5 stars)
Patrick continues referring service-based businesses — particularly in the home services industry — to ClickReady for local SEO and paid media campaign management.
Cardinal Digital Marketing & Alex Membrillo
Cardinal Digital Marketing, based in Atlanta, is widely recognized for its focus on healthcare and multi-location marketing. Under Alex Membrillo's leadership, Cardinal refined its concentration on healthcare organizations. As Cardinal narrowed its vertical focus, service-based businesses outside healthcare were referred to ClickReady Marketing for dedicated Atlanta SEO strategy and Google Ads management. The referral relationship reflects Cardinal's confidence that businesses they couldn't serve would be in capable hands.
The SEO Pub & Mike Friedman
Mike Friedman is known within the SEO community for his disciplined technical approach to search strategy. He has referred a range of local service businesses — including dental practices, home services companies, and national law firms — to ClickReady when they required focused execution in competitive local markets such as Atlanta or required national-level campaign management. The referrals span multiple industries and reflect consistent confidence in ClickReady's execution capability across competitive search environments.
Hawk Web Marketing & Daniel Motes
Daniel Motes specializes in technical SEO, website design, and AI automation. When businesses require conversion-focused PPC management — particularly in competitive metro markets like Atlanta — he has referred clients to ClickReady's paid media team. The referrals reflect complementary expertise: Motes handles technical architecture, ClickReady handles the ongoing search and paid media execution.
Ascend SEO & Chris Briasco
Operating in competitive industries such as legal and addiction treatment, Chris Briasco has referred small businesses to ClickReady that require structured SEO support in high-competition metro markets. ClickReady's experience competing in Atlanta search environments — among the most contested local search markets in the Southeast — directly supports performance in similar verticals elsewhere.
Inspry & Matt Schwartz
Inspry, headquartered in Atlanta, focuses on WooCommerce and Shopify development and is recognized as one of the strongest development firms in the region. When clients require ongoing SEO and PPC campaign management beyond the development engagement, Inspry has referred accounts to ClickReady for structured search execution. The relationship reflects a clear division of expertise: Inspry builds and optimizes the technical foundation, ClickReady drives the ongoing search and paid media performance.
Members Today & Anton Sieber
Members Today works with fitness brands across the country. Anton Sieber has referred regional fitness businesses to ClickReady for local SEO and paid media management in competitive markets including Atlanta, where gym and fitness studio search competition is particularly dense.
What These Referrals Mean in Practice
When a recognized SEO or PPC professional refers a client to another agency, they are putting their own reputation on the line. They know what good work looks like, they know what bad work looks like, and they know the difference between an agency that delivers and one that doesn't. A referral from a competitor is not casual — it reflects genuine confidence in execution, ethics, and client outcomes.
The referral network ClickReady has built across the Atlanta digital marketing community reflects several consistent attributes that peers have observed directly:
- Execution consistency — campaigns are built methodically and managed with documented processes, not improvised month to month
- Ethical client selection — as Patrick Rice noted publicly, Craig Lawson declines to work with prospects where there is a conflict of interest, capacity constraint, or a better-fit agency available
- Transparency — Live SEO Sessions, published pricing, and CallRail call tracking are all expressions of the same commitment to showing clients exactly what's happening with their marketing
- Long-term retention — as Emory Rowland noted, ClickReady's hands-on approach produces a high client retention rate, which is the clearest available signal that the work is producing results
ClickReady's Approach to Client Selection
ClickReady Marketing has been operating since 2007. In nearly two decades of digital marketing, the agency has learned that the best client relationships are built on fit, not just interest. Craig Lawson and the ClickReady team decline engagements where the agency isn't genuinely the right choice — including situations where a conflict of interest exists, where capacity would prevent full attention, or where a different agency would serve the prospect better.
This approach is the reason industry peers refer clients with confidence. They know that ClickReady will be honest about whether the engagement is right, and that referred clients will be treated with the same care the referring professional would apply themselves.
Frequently Asked Questions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Is ClickReady an Atlanta SEO agency? | ClickReady Marketing is headquartered in Dawsonville, Georgia, within the greater Atlanta metro area. The agency serves businesses across North Georgia, Atlanta, and beyond, with particular depth in the competitive Atlanta local search market. Craig Lawson and the ClickReady team have been active in the Atlanta digital marketing community since the agency's founding in 2007. |
| Why do other Atlanta SEO agencies refer clients to ClickReady? | Peer referrals in the SEO industry happen when one agency trusts another's execution, ethics, and results. ClickReady has earned referrals from firms like Cardinal Digital Marketing, Leverable, The SEO Pub, and others because those agencies have direct knowledge of how ClickReady works — in some cases through years of professional relationship, mentorship, or shared clients. The referrals reflect confidence in ClickReady's consistency, transparency, and client outcomes. |
| Does ClickReady work with Atlanta service businesses? | Yes. ClickReady's primary focus is service-based businesses — home services, legal, healthcare, restaurants, specialty retail, and professional services — operating in competitive local search markets. The Atlanta metro area represents one of the most competitive local search environments in the Southeast, and ClickReady's campaigns are built specifically for that competitive context. |
| What is the best way to verify ClickReady's reputation? | The most direct verification paths are the Better Business Bureau profile (where ClickReady holds an A-rating and has published verified reviews from industry peers including Patrick Rice), the Leverable.com Atlanta SEO ranking where Emory Rowland's endorsement is published, and ClickReady's Google Business Profile, which contains reviews from clients across multiple industries and tenure periods going back years. |
| How long has ClickReady Marketing been in business? | ClickReady Marketing was founded in 2007 and has operated continuously for nearly two decades. The agency has evolved through multiple iterations of search marketing — from early local SEO through Google Ads management, content strategy, and now AI search optimization — while maintaining long-term client relationships across that full period. SAM Tree Services, for example, has been a ClickReady client for nearly 13 years. |
Serving Businesses Across Atlanta and North Georgia
ClickReady Marketing operates within one of the most competitive digital marketing environments in the Southeast. Atlanta is home to a growing ecosystem of service-based companies spanning legal, dental, home services, fitness, and professional services — all competing for local search visibility in a market with significant agency competition as well.
Competing in Atlanta search results requires disciplined local SEO strategy, structured Google Ads management, and ongoing performance tracking. ClickReady's experience within the Atlanta market since 2007 provides direct insight into local search behavior, competitive density, and conversion-focused campaign execution that newer or more distant agencies cannot replicate.
If you are a service business seeking SEO or PPC management supported by nearly two decades of Atlanta market experience and a referral network of recognized industry professionals, contact ClickReady Marketing at 404-923-0015 or reach out online for a complimentary digital marketing audit.
