PERFORMANCE MARKETING • MANCHESTER

Digital marketing with a can-do  attitude

An independent micro-agency run by someone who spent a decade inside AO.com and Matalan. PPC, paid social and SEO, run by the people actually doing the work. Flat fee. No account managers. No 12-month contracts. We’re paid to grow your commercials – so that’s what we focus on.
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Meet the team.

HOW WE WORK

22+
Combined years in performance marketing
#41
Top 50 PPC Experts 2026
9K
LinkedIn followers
Millions
Managed In ad spend
ONE VISION

“To enable businesses to scale at speed without the ludicrous cost of a traditional agency.”

– Chris Nightingale, Founder
TRUSTED BY THESE BRANDS & MORE
THE DIFFERENCE

The problem with most digital agencies – and what we do instead

MOST AGENCIES

How it usually goes.

  • Spread thin across 60+ accounts per exec
  • Attention goes to whoever’s shouting loudest
  • AI set to autopilot. Black-box smart campaigns
  • Junior execs on your account, senior team on the pitch
  • PDF report once a month, catch-up once a quarter
HOW WE WORK AT CAN-DO

The opposite

  • Deliberately small client list — proper attention
  • Hunt low-hanging fruit first, stop wasted spend
  • Human creativity, AI-enhanced. We steer, AI assists
  • No account managers. The expert IS the account
CLIENT STORIES

Don’t take our word
for it – take theirs.

Founders and marketing leads, on camera, talking about what we actually did and what the numbers actually looked like.
CLIENT VIDEO

Dean Renphrey

MARKETING LEAD – ETEACH

CLIENT VIDEO

Claire

DIGITAL BRAND MANAGER – The GLENTURRET DISTILLERY

CLIENT VIDEO

Dane Westwood

INDEVOR BONDS

CLIENT VIDEO

Mike Whittle

SENIOR ACQUISITION MANAGER – TOTE

WHAT WE DO

Three channels. One team.

01 — Paid Search

PPC

Google & Microsoft Ads that cost less and make more. We audit first, fix what’s broken, then build campaigns that use the platform’s algorithm properly – not against it.
Google Ads
Microsoft Ads
Performance Max
Bid Strategy
02 — Social Advertising

Paid
Social

Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn and beyond. Creative-first campaigns built around what actually converts in the feed – not what looks good in a deck.
Meta Ads
TikTok Ads
LinkedIn Ads
Pinterest
Creative production
03 — Organic Search

SEO

Technical, on-page and content SEO that compounds. We fix the foundation, then build content around the terms your buyers actually search.
Technical audits
Content strategy
Local SEO
E-commerce SEO
Competitor Analysis
AWARDS & CERTIFICATION

Recognised for the work

Awarded by the industry, certified across every channel we run. The shorthand for: we know what we’re doing.
AWARDS • 2023 – 2026
National Digital Awards logo
National Digital Awards
FINALIST
Great British Entrepreneur Awards logo
Great British Entrepreneur Award
FINALIST
Top 50 Most Influential PPC Experts 2026 badge
41st Most Influential PPC Expert
RUNNER-Up
Micro Business of the Year Award finalist badge
Wigan Business Awards 2026
FINALIST
Certifications & partner status
Re-certified annually
Google Ads Search Professional certification badge
Google
Premier Partner
Meta Certified Media Buying Professional badge
Meta
Business Partner
Microsoft Advertising (Bing Ads) Accredited Professional badge
Microsoft
Advertising Partner
RECENT WORK

Big numbers, real brands.

WHY CAN-DO

Why clients choose can-do over a bigger agency.

01

You talk to the expert
At most agencies you’re sold by a senior, then handed to a graduate. At can-do, whoever pitches you is the person running your campaigns. Always.

02

Real-time visibility
Your project dashboard shows exactly what we’re working on for the next 4 weeks – tasks, priorities, completion dates. No chasing for updates.

03

Reports built around your goals
Not paragraphs of commentary. Custom reports built around your actual KPIs – margin, profitability, regional visibility, whatever matters to your business.

04

Human creativity, AI-enhanced
AI handles the routine checks – 404s, typos, bid anomalies – so we focus on what AI can’t: strategy, creative insight, account direction.

05

Commercially minded
We join the dots from product margin to delivery to ad spend. Your campaigns should understand your business model, not just your keywords.

06

Flexible
No 12-month contracts. We earn the right to keep working with you every month – and that keeps us honest.
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Rated 5.0 on Google from 10 reviews.

Every project ends with a candid review request – and we publish all of them, good and bad. Here’s what people are saying this quarter.
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5.0
Based on 10 reviews
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Craig Simpson
2 months ago
We partner with Chris and the team on a couple of our key accounts and the service/results that they deliver have been outstanding.
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Lee Clayton
2 months ago
I had the pleasure of working with Chris and Ethan at Can-Do Digital during my time at Petcover, where I was responsible for Global Marketing across several brands and international markets. They are both superb at what they do. Knowledgeable, responsive, creative and, most importantly, they take the time to really understand the business, the different brands and what you’re trying to achieve rather than simply delivering a standard solution. Throughout the projects we worked on together, they were always approachable, proactive and honest in their advice. Nothing ever felt like too much trouble, and they had a real ability to take what could sometimes be quite complex requirements across multiple brands and turn them into practical solutions that worked. They genuinely became an extension of the wider marketing team, which I think says a lot about the way they work and the relationships they build with their clients. A great team, great people and a business I would have absolutely no hesitation in recommending. I really hope our paths cross again professionally one day, as I would love the opportunity to work with Chris and Ethan again.
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Emma Coates
4 months ago
Chris was great, really helpful in helping us sort out a solid foundation for our ads – helping us sort out our tracking and structure so we’re now in a much more confident place to increase spend.
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Alex Harper
10 months ago
Chris and Ethan recently helped provide additional PPC support and consultancy to my agency, given we struggled to find local talent and recruit in-house. We needed experts in e-commerce PPC and product feed management, and thats exactly what they delivered. Their input was welcomed by our internal PPC team, with a number of strategies and recommendations I know we're looking to continue implementing moving forward. Additional to this, their knowledge around lead generation and local service companies Google Ads also shone through. There's not many industries or challenges the Can-Do team haven't worked with or faced, so their first hand experience was invaluable. We always struggled to find honest and results-driven PPC support. So, in a typically overpromising industry, the Can-Do Digital team are a true asset to any agency looking to either plug the gap, or seek expert consultancy.
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Freedom Vision
12 months ago
Chris made a real impact during his time working with us. He challenged our agency constructively, brought fresh ideas to the table, and helped improve both conversions and overall KPIs. He was quick to identify any issues and became our go-to expert whenever we needed specialist insight or guidance. I’d be delighted to work with Chris again – and I’m sure we’ll be calling on his expertise in the future.
FROM THE FEED

Latest from LinkedIn.

Case-study breakdowns, hot takes, the occasional rant about Performance Max.
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October 21, 2026
The junior PPC role is disappearing, and nobody’s talking about what happens next.
Okay, maybe a bit dramatic, but Search Engine Land have asked what the PPC agency of 2027 looks like. As someone who’ll be running one in 2027, I’ve got opinions. Brew in hand. ☕ Robert Simpkins from …
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October 20, 2026
Heading off to speak at Amsterdam in 2027! 🇳🇱🎤
I’ve been asked by Friends of Search to speak in March, and as a fan of the conference, I’m made up. My session’s called ‘Agentic Commerce Is a Feed Problem’ I’ll b…
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October 16, 2026
If your marketing reads like it was written by a toaster, yesterday’s speakers have some bad news for you 👀
I was at Digital Bites by Connective3, and talk after talk landed on the same point. Just speak like a human again (sounds easier said than done I think for many..) Because people buy from people. Not…
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October 14, 2026
I genuinely can’t believe this just happened.
The Can-Do logo. On both BTCC cars. At the season finale. At Brands Hatch. On ITV4. And then Josh Cooke only goes and puts it P2. Twice. 😮 But the logo wasn’t just there for one weekend. It was …
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October 12, 2026
I thought I knew why I started a business.
Freedom. Being my own boss. Not answering to anyone. Building something with my name on it. All true. But having a kid has shown me the real reason, and it’s a lot simpler! Time. Not ‘work…
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October 9, 2026
Two blokes who talk about AI every week recorded a whole episode on being sick of hearing about AI.
The irony isn’t lost on us 😅 Episode 14 of Prompted is out now: Are we in the era of AI Fatigue and an anti-AI movement” And honestly? We may well be. Everywhere you look there’s AI-written posts, AI-…
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October 8, 2026
BrightonSEO starts today!
Cue the FOMO. 🥲 It honestly doesn’t feel that long since I was stood backstage at the Brighton Centre. Lanyard on. Clicker in hand. Running through my opening line for the 47th time and nipping …
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October 7, 2026
Jaguar’s 2024 strategy: Copy Nothing.
Jaguar’s 2024 strategy: Copy Nothing.2025: Sell Nothing.2026: Reveal something you can’t order until 2027. Last night in New York, Jaguar finally showed us an actual car. The Type 01. 1,00…
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October 7, 2026
Google wants to decide which days your budget gets spent on…of course it does.
Demand led budgeting is something Google is pushing hard. You set a daily budget, Google’s AI looks at demand, and it spends more on the busy days and less on the quiet ones. And it stays within…
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October 6, 2026
Nobody tells you how to actually run an agency.
You can be decent at PPC. You can have run big budgets at big companies. Then you go out on your own and realise nobody ever showed you the boring stuff that keeps the lights on. Pricing. Contracts. C…
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October 1, 2026
Chequered flag to finished ad in under 24 hours! 🏁
We really enjoyed working with Speedworks Motorsport Limited this past weekend at Silverstone to produce some epic content across the BTCC weekend. Huge thanks to Danny Buxton and Savannah Salt for th…
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September 29, 2026
What a weekend at Silverstone! 🏁
Me and Ethan brought some family down to the Legends Club for the weekend, which was a bit of a treat for all of us. Weather looked dodgy most of the day but held out when it mattered, which at Silver…
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September 23, 2026
It’s awards season!
Genuinely chuffed to say Can-Do Digital Marketing has been named a finalist in four categories across two award events this year: 🏆 UK Agency Awards 2026 – Best PPC Campaign🏆 UK Agency Awards 20…
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September 21, 2026
Right – we’ve got a gap in the Prompted episode scheduled for Thursday.
Right – we’ve got a gap in the Prompted episode scheduled for Thursday. Fancy being our guest? Eleven episodes in now, me and Nick Handley have covered a fair bit of ground. The AI investm…
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September 17, 2026
Right, Black Friday prep. Let’s have it.
Google Ads CPCs high crazy highs during BF month last year. Up on the year before. ROAS dropped 21% to 3.62x across the board – not because campaigns got worse, but because everyone and their na…
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September 10, 2026
Survival guide for paid media marketers coming into 2027. Some of this will sting.
1. Become annoyingly good at more than one thing. The AMA’s research is blunt on this, the hiring profile organisations actually want is ‘the generalist with depth in two or three domains&…
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September 9, 2026
A reminder that performance ads have to work.. commercially 😆
And that there are so many business critical KPIs Google just can’t see by default If you’re purely driving purely traffic and impressions, you’re likely getting low intent traffic n…
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September 7, 2026
Client day out at Croft. The best kind of Sunday 🏁
Yesterday at Crofts, the Can-Do crew and a took a long standing client headed out to BTCC at Croft. One of those days that reminds you why the relationship side of this job matters just as much as the…
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September 4, 2026
OpenAI dropped another ChatGPT Ads update this week, here’s what I’m seeing 👇
Ads Manager plugin, live inside ChatGPT. You can now build and troubleshoot campaigns just by talking to it. Confirming before applying, so it won’t go absolutely nuts on your budget. An AI plat…
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August 26, 2026
I’ve seen the pitch deck.
PPC. SEO. Paid social. Web dev. Web design. CRM. CRO. Email. Content. Branding. Video (Probably paint your kitchen and fix your shed while he’s there Tuesday) 👀 All from a team of four. If you&#…
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August 25, 2026
OpenAI just did the most Google thing imaginable.
Spend $500, get $500. We set up a particular ChatGPT Ads account a while back for a client. Built it out, got everything ready, then parked it while they got billing sorted. It’s been sitting th…
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August 24, 2026
Sunday at Donington circuit for the BTCC and Porsche Carrera cup was something else in the sun ☀️
And I still can’t quite get my head around seeing the Can-Do logo on the side of a Porsche Carrera. Never mind the roar of cars as they take off Every time I see it I have a small moment of ‘how…
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August 21, 2026
Four pitches. Three car parks. One Greggs coffee that’s gone cold. Best week of the summer. 🚗
August was meant to be the quiet one.. Everyone tells you that. Budgets paused, decision makers on a beach somewhere, pipeline goes flat until September. Instead, there’s been four Can-Do pitche…
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August 18, 2026
Well that was blissfully boring.
Yesterday Google’s bid target change went live. So I did the sensible thing and pulled 750 campaigns and seven weeks of daily data to find the carnage. There wasn’t any. Monday 17 August was the least…
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