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

HOW WE WORK AT CAN-DO

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

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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
Shopping & CSS
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
FINALIST
Great British Entrepreneur Award
FINALIST
41st Most Influential PPC Expert
RUNNER-Up
Wigan Business Awards 2026
FINALIST
Certifications & partner status
Re-certified annually
Google
Premier Partner
Meta
Business Partner
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.

Rated 4.9 on Google by 7 clients.

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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Craig Simpson
10 days ago
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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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Danny Poci
13 days ago
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Always a pleasure to work with Chris! He knows his stuff when it comes to PPC and it has paid off massively. Couldn’t recommend him enough.
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Lee Clayton
14 days ago
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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
70 days ago
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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
244 days ago
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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
310 days ago
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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.
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Adam Collins
372 days ago
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We have used Can Do digital marketing on many campaigns over the years. Highly recommend for PPC
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EG User
559 days ago
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We’ve worked with Chris for around a year now and he’s been a massive help in scaling our companies marketing performance. He has great technical knowledge and is a top creative thinker. Would highly recommend.
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Michael Whittle
566 days ago
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Highly recommend! Chris worked with my team on an initial 3-month basis which was extended to almost 12-months, such was the impact he made across our paid media channels. Always approachable and extremely knowledgeable regarding all things Digital Marketing, Chris is a results-driven individual that can add huge value to any business looking for support.
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Ellis Woods
582 days ago
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I’ve worked with Can-Do DM on a number of projects now! We’ve seen some brilliant results from paid search campaigns across Google and Bing.
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