About Q Marketing
A digital marketer who specialises in Google Ads.
Q Marketing is a specialist Google Ads practice based in Cape Town, deliberately kept small. No account managers between you and the work. No bolt-on services to upsell. No lock-in contracts. Just the platform we know better than anything else, run for clients who care about the number on their bank statement at the end of the month.
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The story
How we got here.
Quinton Marks is a digital marketer who specialises in Google Ads, and has spent most of his career going deep on it.
First at Coalition Technologies in Los Angeles, building paid media for e-commerce and lead-gen accounts. Then at Incubeta on the Australian team, running enterprise budgets where one wrong negative keyword could cost the client more in a day than most SMBs spend in a year. Then at Pattrns in the UK, switching between large international accounts and smaller local ones in the same week.
Three agencies, three continents, one platform.
One platform, but never in a vacuum. Google Ads only performs when it fits the bigger picture: the landing page, the tracking, the offer, and where it sits against SEO and social. That wider digital marketing grounding is exactly what makes going deep on one channel worth it.
Q Marketing started in 2020 because the right structure for South African SMBs was none of those agency models. They didn’t need a four-person team. They didn’t need a 40-page report. They needed someone who knew what they were doing, would tell them the truth, and would be reachable when it mattered.
Philosophy
Four things we hold to.
01
Results above activity.
The job isn’t to make changes. It’s to make money for the client. Fewer, better optimisations beat a busy-looking changelog every time.
02
Radical transparency.
You own your account. You see every change. Reports name what was done, what it cost, and what it returned. If something isn’t working, you’ll hear it from us first.
03
Right-sized solutions.
Not every business needs a R30,000-a-month Google Ads budget. Sometimes the right answer is “spend less, target tighter.” Sometimes it’s “don’t run Google Ads yet at all.” We’ll tell you which, even when it means a smaller invoice.
04
Specialist over generalist.
The depth of expertise you only get by spending a decade inside one platform. Not SEO on the side. Not social media as a “value-add.” Google Ads only.
What you won’t find here
What we don’t do.
Being clear about what we’re not is as useful as being clear about what we are.
No multi-channel pitch.
If you need SEO, Meta Ads, web design, copywriting, or content marketing, we’ll tell you who’s good at those. We won’t quietly bolt them on at a junior level.
No junior account managers.
Your account is run by a specialist who does this all day, not a junior account manager you will never meet, and not a rotating team handing your account around. You always know exactly who is accountable for your results.
No lock-in contracts.
Month-to-month. Cancel any time. The work has to be worth the fee every single month, or it doesn’t deserve the fee.
No vanity reporting.
No 30-page PDFs full of impression counts and click-through-rate charts. The monthly report tells you what was done, what it cost, what it earned. That’s it.
Ideal fit
Who we work best with.
Q Marketing fits best for businesses that:
- ✓Already spend (or are ready to spend) R5,000 to R50,000 a month on Google Ads.
- ✓Sell something with a clear revenue path: services, e-commerce, leads, or bookings.
- ✓Want to be in the conversation about their account, not just hand it over.
- ✓Care more about ROI than about being the loudest brand in their niche.
If that’s not you, that’s fine. We’ll happily refer you to someone better suited.
One more thing
On big agencies.
Big agencies aren’t the enemy. They’re the right answer for businesses that need media buying across five channels, weekly creative production, and dedicated strategy days.
But most South African SMBs don’t need that. They need one expert running one channel really well, billed in proportion to the work, and reachable on a phone call.
That’s the gap Q Marketing fills.
Proven Google Ads Success
What clients say
“Quinton has been managing my Google Ads for the last six months and the growth in my business has been remarkable. He is approachable and always willing to help. I have recommended him to other business owners who have said the same. Thank you Quality Marketing Solutions!”
“It’s always a pleasure working with the QMS team on Google Ads. They’re efficient, knowledgeable and always go above and beyond to deliver quality marketing services. As an agency owner, I have peace of mind knowing my clients are in good hands and that their ads are well taken care of by Quinton and his team.”
“Excellent working with Quinton. He is professional and good at what he does. He was able to help me scale my e-commerce brand successfully through Google Ads, so I highly recommend him.”
Want to see if there’s a fit?
A free account audit gives you a clear, prioritised list of what’s working in your current Google Ads account, what’s wasting budget, and where the next gains are. No obligation, no pitch deck, just the numbers.