It All Started With An Idea
Performance Marketing · Arizona & USA

Done-for-you paid media, powered by Buddy.

We run Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn, Amazon, and YouTube campaigns for businesses across the USA — anchored in Arizona. Every account is managed using Buddy, our open-source AI agent built on Claude. 15+ years on $350M+ in managed spend. Hero Conf 2025 + 2026 speaker.

$350M+
Managed ad spend
15+ yrs
In performance media
28
Buddy AI actions
6
AZ cities served
Service area

Anchored in Arizona. Serving the USA.

Headquartered in Queen Creek, AZ. Local on-the-ground knowledge of the Phoenix metro, statewide reach, national accounts welcome.

How we work

The Loop — clarify, plan, execute, label.

The same operating principle Buddy uses on every client account. No guessing, no data dumps, no acting without permission.

01

Clarify before acting

Which account, date range, status, minimum spend — we narrow scope before any data pull.

02

Top-down analysis

Account summary first. We don't lead with data dumps. We lead with what the numbers mean.

03

Preview before execute

Every write action gets a confirmation step with projected impact. You approve the change.

04

Label for rollback

Every Buddy-driven change is timestamped + labeled. One-click undo. Full change history.

Why this matters

It doesn't guess. It asks first.

It doesn't dump data. It starts at the top.

It doesn't act without permission.

It doesn't forget. Everything is labeled for rollback.

That's The Loop.

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The team

Three operators behind every account.

One founder. Two seasoned strategists. Buddy on top. Across three continents — Arizona, Pennsylvania, Mumbai — covering APAC, EMEA, and the US.

John M. Williams
John M. Williams
Founder · Senior Paid Media Specialist

15+ years managing $350M+ in Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon spend. Built Buddy — the open-source AI agent we use on every account. Hero Conf 2025 + 2026 speaker on AI applications in advertising. Previously at Seer Interactive, NortonLifeLock, Gen Digital, Farmers Insurance.

Kristy Morgan
Kristy Morgan
Member · Growth Strategist & AI Implementation Consultant

Two decades across small + mid-market revenue acceleration. Specializes in opportunity qualification, complex revenue problem-solving, and white-glove client services. Featured contributor for HubSpot ("28 Questions to Ask on a Discovery Call", "Sales Prospecting: 43 Skills").

Sandeep Muley
Sandeep Muley
Member · Senior Performance Strategist

12 years of enterprise digital marketing. MBA in Marketing/Marketing Management. Group Head at a global media holding, managing $50M+ annual ad spend across 100+ international accounts. Coverage across APAC, EMEA, US, and Middle East. Mumbai, India.

Founder note

"I built Buddy because I wanted my own agency to have an unfair advantage. Open-sourcing it is the fastest way to make the whole industry better."

Builder of Buddy, the open-source AI agent for Google Ads. Founder of It All Started With An Idea + AHMEEGO. Senior Paid Media Specialist at Seer Interactive, with 15+ years on $350M+ in managed digital ad spend.

Free audit

Tell us about your account.

We'll run a Buddy-powered audit on your live account and send back an honest assessment — what's working, what's leaking spend, what we'd change. No contract. No obligation. Usually back to you within 48 hours.

  • → Account health scorecard
  • → Top 10 prioritized fixes (effort × impact)
  • → Wasted-spend report
  • → 30/60/90-day roadmap

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