About Cliqe

A founder-led agency that actually does the work.

Cliqe is a Gold Coast marketing agency built for Australian service businesses and consumer brands. Started by two founders who got sick of watching good operators get burnt by generic agencies. We run lean, we work directly with you, and the people on your account are the people on the call.

Gold Coast · 2023
Why we exist

Built for the businesses no-one else gets right.

Adrian and Lochie spent years watching service businesses get the same generic agency treatment. Cookie-cutter strategies. Junior account managers who'd never run a Google Ads campaign for a tradie. Reports full of vanity metrics that didn't translate to leads or jobs.

So in 2023 they started Cliqe with a narrower remit: service businesses and consumer brands. Electricians, plumbers, builders, landscapers. Lawyers, accountants, dentists. Multi-store retail brands looking for serious growth. Different industries, same fundamentals: high-intent search, transparent measurement, and execution that produces revenue.

The agency stays small on purpose. Founder-led across every account. No hand-offs, no junior account managers, no awkward agency politics. You talk to the person who builds your campaigns.

★ The founding principle

Specialist beats generalist. Every single time.

why we only work with the industries we know
Meet the founders

The team you'll actually work with.

Two founders. No account manager middlemen. You get the people building your campaigns on the call.

Co-founder · Digital & Branding lead

Adrian Fowler

Business development, marketing leadership, and creative direction.

Adrian leads paid media, branding, and overall agency direction at Cliqe. He's the person on the strategy call, on the brand workshops, and on the Google Ads dashboard. Before Cliqe he led marketing across multiple businesses including a national consumer brand.

Co-founder · Content & build lead

Lochie Burgdorf

Branding, content strategy, and business building.

Lochie leads content, SEO, and the technical builds at Cliqe. He's the person writing the case studies, building the websites, and shipping the SEO content. Background in product, brand, and turning rough ideas into shipped systems.

How we work

Four principles, no exceptions.

01

No fluff, just results

Leads, jobs, revenue. Not impressions, reach, or "engagement". Every report ties spend to outcome. If the maths doesn't work, we tell you.

02

Specialist, not generalist

Service businesses and consumer brands only. Trades, professional services, dental, retail. We turn down work that doesn't fit because the focus is what makes the work good.

03

Transparent everything

You see the ad spend. You see the conversions. You see what's working and what's not. No hidden retainer markups, no opaque "platform fees".

04

Long-term partners

Most clients are with us for years, not months. We'd rather build something compounding than chase one-off projects. Month-to-month though, no lock-in.

Cliqe vs the typical agency

A different kind of agency.

Generic agency

  • Works across any industry that walks in
  • Junior account manager runs your account
  • 12-month lock-in contracts
  • Reports built around vanity metrics
  • Strategies templated from the last client
  • Hidden retainers and platform markups

Cliqe

  • Service businesses + consumer brands, deep industry knowledge
  • Founder-led on every account, every call
  • Month-to-month, leave anytime
  • Reports tied to leads, jobs, and revenue
  • Strategy built for your specific business
  • Transparent pricing, no markups, see the numbers
By the numbers

Cliqe today.

30+
Australian clients served
2
Founders on every account
11+
Industries we specialise in
Common questions

About us.

Where are you based?
Gold Coast, Queensland (Mudgeeraba). We work with clients across Australia. Process and methodology are national, only the local SEO geo-targeting changes by client.
Do you only work with tradies?
No, though that's where we started. We now also work with lawyers, accountants, dentists, and consumer retail brands. The common thread is service businesses and brands selling to a specific customer base, not e-commerce SaaS or B2B enterprise.
Why founder-led?
Because most agency problems start when the founders stop touching the work. You hire an agency for the senior thinking. Then a junior gets allocated to your account. We've kept Cliqe small specifically to avoid that.
What's your team size?
Small on purpose. Two founders plus specialist contractors (photographers, videographers, ad spec writers) brought in for specific deliverables. No middle management, no account coordinators, no agency overhead.
How long are your contracts?
Month-to-month. No lock-in. If we're not producing results, you can leave. We believe the only thing that holds a client is the work, not the contract.
What's your typical client size?
Owner-operator service businesses through to multi-store retail brands with $5M+ revenue. The methodology scales. The specifics adapt.
no pressure, just a chat

Think we'd be a good fit?

Get a free marketing review. We'll look at your business, your current numbers, and tell you honestly whether we can help. If we can't, we'll point you toward someone who can.