The terms that govern use of this website and my PPC and digital marketing services.
ContactThese terms govern your use of this website and any services provided by Stevie Morris, freelance PPC consultant (“I”, “me”, “my”). By using this site or engaging my services you agree to them.
What I am doing for you specifically, and what it costs, is set out in the proposal, quote or email we agree. That agreed scope, together with these terms, forms our contract.
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I provide Google Ads consultancy, management and audits, search engine optimisation, website design and build, tracking and analytics setup, and related digital marketing services.
The scope of any engagement is agreed with you in writing before work begins.
Monthly management fees are invoiced in arrears at the end of each month and are due within 14 days of the invoice date. Project work is invoiced as agreed in the proposal, typically part on acceptance and the balance on completion.
Your advertising spend is separate from my fees. You pay Google, Meta or any other platform directly using your own payment method. I never hold your advertising budget.
Fees exclude VAT where applicable, and exclude third-party costs such as stock imagery, software subscriptions, hosting or listing fees, unless the proposal says otherwise. I will always tell you before incurring a third-party cost on your behalf.
If an invoice is more than 14 days overdue I may pause work until it is settled, and may charge statutory interest and recovery costs under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998.
If you ask for work outside the agreed scope, I will tell you before starting and agree the additional cost with you in writing. I will not carry out work outside the agreed scope and invoice you for it afterwards without agreement.
To do the work properly I need timely access to accounts, platforms, hosting and analytics, accurate information about your business, products, pricing and service areas, and reasonably prompt responses to questions and approval requests. Where a delay in receiving these holds up the work, timescales move accordingly.
You are responsible for the accuracy and legality of information you give me to use, in particular pricing, guarantees, accreditations, testimonials and any regulated claims, and for ensuring you hold the rights to any materials you provide. I will flag anything that looks like it may be a problem, but I cannot verify it for you.
I will apply reasonable skill and care, and I will be honest with you about what is working and what is not.
I cannot guarantee specific results. Advertising and search performance depend on factors outside my control, including competitor activity, seasonality, your pricing and offer, the quality of your website, and changes made by the advertising platforms to their own systems and policies.
Where I set out an expectation or forecast, it is a considered estimate based on the data available at the time, not a promise.
I work within platforms I do not control. I am not responsible for account suspensions, policy changes, ad disapprovals, pricing changes, outages or data loss caused by Google, Meta or any other third party, though I will of course help you resolve them.
What stays mine. The methods, frameworks, processes, templates, checklists, research libraries, keyword and negative keyword libraries, scripts, software and internal tooling I use to do the work remain my property, whether developed before working with you or during the engagement. While we are working together you have the benefit of them. You do not acquire ownership of them, and the right to use them ends when the engagement ends.
What becomes yours. Deliverables produced specifically for you, such as advertising copy written for your account, website content and design produced for your site, and reports addressed to you, transfer to you on payment in full of all outstanding invoices. Until then I retain ownership of them.
What was already yours. Your brand, logos, trade marks, photography, product information, customer data and existing website content remain yours throughout. You give me permission to use them as needed to carry out the work.
Your advertising accounts. Your Google Ads, Meta and other advertising accounts belong to you. I work in them under manager or delegated access, will never take ownership of them, and will release access promptly when asked.
This website. Content on this site is provided for general information and may not be copied without permission.
My own promotion. Unless you ask me in writing not to, I may describe the work I have done for you, and reference your business name, in my own marketing, case studies and portfolio. I will not disclose commercially sensitive figures without your permission.
Neither of us will disclose the other’s confidential business information to anyone else, except where required by law. This continues after the engagement ends.
Each of us will comply with UK data protection law. Where I handle personal data on your behalf I do so on your instructions and only as needed to carry out the work. If required, I will enter into a separate data processing agreement with you.
Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or for anything else that cannot lawfully be limited.
Otherwise, my total liability in connection with an engagement is limited to the fees you have paid me in the twelve months before the claim arose. I am not liable for loss of profit, loss of business, loss of anticipated savings, or indirect or consequential losses.
There are no long lock-in contracts. Either of us may end an ongoing engagement on reasonable notice as agreed. I ask for notice because advertising accounts take time to settle and the early months rarely reflect what an account will go on to do, but I have no interest in holding anyone to an arrangement they would rather not be in.
Either of us may end the engagement immediately if the other is in serious breach of these terms and has not put it right within 14 days of being asked to.
On ending: fees for work already carried out remain payable; you keep your advertising accounts, your data, your website and any deliverables you have paid for in full; and I may remove access, manager-level links, and any tools, templates or libraries belonging to me.
These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales, and the courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction.
I may update these terms from time to time. The current version always appears on this page.