Recent · Q4 2024
11× ROAS
Marketing studio · San Luis Obispo · Central Coast California

Marketing built to stack.

Based in San Luis Obispo. I build websites that earn their room on the page, run Google and Meta ads with provable ROAS, and grow SEO that actually compounds — fifteen years in.

15+
Years in
11×
Recent ROAS
Google
Certified
Michael Venia performing live with Carbon City Lights
Who's behind the work

I'm Michael.

Fifteen years in digital marketing and Google Certified. I build the sites, run the campaigns, and turn the data into decisions that drive proven growth. Most engagements grow outward from a website rebuild — SEO, paid ads, and analytics layer on after.

Based in San Luis Obispo, not far from Downtown SLO. Most clients are across the Central Coast, with a few scattered around California and out of state.

Alongside the marketing work, I master records at Venia Mastering Studio and play guitar in Carbon City Lights.

15 years · Google Certified · Venia Mastering Studio · Carbon City Lights

Long-run results · compliance training

Over ten years of consistent returns.

One of my compliance training clients has trusted me with their paid search and Performance Max for over ten years. Q3 2025 returned $80,530 on $7,270 in spend — an 11× ROAS — which is roughly what a steady quarter looks like for them.

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$80,530
Revenue, Q3 2025
$7,270
Ad spend, Q3 2025
11×
Return on ad spend
10+ years
Engagement duration
Real clients, real results

In their words.

Reviews pulled directly from Google. If you want to leave one, or see the rest, you can head there directly.

★★★★★

"Michael has built two websites for us now and we couldn't be happier. The website layouts are very nice, modern, and easy for our potential customers to use."

Jasper La Fein
Google Review
★★★★★

"We're so happy with how our website turned out. It's been a huge help to get our business ranked higher on our local Google search. Great communication through the process."

North Coast Junk Removal
Google Review
★★★★★

"From conducting a detailed SEO audit to enhancing the overall design, he transformed my site into something far more polished and user-friendly. The difference is noticeable."

Kirrin Bereznak
Google Review
Selected work

Where the numbers came from.

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Web design · tree service
0
Custom builds · same client

Two websites, both custom-built around how their customers actually decide. Clean, modern, easy to use — the kind of site that keeps working as the business grows.

SEO + paid ads · medical practice
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Patient inquiries · Q3 2025

Phone calls and contact forms from local search and paid search working together — the kind of conversions that actually move the needle for the practice.

Full-stack · real estate
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Inquiries · Q3 2025

Calls and form submissions for a California brokerage in a single quarter — site, SEO, and paid ads all pulling in the same direction.

Who I work with

Built for specific businesses.

Medical

Practices that grow through trust, visibility, and making it easy for patients to reach them.

Real Estate

Brokerages whose websites need to work as hard as their agents do.

Wineries

Tasting rooms and direct-wine-sales programs that deserve a site as considered as the wine.

Home Services

Contractors who want the phones to ring with the right kind of leads.

Ready to see where you're at?

Start with a free strategy audit.

Honest observations, concrete next steps — yours whether we work together or not.