The pay-per-click (PPC) specialist now has 40 customers, up from 15 at the start of the pandemic in 2020. Clickboost said even with the threat of a looming recession, companies can still increase revenues and maximise return on their marketing budgets with targeted paid media campaigns.

It has seen several significant wins this year including independent broadband provider GoFibre and Barrhead Travel. The firm is also working with clients in France, Ireland, Canada and Australia and delivers digital marketing campaigns in 11 countries.

The growth of video conferencing has helped ease Clickboost’s entry into overseas markets, managing 60 accounts across platforms such as Google Ads, Facebook Ads and TikTok Ads.

Since being founded in 2018, staff numbers have grown to eight with a recruitment drive underway to bolster international expansion. Clickboost recently added two senior paid managers and a PPC (Google Ads) specialist to its team.

The agency is currently hiring for a Google Ads PPC manager, Facebook Ads manager and has a new Graphic Designer starting this month.

Last year co-founders Scott Beveridge and Gordon Campbell joined the board of golf equipment retailer Affordable Golf as non-executive directors, after helping online sales increase by around 340%.

Clickboost has also worked with Rolls-Royce, Aston Martin, Arran Aromatics, the Harley Street Dermatology Clinic, and George Watson’s College.

Scott Beveridge, co-founder and paid media strategist of Clickboost, said: “We are delighted to have achieved the 40th client milestone. It is a testament to the ongoing hard work by our ever-growing talented team.

“With economic recession on the horizon businesses should be cutting down on wasteful spending. There are lot of firms out there who will just throw money at marketing campaigns just to be seen to be doing something.

“However, we are seeing a recent trend of businesses scaling back on awareness-driven advertising and really focusing on performance – generating more sales. The channels they should be spending money on are things like Google Ads and Facebook Ads that are actually trackable.

“Everything we do is performance focused. So instead of simply spending money and hoping we get results, we constantly use data to ensure that we are getting our clients the best possible return on advertising spend.”

Gordon Campbell, co-founder of Clickboost, added: “All of our overseas clients came to us via word-of-mouth, however, we are actively focusing on attracting more international customers.

“Even though there was a demand for our services we had to limit the amount of new clients we took on because we wanted to make sure we had the staff in place to meet their needs.

“Through the recruitment drive, we have seen a dramatic increase in the number of people applying to work at Clickboost, partly because they have heard about our results and the type of client we have.

“The companies we attract have one thing in common, they want to increase leads or online sales. We are excited to be scaling-up and helping firms navigate the economic challenges ahead.”