Growth Marketing Consultant · Mumbai

Grow Your Business With a Senior Marketing Brain

I’m Sandesh Karkare — a growth marketing consultant helping startups, SMEs and growth-stage brands win more customers through SEO, social media and paid media, backed by clean, trustworthy data.
Sandesh Karkare, growth marketing consultant
20
years in digital marketing
500+
clients served over 20 years
$100K+
monthly Google & Meta ad spend managed
5,000+
keywords ranked on Google’s first page
Up to 5×
increase in leads for clients

Sound familiar?

Clients typically bring me in when…

Paid ads aren't scaling profitably.

Analytics data can't be trusted.

Leads convert poorly despite good traffic.

How I help: CRO & Landing Pages

How I can help

Senior expertise across the whole growth funnel.

SEO

Technical, on-page, content and local SEO that gets you found by customers already searching.

PPC Management

Google, Meta and LinkedIn Ads built to scale profitably.

Social Media Marketing

Content and channel strategy that builds authority and pipeline.

Analytics & Tracking

GA4 and Google Tag Manager with clean, event-based tracking.

CRO & Landing Pages

Turn the traffic you already pay for into more leads and sales.

Website & App Development

Sites and apps built by a marketer — SEO, tracking and conversion built in.

Selected client work

Businesses I've helped grow.

Siona Tours homepage
Travel & group tours · India

Siona Tours

Website Development · SEO
Auto Esthetics homepage
Auto detailing · USA

Auto Esthetics

Google Ads · PPC
Kiss the Cook homepage
Event catering · Toronto

Kiss the Cook

Google Ads · PPC
Excellence IAS Academy homepage
UPSC/MPSC coaching · Pune

Excellence IAS Academy

Website · SEO · Facebook Ads
GoforDesi homepage
Dating & matrimony · USA, UK, Canada

GoforDesi

SEO
WellAir homepage
Indoor air quality · USA

WellAir

SEO · LinkedIn Ads

Ways to work together

Pick the engagement that fits where you are.

01

Single Project

A defined piece of work — an audit, a GA4 setup, a landing page, a website or an app.
02

Strategy Sprint

Four weeks from discovery to a clear, prioritised growth plan.
03

Fractional Growth Lead

Ongoing, hands-on growth leadership alongside your team.

The process

What working together actually looks like.

1
Week 1

Discovery Call

2
Weeks 2–3

Audit & Strategy

3
Week 4

Prioritised Plan

4
Ongoing

Implementation

5
Monthly

Measure & Optimise

What clients say

In their words.

★★★★★

“Sandesh built our new website and handled our SEO end to end. We now get enquiries every week from travellers who find us on Google.”

M
Monu
Siona Tours
★★★★★

“Sandesh restructured our Google Ads and cut the wasted spend. We’re booking more paint protection and ceramic coating jobs from the same budget.”

J
Jack
Auto Esthetics
★★★★★

“Our catering enquiries from Google Ads are more consistent and better qualified since Sandesh took over the account.”

J
Jack
Kiss the Cook
★★★★★

“From the website to SEO and Facebook Ads, Sandesh understood what students and parents look for. Our batch enquiries grew steadily.”

K
Kuldeep
Excellence IAS Academy
★★★★★

“Sandesh’s SEO work helped us rank for the searches that matter across the US, UK and Canada.”

V
Vishwas
GoforDesi
★★★★★

“Sandesh combined SEO with LinkedIn Ads to bring us better B2B leads, and his reporting made it clear what was working.”

C
Cindy
WellAir
Sandesh Karkare, growth marketing consultant

About me

From SEO in 2006 to end-to-end growth partner.

I started in digital marketing in 2006 and spent twelve years across agencies and in-house teams. Since 2018 I’ve worked independently as an end-to-end growth partner — owning strategy, execution, tracking and optimisation for startups, SMEs and growth-stage brands.

Direct answers

Answers about Sandesh and marketing strategy.

What does Sandesh do?

Sandesh is a senior digital marketing consultant who helps SMEs build full-funnel marketing systems — SEO, paid ads, content and analytics.

Who does Sandesh help?

Founders and marketing leads at small and mid-size businesses (typically ₹50L–₹5Cr revenue) who need senior-level strategy but cannot yet justify a full-time CMO.

What is full-funnel marketing?

Full-funnel marketing connects every stage — awareness, consideration, and conversion — into one coherent system instead of running SEO, ads, and content as disconnected tactics.

How quickly can we start working together?

After an initial free call, work typically starts within 1–2 weeks. A full audit and 90-day strategy is usually ready in 2–3 weeks.

What is a 90-day marketing roadmap?

A structured plan covering channel mix, budget allocation, and KPIs tied directly to revenue — built from a deep audit of your current marketing, not a generic template.

FAQ

Questions clients ask before we start.

Yes. I’m based in Mumbai and work with clients across India and worldwide, comfortably across time zones and markets. Most collaboration happens over video, shared docs and dashboards, with on-site sessions when a project calls for it.

Both — it depends on what you need. I can work hands-on, planning and running your campaigns, SEO, tracking and website myself, or act as your fractional growth lead: setting the strategy, guiding your in-house team or freelancers, and reviewing performance every month. Many clients start with one and move to the other as they grow.

I use AI to move faster and see more: campaign optimisation, audience analysis, creative insights and automating repetitive reporting. It enhances decision-making, it doesn’t replace it. Strategy, budgets and anything that represents your brand are always reviewed and decided by a human — so you get the speed of AI without losing control or clarity.

It depends on the channel. Paid ads (Google, Meta, LinkedIn) can start producing leads within the first few weeks, then improve as we optimise. Tracking and conversion fixes often show impact within a month. SEO and content build more slowly — typically three to six months for meaningful growth — but the results compound over time. I’ll set realistic milestones with you before we start.

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