Tarko · Maple Ridge, British Columbia
Clarity first. Then campaigns.
Tarko is a marketing and brand consultancy for businesses that are tired of activity without direction. We work out what you actually sell, to whom, and why it wins — then we build the marketing that says it.
Nothing paid upfront
You are invoiced after a milestone is finished, revised, and approved — never before.
Scope in writing
Deliverables, milestones, timelines, and fees are agreed in writing before any work begins.
Revisions included
Reasonable revisions to reach the agreed outcome are part of the work, not an add-on.
Who we are
Most marketing problems are positioning problems wearing a costume.
Businesses rarely come to us because their ads are underperforming. They come because the ads, the website, the deck, and the sales call are each telling a slightly different story — and the market has stopped listening to all four.
Tarko starts by narrowing the story until it is sharp enough to be repeated by someone who does not work for you. Only then do we touch channels, budgets, or creative. It is a slower first month and a considerably cheaper second year.
We work with owner-led businesses, professional practices, and teams in the middle of a rebrand, a launch, or a rebuild — across British Columbia and remotely across Canada.
- BasedMaple Ridge, British Columbia
- ServingMetro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley, and remote clients Canada-wide
- ModelMilestone engagements, invoiced on approval
- CurrencyAll fees quoted and billed in CAD
- PaymentStripe and PayPal
What we do
Four disciplines, run in order.
Each one can be engaged on its own. Run together, they compound — which is why we usually recommend starting at the top.
Brand strategy
Positioning, audience definition, naming, messaging architecture, and the language your whole team uses to describe what you sell.
Marketing consulting
Go-to-market planning, channel selection, budget allocation, and an honest read on which activity is worth continuing.
Content & campaigns
Editorial direction, campaign concepts, creative briefs, and oversight of the people producing the work.
Digital growth
Website structure, search visibility, paid media oversight, analytics, and turning traffic into enquiries you can actually bill.
How an engagement runs
A sequence, not a retainer.
Every project follows the same four stages. You know what is happening, what is next, and what it costs before you commit to it.
Consult
We talk through the business, the friction, and the outcome you need. No cost, no obligation.
Scope
Deliverables, milestones, fees, and timelines are written down and agreed before work starts.
Build
Work is delivered milestone by milestone, with reasonable revisions until each one is right.
Approve
You approve the milestone. Only then is it invoiced. Unreached milestones are never charged.
How you pay
You pay for delivered work. Full stop.
Consultancies that take deposits are asking you to fund their risk. We do not work that way. Every engagement is broken into milestones with a defined outcome, and an invoice is only issued once a milestone is complete, revised as reasonably needed, and signed off by you.
If a project cannot be completed for any reason, you receive a pro rata refund for any paid but undelivered milestone. If work was carried out but the milestone was not reached, it is not charged at all.
Full scope, fees, timelines, and refund terms live in a written agreement and on our Terms page. All fees are quoted and billed in CAD.
The billing model in five lines
- Every project opens with a consult at no cost.
- Scope and milestones are agreed in writing first.
- Invoices are issued only after a milestone is approved.
- Unreached milestones are not charged.
- Paid but undelivered work is refunded pro rata.
Start here
Tell us what is not working.
The first conversation costs nothing and commits you to nothing. Bring the problem as it actually is — messy is fine. We will tell you straight whether we are the right people to fix it.