Digital marketing strategist & WordPress developer · Kochi, Kerala
I’m Gautham S Poonthodath. I run digital marketing for businesses (social media, Meta ads, SEO) and I build the WordPress websites that marketing sends people to. You deal with one person for all of it. Before going independent I spent five years at an agency, working with brands in India and Canada.
Made for restaurants.EV brands.bakeries.travel companies.study-abroad consultants.founders.
Agency experience, full-funnel
Cost per enquiry on a Meta campaign
People reached in one month, one brand
Websites & web apps built
The approach
Marketing that sends people to a slow, confusing website wastes the budget. A beautiful website nobody visits earns nothing. When one person plans the campaign and builds the site, the ad, the landing page and the tracking actually line up. And you only have to explain your business once.
The marketing strategist
Positioning, content, social media, Meta ads and reporting. The same process an agency follows, minus the account managers in between. I judge every campaign on what an enquiry costs you, not on likes.
The WordPress developer
Fast WordPress and Elementor websites and web apps, built for phones first. SEO, analytics and the enquiry, booking or ordering flow go in from day one, so the traffic you pay for turns into business.
What I do
Who you’re selling to, what they need to hear, and which channels are worth your money. You get it as a written plan your whole team can follow.
Read moreInstagram and Facebook run every month: calendar, posts, reels, captions, replies and a report that ties it to enquiries.
Read moreCampaigns built around cost per enquiry: audiences, creative, pixel tracking, testing and a weekly check on where the money went.
Read moreFast WordPress and Elementor sites that work well on phones, with enquiry forms, booking, ordering or a shop built in.
Read moreLocal and technical SEO so Google, Maps and assistants like ChatGPT can find, understand and recommend your business.
Read moreThe photos, reels and ad designs your marketing needs. I make them myself, planned around the campaign instead of added at the last minute.
See visual workDigital marketing & social media
Digital marketing strategy decides who you’re selling to, what they need to hear and where to reach them. Social media management is running that plan every month on Instagram and Facebook. I do both: the plan, the posts and reels, the captions, the replies and the report.
What’s included
Meta & Instagram ads
I plan, build and run Meta ad campaigns for businesses in Kerala and abroad. For an EV scooter brand, one month and about ₹7,000 of ads reached 2,04,574 people and started 188 conversations at ₹3.40 each.
What’s included
WordPress development
I’m a WordPress website developer in Kochi. I write, design and build WordPress and Elementor sites, and web apps when a plugin isn’t enough. Recent builds include Four Cheers, Newtron Electric, Zara Convention Center and the booking app behind it.
What’s included
SEO & AI search visibility
SEO makes sure people searching for what you sell find you on Google and Google Maps. AI search visibility makes your website clear enough that assistants like ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity can understand your business and name it in their answers.
What’s included
Selected work
Web Apps
A WhatsApp CRM that routes enquiries to the right dealer and holds the whole network to a reply time.
View case study Web Apps
A booking engine and staff PWA for a convention centre — one source of truth for who has the hall, and when.
View case study Meta Ads
A reach and awareness campaign for an EV scooter brand across Facebook and Instagram, delivering enquiries at ₹3.40 each.
Websites
Full brand and e-commerce site for an EV scooter brand, with a custom animated dealer map covering Kerala.
View case study
Websites
A multi-tool web app with AI-powered image features — compressor, background remover and enhancer.
View case study
Social Media
Instagram content and community management for a stir fry restaurant.
View case studyProof, not promises
In March 2026 a Meta campaign I ran for Newtron Electric reached 2,04,574 people and started 188 WhatsApp and Messenger conversations at ₹3.40 each, on a total spend of about ₹7,036. The same month, the brand’s organic Instagram views grew 54.1%.
People reached
In 30 days, across Facebook & Instagram
Cost per conversation
188 enquiries started on messaging
Organic Facebook views
Same month, no ad spend
Instagram views
Month on month
Lens
Reels for restaurants and travel, plus shoots and portraits. This is the kind of content I make for campaigns and feeds. Swipe through, or tap anything to open it.
About
At the agency I kept seeing the same thing: good campaigns sending people to websites that let them down. Slow pages, no clear next step, no tracking, so nobody could tell which ads were working. The marketing budget leaked out through the website.
So I learned to build the websites too. Today I plan what a brand needs to say, run the social media and Meta ads, and build the WordPress site or web app those campaigns land on, with the tracking wired in so every month ends with real numbers.
How it works
You tell me about the business, the customer and what has or hasn’t worked. I look at your current pages and ads before we talk.
Day 1
What I’d do, in what order, what it costs and what we should expect to see, written in plain language. Nothing is charged until you say yes.
Within 2–3 days
The website build, ad set-up, content calendar, designs and reels. You approve everything before it goes live.
Week 1–3
A monthly report with the numbers that matter (reach, enquiries, cost per enquiry) and what we’ll change next month because of them.
Every month
Ways to work together
Every business is different, so every quote is fixed and written after a free 30-minute call. These are the shapes most projects take, and they combine well.
For brands whose feed has gone quiet or off-brand.
Monthly · fixed feeQuoted after a free call
Strategy, social media and Meta ads working as one plan.
Monthly · fixed feeAd budget paid to Meta separately
A fast, findable site with enquiries, ordering or booking built in.
One-off projectFixed scope, fixed price
For businesses customers can’t find on Google or Maps.
Set-up + monthlyQuoted after a free audit
A digital marketing strategist and WordPress website developer based in Kochi, Kerala. After five years inside a digital agency running campaigns for travel, bakery, food, cosmetics and study-abroad brands, I now work directly with businesses. I run their social media, Meta ads and SEO, and I build the websites those campaigns send people to.
They work out where your customers are, what they need to hear and which channels deserve your budget. Then they run it and check whether it worked: a content plan, social media, Meta ads, SEO, and a monthly report tied to enquiries or sales.
It depends on the scope: how many platforms, posts and reels a month, whether ads and SEO are included, or how many pages and features a website needs. I quote a fixed price after a free 30-minute call, so you know the full cost before anything starts.
No. Ad spend is paid directly to Meta from your own ad account, so you always see what’s spent. My fee covers planning, creative, set-up, optimisation and reporting.
Enough to test properly, then more on what’s working. As a reference point, about ₹7,000 in one month reached over two lakh people and started 188 conversations for an EV brand in Kerala. We set your budget from your goal and what a customer is worth to you.
It’s affordable to host, strong for SEO, and with Elementor your team can edit pages without a developer. The site lives in your hosting account, so you’re never locked in.
Technical fixes and a complete Google Business Profile can help within weeks. Ranking for competitive searches usually takes three to six months of steady work.
Yes, if your website clearly says what you do, where and for whom. Structured data, plain answers to common questions and an llms.txt file help assistants read and cite you. There’s no paid placement.
No. Strategy, ads, social media, SEO and websites all work remotely. I’ve run restaurant accounts in Winnipeg, Canada, and I meet local clients in person in Kochi.
Usually within a week of saying yes. Ads and content can start from what you already have while the website or first content batch is being made.