About Trent
Ads Don’t Fail. Offers, Follow-Up and Economics Do.
I’m Trent, founder of Lighthouse Local Growth Partners in Lake County, Ohio. I help home service owners build businesses that grow without burning them out.
My Story
From the sales floor to your numbers.
My background is in complex sales. I learned early that most deals are won or lost long before price comes up: in how you position the offer, how you follow up and how you earn trust.
I started in 2022 as Green Feather Advertising, an SEO shop. I quickly saw that clients didn’t need more traffic. They needed the whole chain from click to cash to work. That became Lighthouse Local Growth Partners.
My first client, a Lake County painting contractor, is still a client today. Everything on this site was built and tested in real local businesses.
What I Believe
Four rules I work by.
Ads don’t fail, offers fail.
A weak offer with more ad spend just gets you more no’s, faster. We fix what you sell and how you sell it before we turn up traffic.
Track it to the job, or it didn’t happen.
Clicks and calls aren’t the goal. I track leads to booked jobs and revenue, so you know what’s paying for itself.
Your accounts, your data, your business. Always.
Ad accounts, tracking and profiles are set up in your name. If we ever part ways, everything stays with you.
A partner tells you the truth, even when it costs him the sale.
If ads aren’t your answer right now, I’ll say so, even if it means you don’t hire me.
You Get the Founder
Why one partner, not an agency.
You get the person doing the thinking on every call. No account managers, no hand-offs, no juniors learning on your budget.
Same person, every call
The one who builds your plan is the one who answers your questions.
No hand-offs
Nothing gets lost between a salesperson, a manager and whoever does the work.
A limited roster
I limit how many businesses I partner with so I can be in your numbers every month.
Your Partner Behind the Build
Meet Dylan Hamilton, partner and owner of Best Website Builder Group
Lighthouse Local Growth Partners doesn’t work alone. Dylan Hamilton, founder and owner of Best Website Builder Group, is a partner in the business. His team builds the websites, landing pages and SEO foundations every Lighthouse campaign runs on.
Dylan has spent 16 years in web design. Best Website Builder Group is a web design, SEO and digital marketing agency with offices in Kirtland, Ohio, outside Cleveland, and Melbourne, Florida, serving hundreds of customers nationwide. The websites his team builds are made to rank, load fast and turn visitors into calls, and the businesses running on them have driven over $1.1 billion in sales.
That’s the partnership. Trent gets into your offer, your follow-up and your numbers. Dylan’s team makes sure the website and search presence behind it are built to convert. Several of the businesses on our results page, including the painting contractor and both golf cart dealers, run on websites built by Best Website Builder Group.
Outside the Office
I run a local business too.
When I’m not in client numbers, I’m co-running Roaming Scores, a mobile golf simulator rental here in Lake County. Same slow weeks, same cash-flow math, same phone ringing at dinner.
Local Roots
A Lake County, Ohio business growth consultant.
Based in Lake County, Ohio. Working with owners across Northeast Ohio and beyond.
I know the market, the seasons and what a slow February does to a crew. When we meet, it can be at your shop, not on a screen.
Results
What this looks like in real businesses.
Client results, 2026
Let’s talk shop for 20 minutes.
Tell me where the business is stuck. I’ll tell you what I’d look at first, and whether I’m the right person to help.