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About Global Marketing & Ventures

Built by business people, for the trades.

We help US home improvement contractors get found online, win more jobs and automate the busywork, with one team handling everything from your website to your AI receptionist.

At a glance

  • Founded in 2018 as a consulting & venture firm
  • Digital growth services since 2023
  • Headquartered in Virginia Beach, VA
  • US leadership with a global team
  • Focused on home improvement contractors
Our story

We saw great contractors losing work to worse ones.

Global Marketing & Ventures started in 2018 as a consulting and venture firm, helping businesses grow through strategy and smart investment. Along the way, we kept seeing the same pattern: skilled, honest contractors losing jobs, not because of their work, but because of their website, their Google ranking and the calls they could not pick up.

In 2023 we turned that into our mission. We started building smart websites, local SEO and AI automation systems designed specifically for home improvement businesses, so the best contractors finally get the leads they deserve.

Today we are a US-led team headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia, with a dedicated global build team, working with contractors across the country.

2018

Founded as a consulting & venture firm

Global Marketing & Ventures launches, advising and investing in growing businesses.

2023

Digital growth for local businesses

We launch websites, local SEO and automation services for contractors.

AI

AI systems arrive

AI voice receptionists and GoHighLevel automations join the GMV system.

Today

One complete growth system

Seven services, one team, built to help contractors get found, chosen and booked.

Our mission

Help every great contractor win the work they deserve.

We measure success the way you do: calls, booked jobs and time back in your week.

Results over vanity

We care about booked jobs and revenue, not likes and impressions.

Radical transparency

Clear reports, honest advice and no long contracts hidden in fine print.

Built for the trades

We understand how contractors work, sell and get paid, and we build around it.

One team, one system

No juggling five agencies. Every piece works together, managed by one team.

Real partnership

We grow when you grow, so we treat your business like our own.

Always improving

Technology moves fast. We keep your system ahead of it, including the latest in AI.

2018

Founded

As a consulting & venture firm.

7

Core services

Everything under one roof.

24/7

Lead coverage

AI that never clocks out.

VA

Virginia Beach based

Serving contractors nationwide.

Leadership

The people behind GMV.

Led by President Jack Fulton, founder and CEO of Praetorian Group, with CEO & Co-Founder Mitchell Lambaiso and Co-Founder & COO Zebi (Kevin).

Meet the Team

What working with us feels like

  • One point of contact who knows your business
  • Plain-English updates and monthly reports
  • Fast turnaround on changes
  • Advice you can trust, even when it means doing less
Work with us

Let us build your growth system.

Book a free 20-minute call. We will audit your online presence and show you exactly how we would help you book more jobs.

No obligation · No pressure · Built for US contractors