A digital marketing agency in Nepal without the account manager
SEO, Google Ads and Meta Ads run by me, with video, design, social and web development delivered by the Limi Creatives team.
A digital marketing agency in Nepal usually means five people, three invoices and nobody who can tell you which part is failing. Here you brief one person. Janak Pokharel runs the SEO, Google Ads and Meta Ads work directly, and the video, design, social and development work is delivered by Limi Creatives, the Kathmandu agency he co-founded.
Last reviewed: September 14, 2026
Most enquiries I get start the same way. Someone has a website, a Facebook page, a boosted post that spent money, and no idea which part is failing. They do not need five vendors. They need one person who can look at the whole thing and then bring in the right hands.
That is how I work. I am Janak Pokharel, an SEO and ads analyst based in Kathmandu, and I am co-founder of Limi Creatives, a marketing agency on Mandir Marga. The search and advertising work on your account is mine. When a project needs reels, brand design, ongoing social content or an actual build, it goes to the Limi Creatives team, and I stay the person you talk to. There is more on how I got here on the about page.
This page sets out both halves honestly, including the parts I would rather you knew before you pay anyone.
What I handle myself
These five are mine start to finish. No account manager, no junior running the account while my name sits on the proposal.
1. SEO, on-page and off-page
Search work covers keyword and intent research, page structure, internal linking, content briefs and the slow business of earning links. Most sites I open in Nepal do not have a ranking problem yet. They have an indexing problem, which is a different thing and has to be cleared first. My SEO services in Nepal page explains what that looks like in practice.
2. Technical SEO and site health
Crawling, indexing, canonicals, redirects, Core Web Vitals and schema markup. This is the part clients enjoy least and need most, because a page Google has never read cannot rank no matter how good the writing is. Google Search Central publishes the rules I work against, and Schema.org defines the structured data vocabulary I use. The technical SEO page goes into the specific checks.
3. Answer engine and AI search visibility
Answer engine optimization, or AEO, is the practice of structuring content so systems such as Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Perplexity can retrieve, summarize and cite it. In practice it means clear definitions, self contained answers, clean headings, correct schema and factual claims that hold up. Nobody can promise an AI citation. What can be done is remove the reasons an engine would skip your page.
4. Google Ads and paid search
Account structure built around real search intent, negative keyword work, conversion tracking that reports honestly, and the Nepal specific problems nobody warns you about, such as USD billing and thin local search volume. See Google Ads in Nepal for the full version.
5. Meta Ads on Facebook and Instagram
Campaigns run through Ads Manager rather than the boost button, with proper objectives, pixel setup and reporting on cost per lead instead of reach. The Meta Ads in Nepal page covers why boosted posts flatter you and rarely sell anything.
Measurement sits underneath all five. Google Search Console for what search is doing, Google Analytics 4 and the ad platforms for what the money is doing. If those three disagree, that gets fixed before anything else.
Local businesses with a shop, clinic or restaurant usually start somewhere else entirely, with local SEO in Kathmandu and a corrected Google Business Profile.
What Limi Creatives adds
Limi Creatives is a Kathmandu based creative and digital marketing agency that delivers video, design, social content and web development alongside the search and ads work. These are the services I do not personally produce. When your project needs them, they are produced by the Limi Creatives team and briefed by me.
Video editing and short form content. Reels, TikToks and social video cut from raw footage, including the vertical formats that Meta and TikTok actually distribute. This is the work Limi Creatives is best known for locally.
Graphic design and brand identity. Logos, brand systems, ad creative, print and the visual assets a campaign needs before it can run. An ad account with nothing to show is a budget waiting to be wasted.
Social media management. Content calendars, posting, community replies and the ongoing production that keeps a page alive between campaigns.
Web and web app development. Websites, landing pages and custom builds, through the development side of the team. Useful when an SEO audit ends in a list of fixes nobody on your side can ship.
Who does what, in one table
| Service | Delivered by | Typical reason you need it |
|---|---|---|
| SEO and technical SEO | Janak Pokharel | Site is invisible or stuck on brand searches only |
| AEO and AI search visibility | Janak Pokharel | You want to be quoted in AI answers, not just ranked |
| Google Ads and PPC | Janak Pokharel | You need enquiries this month from existing demand |
| Meta Ads | Janak Pokharel | Nobody searches for your category yet |
| Video and reels | Limi Creatives | Campaigns need creative that stops the scroll |
| Graphic design and branding | Limi Creatives | Ads, profile and site look inconsistent |
| Social media management | Limi Creatives | Page goes quiet between campaigns |
| Web and app development | Limi Creatives | Audit fixes need someone to build them |
How the collaboration actually works
You get one point of contact. I scope the work, decide what is worth doing first, and say plainly when part of it should wait. If the project needs creative or development, I brief the Limi Creatives team and review what comes back before it reaches you. Billing and reporting stay in one place.
The client work behind this has been mixed rather than narrow. Through Limi Creatives the campaigns have covered quick commerce, cloud kitchens, restaurants, construction and photography, which is a useful spread because each one fails differently. Restaurants live or die on the map pack. Construction needs long sales cycles and search. Quick commerce needs creative volume.
What I will not do is quote you for all of it by default. Most businesses need two of these things done properly, not eight done thinly.
What it costs, and how the work is shaped
I will not print a price list, because a number without a scope is how people end up disappointed. What I can do is tell you what moves the number and which of the three shapes usually fits.
| Engagement | Best for | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| One-off audit | A site nobody has looked at properly | A prioritised list of what is broken and what it is worth fixing |
| Project | A defined job with an end, such as a rebuild, a migration or a campaign launch | Fixed scope, fixed timeline |
| Monthly retainer | Ongoing search, ads or social that needs steady hands | Continuous work with reporting you can check yourself |
Five things move the price more than anything else: the size of the site, whether it runs on WordPress or something custom, how many locations or service areas you have, whether the content needs English only or English and Nepali, and how much of the fix is developer work rather than marketing work. Creative volume is the sixth on projects that lean on video.
If you are weighing this against hiring in house or going with a bigger firm, I wrote about that trade-off in hiring an SEO and ads freelancer and in how to judge an SEO company in Nepal.
How to decide what you need first
Run these four checks before you brief anyone, including me.
- Search
site:followed by your domain in Google. If far fewer pages come back than you published, technical SEO comes before everything else on this page. - Search your own service plus your city. If you only appear for your business name, you have a visibility problem, not a conversion problem.
- Open your ad account and find your cost per lead. If the number does not exist, measurement comes before more budget.
- Look at your last five posts or ads side by side. If they look like five different companies, design comes before spend.
Whichever of those fails first is usually where the money should go.
When you should not hire me
If your product has no search demand at all and no budget for paid, SEO will not rescue it, and I would rather say so than bill for a year of content. If you already have an in house marketer doing the fundamentals well, a one off audit is better value than a retainer. And if you need a full brand launch with no search or ads component, Limi Creatives is the better first conversation, not me.
Frequently asked questions
Is Janak Pokharel an agency or a freelancer?
Neither label fits cleanly. Janak Pokharel works directly on SEO and paid ads as an independent consultant, and is also co-founder of Limi Creatives, a Kathmandu marketing agency. Search and ads work is delivered personally. Video, design, social and development are delivered by the Limi Creatives team.
Which services are delivered by Limi Creatives rather than by you?
Video editing and reels, graphic design and brand identity, social media management, and web or web app development are produced by the Limi Creatives team. SEO, technical SEO, AEO, Google Ads and Meta Ads are handled directly by me.
How much does a digital marketing agency in Nepal cost?
There is no single figure, because scope drives the price. The cost of digital marketing in Nepal moves with the size of the site, the platform it runs on, the number of locations, whether content is needed in English and Nepali, and how much developer work the fix requires. Work is shaped as a one-off audit, a fixed-scope project, or a monthly retainer.
Can I hire only the SEO or only the ads part?
Yes, and most clients do. The creative and development services exist so that a project does not stall when it needs something I do not produce. They are not bundled into every proposal.
Do you work with clients outside Nepal?
Yes. Around 60 percent of my search work is for clients in the United Kingdom, with the rest split between Nepal and other markets. The method does not change with the country. The auction, the competition and the search behaviour do, which is why the Nepal pages and the general service pages are written separately.
How do I know which service to start with?
Send the website URL and what you sell. I will reply with the one thing I would fix first and why, including the times when the honest answer is that you do not need to pay anyone yet. You can start that on the contact page or over WhatsApp.
Ready to find out which half you need?
Tell me your website and your goal. I will tell you whether the next step is search, ads, creative or development, and which of those I would do myself. If the work belongs with the Limi Creatives team, I will say that too.