OUR STORY
Built to solve the problem every client had before us.
In 2014, Adeel Ahmad left a senior role at a large digital agency with one observation: almost every client he worked with had been burned before. Promised rankings that never came. Paid for campaigns with no traceable return. Handed from one junior account manager to the next. He founded Tkist to do the opposite of all of that.
HOW IT STARTED
One client at a time. Every result owned.
Tkist started in Manchester in 2014 with three clients, no office and a simple brief: get results nobody else was getting. The first year was spent building the kind of SEO and paid media frameworks that most agencies do not have — not because they are complicated, but because they require real specialists to build and maintain them.
By 2018 we had 50 active clients and had launched our AI automations practice — years before it became a trend. We saw early that the businesses winning online were not just spending more on ads; they were building smarter systems underneath their marketing.
Today we work with 300+ businesses across the UK, US, Canada, Australia and the UAE. Our team has grown to 20 specialists across eight disciplines. The brief is still the same: get results nobody else is getting.
2014
Founded in Manchester by Adeel Ahmad with three clients and no office.
2016
Grew to 10 clients. Hired first two specialist team members (SEO and paid media).
2018
Passed 50 active clients. Moved into dedicated offices. Launched AI automations service.
2020
Shifted to a fully distributed team model. Client retention stayed above 95% through the pandemic.
2022
Passed 200 clients served. Launched mobile app and custom software development disciplines.
2024
300+ clients served across 20 countries. Launched our AI Agents and GPT Builds service.
HOW WE WORK
The four principles that every client agreement is built on.
Revenue over vanity
Impressions and follower counts mean nothing if they do not translate into paying customers. Every strategy we build starts and ends with what drives revenue for your business — not what looks good in a deck.
Specialists, not generalists
Your SEO account is handled by an SEO specialist. Your paid media campaigns are run by a paid media specialist. Nobody here wears too many hats. Domain expertise is the difference between average results and exceptional ones.
Radical transparency
You see every number, every click, every pound spent and exactly what it returned. Our reports are built to show reality — including the things that are not working yet — because honest data leads to better decisions.
Speed without shortcuts
We move quickly. Campaigns go live within days. strategies get revised weekly. But speed never comes at the cost of quality. We do not launch half-built work to hit a deadline — we build properly and move fast.
Our People
Built by specialists.
Driven by results.
Six domain experts — not generalists. No account managers, no outsourcing. Every client works directly with the person who owns their results.
#01Muhammad Adeel
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#02Muhammad Zohaib
#04Muhammad Sharjeel
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300+
Clients Served
Across 20+ countries
98%
Client Retention
Year on year
10+
Years Active
In the digital marketing space
£20m+
Ad Spend Managed
At an average 8.5× ROAS
AN HONEST NOTE
What Tkist is not.
We are not a full-service agency that does everything at average quality.
We do eight things well. Not twenty things adequately. If you need a PR firm or a branding agency, we will tell you clearly and point you toward someone excellent.
We are not cheap.
We price at fair market rates for senior specialists. Bargain-rate digital marketing is an oxymoron — you get what you pay for, and low-cost agencies typically pay for themselves in wasted months and missed opportunities.
We are not for businesses that want to set-and-forget.
Good digital marketing requires engagement from your side. We need your input on strategy, approval on creative and honest feedback on results. The clients who get the most from us are the ones who stay involved.
WORK WITH US
Ready to see what senior specialists can do for your business?
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