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The marketing agency for Brazilian business owners in the U.S. who already sell to Americans

Escalar+ was started by Paulo Ricardo Mont'Mor after two years inside a Miami agency that served only American home improvement companies. Today we build the whole sales structure for contractors and local service businesses: website, ads, CRM, follow-up and a dedicated sales rep. Everything we build lives in your name, not ours.

6 years in the U.S. market15+ businesses launched across 13 tradesEverything built inside your own accounts
Portrait of Paulo Mont'Mor, founder of the Escalar+ marketing agency

Where this marketing agency started: two years in Miami

Before Escalar+ existed, Paulo spent two years working in person at a marketing agency in Miami. That agency did not serve Brazilians. It served American home improvement companies, the remodelers, flooring stores and contractors who fight for the same homeowner every week. That is where he learned how a contractor actually gets a job: the ad, the form, the call back, the estimate, the follow-up and the signature.

He also saw what separates the companies that grow from the ones that stay stuck. It was rarely the quality of the work on site. It was what happened between the first click and the first visit. The companies that answered fast, followed up with discipline and looked professional online kept winning. The ones that waited two days to call back kept losing jobs they never even knew they had.

Why we chose to serve Brazilian business owners in the U.S.

When the Miami chapter ended, Paulo decided to open his own agency, and he chose his client on purpose. He wanted to work with Brazilian owners running businesses in the U.S., because he understood the construction market and because he knew this owner closely. These are people who built a company from their own hands. They already sell to American homeowners every day, and they do it well.

What most of them do not have is time. The owner is on the job site at seven, doing estimates at lunch and answering texts at ten at night. Marketing gets whatever is left, which is usually nothing. We sit on the owner's side of the table, speak with them directly, and take the whole commercial side off their plate. Every page, ad and message that reaches the homeowner goes out in American English.

How our agency grew from websites to the whole sales structure

Escalar+ did not start as a full sales structure. It started with design, branding and websites, and each new piece was added because a client needed it to stop losing jobs. The order below is more or less how the agency grew. It is also the order in which most contractors discover what is missing in their own business.

01Design, branding and websitesThe first work was visual: logos, brand kits and websites that made a small company look like the serious business it already was. A good site was the base, but a site alone does not make the phone ring.
02Paid ads that bring the right homeownerNext came Meta and Google ads. We learned to target by the income of each zip code instead of a lazy radius, because a remodel needs a homeowner who can pay for it.
03A CRM and automatic follow-upLeads were arriving and dying in the owner's inbox. So we put a CRM inside the client's own account, with a reply in seconds and 8 follow-ups by SMS and email for every lead.
04A dedicated sales repAutomation answers fast, but a person closes. We added a dedicated sales rep who replies to leads, negotiates and sends the estimate, with a hard limit of 2 clients per rep.
05Custom software when the business needs itSome businesses need more than a template. We built an ordering app that takes card payments, a material catalog and an estimate system with an AI visualizer.

Why everything stays in your account, not the agency's

We have taken over too many businesses where the previous agency owned the ad account, the domain or the page. When the owner wanted to leave, they had to start from zero. That is why our rule is simple: we build inside your accounts, and you keep the keys. Think of us as your in-house marketing team, only you do not have to hire one.

Your ad account, your cardAds run in an account in your business name, and the ad budget is paid with your own card. You see every dollar spent.
Your CRM and your leadsEvery lead, message, email and recorded call is saved in your CRM. The history belongs to your company.
Your website and domainThe domain is registered to you. The site we build is yours, and it is never copied and sold to another client.
Your Google Business ProfileWe manage it with access you grant. You remain the owner, and everything customers write about your work stays attached to your business.
Your texting number and registrationThe A2P registration that lets you text customers is filed with your company's data, so it stays with you.
No lock-in contractIf our work is not good for you, you can leave. Because everything is already yours, leaving does not cost you your structure.

What makes us a different marketing agency for Brazilian owners

Most owners who come to us have already paid another agency. Some got a nice report every month and no calls. Some found out the agency never posted anything. We are not writing this to throw stones. We are writing it so you know exactly what to compare before you hire anyone, including us.

The common agency
Escalar+
✕The agency keeps the ad account and the page
Everything is built in your accounts, in your name
✕Months of setup before anything goes live
Live in 7 days, and the wait is the A2P registration
✕Ads aimed at a wide radius around your shop
Zip codes chosen by household income
✕Success measured in clicks and likes
Success measured in estimates and closed jobs
✕A promise of a number of contracts per month
A commitment to execution, with no number invented
✕A long contract that keeps you paying
No lock-in. You stay because the work is good

Where our clients are: Florida, Massachusetts and beyond

About 80% of our clients are in Florida and about 20% are in Massachusetts. In Florida that means cities like Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch, Bradenton, Fort Myers, Boynton Beach, The Villages and Ocala. In Massachusetts it means places like Holliston, Framingham and Worcester. We also work outside those two states, with a client in Dawsonville, Georgia. We do not claim offices in any of these cities, because we do not need one to do the work well.

Working in two very different markets teaches a lot. A Florida remodeler deals with snowbirds, hurricane season and fast-growing new neighborhoods. A countertop shop in Massachusetts deals with older homes, a short building season and homeowners who compare three quotes before calling anyone back. The structure is the same, but the targeting, the offers and the words change for each place. That local detail is part of the job, not an extra.

Who our marketing agency is built for

We are not the right fit for everyone, and we would rather say that now than after a month of invoices. The owners who get the most out of Escalar+ tend to look alike. If most of the points below sound like you, a conversation is worth your time.

You run a real service businessContractors, remodelers, countertops, flooring, painting, cleaning, landscaping and other local services across 13 trades.
You already sell to AmericansYou have customers, a track record and a crew. What you want is a steady flow of the right estimates.
You will show up to the estimateOur part is everything before the visit. Your part is measuring, closing and delivering the work well.
You will send photos and videosReal jobs make the best ads. A phone on a tripod is enough, and we handle the editing.
You want to own your structureYou care that the ad account, CRM and website stay in your name for as long as the business exists.
You want honesty over hypeYou would rather hear how the work gets done than hear a number of contracts nobody can promise.

Six years in the U.S. market, and the same rule from day one

After 6 years in the U.S. market and more than 15 businesses launched, our position has not changed. We do not promise a number of leads or contracts, because nobody honest can. What we commit to is execution: every campaign built with excellence, everything in your account, and no lock-in contract. If it is not working for you, you leave with everything that is yours. If you want to see how it works before deciding, call us at +1 (941) 877-6457.

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Who founded Escalar+?

Paulo Ricardo Mont'Mor founded Escalar+ after working two years in person at a Miami agency that served American home improvement companies. He runs the agency today with his partner Lucas Campanharo.

Do you only work with Brazilian business owners?

Our focus is Brazilian business owners in the U.S. That is who we built the agency for. Your customers are Americans, so every page, ad and message they see is written in American English.

Which states do you work in?

About 80% of our clients are in Florida and about 20% in Massachusetts, and we also serve businesses in other states, such as Georgia. The work is done remotely, inside your own accounts.

How long have you been doing this?

We have 6 years in the U.S. market and have launched more than 15 businesses across 13 trades.

What happens to my accounts if I stop working with you?

They stay with you. The ad account, CRM, website, domain and Google Business Profile are built in your name from the start, so nothing has to be handed back.

Do you promise a number of leads or contracts?

No. Nobody controls how many homeowners decide to hire this month. We commit to building every campaign with excellence, keeping everything in your account and never locking you into a contract.