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Terms and Conditions

Effective Date: October 5, 2026

Effective Date: October 5, 2026

These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) apply to the website www.houdigitalmarketing.com and to all services provided by HOU Digital Marketing, LLC (“HOU Digital Marketing,” “we,” “our,” or “us”), a Texas limited liability company. “You” and “Client” mean the person or business that uses our website or hires us.

By using our website, signing a proposal, paying an invoice, or asking us to start work, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use our website or services.

1. Our Services

We provide digital marketing services, including:

•  Search engine optimization (SEO), local SEO and generative engine optimization (GEO)

•  Google Ads management

•  PPC management across Google and Meta (Facebook and Instagram)

•  Website design, redesign and migration on Squarespace and WordPress

•  Digital marketing virtual assistant services

•  Related work such as keyword research, content writing, reporting and tracking setup

The exact scope, price and deliverables for your account are set out in your proposal, quote or invoice (your “Service Agreement”). If your Service Agreement conflicts with these Terms, the Service Agreement controls for that point.

2. Monthly Services and Billing

•  SEO, Google Ads, PPC and virtual assistant plans are billed monthly, in advance.

•  Plans are month to month. There is no long-term contract and no setup fee.

•  Payment is due on the invoice date unless your invoice says otherwise.

•  If a payment is late, we may pause work until your account is current. Paused time does not extend your paid month.

•  We may change our prices with at least 30 days written notice. The change applies from your next billing month after the notice period.

3. Website Projects

•  Website projects are quoted as a fixed price.

•  A 50% deposit is due before work starts. The remaining 50% is due before the website goes live.

•  Each package includes the number of revision rounds stated in your Service Agreement. Extra revisions or new work outside the agreed scope are quoted separately before we do them.

•  Timelines depend on you providing content, feedback, logins and approvals on time. Delays on your side move the delivery date.

•  We hand over the final website files and access once the full project fee is paid.

4. Advertising Spend

Advertising spend is paid by you directly to Google, Meta or the other ad platform from your own account and payment method. Our management fee is separate. We do not mark up your ad spend or take a percentage of it.

You are responsible for all charges billed by ad platforms, including charges incurred while campaigns you approved are running. You can pause campaigns at any time by asking us or by using your own account access.

5. Account Ownership and Access

You own your Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Google Business Profile, Meta, domain, hosting and website accounts. We work in them as a manager or user with the access you give us.

When our services end, we remove our access on request and help transfer anything you need, such as reports, campaign settings and website files that are paid for in full.

6. Your Responsibilities

You agree to:

•  Give us accurate information about your business, services, pricing and locations

•  Provide timely access to the accounts, logins and materials we need

•  Review and approve ads, pages and content before they go live, when we ask you to

•  Only send us text, images, logos and other materials you have the right to use

•  Make sure your business, offers and claims comply with the laws and advertising rules that apply to your industry, including healthcare, legal and financial rules

•  Keep your own payment details with ad platforms up to date

7. No Guarantee of Results

We do the work described in your Service Agreement with care and skill. However, search engines, AI search tools and ad platforms control their own algorithms, rankings, ad auctions and policies, and they change often.

For that reason, we do not guarantee any specific ranking, a #1 position, traffic level, number of leads, sales or revenue. Past results for other clients do not guarantee future results for you. Results depend on your market, competition, budget, website and offer.

8. Intellectual Property

•  Once your project or monthly fee is paid in full, you own the final website design, written content, ad copy and reports we create specifically for you.

•  We keep ownership of our own methods, processes, templates, tools and know-how, including anything we created before working with you.

•  Themes, plugins, fonts, stock images and other third-party materials are covered by their own licenses. Some require a paid license in your name.

•  We will not name you publicly as a client, or use your results with your business name, without your permission.

9. Confidentiality

We keep your business information, account access and data confidential and use it only to provide our services. We do not sell your information. Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle personal information.

10. Cancellation and Refunds

You can cancel monthly services with 30 days written notice. Website projects follow the deposit and balance terms above. Full details are in our Cancellation and Refund Policy, which is part of these Terms.

11. Third-Party Platforms

Our work relies on platforms we do not control, such as Google, Meta, Squarespace, WordPress, hosting companies and tracking tools. We are not responsible for their outages, policy changes, price changes, ad disapprovals, account suspensions or data loss. If a platform issue affects your account, we will tell you and help where we can.

12. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent allowed by law, HOU Digital Marketing will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages, including lost profits, lost revenue, lost data or lost business opportunities.

Our total liability for any claim related to our website or services is limited to the fees you paid us for the services involved in the 3 months before the claim arose.

13. Indemnification

You agree to protect and hold harmless HOU Digital Marketing from claims, losses and costs that result from the materials you provide, the claims you make about your business, your products or services, or your breach of these Terms.

14. Use of This Website

The content on this website is general information about our services. It is not legal, financial or medical advice. You agree not to copy our content for commercial use, interfere with the website, or use it for any unlawful purpose. Links to other websites are provided for convenience; we are not responsible for their content.

15. Ending Services

Either party may end services as described in our Cancellation and Refund Policy. We may also end services right away if an invoice remains unpaid after a reminder, or if we are asked to do something unlawful or against a platform’s policies. Sections 7, 8, 9, 12, 13 and 16 continue to apply after services end.

16. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Texas. Any dispute will be handled in the state or federal courts located in Harris County, Texas, and both parties agree to that location.

17. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with a new Effective Date. Continued use of our website or services after the change means you accept the updated Terms.

18. Contact Information

HOU Digital Marketing, LLC

Houston, Texas

Website: https://www.houdigitalmarketing.com

Email: info@houdigitalmarketing.com

Phone: +1 (832) 560-2010

If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us using the information above.