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Identify wasted spend, missed opportunities, and growth potential across your campaigns. Our audit analyzes structure, targeting, and performance data to reveal how to improve ROI fast.

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Free Audit Process: What to Expect

  • Invest a few hours to receive tips that can save you hundreds of thousands of dollars and reveal opportunities to improve your program and outshine competitors.

  • Book a Free Consultation: Fill out the quick form to schedule a 30-minute free consultation call.

  • Confirmation: I’ll confirm our meeting within 48 hours after you schedule with Calendly.

  • Initial Google Meet Call: We’ll discuss your business and challenges with paid search.

  • Grant Temporary Access: Provide me with temporary read-only access to your Google Ads account for auditing.

  • Additional Questions: I may email you with further questions to better understand your program.

  • Quick Analysis: I’ll conduct a quick analysis of your account.

  • Follow-Up Meeting: We’ll meet again in 2 weeks for 30-45 minutes to review my findings.

  • Deliverables: You’ll receive a PDF with my findings and suggestions, with no commitment or obligation to work together in the future.

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Boutique Performance Marketing for High-Growth Digital Brands

Digital Sardine helps high-growth travel brands turn complexity into clarity. We combine data-driven strategy, proprietary automation, and deep travel expertise to drive measurable revenue and ROI — whether you’re optimizing an existing program or scaling globally across new markets.

Some Travel Brands I’ve Helped Grow

  • eDreams

  • VacationRenter

  • WeChalet

  • Kiwi.com

  • GBTA

  • GO Voyages

  • Opodo

  • Liligo

  • Travellink

  • Runway

  • Airhopping

  • Pestana Hotels

  • Pousadas de Portugal

  • Hotel Oslo

  • “Partnering with Digital Sardine has been a game changer for WeChalet. With deep expertise in travel marketing, the campaigns delivered record months over the summer, driving more bookings and stronger efficiency than ever. Flavio truly understands how to deliver results in the travel industry.”

    — Dany Papineau, CEO of WeChalet

  • “I had the opportunity to work with Flavio for 3 years at eDreams and collaborate later on a 6-month project to optimize and run paid traffic for Plazah. I came to admire his tenacity and passion for his work. He is very experienced and knowledgeable about paid search.”

    — Mauricio Prieto, Co-founder & former CMO at eDreams Odigeo

  • “Before working with Digital Sardine, every time we increased ad spend, revenue lagged behind and efficiency declined. With the new structure in place, we’re now growing at our strongest pace yet — a major step forward for the business and proof that our marketing efforts are finally scalable.”

     — Josh Rome, CEO of Runway

  • “I hired Flavio to audit our SEM program when our business was still in its early stages. Over more than three years working with HealthCare.com, he helped scale our paid media investment from single-digit millions to over $20M annually. Flavio is analytical, detail-oriented, responsive, and collaborates effectively across teams to drive measurable marketing success.”

    — Howard Yeh, Co-Founder & Former CEO of HealthCare.com

  • “Flavio has an extraordinary ability to drive results for large complex paid search programs, utilizes a data-driven approach, and brings with him a strong passion for online marketing.”

     — Julien Massadier, former Head of SEM at eDreams Odigeo

Flavio Rodrigues

I’m a paid search consultant located in the San Francisco Bay Area. I’m  Google and Bing Ads certified with over 14 years of experience building and managing programs.

I help travel companies grow traffic, revenue, and ROI with complex and global paid search programs.

I've focused on paid search throughout my entire career, with an emphasis on large-scale and direct responsive programs for the travel industry. I've managed over $500M in marketing dollars since 2010.

Why Partner with a Travel PPC Expert?

  • 14+ years of experience in large-scale Paid Search programs, with over 9 years in the travel sector.

  • Managed $500M+ in ad spending since 2010, delivering proven revenue and ROI growth.

  • Deep domain expertise from OTAs and travel aggregators, covering paid search, conversion rate optimization, cancellation rates, monetization strategies, seasonality, and international expansion.

  • Extensive experience in localization and managing global and multi-language Paid Search programs spanning over 30 countries.

  • Google Ads & Microsoft Advertising Search certified.

  • Full Ownership of Your Accounts and Assets (No Agency Takeover).

  • I never outsource my work.

  • I charge for work done, not a percentage of media spend.

  • No long-term commitments.

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