SEO takes months to build. Ads can bring in calls this week — but only when they're targeted tightly to your actual service area, tracked properly, and built to convert, not just collect clicks.
Google Ads can work fast — but most local accounts are set up broad, untracked, and left running on autopilot. The budget disappears and nobody can say what actually turned into a customer.
Ads showing to searchers 30 miles outside where you actually work quietly burn through budget on clicks that were never going to call.
Without call tracking or conversion tracking wired up, there's no real way to tell which clicks actually became paying customers.
Set up once and never touched, campaigns quietly drift — bidding on the wrong keywords while budget keeps draining in the background.
Ads done well are precise: the right radius, the right keywords, and clear tracking on what turns into an actual call or booking. Every account is set up around four fundamentals:
Filling a slow season, testing a new service area, or already running ads with no clear idea what's converting — any of these is a sign it's time to get more deliberate.
SEO is building, but you need calls coming in while that happens — not three months from now.
Expanding into a new suburb or region and want to validate demand quickly before committing further.
Running ads already, but with no clear idea what's actually converting or where the budget is going.
Campaigns typically start generating clicks within days of going live. It usually takes 2–3 weeks of real data before we can fine-tune targeting and get cost-per-lead to settle down.
It depends on your market, competition, and average job value. We'll give you a realistic range on the call rather than a generic number.
Pricing details are covered on the strategy call, where we can talk through what makes sense for your budget and goals directly.
Yes — that's actually the most common setup. Ads fill the gap while SEO builds, and the two share data to improve each other.
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