PPC Ads

Tyler Cardwell, owner and developer at Cardwell Web

PPC ads management

Paid search that turns clicks into calls, not just traffic

Google and Meta ad campaigns get set up, managed, and optimized around a goal you can actually measure - calls, form fills, or booked estimates - not clicks for their own sake. Landing pages tie into the same quote paths already built into your site, so a click doesn't dead-end on a generic homepage.

Done well, ads get you results faster than SEO alone while your organic rankings build in the background - with weekly tuning and a monthly report that tells you what actually happened, in plain English.

Why it matters

  • Faster results than SEO alone, while rankings build in the background
  • Landing pages tied to your real quote path, not a generic homepage
  • Budget targeted at searches and audiences likely to actually convert
  • A plain-English monthly report, not a dashboard you have to decode

Tracking comes before spending

Before a campaign launches, conversion tracking and call tracking get set up so every result is actually counted. Without that, it's impossible to tell which ads are working and which are just burning budget.

Campaigns get built around who actually books work

Keyword research, service areas, and audience targeting all get built around who's likely to convert - not just who's likely to click. Broad, unfocused targeting is one of the fastest ways to burn through a budget without results.

The ad and the landing page have to match

Ad copy that promises one thing and a page that delivers another is a fast way to waste a click that already cost money. Ads and landing pages get built together, so the message stays consistent from search result to submitted form.

Weekly tuning beats set-and-forget

Bids, budgets, negative keywords, and ad copy all get adjusted weekly based on real performance data, not left running on autopilot. Campaigns that don't get tuned tend to get more expensive and less effective over time, not better.

Reporting should answer one question: was it worth it

Spend, leads, and cost per lead get reported in plain English every month, alongside what's changing next. No jargon-heavy dashboard standing in for an actual answer about whether the budget is working.

Ads work best with a fast site and real SEO underneath them

Paid traffic only converts if the page it lands on is built to close - that's the same job website design does. And once ads prove out what converts, local SEO can build the same results without the ongoing spend.

If you're not sure where to start, reach out and we'll figure out whether ads, SEO, or both make sense for where your business is right now.

Ready to see what ads could do for your business?

Send your website and current ad accounts if you have them. We'll review what's working, what's wasting budget, and where to start.

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