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Google Ads & Local Services Ads

Paid ads that pay for themselves, and a budget nobody wastes.

Google Ads put you at the top of the page today. We build campaigns around high-intent keywords, obsessive split-testing, and something most agencies skip entirely: protecting every dollar of your budget from waste and fraud.

  • ✓ Certified Google Partner running campaigns since 2007
  • ✓ Click-fraud protection on every campaign we manage
  • ✓ Search ads, Local Services Ads, and remarketing under one roof
Born & raised in Whatcom County Clients across the U.S. Certified Google Partner Ranking businesses since 2007

Ads are the accelerator. We make sure the fuel is clean.

SEO builds the engine that compounds. Paid ads are how you pour on volume right now: top-of-page placement today, for the exact searches your best customers make. Done well, Google Ads are the fastest lever in marketing. Done carelessly, they are the fastest way to burn money.

The difference is management. High-intent keywords instead of broad guesses. Relentless split-testing instead of set-and-forget. Landing pages built to convert the click you just paid for. And a watchful eye on where every dollar actually goes.

The part most agencies never mention: click fraud

A meaningful share of paid clicks never come from customers. Bots, click farms, and yes, sometimes competitors, can quietly drain a budget, especially in trades where a single click can cost $50 to $80. Most agencies never look. We install click-fraud protection on every campaign we manage, automatically blocking fraudulent sources before they spend your money.

  • ✓ High-intent keyword targeting, tuned to buyers, not browsers
  • ✓ Obsessive split-testing of ads, audiences, and landing pages
  • ✓ Click-fraud protection standard on every campaign
  • ✓ Local Services Ads where you pay per lead, not per click
  • ✓ Reporting that shows revenue, not just impressions

Local Services Ads: the pay-per-lead advantage

For home services and many local trades, Google's Local Services Ads sit above everything else on the page, with the Google Guaranteed badge, and you pay only when a real lead contacts you. Managed well, they are some of the most efficient ad dollars a local business can spend. We set them up, dispute the junk leads, and tune them alongside your search campaigns so the two never compete against each other.

SEO and ads are better together

↓SEO makes your ads cheaper

Google scores every ad partly on landing page experience. The optimized, fast, relevant pages our SEO builds raise those Quality Scores, which lowers your cost per click and wins better ad positions with the same budget.

↑Ads make your SEO smarter

Paid campaigns reveal in weeks which searches actually turn into jobs, data that tells the SEO exactly which keywords deserve pages. Ads also build the branded searches, visits, and reviews that strengthen organic performance over time.

Run separately, they compete for credit. Run by one team, they feed each other. And when you own the ad, the Map Pack, and the organic result at once, every placement makes the others more credible.

We Treat Your Budget Like Our Own

One client. One month. About $5,000 saved.

When we took over one client’s campaigns, his budget was bleeding to fraudulent clicks at up to $80 per click. We installed click-fraud protection in week one. The first month alone, it blocked approximately $5,000 in wasted spend, money that went back into reaching real customers instead. That protection now runs on every campaign we manage, on every major ads platform.

~$5K
blocked in fraudulent clicks, one client, first month
$80
what a single click can cost in competitive trades
100%
of our managed campaigns run fraud protection
One client’s first-month result; savings vary by market and spend. Protection runs across all major ads platforms.
What's Included

Campaigns managed like the money is ours

Google Search Ads

Top-of-page placement for the high-intent searches your best customers are making right now.

Local Services Ads

The Google Guaranteed badge, top-of-page placement, and you pay per lead instead of per click.

Remarketing

Stay in front of visitors who did not convert the first time, until they are ready to call.

Landing Pages That Convert

Purpose-built pages for your ads, because sending paid traffic to a weak page wastes every click.

Click-Fraud Protection

Bots, click farms, and bad actors blocked automatically, on every campaign, across major platforms.

Revenue-First Reporting

Clear monthly reports on cost per lead and return, not vanity metrics like impressions.

How It Works

From audit to efficient growth

1

Audit & Shield

We audit your account, find the leaks, and install fraud protection on day one.

2

Build & Target

Campaigns rebuilt around high-intent keywords and the customers worth winning.

3

Test & Tune

Ads, audiences, and landing pages split-tested relentlessly to drive cost per lead down.

4

Scale What Works

Winning campaigns get more budget. Losers get cut. Your return climbs.

Questions

Paid ads questions, answered straight

How fast will I see results from ads?
Fast. Campaigns can start driving traffic the day they launch, which is exactly why ads pair so well with SEO: ads deliver volume now while your organic rankings compound in the background. Expect the first two to four weeks to include real tuning as the data comes in.
What is click fraud, and should I actually worry about it?
Click fraud is when bots, click farms, or bad actors click your ads with no intention of buying, and every one of those clicks spends your money. In competitive trades where clicks can cost $50 to $80, it adds up brutally fast. We install automated fraud protection on every campaign we manage, so those sources get blocked before they drain your budget.
What is the difference between Google Ads and Local Services Ads?
Google Ads charge per click and give you fine-grained control over keywords and messaging. Local Services Ads sit at the very top of the page with the Google Guaranteed badge, and you pay per lead instead of per click. For most local service businesses, the winning play is both, managed together so they never bid against each other.
How much should I budget for ads?
It depends on your market, your margins, and how fast you want to grow. We will give you a straightforward recommendation on your free consultation, including what a realistic cost per lead looks like in your industry, so you can decide with real numbers instead of guesses.
Should I do ads or SEO first?
If you need leads now, ads deliver immediately while SEO builds. If you already have steady work, SEO first builds the asset that compounds. Most of our clients run both: SEO as the durable foundation, ads as the accelerator. Because we do both under one roof, the two strategies share data instead of competing.
Am I locked into a long contract?
No. We keep clients by performing, not by trapping them in paperwork. We will recommend enough runway to judge results fairly, and then the results do the talking.

Every dollar should pull its weight. Let's make sure it does.

Book a free 30-minute consultation. Bring your current campaigns, or start from scratch. Either way, we will show you what efficient looks like.