Account structure
Campaigns split by intent, service line and location, with ad groups kept small enough to stay relevant.
Paid search buys attention. Whether that attention becomes an enquiry is decided by account structure, the search terms you exclude, and the page behind the click.
Most wasted ad budget appears in the search terms within a few weeks. It is rarely a bidding problem; it is almost always a structure problem.
Broad matches pull in queries nobody intended, a single campaign carries eight different intents, and every advert lands on the homepage. Those three habits account for most of the money that disappears without producing an enquiry, and all of them can be fixed without raising the budget.
The account we build separates campaigns by intent and by geography, pairs each ad group with a page that continues the promise made in the headline, and adds negative keywords on a schedule instead of once at launch. Conversion tracking goes live before the first click, because an account that cannot distinguish an enquiry from a page view cannot be managed at all.
Search, local and remarketing do different jobs, so they are built and budgeted as separate campaigns.
Campaigns split by intent, service line and location, with ad groups kept small enough to stay relevant.
Terms researched against purchase intent, match types chosen deliberately, and a negative list started before launch.
Headlines carrying the actual offer, plus sitelinks, callouts and call details updated as the offer changes.
A page per campaign theme, loading quickly on a phone, with the form or number where the click lands.
Form submissions, calls and message events recorded, so the account reports on enquiries rather than impressions.
Regular term review, negative keyword additions, and bids adjusted to what the recorded conversions show.
Setup happens once. The ongoing value is in the weekly and monthly review cycle that follows it.
Paid search works best when people already search for what you sell and someone answers the phone quickly.
If buyers type the service into Google before choosing a provider, the intent is already there to capture.
Paid traffic is wasted when a form sits unanswered for two working days.
A campaign in a defined location reveals the real cost per enquiry before a permanent investment is made.
A page that loads slowly on mobile loses the click that was just paid for.
Nothing spends until tracking works. Unmeasured days are paid-for days that teach nothing.
Budget, geography, service lines and the enquiries worth paying for agreed in writing.
Campaigns, ad groups, keywords, negatives and copy prepared, with a matching landing page for each theme.
Conversions tested end to end, from form submission to the record your team actually sees.
Daily checks for the first fortnight: search terms, spend pacing, broken links and disapproved adverts.
Weekly review of terms and creative, monthly reallocation of budget based on what the account produced.
Three surfaces, three jobs. Blending them into one campaign is how a budget becomes unreadable.
The first improvement is usually visible in what stops being paid for, before it appears in what is.
Queries that were never going to buy stop appearing in the search terms.
Spend, cost and enquiries can be compared by service and by city.
The promise in the headline continues on the landing page, so fewer visitors leave immediately.
Budget shifts between campaigns because of what happened, not because of a monthly guess.
Still unsure whether this fits what you are trying to do? Ask directly — you will get an honest answer, including when the answer is no.
Talk to the teamIt depends on how many enquiries you can handle and what competition in that category costs per click. We start with a test budget large enough to gather data worth reading, then adjust. A budget too small to reach anyone teaches nothing.
Clicks can arrive on day one. Whether they become enquiries depends on the landing page, the offer and the competition. We watch the first fortnight closely and report what the data shows rather than a figure we invented for the proposal.
No. Cost per click is set by an auction you do not control, and conversion rates move with season and offer. What we can do is manage the account so the numbers are visible and improve where the data supports it.
Not necessarily, but each campaign theme needs a page that matches the search. Sending every advert to the homepage is the most common way to waste a paid budget.
You do. The account is created under your ownership at the start, so the campaign history, audiences and conversion data remain with your business.
Tell us what you are trying to build, launch, grow or fix. You will get a recommended approach, an honest scope and clear next steps.