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Paid ads

Spend that is accountable to a number, not a feeling.

The short version

Paid is the last thing on this list on purpose. Sending traffic to a site that does not convert is buying an audience for a page that disappoints them.

Done in the right order it is the most controllable channel you have. You decide the spend, you see the cost per enquiry, and you turn it off when the diary is full.

Right fit?

Businesses with a page that already converts and capacity to fill. If either is missing, start somewhere else on this list.

Price. Quoted after a call. Management fee plus your ad spend, which goes to the platform, not to me.

Slide it

You vs. Joe Blow & Sons.

Left is your page today. Right is Joe Blow & Sons. Drag the line, then hit the button.

Crickets on the left. That is the problem.

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Illustration. Joe is made up. Your competitor is not.

What you get

  • Search and call-only campaigns for people already looking
  • Retargeting for the ones who bounced
  • Landing pages built for the ad, not the home page
  • Call tracking so you know what a booked job cost
  • A pause rule for when you are booked out

How it goes

Four steps. No mystery.

→ Keep scrolling. It moves sideways.

  1. Check the destination

    If the page is not ready, I fix that first or I do not start.

  2. Start small and local

    Tight radius, tight keywords, real budget cap.

  3. Measure to booked work

    Not clicks, not impressions. Jobs.

  4. Scale or stop

    Both are acceptable outcomes and I will tell you which.

  5. Step five is you.

    The free audit shows what to fix first. About half a minute, no card.

    Run the free audit →

One person, all of it

  • 20Years making things people look at
  • 3Shopify stores built from nothing
  • 997Programmatic SEO pages shipped for AdSpot
  • 121Pieces in the Archives. No mood boards, no stock

Adobe Certified Professional. Six case studies written start to finish on the Work page, including the parts that did not go smoothly. The whole story is on About.

Not sure this is the one you need? Run the free audit. It looks you up the way a customer would and shows what is costing you calls.