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Sample Scenario: PPC Optimization for a Service Business

A regional commercial cleaning company spends steadily on Google Ads — and watches cost per lead climb every quarter. Here is how an optimization engagement rebuilds the account on the same budget.

Client type

Commercial cleaning company — regional B2B service area, steady monthly ad budget.

The challenge

Rising spend, unverifiable conversions, and ads landing on a generic homepage.

The challenge

Optimizing on data that was not true

The account had been “set and forget” for two years: broad match spending freely, conversion tracking counting page views as leads, and every ad pointing at the homepage. Smart bidding was optimizing toward numbers that were simply wrong.

The budget was fine. Everything downstream of it was leaking.

Where things stood

The strategy

Truth first, then structure, then pressure

Optimizing on bad data just automates waste — so tracking came first. Then an intent-based account restructure, dedicated landing pages matched to each service, and weekly management that cut waste and fed winners.

The plan

Work completed

Ninety days of documented rebuilding

Foundation

Conversion & management

Sample results

What success looks like in this scenario

Illustrative metrics shown to demonstrate the reporting format — these will be replaced with verified client results.

Lower cost per qualified lead (sample)
0 %
Landing page conversion rate, up from 2.1% (sample)
0 .8%
Monthly wasted spend eliminated, in dollars (sample)
$ 0
Budget increase required (sample)
0
Lessons learned

What this scenario teaches

Fix tracking before touching bids

Every optimization made on bad conversion data is waste with extra steps.

Landing pages move CPL more than bids

Doubling the conversion rate halves the cost per lead — no auction strategy competes with that.

Weekly beats set-and-forget

Accounts drift. The change log showed exactly which weekly cuts and shifts earned the gains.

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