Local Services Ads management in Grande Prairie.
Local Services Ads are the boxes at the very top of Google with a badge beside the business name, and you pay when a customer calls or messages, not when somebody clicks. The account Sixo runs for a local home services business brings in 30 to 60 leads a month.
A lead you pay for should be a job.
Pay per lead sounds like it removes the risk. It only moves it. Wrong job types, the wrong area, spam calls and people shopping for a price all count as leads unless somebody is watching the account every week.
Google decides who shows in those boxes from a short list: how close the business is to the person searching, its reviews and rating, how quickly it answers, its hours and its complaint history. A bigger budget does not buy the top spot on its own.
Before any ad runs, Google checks the business. What it asks for depends on the trade, usually a licence and proof of insurance, and this is where most setups stall. Not every trade qualifies in Canada yet, and Google decides which categories run in which areas, so that gets checked first.
These ads also sit right beside your Google Business Profile and your regular Google Ads. Run together, they share the same reviews, the same tracking and the same idea of which jobs you actually want.
What managing it actually involves.
Setup done once and done properly, then a short list of things checked every week.
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Eligibility checked first
Whether your trade runs in Local Services Ads here is the first question, answered before anything is set up or paid for. If it does not, you hear that straight away.
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Verification done right the first time
Business details, service area, job types and documents go in correctly, because a rejected or stalled verification is the most common reason these ads never start.
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Job types and area set on purpose
Only the jobs you want and only the area you actually drive to. Every job type left switched on by accident is a lead you pay for and then turn down.
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Every lead looked at
The ones that do not fit, a service you do not offer, a call from outside the area, spam, get flagged for credit. Leads that turn into jobs tell the account what to chase next.
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Reviews and response time
Reviews and how fast you answer decide where you show. A review ask that runs on its own and a plan for answering leads quickly do more for your position than raising the budget.
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Budget matched to your capacity
A weekly budget set to the work you can actually take on, raised only when the leads coming in are the kind you want more of.
One honest limit.
Local Services Ads only work for the trades Google lets in, and only in the areas where it runs them. If yours is not one of them yet, regular Google Ads does the same job with more control, and that gets said up front rather than after a setup fee.
Four steps, no mystery.
Marketing gets sold as a mystery.
Jargon, dashboards nobody opens, and a bill that never quite explains itself.
This runs the opposite way.
You always know what was done, why it was done and what it changed.
Same four steps, every month.
Nothing starts until you have seen the plan and said yes.
Local Services Ads, in their words.
Real Google reviews from the businesses we work with. 5.0 stars across 22 of them, never edited.
Dealing with Darren has been a pleasure. He is prompt, professional, and created a beautiful website for our business. I would recommend him to anyone who needs a website!
Heather Thiessen
Google review
Highly recommend Darren for your website, after the other guys took months to get nowhere on our site, Darren did it in a matter of days. He's highly responsive and has troubleshot and resolved any issues encountered quickly and efficiently. Hire this man today!
Danielle Commandeur
Google review
Darren is amazing working with our band. The rateing should be 10 stars . He scores a 10 Out of 10
TJ Ruckus
Google review
Darren is so amazing to work with . His pictures are amazing. Helped us out so much Highly Recommended
TERRY DOLL
Google review
Darren has been helping us with our website and digital marketing for several years now. He has always delivered excellent service and new ideas. He takes the time to understand our business and his work consistently generates new leads.
Dave Hurta
Google review
Exceptional experience with Sixo Agency in Grande Prairie, AB! Their team transformed our vision into a stunning website. The creativity and attention to detail were impressive, resulting in a user-friendly site that exceeded our expectations. Communication was seamless, and they delivered ahead of schedule. Sixo Agency's passion for web design truly shines through in their work. We're thrilled with the outcome and highly recommend them for anyone seeking top-notch design services in Grande Prairie!
Jay Muir
Google review
Searched high and low for a web design company in Grande Prairie before settling on Darren and Sixo Agency. Very thankful we did, the quality of the design is far superior to our competitors and we started generating some phone calls from it within a week of launch. If you’re searching for someone to do web design…stop your search and hire them, you won’t regret it!
Christine Doherty
Google review
Darren did an amazing job of developing and updating my website. He made sure my site was fully functional on both a computer and mobile device, which was very important to me. He was professional and responded quickly to all of my questions and concerns. I enjoyed working with him and I highly recommend his services.
Dayle Sheehan
Google review
The usual questions.
What are Google Local Services Ads?
They are the ads at the very top of a Google search, above the regular ads and the map, showing local businesses with a badge, their reviews and a button to call or message. You pay when someone contacts you through the ad, not when they click.
How are they different from regular Google Ads?
Google Ads charges per click and you pick the keywords. Local Services Ads charge per lead and Google matches you to searches from your job types and service area. Plenty of trades run both, because they show in different places on the same page.
Does my trade qualify in Grande Prairie?
It depends on the category. It is mostly trades and home services, and Google adds and changes categories by area. Checking your trade is the first step and it costs nothing.
What happens with bad leads?
Leads that do not fit, like a job type you do not do or a call from outside your area, can be flagged, and Google credits some of them back. Catching those every week is a big part of what managing the account means.
How do I rank higher in Local Services Ads?
Google ranks them mainly on how close you are to the customer, your reviews, how quickly you respond and your hours. More reviews and answering every lead fast usually move you up more than a bigger budget does.
How many leads will I get?
Nobody can promise a number, because it depends on your trade, your area, your reviews and your budget. For one home services client the account brings in 30 to 60 leads a month. That is a real result, not a forecast for yours.
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Let’s get you found.
Sixo Agency is based at 8682 122 Ave in Grande Prairie and works across the Peace Country. Send over what you have and you get a straight answer back within one business day, from the person who would do the work.