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Google Ads for tradies

Google Ads for Tradies.

Google Search campaigns for Aussie service businesses — concreters, cleaners, pool and turf techs, demolition and hazmat crews.

Homeowners type “driveway resurfacing near me” or “end of lease clean cost” the week the problem finally gets to them. We put your business in that search, filter out the DIY crowd and the window shoppers, and Leo texts every lead inside 60 seconds. The account is built around your trade from the first keyword.

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Quick answers

Google Ads for tradies, answered.

What is Google Ads management for tradies?

Leadwow builds and manages Google Search campaigns for Australian tradies and service businesses, so you show up when local homeowners search for the job, like “driveway resurfacing near me”. We pick the keywords, write the ads, build the landing page and text every lead within 60 seconds.

How much do Google Ads cost for tradies?

It depends on your trade, your suburbs and how many competitors bid on the same searches. Your ad spend is paid directly to Google from your own account. Leadwow’s management fee is separate and month-to-month, with no lock-in. We give you a specific budget on a free strategy call.

How fast do Google Ads bring in leads?

Search campaigns can produce enquiries within days of going live, because the homeowner is already looking for someone to do the job. Every enquiry gets an SMS from Leo, our AI assistant, within 60 seconds.

What’s included

Google Ads built for your trade.

One account, organised around the jobs you actually want — not a generic template with your logo on it.

01

Searches homeowners really type

Spray pave, spraycrete, bond clean, end-of-lease, green pool, fake grass smell. People use job names loosely, so we build keyword groups for each job and each name, near the suburbs you work in.

02

Ad copy that earns the click

Headlines about the problem the homeowner is staring at — a cracked driveway, a mouldy bathroom, a green pool. Add your service area, a clear offer and a reason to call you instead of the next listing.

03

Budget that follows the jobs

Every week we read the search terms, cut the clicks that never turn into quotes, and move spend towards the jobs that are actually booking.

Why it matters

One job, many names.

One homeowner wants a “bond clean”. The next asks for an “end of lease clean”. A third just wants their deposit back. A generic account misses most of them.

We know the vocabulary

Every trade has terms that bring buyers and terms that bring students, DIYers and job seekers. We sort them before a dollar is spent, so your budget goes on people who want the job done for them.

Runs beside your Meta Ads

Meta plants the idea with a before-and-after. Google collects the people who go looking. Most early trade leads come from Meta \u2014 Search fills in the rest and catches the ready-to-book buyers.

Lands on a page built to convert

An expensive click is wasted on a slow homepage. We send search traffic to a dedicated landing page, then Leo follows up by SMS before the lead calls a rival.

How it works

What Google Ads for tradies actually involves.

This is the weekly work behind the campaign.

  1. 01

    Keyword groups by job

    Each job gets its own group, because the buyer, the price and the urgency are different. Someone searching “pool deck resurfacing” has a very different budget from someone searching “reseal driveway”. Splitting them lets you see which job is paying for itself.

  2. 02

    A negative keyword list that does real work

    Trade searches pick up a lot of noise: DIY products, “how to” videos, training courses, job ads and supply stores. We block those from the start and keep adding to the list every week from the search terms report — the biggest single lever on cost per lead.

  3. 03

    Location control

    You don’t want to drive across the whole city for one small job. We target the suburbs and radius you’re happy to travel, then widen or tighten it based on which areas produce quotes you actually win.

  4. 04

    Call and form tracking

    A tap-to-call from an ad and a form from the landing page both get counted, so you can see what each channel really sends. That’s how we know which keywords deserve more money instead of guessing.

Where to start

Which jobs to bid on first.

Not every search is worth the same money. We usually start narrow and widen once the data is in.

  1. 01

    Your bread-and-butter job first

    The job you do most, with plenty of search volume and a homeowner who’s lived with the problem for a while — driveways, house washes, regular cleans. That’s the usual starting point.

  2. 02

    Higher-value and urgent jobs second

    Pool surrounds, mould remediation, green pool recovery, full strip-outs. Smaller shares of the lead mix, but bigger tickets or urgent buyers. They get their own ad groups so the right homeowner always sees the right headline.

  3. 03

    Add-ons once the main groups are profitable

    Sealing, gutter cleans, odour treatments and maintenance plans bring in smaller jobs and a great way to meet homeowners who’ll book the big job next time. We add them once the core groups are paying their way.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • It depends on how many suburbs you cover and how many other businesses bid on the same searches. We give you a specific number on the strategy call once we’ve looked at your area and trade. Your ad spend is paid directly to Google from your own account, and our management fee is separate.
  • Search campaigns can produce enquiries within days of going live, because the homeowner is already looking for someone to do the job. You’re not waiting for an audience to warm up. Every lead gets a text from Leo within 60 seconds of enquiring.
  • Not always on day one. In most of our trade accounts, Meta Ads bring in the bulk of the early leads. Google Search is the second channel — it catches the people who go looking for a business like yours by name or by job. We work out the right split for your area on the call.
  • Usually they get their own ad groups rather than separate campaigns. Homeowners use job names loosely, so we group searches by the job (driveway, patio, end-of-lease clean, green pool, turf odour) and then write ad copy that uses the words they actually typed. The search terms report tells us which names earn enquiries in your area.
  • No. Leadwow works month-to-month — we’d rather earn the next month than lock you into twelve.
  • Leads, cost per lead and the jobs you tell us you won. Clicks and impressions are easy to show and say very little about whether the phone is busy.
  • Yes. The keyword groups, negative lists and ad copy are written around the jobs your business actually does — not a template borrowed from another industry.

Let’s talk

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