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Paid media that is measured to the lead, not the click.

Most paid accounts we inherit lose money on plumbing: conversion actions counting the wrong events, campaigns bidding toward phone-number clicks that never became calls, click IDs that never reach the CRM.

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How can we help you get found?

What do you need help with?

Next: name, email and budget. That’s it.

We fix measurement first, rebuild the account around the conversions that pay, then scale. Accounts stay in your name, linked to our Google Ads manager account and verified Meta Business Manager, and every dollar is reported against the leads it produced.

What is included

Deliverables, not adjectives.

  1. Account and tracking audit.

    Conversion actions, attribution windows, campaign goal overrides, negative coverage, landing pages and CRM handoff reviewed against live data before anything changes.

  2. Google Ads management.

    Search, Performance Max, Shopping and Demand Gen. Match-type discipline, negative architecture, bid ceilings sized from observed conversion rates, offline conversion uploads from your CRM.

  3. Meta and Instagram advertising.

    Pixel plus Conversions API for server-side events, custom and lookalike audiences, retargeting tiers by intent, new creative tested on a fixed schedule, and business verification handled.

  4. Local Services Ads.

    Setup, category and service-area configuration, lead dispositioning so invalid leads are disputed for credit, budget pacing, and CRM sync so every LSA lead is answered and tracked.

  5. Landing systems.

    Gated calculators, multistep forms and estimate tools built for paid traffic, with GCLID and FBCLID captured in hidden fields and carried into the CRM.

  6. Reporting you can read.

    A daily or weekly readout of spend, leads and cost per lead by channel, delivered as a shared sheet or dashboard, not a slide deck.

Who this is for

  • Companies spending $5k to $250k a month who cannot tie spend to booked revenue
  • Home services, real estate, financial services and e-commerce brands with a clear cost-per-lead target
  • Teams that want the account to stay in their name with full admin access

Platforms

  • Google Ads
  • Performance Max
  • Local Services Ads
  • Meta Ads
  • Instagram
  • Microsoft Ads
  • Apple Search Ads
  • Google Tag Manager
  • GA4
  • CallRail
Platforms

Where we run paid media & ppc.

All platforms
Perspectives

Reading on paid media & ppc.

All perspectives
  1. Google Ads Agency Austin: How to Run PPC in the Austin Metro.

    Paid Media · 10 min read

    How to run Google Ads across Austin and its suburbs without paying for the wrong clicks: location settings, Local Services Ads beside Search, call tracking, local seasonality, and reporting on booked jobs instead of leads.

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  2. Google Ads Agency vs In-House: Is It Cheaper to Run It Yourself?.

    Paid Media · 11 min read

    The salary and the agency fee are both incomplete numbers. This is the full cost comparison, when in-house is actually cheaper, how e-commerce and Shopping change the math, and how referral leads compare to Google Ads leads.

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  3. How to Choose a PPC Agency: 15 Questions to Ask Before You Sign.

    Paid Media · 11 min read

    Pitches are built to win pitches. These are the questions we would ask on the buying side, what a strong answer sounds like, what separates a top tier PPC agency from a standard one, and how to vet remarketing specifically.

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  4. Paid Media Reporting: Why Ad Numbers Differ From Your CRM.

    Paid Media · 11 min read

    Your ad platforms and your CRM will never agree exactly. Here is why the conversion numbers differ, how to reconcile them, the four numbers a report should lead with, and the reporting and cadence to expect from a partner.

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  5. Enhanced Conversions in Google Ads: Web, Leads and CRM Imports.

    Paid Media · 11 min read

    Enhanced conversions add hashed first-party data to your Google Ads conversions so more of them get measured, and the leads version lets you import qualified, booked and sold outcomes from your CRM. Here is how both work and how to set them up.

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Questions

About paid media & ppc.

Do you take over our existing Google Ads account or start a new one?
We take over the existing account. The account and its history stay in your name, and we link it to our manager account for access. Starting over throws away learnings you paid for.
What is a realistic cost per lead?
It depends on the category and the offer, so we do not quote one before we see the account. We set the target from your close rate and job value, then report against it weekly.
Do you manage Facebook and Instagram ads too?
Yes. Meta campaigns run under our verified Business Manager with the pixel and Conversions API installed on your site, so results are measured server-side as well as in the browser.
Is there a minimum ad spend?
Most of our paid media clients spend between $5k and $100k a month. Below that, we usually recommend Local Services Ads and search fundamentals first, which we can set up as a project.
Work with us

Let us look at your paid media & ppc first.

Send a short brief. We will come back within one business day with what we would fix first and what it would take.

t@theoryroad.com

Step 1 of 2

How can we help you get found?

What do you need help with?

Next: name, email and budget. That’s it.