Still the highest-intent click you can buy.
Keyword-level paid search — brand defense, competitor capture, and non-brand buyer intent. Every match type hand-picked, every negative added before launch, and every dollar traced to a booked call through AI follow-up that answers in under 30 seconds.
Three intent lanes. One obsession.
Every dollar we spend in search falls into one of three lanes — brand, competitor, or non-brand buyer intent. Each has its own math, its own match-type rules, and its own role in the funnel. We build them as separate campaigns so the numbers never lie and the winners are obvious. This is the core of our Google Ads offering; the same structure carries into Facebook Ads where we run the social analog.
Brand defense
Own your name in the auction. Stops competitors from stealing warm traffic that already decided on you — and raises your Quality Score floor across the account.
EXAMPLE · [brand] · [brand] + city · $1–2 CPC · 45–55% CTR
Competitor capture
Bid on competitor brand terms with comparison-focused ad copy and a dedicated landing page. Cheaper than non-brand, higher intent, and the fastest wedge when you're entering a market.
EXAMPLE · [competitor] reviews · [competitor] alternative · $3–5 CPC
Non-brand intent
Buyer-intent keywords — "near me", "today", "quote", service + city. Exact + phrase match only. No broad-match spray, no auto-applied recommendations, no themes pretending to be targeting.
EXAMPLE · [service] near me · emergency [service] · $8–15 CPC
Search works best when it isn't the only thing running. Most clients pair it with retargeting for the 80%+ who click and don't book the first time, and with purpose-built landing pages so paid traffic doesn't land on your homepage and bounce.
Keyword-level control. No black boxes.
Search is the one place in paid where you still control exactly what you buy. We keep it that way — hand-picked match types, pre-launch negatives, ad copy written by a human, and conversion values wired back from your CRM so the bidding algorithm learns what actually makes you money.
Keyword research
Intent-scored keyword lists built from your own sales data, search-term mining, and competitor gap analysis. Negatives are built before we launch, not after we leak budget.
Ad copy & assets
RSAs with headlines pinned to match intent. Sitelinks, callouts, call extensions, location extensions — every asset tied to a specific conversion goal, refreshed monthly.
Bidding strategy
tCPA or tROAS tied to booked-call value from your CRM — not form fills. The algo learns what a real customer is worth, not what a lead costs.
Negatives management
Weekly search-term audits with a pre-built category taxonomy. Irrelevant queries get blocked before they eat a second click.
Tracking & attribution
Offline conversions from your CRM flow back to Google via the API. Enhanced Conversions for Leads wired from the first form submit.
AI follow-up
Every search lead gets answered by an AI Agent in under 30 seconds — the only reason our cost-per-booked-call math works. Part of every engagement.
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Straight answers.
The six questions we actually get on every audit call. If it's not here, ask us.
Can I run Search Ads without AI Agents?
No. Search clicks are the most expensive traffic you can buy — if you're not answering the resulting leads in under 30 seconds, you're paying top-of-market for traffic that won't convert. We only run Search Ads as part of an engagement that includes AI follow-up.
How is this different from your Google Ads service?
Our Google Ads offering is the full stack — Search, Performance Max, YouTube, Display, Shopping. Search Ads zooms in on the search auction specifically: keyword-level campaigns where we control exactly which queries we buy. Most clients end up with both, but if you only need search we can scope it narrow.
Do you use broad match?
Rarely, and only after a non-brand campaign has a trusted conversion history and a negative-keyword library that's been running for 60+ days. Starting an account on broad match is how budgets get eaten. We launch exact and phrase only.
How long until I see results?
Brand campaigns deliver inside a week. Competitor campaigns need 2–3 weeks of Quality Score build. Non-brand needs 4–6 weeks of search-term data before we trust the bidding algorithm — which is why we optimize on cost per booked call from day one, not form fills.
Will bidding on my brand cannibalize my SEO traffic?
Brand search does overlap with organic, but studies consistently show paid + organic produces more total clicks than organic alone — and it protects you when a competitor bids your name. We'll share the analysis on the audit call.
What do you need from me to get started?
Read-only Google Ads access (or we create a new account), your top 10 competitors by name, booked-call value from your CRM, and access to whichever CRM the leads land in so we can wire offline conversions back to Google.
Where's your search budget actually going?
Read-only access to your Google Ads account. We'll send back a video audit of every wasted impression and the three highest-leverage fixes.