Google Ads management Wollongong
You are not paying for Wollongong clicks. You are paying for a slow landing page.
Google prices your clicks partly on how good the page behind the ad is. Fix that page and the same budget buys more clicks and converts more of them. We build the page and run the campaign for Wollongong businesses - management from $850/month AUD, landing page included.
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Low competition and low costs per click, with the caveat that volumes are small enough that a single badly matched keyword can eat a week's budget. Geographic targeting needs to handle the Sydney commuter overlap deliberately rather than by accident.
We run accounts for trades, manufacturing, hospitality and health services and education services across the Illawarra.
Why your ads cost more than your Wollongong competitor's
Two businesses can bid on the same keyword and pay very different prices for it. The difference is Quality Score- Google's rating of your expected click-through rate, ad relevance and landing page experience. Score well and Google discounts your clicks; score badly and you subsidise the auction for everyone else.
Landing page experience is the part most agencies never touch, because they do not build websites. So they tune bids around a page that takes six seconds to load, then report that Wollongong is a competitive market.
We build the page. Then we run the ads.
A custom-coded landing page that loads in about a second, matches the search word for word, and asks for one thing. It is the cheapest performance gain available in an account, and almost nobody sells it to you.
What we do with a Wollongong account
- Landing pages built for the search, not repurposed from your home page. One page per offer, custom-coded, fast.
- Geographic targeting that matches reality. the Illawarra is not one market, and bidding as though it is quietly wastes a large share of the budget.
- Conversion tracking that is actually correct. Most accounts we review optimise toward the wrong event or count the same lead three times.
- Search terms cleaned weekly. Broad match plus smart bidding will happily spend on searches that were never going to buy.
- Reporting in dollars. Cost per lead and cost per sale, not impressions.
Being straight with you about budget
Under about $500 a month in ad spend, we will tell you not to start yet.
The data arrives too slowly to optimise and you will pay for a learning phase that never finishes. At that stage a fast website, a properly set up Google Business Profile and some reviews will do more for you than a small ads budget. We would rather say that on the call than take the fee.
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Google Ads Wollongong - common questions
How much does Google Ads management cost in Wollongong?
Agencies in Wollongong typically charge $500 to $2,000 per month, or 10 to 20 per cent of ad spend, on top of what you pay Google. Ours starts from $850 per month AUD and the landing page build is part of that rather than a separate invoice.
What Google Ads budget do I need in Wollongong?
For most Wollongong service businesses, $1,000 to $2,000 per month in ad spend is enough to generate consistent leads and learn what converts. Below about $500 a month the data arrives too slowly to optimise, and we will tell you to put that money into your website and Google Business Profile first.
Why are my Google Ads so expensive in Wollongong?
Usually Quality Score. Google rates every keyword on expected click-through rate, ad relevance and landing page experience, then discounts your cost per click when the score is high. A slow, generic landing page can leave you paying several times what a competitor pays for the identical Wollongong click.
Do you build the landing page as well?
Yes, and it is usually the highest-leverage part of the job. We build custom-coded landing pages that load in about a second, which is why cost per click often falls before we have restructured a single campaign.
Do I own my Google Ads account?
Yes. The account stays in your name with all of its history, and you keep it if you ever stop working with us. Agencies that hold your account are protecting themselves, not you.
Which areas around Wollongong can you target?
All of the Illawarra, including Shellharbour, Kiama, Corrimal, Figtree, Dapto, Thirroul and surrounding suburbs - and targeting them separately where they behave like separate markets, which is usually the difference between a profitable account and a leaking one.
Get a free review of your Wollongong account
Show us the account, or the campaign you are about to launch. We will tell you where the money is leaking and whether the landing page is the real problem.
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