Garden centerDrake’s 7 Dees
380%more organic traffic
in one year
- Google Ads conversion rate
- 26.4%
- Google Ads conversion rate
- leads in 60 days
- 744
- leads in 60 days
PPC in Duluth, Minnesota
Duluth pest control clicks average $30.22 and garage door repair clicks $20.49, so Google Ads here starts with call tracking.

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What the click costs here
Duluth clicks are not cheap in the trades that need them most. Lithium Marketing runs Google Ads for Duluth service businesses with tracking on every call, because a budget without call data is a guess.
Click prices differ enough by trade that one budget shape cannot fit all of them. A landscaper can spread a small budget across more searches; a roofer has to choose fewer, sharper ones. We write a landing page for each job, remove search terms that never call, and put the money where your crews have room.
Click costs in Duluth
A Duluth click can cost $2.83 or $17.63 depending on the trade, and that spread decides how many search terms a campaign can test. The cheaper clicks let a crew cast a wider net; the expensive ones need a tighter list and a landing page that earns the call.
On the “plumber duluth” search, no paid ads showed when we checked. One snapshot does not decide the budget, because ad space shifts by the hour and by searcher. That is why the account needs its own call data before the next dollar is committed.
| Search | Searches a month | Cost per click |
|---|---|---|
| google ads agency duluth | under 10 | not reported |
| ppc agency duluth | under 10 | not reported |
| ppc management duluth | under 10 | not reported |
Source: Google Ads keyword data, average monthly U.S. searches. "Under 10" = below Google’s reporting floor.
| Search | Searches a month | Cost per click |
|---|---|---|
| pest control duluth | 260 | $30.22 |
| garage door repair duluth | 210 | $20.49 |
| roofing company duluth | 320 | $17.63 |
| hvac repair duluth | 10 | $12.47 |
| electrician duluth | 320 | $8.66 |
| plumber duluth | 1,000 | $8.29 |
| landscaping duluth | 260 | $2.83 |
| water damage restoration duluth | 30 | not reported |
Source: Google Ads keyword data, average monthly U.S. searches. "Under 10" = below Google’s reporting floor.
Source: one Google results page for “plumber duluth”, as Google showed it to a searcher located in Duluth. Search ad counts exclude sponsored local listings. Results shift by searcher and day.
Weather and spend
Duluth winters are long, snowy, and very cold, and the average annual snowfall is 90.2 inches. If your outdoor work stops when the ground freezes, the budget should be smaller in those weeks.
A repair trade that stays busy through the cold can keep a steadier spend, and the landing pages should name the work available each month. We build the calendar from the months your phone already shows as busy, not from a generic seasonal template.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau 2025 population estimates, ACS 2020–2024 and 2023 County Business Patterns.
Two trades, two problems
21 roofing contractors work in St. Louis County, and “roofing company duluth” pulls 320 searches a month. The match between the ad and the page decides the result: a repair ad should land on a repair page, and a replacement ad on a replacement page.
Landscaping is a bigger field, with 61 companies in St. Louis County, and “landscaping duluth” draws 260 searches a month. A cheap click can still waste money when the ad runs in the wrong months or outside the parts of the area you serve, so location targeting and scheduling matter as much as the bid.
County Business Patterns
Trade and home service businesses in St. Louis County
Establishments by industry, 2023
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns (NAICS establishment counts).
Your first month
The account goes into your name first, then tracking, then the campaigns.
The Google Ads account is yours from the start, with billing and history under your business, so nothing is trapped if you leave.
We keep the campaigns that produce calls and list the search terms that have been spending without a lead.
Conversion tags, GA4 and call tracking go in before the first campaign, so every call and form carries the keyword and ad that paid for it.
For the first 30 days, we check bids and search terms daily. After that we check them once a week against the calendar you set for Duluth.
What every Google Ads account includes
The same eight parts go into every Google Ads account, wherever the business is.
The card’s numbers
For a garden center, the card shows what a new website, SEO and Google Ads produced. The client is Drake’s 7 Dees. Matt Johnson’s quote comes from his time running On-Target Landscape.
Garden center380%more organic traffic
in one year
“Lithium Marketing is awesome to work with and the results you’ll get are outstanding. Once I started working with them I saw increase in my online presence and my sales increased too. I would highly recommend them to anyone looking for help with marketing!”
Matt JohnsonOn-Target LandscapeOther Minnesota accounts
One ad account can cover several Minnesota cities, and each PPC page below carries that city’s click figures. Start with the market where your phone already rings, then add the next one.
Published price
From $500
per month in management
Management is separate from your ad spend. Typical: $500–$1,500 a month in management on $2,000–$5,000 a month in ad spend. No haggling, no hidden upsells.
FAQ
Still curious?
Call (503) 766-5964 or email [email protected].
Two numbers set it: what a closed job is worth and what a click costs in your trade. If a repair job brings in a few hundred dollars, the ads have to produce leads well under that. A pest control click at $30 leaves less room than a landscaping click at $2.83, and a long sales cycle needs more weeks before you judge it. We agree the first monthly figure with you and change it when the call data says so.
The first calls tend to arrive in the opening week. Then watch which search terms produced them before moving money, because one good week is not a trend. Give the account several weeks before cost per lead means much, and judge it on booked jobs, not calls alone.
The management fee begins at $500 a month, plus ad spend, and moves with the ad spend, the channels and any landing page work. The agreement starts with a six-month term, then month to month with 30 days’ notice. The fee and the ad budget are separate lines, and the Google Ads account sits in your name, so the history stays with your business.
The Google account comes first because that is where the search intent is. Microsoft Ads and Meta ads on Facebook and Instagram are managed options too, and a visual trade such as painting or landscaping may find Meta a fit for project photos. We test a second channel only after Google tracking shows a cost per lead that the work can carry.
The tracking starts with the search term and follows the call. A call or form carries the campaign and keyword that produced it, so the monthly report can group leads by the ad that paid for them. When you mark the leads that became jobs, the same report shows which campaigns produced work. Budget moves toward those.
Free action plan
Bring what a booked job is worth and the months you want more work in. A co-founder will set those against Duluth click costs and lay out a budget that changes with the season on a short video call.
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