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North Jersey PPC that targets the work you want to book next.

Put North Jersey ad spend behind the jobs your crews can take, with calls and forms traced back to the campaigns.

  • Town targeting and exclusions
  • Ad pages matched to requested work
  • Calls and cost per lead reported
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13Xorganic traffic for Town & Country Glass (145 to 1,849 visits a month)
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2010Lithium Marketing, established in 2010
$10M+Over $10 million in Google ad spend managed

Businesses we’ve worked with

  • Willard Power Vac
  • Sarkinen Plumbing
  • Robinson Restoration
  • Town & Country Glass
  • Dixie Glass
  • Byers Septic Service
  • F&W Fence Co.
  • Drake’s 7 Dees
  • Rickabaugh Construction
  • Hillsview Building
  • Dozer Dave
  • Mt. Hood Pro Painting
  • On-Target Landscape
  • Atiyeh Bros Carpet
  • Lovett
  • Westmore Construction
  • Northwest New Homes
  • Porter Sealcoating & Paving
  • RescueHero Restoration
  • Panda Plumbing
  • Biermann Plumbing & Heating
  • Ballistic Junk Removal
  • Smart Doors LLC
  • Peak Performance Roofing
  • Deluxe Heating & Cooling
  • Lifetime Exteriors
  • Bruce Johnson Construction
  • Madrone Painting
  • Smart Tree Service
  • Premier Gutter Cover
  • NW Pacific Electric
  • Universal HVAC
  • Lenny Martin Painting
  • Next Level Decks & Exteriors
  • Prodan Construction
  • Smooth Rollin’ Sealcoating and Paving
  • Lovett Restoration
  • Greenlight Titles
  • G.W. Hartley IV
  • Advanced Coatings
  • Thomson Equipment
  • MyADU

Start with the cost of a click

Make North Jersey PPC accountable to the job

Lithium Marketing plans North Jersey PPC around what your business can afford to pay for a booked job. The average click for “garage door repair north jersey” costs $33.24. Before increasing a budget, we check which searches led to calls, what callers wanted and which leads your team booked.

The campaign should fit your capacity. We separate repair and installation offers, keep targeting inside your territory and make the ad’s promise explicit on the landing page. Tracking is in place before launch so you can see which calls came from your ads.

Set the boundaries deliberately

North Jersey targeting should follow your crew map

North Jersey sits within the greater New York City metropolitan area. If your crews work only in New Jersey, a broad metropolitan target can reach beyond the territory you intended. We review location settings and exclusions against the towns you name, then check where leads are coming from.

Keep the schedule tied to the service you can provide. If your estimate calendar fills up, the campaign can favor other work you still have room to book. If demand varies during the year, we use your booking history to plan changes; the budget should follow your business’s capacity and margins.

residents (2025 estimate)
5,015,459
residents (2025 estimate)
population change, 2020 to 2025
+2.7%
population change, 2020 to 2025
housing units
1,920,649
housing units
of occupied homes owner-occupied
57%
of occupied homes owner-occupied
of homes built before 1980
68.3%
of homes built before 1980

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau 2025 population estimates, ACS 2020–2024 and 2023 County Business Patterns. Geography: Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren counties.

A specific offer earns the next step

Sell the visit or project the customer can book

County Business Patterns lists 149 roofing contractors across the North Jersey metro area’s counties. For a roofing campaign, define the next step in the ad: a repair visit, an inspection or a replacement estimate. The landing page then explains that offer and asks for the property details your staff needs to respond.

Electrical contractors number 1,431 in the combined North Jersey county figures. If your electrical company offers both repairs and larger installations, give those offers different ads and landing pages. Ask your team which leads reached an estimate so we can compare the value of each campaign and adjust spending.

County Business Patterns

Trade and home service businesses in North Jersey

Establishments by industry, 2023

  • Landscaping services
    2,528
  • Residential remodelers
    2,361
  • Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors
    1,715
  • Electrical contractors
    1,431
  • New home builders
    1,055
  • Painting contractors
    556
  • Excavation and site preparation contractors
    466
  • Pest control companies
    207

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns (NAICS establishment counts). Geography: Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren counties.

Account setup and ongoing decisions

Control the spend from search term to estimate

Your starting budget, service boundaries and lead tracking are agreed before the campaign runs. Changes follow the results.

1

Review spending and sales capacity

We inspect an existing account or plan a fresh one around the services you want to promote, the towns you cover and the value of booked work.

2

Prepare a page for the advertised offer

We align the ad with its service page and test phone and form conversions. The customer sees the offer they clicked and a direct way to request it.

3

Launch inside the agreed territory

Keywords, exclusions and location settings keep campaigns focused. We monitor the search terms and lead quality as the account begins producing data.

4

Adjust bids with booking feedback

Optimization runs daily for the first 30 days and weekly after that. We use calls, cost per lead and your sales feedback to decide what deserves more spend.

What every Google Ads account includes

The same eight parts go into every Google Ads account, wherever the business is.

See the full Google Ads service

  • Conversion tracking, properly wired
  • Landing pages per intent
  • Match types and negatives
  • Responsive search ads
  • Geo and audience targeting
  • Bid management
  • Remarketing
  • Looker Studio reporting

Paid and organic results, separately measured

Advertising within F&W Fence’s website and SEO program

Google Ads was part of Lithium’s work for fence business F&W Fence Co., along with its website and SEO. Read the advertising conversion result alongside the separately reported search measures. In the testimonial, Mt. Hood Pro Painting owner Chris Martin describes working with Lithium from a customer’s perspective.

F&W Fence Co. website homepage for fence installation, supply and repairFence

F&W Fence Co.

4Xmore ranking keywords

190 to 745 keywords

top-3 rankings (3 to 28)
9X
top-3 rankings (3 to 28)
core search conversion rate
27.78%
core search conversion rate
Read the case study
“Ever since we've used Lithium Marketing, our phone has been ringing off the hook and we can hardly keep up with the leads we get from Google, Facebook or through our website. Most of our leads other than referrals are through Google and it's all because of Lithium Marketing.”
Chris MartinChris MartinMt. Hood Pro Painting

Inspect a city’s paid-search context

Narrow the region to your advertising territory

Use the PPC links for Elizabeth, Newark, Jersey City and Paterson when selecting towns to target; the New Jersey directory helps you explore locations beyond these member cities.

Published price

Separate campaign spend from the management fee

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

Buying leads without losing track of the spend

DJ Van Zanten

Still curious?

Call (503) 766-5964 or email [email protected].

How are the Google Ads fee and advertising budget set?

Management starts from $500 a month, plus ad spend, with the fee depending on spending level, channels and landing page work. We set the advertising budget separately around click costs, job value and your capacity. You see both amounts before approving the campaign.

Can you improve an account another agency built?

We can review and manage an existing account after checking access, tracking and campaign history. Proven ads and search terms are worth understanding before changes are made. The review identifies wasted searches, gaps in location targeting and conversion problems, then sets priorities for the work.

What should happen after the ads launch?

Initial results typically appear within the first week, followed by adjustments as lead data comes in. We check which services callers requested and where they were located. Your team’s booking feedback helps distinguish an ad that creates calls from one that brings work the business can profitably deliver.

How can I tell if paid leads are worth the cost?

Compare campaign cost and lead quality with the work your team books. Monthly reporting shows calls, leads and cost per lead; booking feedback adds the sales outcome. A low-priced lead that never becomes an estimate can be less valuable than a more expensive lead for a job you want.

Can a small budget cover all of North Jersey?

A small budget usually benefits from a narrower starting territory and service offer. We select towns your crews can serve and searches that match the job being advertised. Expansion comes after the account has enough lead and sales data to support the extra spend.

Free action plan

Check your North Jersey ad spend against the work it brings

Tell us what you advertise, where crews work and how you track bookings. A co-founder will review a free PPC plan on a short video call, including the account fixes and starting budget to consider.

What we’ll cover

  • What’s working (and what isn’t) in your current marketing
  • Site and funnel gaps that are costing you leads
  • Local SEO and paid traffic opportunities
  • Simple tracking and KPIs to measure success

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