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
Google Ads for Pittsburgh home services
Pittsburgh PPC that puts your budget toward more calls.
Keep Pittsburgh Google Ads spending accountable with campaign reports that show lead costs and use your feedback about booked jobs.
- Search terms checked for wasted spend
- Ads linked to matching service pages
- Campaign costs and calls reported
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2010Lithium Marketing, established in 2010
$10M+Over $10 million in Google ad spend managed
Businesses
we’ve worked with
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
Decide what a lead can cost
Pittsburgh PPC needs a budget your jobs can support
Lithium Marketing plans and manages paid search campaigns for Pittsburgh service businesses, with spending decisions tied to leads and booking feedback. The recorded click price for “roofing company pittsburgh” is $36.31. Before bidding, we need to know what work you want to win, what a completed job is worth and how many estimates your team can handle.
A roofer, plumber and landscaper can each have a workable ad budget, but the same campaign settings will not suit all of them. We choose searches, locations and landing pages around your offer. Then we review the calls and forms to see which campaigns deserve more spending and which need changes.
Click prices are the starting point
Separate cheap traffic from affordable leads
“Plumber pittsburgh” has an average click cost of $19.95, while the recorded price for “landscaping pittsburgh” is $7.11. We compare those prices with the likely value of your work before proposing a test budget. Once the campaign runs, average cost per lead and your booking feedback tell us more than the price of a click alone.
No search ads appeared in the “plumber pittsburgh” results when we checked. We still review the live advertising competition during setup and assess the searches your account buys. The campaign needs tracking and a matching landing page even when a search snapshot shows no paid results.
| Search | Searches a month | Cost per click |
|---|---|---|
| ppc management pittsburgh | 40 | not reported |
| ppc agency pittsburgh | 10 | not reported |
| google ads agency pittsburgh | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| roofing company pittsburgh | 1,900 | $36.31 |
| garage door repair pittsburgh | 720 | $33.54 |
| pest control pittsburgh | 2,400 | $21.93 |
| plumber pittsburgh | 1,900 | $19.95 |
| electrician pittsburgh | 1,300 | $11.84 |
| hvac repair pittsburgh | 110 | $10.12 |
| landscaping pittsburgh | 1,000 | $7.11 |
| water damage restoration pittsburgh | 140 | $5.54 |
Source: Google Ads keyword data, average monthly U.S. searches. "Under 10" = below Google’s reporting floor.
- Map Pack
- The first thing on the page
- Search ads
- None recorded
- Local listing reviews
- 108 to 2,600 Google reviews each
- Directories in the top 10
- Angi, HomeAdvisor, Reddit, Thumbtack
- AI Overview
- Not shown
- People also ask
- Not shown
Source: one Google results page for “plumber pittsburgh”, as Google showed it to a searcher located in Pittsburgh. Search ad counts exclude sponsored local listings. Results shift by searcher and day.
Spend with your schedule in mind
Adjust campaigns when your working calendar changes
Pittsburgh's winters are cold and snowy, while summers are warm. If your call records show a seasonal pattern, we can plan budget changes ahead of it. Landscaping work may call for a different schedule from indoor plumbing jobs; your booking history and available crew time determine what to promote.
Before a busy period, agree on the services and areas your team can handle. If the estimate calendar fills, tell us so we can adjust advertising. A campaign should not keep pushing the same offer after your capacity or availability has changed.
- residents (2025 estimate)
- 307,632
- residents (2025 estimate)
- population change, 2020 to 2025
- +1.5%
- population change, 2020 to 2025
- housing units
- 161,908
- housing units
- of occupied homes owner-occupied
- 47.7%
- of occupied homes owner-occupied
- of homes built before 1980
- 83%
- of homes built before 1980
- median home value
- $205,800
- median home value
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau 2025 population estimates, ACS 2020–2024 and 2023 County Business Patterns.
Write an offer worth clicking
A higher bid cannot explain your business
In Allegheny County, the roofing trade includes 81 establishments. An ad should tell a homeowner which roofing service you offer and take them to a page that explains it. We look for searches that match your work and exclude terms that repeatedly bring the wrong requests.
Landscaping services represent 496 establishments in Allegheny County. Project installations and recurring maintenance need different offers when you sell both. Separating them lets us compare lead costs and your booking feedback without treating every landscaping request as the same kind of work.
County Business Patterns
Trade and home service businesses in Allegheny County
Establishments by industry, 2023
- Residential remodelers582
- Landscaping services496
- Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors450
- Electrical contractors262
- Painting contractors145
- Excavation and site preparation contractors103
- New home builders98
- Roofing contractors81
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns (NAICS establishment counts).
Build the campaign, then improve it
How we manage a Pittsburgh ad budget
The setup defines what to buy and how to measure it; ongoing review decides what to change.
1
Agree on spending and the offer
We review account history, preferred jobs and service coverage. Your opening budget reflects the clicks available and what your business can afford to test.
2
Make the ad and page agree
Each campaign takes visitors to an explanation of the advertised service with an obvious phone or form option. We add search exclusions to reduce spending on work you do not provide.
3
Verify calls and forms are counted
We set up conversion measurement and check that the campaign report records calls and form leads. You tell us which contacts led to estimates or bookings.
4
Review closely after launch
During the first 30 days we review the campaigns daily, then weekly. Search terms, bids and landing page performance guide changes within the agreed budget.
What every Google Ads account includes
The same eight parts go into every Google Ads account, wherever the business is.
- 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
Look beyond an isolated ad metric
A garden center campaign with its full context
The results for Drake’s 7 Dees belong to a program that included a Lithium-built website, SEO and Google Ads for the garden center. The case study covers advertising conversions alongside organic traffic and leads. Chris Martin's testimonial describes his experience as the owner of Mt. Hood Pro Painting.
Garden center“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 MartinMt. Hood Pro PaintingCompare ad markets individually
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Published price
Separate the management fee from the advertising budget
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
Before putting Pittsburgh ad spend to work
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How do we choose a starting Google Ads budget?
Start with what a booked job is worth, how many jobs you can take and the cost of reaching those customers. We use click prices to size an opening test, then evaluate campaign average cost per lead. Your feedback on bookings tells us whether those leads justify continued spending.
What is included when you quote our PPC fee?
The fee covers the agreed campaign work, with scope determined by ad spend, channels and landing page work. Management starts from $500 a month, plus ad spend. We show the service fee separately from the budget paid to the advertising platforms so you can approve both with a clear total in mind.
How soon can a new campaign start bringing calls?
Initial results typically arrive within the first week after campaigns launch, though the offer and market affect the response. We check the account daily during its first 30 days and weekly after that. Early calls help us identify search terms and page changes to test; they are not a promise of a fixed lead volume.
Can we use Microsoft or Facebook ads as part of the plan?
Lithium manages Microsoft Ads, Meta ads on Facebook and Instagram, and LinkedIn ads as well as Google Ads. We recommend another channel when the audience and offer justify it. Each addition needs a defined budget and measurement plan, so you can judge it alongside your existing campaigns.
Do more reported conversions always mean the ads are working?
More calls and forms help only when they bring opportunities your team can pursue. We report campaign lead counts and average cost per lead, then use your feedback about estimates and booked jobs. That separates a busy phone from advertising that earns its place in your budget.
Free action plan
Bring your ad account to a free Pittsburgh PPC planning call
Share your current ad spend, the services you want to promote and what completed jobs are worth to you. A co-founder will use a short video call to review the budget, landing pages and reporting your campaign needs.
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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