GlassDixie Glass
76%more conversions
January vs the January before
- ads conversion rate
- 15.57%
- ads conversion rate
- organic traffic
- +18.2%
- organic traffic
PPC in San Francisco, California
Lithium runs Google Ads for San Francisco trades from $500 a month in management, plus ad spend, and reports calls, leads and cost per lead.

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Paid search costs
For San Francisco trades buying Google Ads, Lithium Marketing connects ad spending to calls and forms so you can see which jobs the budget brings in. Tracking matters when an average click on “water damage restoration san francisco” runs $50.22, and “plumber san francisco” averages $43.72. We check that connection before changing your bids.
Not every trade pays that much. “Roofing company san francisco” averages $9.20 a click and “electrician san francisco” $10.06, so a roofer or electrician gets far more clicks from the same budget, and the work goes into a landing page that turns them into calls.
The click-price table
“Hvac repair san francisco” averages $29.21 a click but draws only about 90 searches a month. We check searches for the repairs and installations you sell before setting that campaign’s budget. Garage door repair has about 590 searches a month at $27.52 a click; its campaign should distinguish repair calls from people shopping for parts or a replacement door.
No ads showed for “plumber san francisco” when we checked, and the Map Pack sat at the top of the page. Ads come and go by the hour, so that is one snapshot. What it does tell you: a customer may see your Google Business Profile before any ad, so the profile and the campaigns should list the same services, hours and phone number.
| Search | Searches a month | Cost per click |
|---|---|---|
| ppc agency san francisco | 40 | not reported |
| ppc management san francisco | 10 | not reported |
| google ads agency san francisco | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| water damage restoration san francisco | 110 | $50.22 |
| plumber san francisco | 3,600 | $43.72 |
| pest control san francisco | 880 | $32.99 |
| hvac repair san francisco | 90 | $29.21 |
| garage door repair san francisco | 590 | $27.52 |
| electrician san francisco | 880 | $10.06 |
| roofing company san francisco | 720 | $9.20 |
| landscaping san francisco | 880 | $4.67 |
Source: Google Ads keyword data, average monthly U.S. searches. "Under 10" = below Google’s reporting floor.
Source: one Google results page for “plumber san francisco”, as Google showed it to a searcher located in San Francisco. Search ad counts exclude sponsored local listings. Results shift by searcher and day.
Weather and budget
San Francisco has a remarkably mild year-round climate with little seasonal temperature variation. If your call records hold steady through the year, a level budget across the year can make sense.
Rain is the exception. San Francisco averages 73 rainy days a year, with a rainy period of November to April and a dry period of May to October. If your roof leak or water damage calls bunch up in the wet months, raise those campaigns’ budgets then and trim them when it dries out.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau 2025 population estimates, ACS 2020–2024 and 2023 County Business Patterns.
Bidding by trade
Landscaping services number 79 in San Francisco County, and their main search costs $4.67 a click. At that price a landscaper can bid on design, maintenance and hardscape searches separately and keep only the ones that bring calls.
Glass and glazing contractors are the smallest group on the chart, with 26 in San Francisco County, and both client results shown here come from glass companies. In a specialty trade, describe the exact job in the ad and landing page, such as storefront glass or shower enclosures, so buyers can tell you handle their project.
County Business Patterns
Trade and home service businesses in San Francisco County
Establishments by industry, 2023
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns (NAICS establishment counts).
Month one
Month one is about clean data: every call gets a source before spending shifts.
We read the searches your ads paid for, identify the ones that brought jobs and block terms for work you don’t sell. A new account starts with your service list and target neighborhoods.
Call tracking numbers, GA4 and conversion tags record which keyword and ad produced each call or form, and that data drives the bids.
Expensive emergency terms like water damage get their own campaign and budget, so they can’t drain money meant for planned jobs.
We review the calls with you, identify the campaigns producing the jobs you want and use those outcomes to adjust bids and budgets.
What every Google Ads account includes
The same eight parts go into every Google Ads account, wherever the business is.
A glass company’s results
Dixie Glass has served the Mississippi Gulf Coast since 1946, and the card shows its results from a Lithium-built website paired with Lithium’s SEO and Google Ads. Marc Rickabaugh’s quote describes how Lithium updated his construction company’s website and raised its SEO.
Glass76%more conversions
January vs the January before
“We used the team at Lithium Marketing to update our website and increase our SEO. We couldn't have been happier with the results! We receive compliments about our updated website on a regular basis!”
Marc RickabaughRickabaugh ConstructionExpanding the map
Google Ads can target by city, which lets you add Oakland or San Mateo only if those jobs pay as well as the ones at home. Before you do, compare the PPC pages for Daly City, Richmond, San Mateo, Berkeley, Oakland and Vallejo, each with that city’s own search figures; the Bay Area and California links lead to the rest.
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
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Call (503) 766-5964 or email [email protected].
A typical account spends $2,000 to $5,000 a month on ads, and your spot in that range comes down to your trade’s click prices and how many jobs you want. A plumber paying about $43.72 a click goes through a budget much faster than a roofer paying $9.20. A co-founder suggests a starting figure on your strategy call, and tracked costs adjust it from there.
Campaigns launch with tracking already recording calls and forms, and initial results typically show up within that first week. Early on, the job is pruning: any search term that spends money without matching your work gets blocked, so the budget stays on searches that fit.
Cancellation takes 30 days’ notice once the initial six-month term has ended. Before committing, ask us to walk through the budget for your trade and the calls you would need to cover it. Management starts from $500 a month, plus ad spend; your proposal sets the fee and work included.
It isn’t. Microsoft Ads and Meta ads on Facebook and Instagram are both managed services. In a city where a plumbing click on Google averages $43.72, a second channel can be worth testing once tracking shows what a Google lead costs you.
Each job type gets its own landing page: one service, its photos, its reviews and a phone number at the top. Sending a water damage ad to a general home page makes the caller hunt for the right service, and at $50.22 a click that hunt is expensive.
Free action plan
Share access to your ad account, or tell us your trade and target jobs if you’re starting fresh. On a short video call, a co-founder will go through the search terms and click costs with you and point out where the budget leaks.
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