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 The Woodlands, Texas
PPC in The Woodlands that turns ad clicks into calls you can count.
Plumbing clicks in The Woodlands average $46.90, so Lithium builds the tracking and landing pages first and runs the account in your name.
- Ads built around one trade
- Search terms cut each month
- Calls tracked to the campaign
Google PartnerView our Partners listing
5.0on Google · read our reviews
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
PPC, answered
Where the ad budget should go in The Woodlands
A Google Ads account for a trade in The Woodlands has to answer one question every month: did the calls cost less than the work they brought in? Lithium Marketing runs paid search for service businesses here, with the account in your business's name, call and form tracking in place, and a report that ties the calls to the leads they produced.
Click prices are not uniform. In The Woodlands, pest control clicks average $32.03 and roofing clicks average $8.53; the same spread shows up across the trades. That is why the plan starts with one trade and one offer, not every service on the van.
Click costs in The Woodlands
What each trade's clicks cost, and where to start
In The Woodlands, garage door clicks average $30.64, electrical clicks average $18.11 and landscaping clicks average $12.36. The cheaper end of that list can carry a wider set of search terms, while a plumbing campaign needs a tighter list and a page built for the call.
The service side is small: about 20 searches a month name 'ppc agency the woodlands'. The trade searches are where the budget goes, and when we checked 'plumber the woodlands', Google showed no standard search ads on the page. That changes with the hour, the searcher and the budget, so the account and the local listings get judged on separate numbers.
| Search | Searches a month | Cost per click |
|---|---|---|
| ppc agency the woodlands | 20 | not reported |
| google ads agency the woodlands | under 10 | not reported |
| ppc management the woodlands | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| plumber the woodlands | 590 | $46.90 |
| pest control the woodlands | 590 | $32.03 |
| garage door repair the woodlands | 260 | $30.64 |
| electrician the woodlands | 390 | $18.11 |
| landscaping the woodlands | 260 | $12.36 |
| roofing company the woodlands | 720 | $8.53 |
| hvac repair the woodlands | 10 | not reported |
| water damage restoration the woodlands | 70 | not reported |
Source: Google Ads keyword data, average monthly U.S. searches. "Under 10" = below Google’s reporting floor.
- Map Pack
- On the page, below other results
- Search ads
- None recorded
- Local listing reviews
- 1,700 to 6,600 Google reviews each
- Directories in the top 10
- Facebook, Yelp
- AI Overview
- Not shown
- People also ask
- Shown
Source: one Google results page for “plumber the woodlands”, as Google showed it to a searcher located in The Woodlands. Search ad counts exclude sponsored local listings. Results shift by searcher and day.
The Woodlands market
Two counties, one ad map
The Woodlands is primarily in Montgomery County, with a small portion in Harris County, and a county-level ad target covers far more ground than the community does. Montgomery County holds 781,194 people; The Woodlands has 121,002 residents, so the campaign should be built from the villages and cities you serve.
That also changes how the budget is checked. A click from a village you serve and a click from the far side of the county cost the same in the account, but only one is likely to become a job. The report should be read by service area as well as by campaign.
- residents (ACS estimate)
- 121,002
- residents (ACS estimate)
- housing units
- 46,843
- housing units
- of occupied homes owner-occupied
- 72.5%
- of occupied homes owner-occupied
- of homes built before 1980
- 7.7%
- of homes built before 1980
- median home value
- $511,700
- median home value
- people in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area
- 7,904,627
- people in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau 2025 population estimates, ACS 2020–2024 and 2023 County Business Patterns.
Trades in the county
Where the county's counts meet the click prices
Montgomery County has 59 roofing contractors, and roofing clicks sit at the bottom of the cost table, so a roofer can buy more of them. Pest control clicks sit near the top, so those terms need a tighter list.
The count matters less than the offer behind the click. A landscaper can buy clicks at the lower end of the table, test one service, and add the next one only if the lead cost supports it.
County Business Patterns
Trade and home service businesses in Montgomery County
Establishments by industry, 2023
- Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors254
- Residential remodelers198
- New home builders187
- Electrical contractors167
- Landscaping services141
- Excavation and site preparation contractors82
- Roofing contractors59
- Pest control companies42
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns (NAICS establishment counts).
The first month
How the first month of ads runs
Tracking goes in before the budget changes, and the campaigns follow the jobs your crews can take.
1
Keep the account in your name
The Google Ads account sits with your business, and Lithium works inside it with your billing and your history.
2
Measure before spending
GA4, call tracking and form events are set up first, so the report has real numbers before the budget grows.
3
Build one campaign per service
Each service you want more of gets a separate campaign, landing page and search-term list.
4
Review the account on a cadence
The first 30 days get daily changes; after that the account is reviewed weekly, and the report lists the calls and the leads they produced.
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
Proof from a garden center
Google Ads for a garden center, with the site and SEO behind it
Lithium managed Google Ads for Drake's 7 Dees, a garden center, and the work also covered the website the ads point at and the SEO behind it, so the card reflects all three. Chris Martin of Mt. Hood Pro Painting gives the quote beside it.
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 PaintingAround The Woodlands
Where the ad budget can travel
Each city on the pills can carry its own bids, Conroe and Houston among them. The same plan applies on those pages, and the state page lists everywhere else Lithium runs ads.
Published price
What management costs on top of ad spend
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
What a Google Ads budget raises in The Woodlands
Still curious?
Call (503) 766-5964 or email [email protected].
What does Google Ads cost to run?
Management starts at $500 a month, plus ad spend. The number tracks the ad budget, how many channels run and how much landing page work the account needs; you see it and approve it before a campaign goes live.
Who owns the Google Ads account?
Your business does. The account is in your name, with your billing and your conversion history, and Lithium works inside it. If you ever move the work, the account stays with you.
How fast do the first calls arrive?
The first calls typically arrive in the first week the campaigns are live and tracked. Then the job is subtraction: remove the search terms that never turn into work, and give the rest more of the budget.
Do you run Microsoft or Meta ads as well?
Sometimes. Microsoft Ads and Meta ads on Facebook and Instagram are both managed by Lithium, and each one gets considered when a trade's Google clicks are high or the buyers are already there. Google comes first; a second channel has to earn its place in the report.
What does the monthly report show?
Calls, leads and cost per lead, by campaign. If your team marks which leads turned into jobs, the report can show the cost per lead beside the jobs each campaign produced.
Free action plan
Get a free Google Ads plan for one service
Bring the trade, the cities you cover and a rough value for one job. A co-founder will put the click prices beside that value and name the budget for month one on a short video call.
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
(503) 766-5964
[email protected]
2000 NE 42nd Ave Ste D Unit 2370, Portland, OR 97213
Prefer to pick a time? Book a 30-minute call with DJ