FenceF&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
PPC in Thornton, Colorado
Thornton PPC built around what each call costs.
Clicks on “garage door repair thornton” average $83.12 in Thornton and “plumber thornton” costs $42.78, which is why tracking goes in before the budget moves.
- Every call tied to its search
- A page per service and city
- Budget follows your busy weeks
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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
Thornton PPC, answered
Where a Thornton ad budget loses money
A Thornton ad account leaks in two places: search terms that were never going to book a job, and calls that nobody counted. Lithium Marketing puts tracking in first, then runs Google Ads for Thornton service businesses, so every call is tied to the search that produced it.
Four paid ads sat on the “plumber thornton” page when we checked, and Google also showed a People also ask box. The ads tell you the auction is active; the questions tell you what a buyer wants to know before calling. The landing page should answer the questions.
Click costs in Thornton
The trade table behind a Thornton budget
“Pest control thornton” averages $49.32 a click and “electrician thornton” $39.56, so the same budget buys fewer pest clicks. Each trade is priced on its own row, because one blended average would hide that gap.
No AI Overview showed for “plumber thornton” when we checked, so the page we saw was ads, local listings and organic links. A paid campaign should be judged against those three, not against a summary the page did not show.
| Search | Searches a month | Cost per click |
|---|---|---|
| google ads agency thornton | under 10 | not reported |
| ppc agency thornton | under 10 | not reported |
| ppc management thornton | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| garage door repair thornton | 210 | $83.12 |
| pest control thornton | 90 | $49.32 |
| plumber thornton | 480 | $42.78 |
| electrician thornton | 90 | $39.56 |
| landscaping thornton | 170 | $24.36 |
| hvac repair thornton | 30 | not reported |
| roofing company thornton | 10 | not reported |
| water damage restoration thornton | 10 | 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 the ads
- Search ads
- 4 recorded
- Local listing reviews
- 9 to 771 Google reviews each
- Directories in the top 10
- Better Business Bureau, Porch, Yelp
- AI Overview
- Not shown
- People also ask
- Shown
Source: one Google results page for “plumber thornton”, as Google showed it to a searcher located in Thornton. Search ad counts exclude sponsored local listings. Results shift by searcher and day.
The Thornton market
Target the city, not a circle on the map
Six highways run through the city of Thornton, so a radius drawn around one address can cross into several suburbs and miss streets on the other side. We set targets by city, ZIP and neighborhood, not by one circle.
The Denver-Aurora-Centennial metro area is home to 3,092,037 people, and a campaign that stops at the Thornton city line misses the customers across that line. Set the geo targets to match the cities your crews reach.
- residents (2025 estimate)
- 147,766
- residents (2025 estimate)
- population change, 2020 to 2025
- +4.2%
- population change, 2020 to 2025
- housing units
- 52,250
- housing units
- of occupied homes owner-occupied
- 71.4%
- of occupied homes owner-occupied
- of homes built before 1980
- 21.9%
- of homes built before 1980
- median home value
- $517,500
- median home value
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau 2025 population estimates, ACS 2020–2024 and 2023 County Business Patterns.
Trades in Adams County
Which Thornton trade can afford which click
Landscaping services number 160 in Adams County, and “landscaping thornton” averages $24.36 a click. A landscaper can test a modest budget and still buy enough clicks to see which search terms produce calls.
Roofing contractors number 92 in Adams County, and a roofer’s budget should start narrow: repair and replacement split into separate campaigns, with the search terms reviewed before the budget grows.
County Business Patterns
Trade and home service businesses in Adams County
Establishments by industry, 2023
- Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors268
- Electrical contractors191
- Residential remodelers190
- Landscaping services160
- Roofing contractors92
- Excavation and site preparation contractors81
- Painting contractors69
- New home builders34
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns (NAICS establishment counts).
Your first month
Building the Thornton account
Tracking goes in before the budget changes, and the campaigns follow the jobs your crews can take.
1
Read the account you have
The current campaigns get a read: what produces calls stays, and the search terms that spend without a job go on a list.
2
Tie calls to keywords
Conversion tags, call tracking and GA4 show which search and which ad started each call and form.
3
Split campaigns by job
Repair, replacement and installation each get their own campaign and landing page, so the ad matches the work.
4
Adjust bids through month one
For the first 30 days, bids and search terms get checked every day; after that, the schedule drops to weekly and follows your busy months.
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
F&W Fence Co.’s website, SEO and Google Ads
The card’s numbers come from F&W Fence Co., a fence company whose website, SEO and Google Ads Lithium built and ran. Marc Rickabaugh supplies the quote beside it.
Fence“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 ConstructionAround Thornton
Where a Thornton campaign can reach
A campaign can follow your crews into the cities around Thornton, with budget split by city. The state page links the rest of Colorado.
Published price
What the Google Ads work costs a Thornton business
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
Questions before you raise a Thornton ad budget
Still curious?
Call (503) 766-5964 or email [email protected].
What should the first month’s ad spend be?
Start from what a booked job is worth to you, then work backward to a cost per click your margin can carry. The trade’s click cost and the landing page’s conversion rate set the rest, and the first month’s spend comes from that math, not a round number.
What does the first week tell me?
The account can show calls in the first week, but a first week is a small sample. What matters after that is which search terms produced the calls and what each one cost, so the report stays on calls, leads and cost per lead.
How long is the PPC agreement?
The first term is six months; after that it runs month to month with 30 days’ notice. What you pay in management depends on the ad spend, the channels in play and the landing pages we build, and it is written into the proposal before launch.
Are Google Ads enough on their own?
Google is the first place to buy a Thornton call, because that is where the search starts. Microsoft Ads and Meta ads can be added when your customers already spend time there, and only after the tracking shows what each one returns.
How do I see which campaign produced a job?
Call tracking records the keyword and ad behind every call, and the monthly report adds them up by campaign: calls, leads and cost per lead. Mark the leads that turn into jobs and the report can show which campaigns paid for themselves.
Free action plan
Find out what a Thornton call costs you
Send your trade, your busiest months and the jobs you want more of. A co-founder will price the clicks, the landing pages and the management fee 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
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