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Paid search marketing for Toledo, OH

PPC and paid search marketing for Toledo, OH: win the next job.

Put your Toledo advertising budget toward the services you want booked, with campaign reporting that includes calls and average cost per lead.

  • Ads matched to the service searched
  • Search terms checked for waste
  • Spending adjusted to your capacity
F&W Fence Co. website homepage for fence installation, supply and repair
4Xmore ranking keywords for F&W Fence Co. (190 to 745 keywords)
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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

Give the ad budget a limit and a purpose

Toledo PPC starts with the cost of earning a call

Lithium Marketing plans and runs paid search campaigns for Toledo service businesses around the jobs their crews want to book. The average click price for “roofing company toledo” is $30. Before buying that traffic, we check that the ad and landing page explain the service well enough to invite a call.

A paid click has to do more than increase a visitor count. We connect campaign reporting to recorded leads, then ask you which calls became estimates or jobs. That feedback helps us adjust spending toward the services your business can deliver profitably.

Spending through the seasons

Match advertising to the work you can schedule

Toledo’s spring months tend to be the wettest, with precipitation common year-round. If weather changes demand for your outdoor services, we compare your past calls and bookings before changing the budget. A roofer or landscaper needs the ad schedule to reflect both customer interest and crew availability.

Toledo summers are very warm and humid, while winters are cold and somewhat snowy. If heating or cooling calls rise during those conditions, we can shift spending toward those services while your crew has openings. Tell us when you are booked up so the ads don’t keep promoting work you cannot schedule.

residents (2025 estimate)
263,423
residents (2025 estimate)
population change, 2020 to 2025
-2.8%
population change, 2020 to 2025
housing units
132,728
housing units
of occupied homes owner-occupied
53.3%
of occupied homes owner-occupied
of homes built before 1980
83.8%
of homes built before 1980
median home value
$114,500
median home value

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau 2025 population estimates, ACS 2020–2024 and 2023 County Business Patterns.

The offer matters as much as the bid

Give a customer something specific to choose

Roofing has 24 contractor establishments in Lucas County. Your ads should tell a homeowner what you offer before they click: repair, replacement or another service you provide. We carry that promise onto the landing page and make the request step easy to find.

Lucas County records 162 landscaping service establishments. For a company in that field, broad yard-work advertising can attract requests outside its scope. The campaign can name the service more closely and use your own project photos on the landing page, then track which ads produce conversations.

County Business Patterns

Trade and home service businesses in Lucas County

Establishments by industry, 2023

  • Landscaping services
    162
  • Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors
    99
  • Residential remodelers
    83
  • Electrical contractors
    61
  • Painting contractors
    46
  • New home builders
    33
  • Roofing contractors
    24
  • Excavation and site preparation contractors
    23

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns (NAICS establishment counts).

Launch with measurement in place

Make every Toledo campaign testable

We agree on the target services, landing pages and starting budget before the ads run.

1

Review the offer and spending history

We inspect any existing account and discuss which jobs you want. Past search terms and booking feedback help identify spending to keep or cut.

2

Prepare the page and lead tracking

We make the advertised service clear on the landing page and test call and form tracking. Reports distinguish recorded leads from your team’s later booking decisions.

3

Launch within the agreed service area

Campaigns use the locations and services you approve, with exclusions for unrelated searches. We align the ad promise with the work your crew can schedule.

4

Optimize daily, then adjust weekly

We optimize bids and search terms daily for the first 30 days, then make weekly adjustments. Campaign average cost per lead and your job feedback guide those decisions.

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

Advertising within a broader program

Town & Country Glass used ads, SEO and a website

Lithium’s work for Portland’s Town & Country Glass included Google Ads, SEO and a website build. Its case separates the advertising results from organic search growth. Alongside it, Daniel Busby describes his experience as a client through Willard Power Vac, an air duct, dryer vent and chimney cleaning business.

Town & Country Glass website homepage for commercial storefront glass in PortlandCommercial glass

Town & Country Glass

13Xorganic traffic

145 to 1,849 visits a month

top-3 rankings, up from 1
109
top-3 rankings, up from 1
Google Ads conversion rate
29.9%
Google Ads conversion rate
Read the case study
“Lithium Marketing has been amazing for our business. They have greatly increased our web traffic and helped us land hundreds of jobs. Before we started using Lithium we were sitting on page 8 in google. We are now sitting in the top spots in all the areas we do work.”
Daniel BusbyDaniel BusbyPresident, Willard Power Vac

Budgeting for additional cities

Treat another market as a spending decision

The PPC pages for Clinton, Ann Arbor, Dearborn and the other Michigan cities let you inspect those markets before adding them to a campaign. Use the Ohio link for plans within the state, and target only the areas where the jobs make sense for your crews.

Published price

Separate the agency fee from your ad 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

Buying decisions for Toledo paid search

DJ Van Zanten

Still curious?

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

How do you set a starting ad budget for my trade?

We start with the services you can sell profitably and the cost of reaching those searches. Tell us the typical amount left after labor and materials, and how often an estimate becomes a job. We use that information to propose a budget you can test without spreading it across too many services.

What changes the fee I pay Lithium?

Management fees depend on ad spend, the channels we run and the landing page work required. Google Ads starts from $500 a month in management, plus ad spend. We agree on those separate costs before launch, so you know what pays for the work and what buys the advertising.

How soon can I judge a paid search campaign?

Initial results typically appear in the first week, but the decision to expand needs more than an early call. We examine the search terms spending money, the lead rate and your feedback on bookings. The starting plan gives us a defined group of services to improve before we broaden it.

Can I use Facebook or Microsoft alongside Google?

Lithium can manage Meta ads on Facebook and Instagram, as well as Microsoft Ads and LinkedIn. We recommend channels according to the customers and services you want to reach. Each addition needs its own budget and measurement plan so you can compare its leads with the work already running.

What will I need to contribute to the monthly report?

Tell us which recorded leads became estimates or booked jobs, and which were for services you don’t offer. We report calls, leads and average cost per lead by campaign. Your booking feedback adds the business outcome that helps us decide what to keep advertising and what to change.

Free action plan

Price out a focused Toledo paid search campaign

Send the services you want to advertise, your coverage and any existing ad account details. A co-founder will discuss a free campaign plan and starting budget with you 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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Tell us a little about your business. Response within 24 hours.

  • 100% free, no obligation
  • Custom plan for your business
  • Response within 24 hours
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