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Pay per click marketing for Winston-Salem

Winston-Salem, NC PPC and pay per click marketing built to earn job leads.

Make Winston-Salem advertising spending easier to judge with Google Ads, focused landing pages and reports showing campaign averages for cost per lead.

  • Search terms checked and refined
  • Landing pages matched to the ad
  • Campaign cost-per-lead reports
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380%more organic traffic for Drake’s 7 Dees (in one year)
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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

Spend with a purpose

Winston-Salem PPC that gives the budget a job to do

Lithium Marketing manages paid search campaigns for Winston-Salem service businesses, matching ads and landing pages to the work they want to book. “Garage door repair winston salem” averages $48.03 per click. At that price, a campaign needs a convincing page and a way to measure the leads its spending produces.

We start with what a completed job brings into your business, the cost of doing the work and how many leads turn into customers. Those details help set an affordable campaign budget. Then we check search terms, bids and landing-page response so the account can improve with each round of results.

Budget timing and territory

Let capacity shape where and when ads run

Winston-Salem has cool winters and warm, humid summers. If your own job history shows seasonal peaks, we plan the campaign calendar around them. An HVAC firm and a landscaper may need different schedules, and neither benefits from buying demand for work the crew cannot take.

The city covers about 133.7 square miles of land. Tell us which parts you can serve profitably before we set the ad geography. We can review lead response by campaign and location, then narrow or expand the targets as your crew availability changes.

residents (2025 estimate)
257,271
residents (2025 estimate)
population change, 2020 to 2025
+3.1%
population change, 2020 to 2025
housing units
115,270
housing units
of occupied homes owner-occupied
55.6%
of occupied homes owner-occupied
of homes built before 1980
48%
of homes built before 1980
median home value
$233,800
median home value

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

Choose your advantage

Give buyers a specific reason to click your ad

Forsyth County's landscaping category contains 179 establishments. Broad promises leave those businesses sounding alike. An ad for installation work should lead to installation examples, explain the estimate and make contact easy; maintenance offers deserve copy that addresses ongoing care.

Excavation and site preparation account for 39 establishments in Forsyth County. Project scope matters before a click becomes a lead, so a contractor should state which kinds of work it handles. For a roofer or other project trade, the same discipline helps keep ads focused on jobs the company can quote.

County Business Patterns

Trade and home service businesses in Forsyth County

Establishments by industry, 2023

  • Landscaping services
    179
  • Residential remodelers
    142
  • New home builders
    122
  • Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors
    116
  • Electrical contractors
    82
  • Painting contractors
    44
  • Roofing contractors
    40
  • Excavation and site preparation contractors
    39

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

From account review to adjustments

Put the campaign on a measurable footing

We establish the offer and tracking before treating more spending as the answer.

1

Agree on a job and a budget

We review the account if you have one, the jobs you want and the income they bring. The launch plan sets the offer, service area and spending limit.

2

Prepare the page and lead tracking

We pair the ad with a focused service page, then check call and form conversion tracking. Reports distinguish recorded leads from other website activity.

3

Filter the searches you pay for

Keyword choices and exclusions keep the campaign aimed at customers seeking your service. We review search terms for repair, project or location mismatches.

4

Optimize while the campaign learns

Bids and search terms receive daily optimization during the first 30 days, followed by weekly adjustments. Your feedback about booked work informs budget changes.

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

Paid search within the bigger picture

A septic company's results across several services

Google Ads formed part of Lithium's work for Byers Septic Service, along with SEO and a website. Read the case to see how the septic business performed across those services. Nathan Boos of Hillsview Building offers a separate account of working with the team on websites and SEO.

Byers Septic Tank Service website homepageSeptic

Byers Septic Service

9Xorganic traffic

91 to 799 visits a month

more ranking keywords (36 to 395)
11X
more ranking keywords (36 to 395)
conversion rate
23.1%
conversion rate
Read the case study
“A lot of options out there for websites and SEO. I’ve worked with this team for years now and would highly recommend them. They know their stuff and deliver results. More importantly to me- they care about service and follow through on what they say they will do. Easy to work with and communicate with. Thank you!”
Nathan BoosNathan BoosHillsview Building

Expansion decisions

Price other markets before widening your ads

PPC research for High Point and Greensboro can help a business considering more Triad work. Concord, Charlotte, Durham and Roanoke, Virginia are additional markets to evaluate separately; the North Carolina directory lists more city guides.

Published price

Know what goes to management and what goes to ad spending

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

Deciding what to spend on Winston-Salem PPC

DJ Van Zanten

Still curious?

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

How do we choose a starting Google Ads budget?

Start with the amount you can afford to spend acquiring a customer and the services you can deliver. We compare that with keyword costs and the website's ability to turn visitors into leads. A small focused campaign can answer more than spreading the same budget across every service and city.

What makes the PPC management fee increase?

The fee depends on advertising spend, the channels involved and landing-page work. We quote the management scope before launch and identify the separate amount paid to the ad platforms. That gives you the full budget to review before the campaign starts.

What should I look for in the advertising report?

Look at recorded leads and average cost per lead for each campaign, then compare them with the jobs your team booked. A click total alone cannot tell you how the spending is working. We use call and form tracking, along with your booking feedback, to identify what deserves more budget or a change in approach.

How soon can a paid campaign start generating leads?

Initial results typically begin within the first week of a campaign running. Lead volume and cost depend on the market, offer and landing page, so the opening results are a starting point for optimization. We refine the account as search terms and lead response become available.

Could Meta or Microsoft ads be a better fit?

They can be worth testing when the offer and audience support them. Lithium manages Microsoft Ads and Meta advertising on Facebook and Instagram as well as Google Ads. We discuss what each channel is meant to accomplish, and compare its lead response before making it a larger part of your spending.

Free action plan

Set a Winston-Salem advertising budget you can evaluate

Your free PPC plan starts with a short video call with a co-founder. Bring your advertising questions, current spending and an estimate of what you earn from a typical completed job; we will use them to discuss a campaign you can afford to test.

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

Get my free action plan

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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