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Local / Google Ads

How a brand-new ad account hit 12 to 16 dollar leads in eight weeks

A cold start with no history. We gave the algorithm a clean signal and a concentrated budget instead of a blank cheque.

Industry
Local services (USA)
Services
Google Ads, full new build (Search, PMax, local)
Timeframe
About 8 weeks to steady leads
$12.60
Cost per lead (PMax)
$16.40
Cost per lead (Search)
97
Leads in the first weeks
8 wk
From zero to steady
The challenge

A cold start with no data

No history and no conversion data, the exact situation where most setups hand automation a blank cheque or split a small budget across too many campaigns and starve them all.

Without a clean signal, the algorithm has nothing real to learn from, and early spend is wasted teaching it the wrong lessons.

What we did

Three moves, in order

1

Tracked calls and appointments first

Call and appointment conversions were the primary signal from day one, so bidding optimised toward real leads immediately.

2

Concentrated the budget

Spend went to a fixed split across a few campaigns, not scattered thin across many.

3

Shipped negatives at launch

A negative-keyword baseline went live on day one to keep junk out from the start.

The Heureux approach

A clean conversion signal plus concentrated budget gives the algorithm something real to learn from, fast. Discipline at launch beats optimisation afterward.

The result

Leads at 12 to 16 dollars in two months

Within about eight weeks the new account was producing steady leads: 61 from Search at 16.40 dollars each (37 calls and 24 booked appointments) and around 36 from Performance Max at 12.60 dollars each, with modeled store-visit conversions excluded from the count.

$16.40
Search cost per lead
$12.60
PMax cost per lead
97
Leads, first weeks
The proof

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