Google Ads Meta Ads Local SEO Reporting FAQ
Service 02

Reach your
neighborhood before
they start searching.

Google captures demand. Meta creates it. Instagram and Facebook put your business in front of the right people in your area before they have a reason to search, so when they do need you, you're already familiar.

For restaurants, this means promoting a new menu, a weekend special, or a private dining room to people within two miles who dine out regularly. For a med spa, it means reaching women in your zip code who follow wellness accounts and have household incomes that match your service pricing.

Meta's local targeting is genuinely powerful and genuinely underused by local businesses. The typical approach is a boosted post with no audience targeting, no pixel installed, and no way to measure if it did anything. We do it differently.

Every campaign starts with a proper pixel setup and audience strategy. We build warm retargeting audiences from your website visitors, lookalike audiences from your best customers, and cold audiences refined by location, behavior, and interest signals specific to your business type.

What's included

Meta Pixel and CAPI setup
Proper pixel installation and Conversions API setup so your tracking works even with ad blockers and iOS privacy changes.
Audience strategy and build
Cold, warm, and hot audience layers built from your customer data, website traffic, and Meta's targeting signals for your category.
Ad creative strategy
Guidance on what creative works for your business type, what formats drive action, and how to brief your photographer or use what you have.
Retargeting campaigns
Bringing back website visitors, social engagers, and past customers with relevant offers at the right moment in their decision process.
Seasonal and promotional campaigns
Holiday pushes, new menu launches, grand openings, and event promotions planned and executed with enough lead time to actually work.

Best for

Restaurants Med Spas Salons Fitness Studios Visual businesses Event-driven promos
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Typical result

Restaurants and service businesses running local Meta campaigns see 40-70% lower cost per new customer compared to untargeted boosted posts.

Service 03

Own the search
results in your city.

When someone nearby searches "best dentist near me" or "Italian food Somerville," Google shows them a map pack of three local businesses before any other results. Being in that pack is the single highest-value piece of real estate in local marketing. It's free traffic, every day, forever.

Getting there requires two things done well: a fully optimized Google Business Profile, and a website that signals local relevance to Google. Most local businesses have neither. Their GBP is missing half the information Google wants, and their website has one page with no location-specific content.

We fix both. Your GBP gets a full audit and optimization pass covering every field, category, service, photo, and post. Your website gets location and service pages that target the specific search terms your customers are using. And your citation profile across directories gets cleaned up so Google can trust your information.

Local SEO takes longer than paid ads to show results, but the compound value is significant. A first-page ranking you earned in month six is still sending you customers in year three.

What's included

Google Business Profile optimization
Complete audit and optimization of every GBP field, weekly posts, Q&A management, photo strategy, and service descriptions written for search.
Local citation building and cleanup
Consistent NAP (name, address, phone) across 50+ directories including Yelp, Apple Maps, Bing, and industry-specific listings.
Review generation strategy
A system for generating consistent new reviews from real customers, including response templates and reputation monitoring.
Location and service page creation
New website pages targeting high-intent local searches like "Google Ads for restaurants in Boston" that rank and convert.
Rank tracking and reporting
Monthly ranking reports for your target keywords, map pack visibility, and organic traffic growth over time.

Best for

All local businesses New locations Low GBP visibility Review-driven industries Long-term growth
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Typical result

Clients reach page one of local Google results for their primary keywords within 4 to 6 months of consistent optimization work.

Service 04

Numbers that
actually mean something.

The standard agency report is designed to look impressive, not to be useful. Pages of impressions, reach, and engagement rate. Nothing that tells you whether marketing is paying for itself.

Every client gets a monthly report built around one question: did this produce more customers? We track phone calls, form submissions, booking clicks, and foot traffic signals. We tie those back to spend so you know your cost per lead and your return on investment.

Reports come with a written summary in plain English, not marketing jargon. What worked, what we changed, what we're testing next month. If something isn't performing, we say so and we explain what we're doing about it.

You also get a standing monthly call to walk through performance together. No ticket systems, no account managers in the way. Direct access to the person running your campaigns.

What's included

Monthly performance report
Clear breakdown of leads, calls, cost per lead, and ROAS. Written in plain English with context and next steps included.
Call and lead tracking setup
Dynamic call tracking numbers, form submission tracking, and booking pixel events so every lead source is measured.
Strategy check-in calls
Monthly or bi-weekly calls (based on your plan) to review performance, answer questions, and align on the next period.
Direct access
Text or email the person running your account directly. Questions answered same day. No waiting on a support queue.

Included in all plans

Starter Growth Full-Service

Common questions.

How quickly will I see results?
Google Ads typically delivers leads within the first two to four weeks. Local SEO takes longer: expect meaningful ranking movement in months three to five, with compounding results from there. We're upfront about timelines before you sign anything.
Do I need a big ad budget to get started?
No. Most local businesses do well starting with $1,000 to $2,000 per month in ad spend. What matters more than budget size is how the campaign is structured. A well-run $1,500/month campaign outperforms a poorly run $5,000/month one every time.
What makes you different from a bigger agency?
At a larger agency, your account gets managed by someone junior who is juggling 30 other clients. Here, your campaigns are managed by a senior operator with years of experience running local paid media. You get direct access, faster responses, and more strategic attention.
Do I own my ad accounts and data?
Always. Your Google Ads account, Meta ad account, Google Business Profile, and all campaign data belong to you. We work inside your accounts, never ours. If we ever part ways, you walk away with everything intact.
How does billing work for ad spend?
Ad spend goes directly to Google and Meta on your credit card. We charge only for our management work. There is no markup on ad spend and no percentage-of-spend fee. You always know exactly where your money is going.
What if I want to cancel?
Month-to-month contracts. Give 30 days notice and you're done. No long-term commitments, no cancellation fees. We believe if we're doing good work, you stay. If we're not, you shouldn't have to.

Ready to get started?

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