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Paid advertising for Buffalo

A PPC agency helping Buffalo businesses book work.

Use PPC to reach Buffalo customers searching for your services, with campaign reports that show calls, leads and average cost per lead.

  • Ads matched to the service searched
  • Campaign costs and lead reporting
  • Search terms checked for wasted spend
Byers Septic Tank Service website homepage
9Xorganic traffic for Byers Septic Service (91 to 799 visits a month)
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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

Make the click worth paying for

Buffalo PPC starts with a job you can profit from

Lithium Marketing plans and manages paid advertising for Buffalo service businesses around the jobs they want to win. An average click for “water damage restoration buffalo” costs $142.45. At that price, the ad needs a specific service offer, a focused landing page and tracking before the budget starts running.

Across service trades, we ask what a completed job leaves after labor and materials, how often a lead books and how much work your crews can take. Those answers help set a starting budget. Once ads run, campaign costs and your booking feedback guide changes to the offer, bids and search terms.

Adjust for the schedule you can deliver

Let weather and capacity inform your ad calendar

Buffalo's winter lake-effect snow bands depend on wind direction off Lake Erie. If weather changes where your crews can work or the calls you receive, the ad plan needs to account for it. We discuss seasonal offers and service coverage with you so the advertising reflects what customers can book.

Buffalo summers have abundant sunshine with moderate humidity and temperatures. If outdoor jobs fill part of your schedule, use your past bookings to plan when to promote them. We can change spending as your capacity changes; the campaign should help fill the openings you have.

residents (2025 estimate)
274,613
residents (2025 estimate)
population change, 2020 to 2025
-1.3%
population change, 2020 to 2025
housing units
136,850
housing units
of occupied homes owner-occupied
43%
of occupied homes owner-occupied
of homes built before 1980
89.7%
of homes built before 1980
median home value
$164,200
median home value

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

Choose an offer worth testing

Your trade label is only the beginning of an ad

There are 162 electrical contractor establishments in Erie County, New York. For an electrician, a campaign about a specific installation can explain more than a general promise of electrical work. A focused offer also makes the lead report easier to judge against the jobs you intended to attract.

Erie County, New York has 445 landscaping service establishments. A business selling several types of outdoor work can separate them in its campaigns, then compare the calls each offer produces. For any trade, your booking feedback helps us distinguish an appealing ad from an offer that earns paying customers.

County Business Patterns

Trade and home service businesses in Erie County

Establishments by industry, 2023

  • Residential remodelers
    498
  • Landscaping services
    445
  • Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors
    240
  • Electrical contractors
    162
  • Painting contractors
    128
  • Excavation and site preparation contractors
    107
  • New home builders
    92
  • Roofing contractors
    55

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

Launch with a way to judge the spending

Set up the account for decisions you can explain

Before changing a bid, we need to know which service the campaign is selling and how a lead will be counted.

1

Agree the offer and spending limit

We review your account or plan a new one around priority jobs. You choose a starting ad budget with the management fee shown separately.

2

Prepare the landing page and measurement

The ad's service gets a matching page and clear contact options. We test call and form tracking so reports can count the response.

3

Set the searches and locations

We choose keywords, exclusions and geographic targets that fit your coverage. Ad copy tells customers which service they can request.

4

Tune against leads and bookings

We review and optimize daily through the first 30 days, then weekly. Search terms, campaign costs and your booking feedback guide where the money goes.

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

Ads within a wider client program

Paid search as part of F&W Fence Co.'s marketing

Google Ads was part of Lithium's work for fence company F&W Fence Co.; the engagement also included SEO and a new website. Its case report lets you examine those results. The accompanying recommendation is Dave Turin's account of working with DJ on website and internet marketing needs for Dozer Dave.

F&W Fence Co. website homepage for fence installation, supply and repairFence

F&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
Read the case study
“I highly recommend Dj Van Zanten if you need any help with your website and your internet marketing.”
Dave TurinDave TurinDozer Dave

Separate markets, separate ad choices

Explore another market before extending your ads

Campaign expansion into Rochester, Ithaca or Syracuse needs a decision about the jobs you can serve there. The links also include Erie, Pennsylvania, and the New York overview, so you can research those markets apart from Buffalo.

Published price

Separate the PPC fee from the Buffalo 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

The spending questions to answer before launch

DJ Van Zanten

Still curious?

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

What changes the monthly fee for running our ads?

Ad spend, the channels we manage and landing page work determine the fee. We charge from $500 a month in management, plus ad spend. We set out the scope and both costs in the proposal, so you know what goes to the advertising platform and what pays for our work.

How do we decide if the leads are affordable?

Compare campaign average cost per lead with how often those leads book and what you earn on the completed jobs. We report calls and leads by campaign, and you supply the booking feedback. That gives us a basis for changing spending without treating every phone call as a sale.

How soon can a PPC campaign start bringing calls?

Initial results typically arrive in the first week of a running campaign. We check the tracking and landing page before launch, then use the response to improve the account. Your budget, offer and search demand affect the volume, so a launch date isn't a promised number of calls.

Can you run Facebook and Instagram ads as well?

Lithium manages Meta ads on Facebook and Instagram, along with Google Ads, Microsoft Ads and LinkedIn. We choose channels around the offer and customer you want to reach. Adding another platform needs a budget and a way to measure leads, not merely a presence there.

Can we stop PPC management whenever we want?

The standard commitment is six months, then monthly service with 30 days' notice. We confirm the terms before launch along with the fee and ad budget. If your capacity changes during the engagement, discuss the campaign spending with us so the ads reflect the work you can take.

Free action plan

Work out a starting ad budget for your Buffalo business

Tell us which jobs you want, what you earn from them and what you currently spend on ads. A co-founder will go through the numbers on a short video call and outline your free PPC plan.

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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