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Paid search for Irvine service companies

A PPC agency for Irvine businesses that need better leads.

Run Irvine Google Ads around the work you can book, with campaign reports showing calls, leads and average cost per lead.

  • Search terms checked for wasted spend
  • Landing pages matched to the offer
  • Campaign costs reviewed with bookings
Search visibility report ranking sarkinenplumbing.com first among local plumbing competitors
2Xleads for Sarkinen Plumbing (on the same budget)
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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

Start with the economics

Control what an Irvine PPC campaign spends to get a lead

Lithium Marketing manages paid search for Irvine service businesses with budgets tied to the jobs they want to book. The average click price for “plumber irvine” is $115.32. Before you pay for that traffic, the account needs a focused offer, a page that sells it and tracking that records customer contact.

A click on “roofing company irvine” averages $56.97, while “hvac repair irvine” averages $30.98. We compare click costs with your own job margins and booking feedback when setting a test budget. Bigger bids are a poor substitute for knowing which services the campaign should promote.

Budget timing and audience

Let your schedule determine when ads should run

Irvine’s precipitation occurs predominantly during the winter months. If rain-related jobs change your workload, we compare those periods with your booking records before changing campaign budgets. The ad schedule should reflect the work you can take and the response you can provide.

Owner-occupied homes represent 44.5% of Irvine’s occupied housing. For services you also sell to landlords or property managers, make that offer explicit in the ad and landing page. A commercial or rental-property lead should arrive with the same expectations your team can meet when it responds.

residents (2025 estimate)
318,764
residents (2025 estimate)
population change, 2020 to 2025
+3.6%
population change, 2020 to 2025
housing units
120,206
housing units
of occupied homes owner-occupied
44.5%
of occupied homes owner-occupied
of homes built before 1980
20.7%
of homes built before 1980
median home value
$1,191,500
median home value

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

Define the offer

Buy interest in a service your team wants to sell

Within Orange County, the landscaping establishment count is 738. If you sell design and installation, use the landing page to show that work and ask about the planned project. If you sell routine care, explain its coverage and estimating process. A broad trade label can hide the distinction that matters to the buyer.

For a repair campaign, describe the help a customer can request and how your team responds. A roofer can show the repair process; an HVAC company can explain what happens during a service visit. That detail gives the person answering the lead a better starting point than a general advertisement promising to handle everything.

County Business Patterns

Trade and home service businesses in Orange County

Establishments by industry, 2023

  • Residential remodelers
    1,349
  • Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors
    1,028
  • Electrical contractors
    943
  • Landscaping services
    738
  • New home builders
    663
  • Painting contractors
    450
  • Roofing contractors
    252
  • Excavation and site preparation contractors
    193

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

Account setup and review

Turn an Irvine ad budget into a measured test

We make the offer and tracking ready before judging the account by its conversion totals.

1

Inspect the account and the jobs it attracts

We review search terms, targeting and existing lead reports with you. Your capacity and margins help select the services worth funding.

2

Test what happens when an ad brings a call

Each offer gets a matching page and working call and form tracking. We verify that reported conversions describe customer contact, not ordinary browsing.

3

Launch within the agreed service boundary

Targeting follows the cities you serve, and budgets separate offers that need different sales conversations. Search exclusions remove clearly unsuitable requests.

4

Review daily through the opening month

During the first 30 days we review the campaigns daily, then weekly. We adjust bids, search terms and spend using campaign lead costs and your booking feedback.

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 and organic results

Google Ads with a website and SEO behind the offer

The Town & Country Glass case comes from Portland, where the company provides commercial glass services. Lithium handled its Google Ads, website design and SEO. Alongside the case, Willard Power Vac president Daniel Busby describes his company’s experience in air duct, dryer vent and chimney cleaning.

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

Campaign boundaries

Choose Irvine and neighboring ad targets deliberately

If you take jobs in Anaheim, Garden Grove or Huntington Beach, compare their PPC pages before expanding the campaign. Santa Ana, Costa Mesa and Orange are linked too, followed by Orange County and the California directory.

Published price

Agree on the PPC fee and the advertising 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

Decisions before funding Irvine Google Ads

DJ Van Zanten

Still curious?

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

How do you set a starting budget for expensive Irvine clicks?

We work backward from the services you want to sell and the lead costs your margins can support. The starting test considers click prices, the landing page and your ability to answer calls. We agree on a spending limit, then use campaign results before recommending an increase.

What is included in the monthly management charge?

Google Ads management starts from $500 a month, plus ad spend. The fee depends on ad spend, channels and landing page work. We explain the account scope before launch so you know what you are paying the agency and what you are paying the advertising platform.

How soon can a paid campaign bring customer calls?

Initial results typically appear during the first week a campaign runs. Lead quality and cost still need review after launch. We inspect the search terms and contact reports with your booking feedback, then change the account where it is attracting work you cannot or do not want to take.

Can you tell me which campaigns led to booked work?

Call and form tracking identifies the campaign behind recorded leads. You supply booking outcomes so we can compare those leads with work your team took on. The report shows campaign averages and lead totals, giving us a basis for budget decisions without treating every conversion as a sale.

What terms apply if I add another ad channel?

We agree on the added channel and its fee before it runs. The usual service agreement starts with six months and continues monthly afterward, with 30 days’ notice. Google, Microsoft and Meta campaigns can each be considered, but an additional channel needs a customer audience and budget that fit your business.

Free action plan

Review your Irvine ad spend with a co-founder

Send the services you advertise, your current budget and what happens after a lead arrives. A co-founder will discuss a free PPC plan and starting test 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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