Google Ads management Stockport trades rely on to win calls, not just clicks

It depends on the agency. Of the nine pages we opened that rank for Stockport searches on 10 October 2026, two print a monthly fee, between £89 and £299, and seven ask you to enquire. Our Google Ads management Stockport fee is flat at £395, £595 or £895 a month, with no setup fee and no percentage of ad spend.

No. The management fee pays for the planning, building and weekly running of your campaigns. Ad spend is what Google charges for clicks or leads, and it comes off your own card, direct to Google. We never hold it or add a margin, so you can raise or lower the budget in any month and the fee stays where it is.

Enough to collect real data in the areas you cover, then more on whatever books jobs. For a sole trader, the Ads Starter plan manages up to £1,500 a month of ad spend. Before anything goes live you get a free plan listing keywords, a starting daily budget and a target cost per lead for your Stockport postcodes, so the decision is made on numbers.

Calls can start within days of launch, which is why trades run ads while SEO builds. Treat the first four to eight weeks as the learning period: we take the quick wins, block wasted searches, test ad copy and tune bids so more of the calls are qualified leads. After about three months of call data the cost per lead is dependable enough to plan around.

Yes. We start with a free consultation and a free PPC audit of the account: campaign structure, search terms, conversion tracking and where the budget went. You keep the account and its history, and we work through manager access. If it was opened in an agency’s name and they will not hand it over, we build a new one in yours.

Yes. Google Ads lets you target by town, postcode or radius, so a firm in Bramhall can appear in Bramhall, Cheadle Hulme and Hazel Grove and stay out of Manchester. Add other towns you travel to once the cost per lead is known. Our areas we cover page lists where we already work.

No. Google Ads is managed online, so what matters is who opens your account each week, not their postcode. We are a PPC agency near Stockport, in Bolton, and can meet in person anywhere in the borough. Judge any agency on its fee, its minimum term, account ownership and whether it knows the areas you work in.

Not a whole new site, but each ad needs a landing page that matches the search, loads fast on mobile and makes calling easy. We build one tested page per service as part of the plan. If the site itself is holding you back, see web design in Stockport, with website design from £1,195.

No, there is no long-term contract. Every plan has a 3-month minimum and then runs month to month on 30 days’ notice. Three months is roughly what paid ads need before the call data can be trusted. Commit to 6 or 12 months by choice and the monthly fee drops by 10% or 20%.

Yes, and most clients do. Ads bring calls now and stop when the budget stops; SEO takes months, but the leads get cheaper, and ad data shows which keywords to chase first. SEO plans start at £495 a month and the bundle at £795. See SEO in Stockport, local SEO, the pricing page and our case studies.

Search results list several local and Manchester firms, so compare them on facts. Is the fee on the website? Is the ad account in your name? How long is the minimum term? Zainfy is a PPC management company Stockport trades can price online: a flat £395 to £895 a month. It takes one firm per trade in each town and reports cost per lead.

PPC stands for pay per click, or pay-per-click advertising: you are charged only when someone clicks your ad. The agency handles keyword research, ad copy, bid management, conversion tracking, negative keywords and landing pages, with weekly changes based on which searches turn into booked work. Driving traffic is the easy part. Pick a PPC agency Stockport firms can check: fee shown, account in your name.