Is Google Ads worth it in a market of a city of 1.76 million?
Yes if the math works — Montreal is small enough that wasted spend is obvious and large enough that finance demand exists. We build the account to that scale. Vanity networks and unused Performance Max are how small cities get burned.
If the TAM cannot support the CPA, we say so before you launch.
Can you run ads without being based in Montreal?
Yes. Montreal PPC is targeting, copy, and landing pages — not a cubicle downtown. We still write like Mile End, not like a call centre. The account settings do the geography; the copy does the trust.
You get Canadian humans, not an overseas bid farm.
When do we know Montreal ads are working?
When Montreal PPC produces tracked leads at a CPA you can live with — not when CTR looks pretty. We instrument calls and forms first. Two weeks of “optimizing headlines” with no conversion tracking is a hobby.
Mount Royal brand terms can flatter you. We separate them.
Should Montreal businesses run ads and SEO together?
Almost always. Ads teach which finance phrases convert; SEO keeps them when you stop paying. Doing one in a silo is how Quebec companies pay twice for the same lesson.
We share the query list across both briefs.
Do you do Shopping and Performance Max in Montreal?
When the feed and the margin deserve it. We do not turn on every Google surface because a checklist said so. Montreal retail is not a demo account.
Search remains the default until the numbers argue.