Is Google Ads worth it in a market of a market of 72k?
Yes if the math works — Sarnia is small enough that wasted spend is obvious and large enough that petrochemicals 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 Sarnia?
Yes. Sarnia PPC is targeting, copy, and landing pages — not a cubicle downtown. We still write like Wiltshire Park, 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 Sarnia ads are working?
When Sarnia 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.
Imperial Oil Centre brand terms can flatter you. We separate them.
Should Sarnia businesses run ads and SEO together?
Almost always. Ads teach which petrochemicals phrases convert; SEO keeps them when you stop paying. Doing one in a silo is how Ontario companies pay twice for the same lesson.
We share the query list across both briefs.
Do you do Shopping and Performance Max in Sarnia?
When the feed and the margin deserve it. We do not turn on every Google surface because a checklist said so. Sarnia retail is not a demo account.
Search remains the default until the numbers argue.