Is Google Ads worth it in a market of a market of 11k?
Yes if the math works — Stratford is small enough that wasted spend is obvious and large enough that commuting 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 Stratford?
Yes. Stratford PPC is targeting, copy, and landing pages — not a cubicle downtown. We still write like Tea Hill, 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 Stratford ads are working?
When Stratford 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.
Fullerton's Creek lookoff brand terms can flatter you. We separate them.
Should Stratford businesses run ads and SEO together?
Almost always. Ads teach which commuting phrases convert; SEO keeps them when you stop paying. Doing one in a silo is how Prince Edward Island companies pay twice for the same lesson.
We share the query list across both briefs.
Do you do Shopping and Performance Max in Stratford?
When the feed and the margin deserve it. We do not turn on every Google surface because a checklist said so. Stratford retail is not a demo account.
Search remains the default until the numbers argue.