Atlanta firms use HeyLead to run Google Ads for the jobs they want and the areas they cover.
We are a marketing team for local firms. We aim the ads at the jobs you can take in the areas you serve, then show you which clicks became booked work.
What we do
Paid search is the fast layer. SEO, Meta ads and landing pages support it from the same suburb list, so every part of the account tells the same story.
Pages and listings that appear when people nearby search Google for what you do.
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Paid search ads that reach people searching right now, reported against the calls and bookings they produce.
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Facebook and Instagram ads for offers that need reach, including ads shown again to people who visited your site.
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Pages built to turn a visit into a call, form or booking.
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Call and form tracking, so you can see which ad or search produced each lead.
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Optional link to your customer system, so signed work flows back into your reports.
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Who we work with
HVAC, plumbing and electrical companies with trucks stationed in Cobb or north Fulton, not across the whole metro
Property managers who want leads from Sandy Springs and Decatur but not from areas they cannot show this week
Commercial cleaning firms pitching Perimeter and Midtown offices, where one signed contract outweighs dozens of one-off home calls
Owners comparing a Google Ads company in Atlanta against a freelancer and wanting one accountable team
The local picture
Your market
Atlanta paid search gets expensive and wasteful when the whole metro is one target. Traffic on I-285, I-75, I-85 and GA-400 decides whether a technician from Marietta can reach Sandy Springs by late afternoon.
Drive time should shape the map, not county lines or a circle around downtown. Summer heat drives HVAC demand, spring storms and pollen bring their own bursts, and a hard freeze now and then keeps plumbers busy.
Housing runs from intown mid-rises and older houses to newer north-metro construction, and the search terms differ to match. Georgia trades work under Georgia contractor licenses and brokers under the Georgia Real Estate Commission, though HeyLead is the marketing team and holds neither.
Budgets are in dollars, and accounts are set to count booked work, not raw clicks.
Your customers
People with a broken system search in bursts: a furnace fails on the first cold morning, a pipe leaks after a freeze, a tenant moves out. Those urgent phrases deserve their own campaign, with call buttons that only show during staffed hours.
Planned work like replacement quotes, pest inspections or office cleaning bids comes from different phrases and gets a separate budget. We do not buy job-seeker terms, do-it-yourself searches or directory-style searches. A good click is a call or a form from a ZIP code you serve.
Reports show booked jobs and the cost of each booked job, in dollars, by suburb, so you can see whether Alpharetta or Decatur earns its spend.
Our approach
We begin with a map: the ZIP codes you staff, your drive-time limits and the hours someone answers the phone. Campaigns are then built for each area. Search words are matched tightly, and a shared list of blocked words grows from the real searches people type.
Emergency and planned jobs sit in separate campaigns. Each sends clicks to a landing page that names the suburb and the offer, with a click-to-call button and a short form. Call and form tracking feed back into Google Ads, so its bidding learns from booked work.
Local Services Ads (the pay-per-lead listings at the top of search) are added where the trade qualifies, and budgets are turned down outside working hours.
About the area
intown mid-rises, perimeter stock, and north-metro new construction
Licenses you show on your page
Georgia Real Estate Commission for brokers; Georgia contractor licenses for trades. HeyLead is the marketing team, not the local license holder.
Common mistakes
Buying the whole metro means a Marietta crew pays for clicks in Peachtree City that it will turn down at 4 pm. Split the map by the ZIP codes each crew can reach, give each area its own budget, and block anywhere nobody drives to.
A burst pipe search and a quote-for-next-month search deserve different bids, hours and pages. When they share a campaign, budget flows to whichever gets more clicks, not whichever books a job faster. Splitting them makes the numbers readable.
Phone rings from job seekers, wrong numbers and out-of-area callers make an account look busy. We track qualified calls and booked jobs so bidding learns from work that paid, and the report shows the gap between activity and revenue.
How it works
List the ZIP codes each crew reaches, the hours the phone is answered and the jobs you want more of. Areas you cannot serve, such as far-out Fayette County, are excluded from day one.
Emergency searches, planned work and searches for your own company name each get their own budget. Search words are matched tightly and the blocked-word list starts long, then grows from the searches people actually type.
Call tracking, form tracking and job status are linked so Google Ads sees which clicks became work. Landing pages for each suburb take the traffic, and test calls confirm the numbers before spend goes up.
Each month we review the searches and the results by suburb. Budget moves toward the ZIP codes and offers that book jobs, and away from those that only produce rings.
Searches
These are the searches your pages and ads are built around, and what each person is trying to do.
| They search | What they want |
|---|---|
| best google ads agency in Atlanta | An owner comparing agencies on how they work and what they report |
| ppc agency Atlanta | Paid search help for service firms with a set driving area |
| google ads contractor Atlanta | Someone hiring help for their ad account; HeyLead is a team, not a lone contractor |
| Atlanta google ads management | Ongoing account care rather than a one-off setup |
| google ads company Atlanta | A broader search from owners still deciding what they need |
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Testimonials from HeyLead clients
I've worked with HeyLead for over a decade. There is no one else I'd trust with lead generation and IT. I've tried others, to my detriment. If you want someone who is dedicated and trustworthy, you couldn't pick someone better.
Andrew Woodruff
CEO, Woodruff Property Management
Our company 1800 CLEANER has worked with Martin for over two years now and we can attest he is one of the best. His technical knowledge in the SEO and online marketing space is second to none. But more importantly he cares. He listens and truly empathises with the client. The feeling of support that ensues is truly otherworldly. We have no hesitation in recommending him.
Michael Sweet
CEO, 1800 CLEANER
Month to month, no commitment. One fee covers the pages, the search and ad work and the tracking. Ad spend is separate and stays in your own accounts.
Starting at
$500 USD per month
Free to cancel with 1 month's notice. Tell us what you sell and where. We come back with what the first month would fix.
Get a Free AuditWhat $500 a month covers
Pages built around the searches your buyers actually type.
Search and ads aimed at people ready to inquire.
Calls, forms and bookings tagged to the search, ad or page behind them.
Our team
Martin writes every audit and takes the first call. The same team stays on the account. 160+ businesses since 2010.
Founder, strategy and audits
Writes every audit and takes every first call. On your account from day one, running growth for SMEs since 2010.
Social and app development
Shapes social strategy and builds practical app experiences that turn attention into action.
SEO
Owns technical, local and content SEO so the right buyers find you when demand is highest.
Paid media
Plans and manages paid search and social campaigns around qualified leads.
Analytics
Connects tracking, attribution and reporting so decisions are based on revenue-quality data.
Design
Creates clear brand and conversion-focused design across landing pages, campaigns and product experiences.
Certified and experienced
Verified platform knowledge, 25+ years of hands-on experience, and an operating track record since 2010.
FAQs
Plain answers for Atlanta owners choosing between an agency, a company and a contractor for Google Ads.
No ranking settles that, so judge by how the account is run. Look for a map split by drive time, emergency and planned searches kept apart, and reporting on booked jobs in dollars. HeyLead builds and runs Atlanta accounts that way, and the free audit shows how yours compares.
A lone contractor may quote less per month, but one person rarely covers strategy, tracking, landing pages and reporting. HeyLead is an agency team with those pieces in one place. We do not quote prices here because they depend on your ad spend, service area and scope.
Yes, and it is often the cleanest setup. We limit the ads to Marietta, Alpharetta and the neighboring ZIP codes you serve, and block areas such as Peachtree City if a crew will not go there.
Calls can start within days of launch, but a clear read on the cost of each booked job takes several weeks of data. The first weeks go to trimming wasted searches. We do not promise a specific outcome.
Where your trade and license qualify, yes, since they can put a business prominently in front of people who need help. They require verification and reviews, which take time. We treat them as an add-on to standard search campaigns, not a replacement.
Google Ads catches people searching today, SEO builds the organic pages that keep working, and Meta ads reach people before they search. All three send visitors to the same suburb pages. To begin, send the free audit form with your recent ad data and the suburbs you staff.
Access to your Google Ads account, your call tracking and your website, plus the ZIP codes you serve and the hours someone answers the phone. We review the last few months of searches before changing anything. You keep ownership of the account throughout.