Google Adwords?

Hello,
My name is Brock Helvey and I have been working passionately on my new PW business. I am very confused on how companies are able to use google adwords for pressure washing when the cpc is too high to be profitable?

My current campaign would charge me around $3 per click and with a 2% conversion rate, it will end up costing me $150 to acquire 1 new costumer.

I did the math for my own business and discovered the maximum amount I am willing to pay per costumer from adds is $40. This would mean I would need $0.80 cpc keywords, which even if I used 1000 of these 80 cent keywords, I would only be able to acquire 50 clicks a month or less in my area.

How is google ads possible? What am I misunderstanding? Please help!

Brock, where are you located? There may be some contractors here in your area that give give insightful information. Otherwise, you’ll get a wide array of answers that may not be applicable to your situation at all.

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Either I’m an idiot and completely missed your handle or you just changed it.

Conroe. I think there’s a handful of Houston area guys on here and it seems like I recall one guy being from the Woodlands but I don’t remember exactly who they are. If you’re lucky they’ll pop in and give you some help.

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I know @dperez runs some type of something in the Houston area. He’s pretty established (understatement of the year right there) so I don’t know if he even advertises but he might know something.

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I walk in, I shake hands I don’t see them for years. I do not advertise one bit

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:ok_hand::+1:…love it !

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It’s probably best. You get kinda grumpy and limiting your interaction with the general public has probably made you more money than you know.

Well, sorry @Brock (I knew I wasn’t an idiot) it looks like Mr. Perez may not be any help at all on this one. He doesn’t put his britches on one leg at a time like the rest of us. He just wakes up and pi$$es excellence.

Damn, tell us how you really feel

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LOL I feel tired and sore. You’re probably just starting your day because you’re a vampire and whatnot but most of us actually operate in the sunlight and I’m wore out!

Nope, I went to bed late at 11am this morning. Woke up at 3pm and got a truck back on the road that had a fuel pump go out. Decided to stay up and drove to Houston to help out on a large fleet account. I just got in to DFW and I’m working all night doing maintenance at 3 storage locations.

I’m across from a 12 barn stinky chicken house washing frac sand trucks.
Atleast I’m not at a frac sand quarry washing stinky chicken gut trucks I guess.

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Both of you amaze me. I’m just 27 and I’d be one grumpy camper if I had to do overnight work. I’m still a growing boy so my sleep is very precious LOL goodnight you lunatics

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I am in conroe, TX

Poseidon’s Trident Pressure Washing…now that’s interesting! Any story behind that?

Sorry @DisplacedTexan and @dperez I made my account yesterday and for some reason I was put on hold and could not reply.

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Howdy Brock, nice t-shirts!

Thank you, I washed my pastors fence and he owns a printing business so I lucked out.

Everybody will subconsciously trust the guy wearing blue

I just bought 5k flyers and im gonna run them this month myself. But I’m curious on how google ads is viable?