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    A Plus Carpet Cleaning

    Carpet, rug and upholstery cleaning · Central Coast, NSW

    A Plus Carpet Cleaning: 22% of ad clicks became quote requests

    More than 1 in 5 Google Ads clicks became a quote request for A Plus Carpet Cleaning on the Central Coast. Upholstery ads brought in 38% of quote requests, more than carpet cleaning ads, and turned clicks into requests 1.3 times as often. 85% of requests were made on a phone.

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    A Plus Carpet Cleaning · Central Coast, NSW

    Services in the campaign

    The advertising covers carpets and furnishings.

    Carpets and furnishings

    • Carpet steam cleaning
    • Carpet dry cleaning
    • Carpet cleaning
    • Commercial and office carpets
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    • Upholstery and sofa cleaning
    • Rug and mat cleaning
    • Mattress cleaning
    • Pet-stain and odour removal

    Campaign hours

    Campaign schedule · Sydney local time

    • Every day: 7am–8pm

    The results

    Results for A Plus Carpet Cleaning.

    Each result shows its reporting period. Open a tile for the measurement basis.

    • Headline result

      22%

      of Google Ads clicks became a quote request

      Since ads began

    • 38%

      Share of quote requests from upholstery cleaning ads

      Since ads began

    • 1.3×

      Quote-request rate for upholstery ads, against carpet cleaning ads

      Since ads began

    • 85%

      Share of quote requests made on a phone

      Since ads began

    • 11%

      Click-through rate across the account

      Since ads began

    How we measured

    Quote requests are website forms sent after a Google Ads click, counted once per click. The period covers about 17 weeks from launch, including a pause. Phone-number taps are excluded; these figures measure quote requests, not won jobs.

    In one minute

    The 60-second version

    A Plus Carpet Cleaning, from the brief to the result in 5 short slides.

    1. The business

      A Central Coast carpet and upholstery specialist

      A Plus Carpet Cleaning, trading as A Plus Lightning Carpet Cleaning, cleans carpets, upholstery, mattresses and rugs and treats pet stains across the Central Coast.

      A Plus Lightning about page with the business story and a team photo
    2. The problem

      Several services, one question: which ones bring requests?

      Carpets, sofas, mattresses, rugs and pet stains are different jobs with different customers. The ads had to bring in quote requests and show which services drew them.

    3. What we built

      Ads for each service, landing on the matching page

      One search campaign with ads for each service, each landing on its own page with a short quote form. Every quote request is traced back to the ad behind it.

      A Plus Lightning Carpet Cleaning home page with a carpet cleaning headline beside a free quote form
    4. What happened

      More than 1 in 5 clicks became a quote request

      Since ads began, 22% of Google Ads clicks became a quote request, and 85% of requests were made on a phone.

      22%of Google Ads clicks became a quote request

    5. What we learned

      Sofas out-pulled carpets

      Upholstery ads brought in 38% of quote requests against 31% for carpet cleaning, and turned clicks into requests 1.3 times as often.

      38%of quote requests came from upholstery cleaning ads

    Insights

    What the data showed

    Details from the A Plus Carpet Cleaning project. Open a card for the finding and its source.

    • Service

      38%

      Upholstery ads brought in 38% of quote requests, more than carpet cleaning ads.

      • Upholstery38%
      • Carpet cleaning31%
      • Mattresses12%
      • Pet stains8%
      • Rugs and mats6%
      • End of lease and bond3%

      For a business with carpets in its name, sofas and lounges did the most work. Upholstery ads drew 38% of quote requests against 31% for carpet cleaning, with less of the budget behind them. Mattress and pet-stain ads were smaller, but together they brought in about a fifth of quote requests.

    • Search

      1.3×

      Upholstery clicks became quote requests 1.3 times as often as carpet cleaning clicks.

      • Carpet cleaning ads1×
      • Upholstery ads1.3×

      Upholstery ads were also clicked more often: 13% of people who saw one clicked it, against 9% for carpet cleaning ads. A stained sofa is a specific job, and the upholstery page answers it directly, which helps turn a click into a request.

    • Device

      85%

      85% of quote requests were made on a phone.

      • Phones85%
      • Computers and tablets15%

      Most people asked for a quote from their phone. The quote form asks for a few details and the job type, and a call button stays in reach, so a customer can ask for a price without switching devices.

    The ads

    The Google ads we wrote and ran for A Plus Carpet Cleaning

    Word for word from A Plus Carpet Cleaning's account. Each one served on Google.

    • Sponsored

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      Free Quote in Minutes | Fast-Drying Steam Clean

      Same-day carpet steam cleaning across the Central Coast. Book online or call today. Fast, reliable, eco-friendly steam clean. Free quote in minutes. Book your slot today.

      A real ad we wrote and ran for A Plus Carpet Cleaning.

      • Carpet steam cleaning
    A Plus Carpet Cleaning

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    We built their website, too.

    Explore the website we designed for A Plus Carpet Cleaning: the pages, the mobile experience and the path to an enquiry.

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    A Plus Lightning home page

    The case study

    The project, connected.

    The brief, the work and what it delivered.

    1. The starting point

      A Plus Carpet Cleaning

      A Plus Carpet Cleaning, trading as A Plus Lightning Carpet Cleaning, is a Central Coast business cleaning carpets, upholstery, mattresses and rugs and treating pet stains.

      Carpet, rug and upholstery cleaning · Central Coast, NSW

      A Plus Carpet Cleaning

      SoudCoh services

      • Google Ads management
      • Enquiry tracking
      • Website design and landing pages
    2. What we put in place

      The campaign work

      • A Google Ads search campaign with ads for each cleaning service, each sending people to the matching service page.
      • A short quote form near the top of the service pages, with each request traced to the ad behind it.
      • A review of quote requests by service and device.
    3. What the project delivered

      The outcome

      22% of Google Ads clicks became a quote request since ads began, with upholstery ads bringing in 38% of requests.

    In this case study

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    More than 1 in 5 Google Ads clicks became a quote request for A Plus Carpet Cleaning on the Central Coast. Sofas and lounges did more of the work than carpets: upholstery ads brought in 38% of quote requests, the largest share of any service.

    The business

    A Plus Carpet Cleaning trades as A Plus Lightning Carpet Cleaning and works across the Central Coast of New South Wales. It cleans carpets, upholstery, mattresses and rugs, treats pet stains, and offers end-of-lease and bond cleaning. Its website opens with a quote form and a call button.

    What we set out to do

    Carpets, sofas, mattresses, rugs and pet stains are different jobs, and the people searching for them are not always the same. The aim was a steady flow of quote requests from Google Ads, with each request traced to the ad behind it, so the budget could follow the services that drew the most interest.

    What we built

    The account runs one search campaign with ads for each service: carpet steam cleaning, upholstery, mattresses, rugs and mats, pet-stain removal, and end-of-lease and bond cleaning. Each ad sends people to that service's page, where a short quote form near the top asks for contact details and the service needed.

    A Plus Lightning Carpet Cleaning home page with a carpet cleaning headline beside a free quote form
    The quote form sits beside the headline, so a request takes a few fields and no hunting.

    Every quote request carries the ad click, so it can be matched to the ad and service behind it. The website is covered in the A Plus Carpet Cleaning website case study.

    What happened

    Since ads began, 22% of Google Ads clicks became a quote request, more than 1 in 5. Across the account, 11% of people who saw an ad clicked it. 85% of quote requests were made on a phone.

    Sofas out-pulled carpets

    Upholstery ads brought in 38% of quote requests against 31% for carpet cleaning, with less of the budget behind them. Upholstery clicks became quote requests 1.3 times as often as carpet cleaning clicks, and 13% of people who saw an upholstery ad clicked it, against 9% for carpet cleaning.

    Smaller services earned their place

    Mattress and pet-stain ads were small parts of the account, but together they brought in about a fifth of quote requests. End-of-lease and bond cleaning drew few requests through these ads.

    The quote happens on a phone

    With 85% of requests made on a phone, the quote form has to be short and the call button easy to reach. Both sit near the top of the service pages.

    A Plus Carpet Cleaning's won jobs are not recorded against these requests, so the study stops at quote requests. Recording outcomes is the step that would show which services bring in the most won work.

    How we measured it

    A quote request is a form sent through the website after a Google Ads click, counted once per click. The click-to-quote rate divides those requests by Google Ads clicks over the same days. Taps on the phone number are not counted. The window runs from the first day the ads spent money to when the figures were taken.

    For a cleaning business that wants the same view of its own ads, see our Google Ads management and how we track enquiries from the ads.

    Key campaign decisions
    • 22% of Google Ads clicks became a quote request since ads began, more than 1 in 5.
    • Upholstery ads brought in 38% of quote requests against 31% for carpet cleaning, with less of the budget behind them.
    • Upholstery clicks became quote requests 1.3 times as often as carpet cleaning clicks.
    • 85% of quote requests were made on a phone, so the quote form is built for a small screen.

    Tags

    • Google Ads
    • Carpet, rug and upholstery cleaning
    • Central Coast, NSW

    That is one account. Yours is a different one.

    We read your ads, your search presence and your tracking the same way this one was read, and tell you what we would change first.

    A Plus Carpet Cleaning: 22% of ad clicks became quote requests

    What the results measure.

    The definitions behind the campaign results, from enquiries and conversion rates to advertising spend.

    Conversion
    An action recorded under the account’s conversion setup, such as a tracked call, form submission, booking or purchase. Platform call/form enquiries are described separately in the study; repeat calls can be separate events, so enquiries are not necessarily unique people.
    Cost per job · cost per lead
    Advertising spend divided by the relevant recorded enquiry or job count. The study identifies the denominator. Enquiry cost is considered alongside lead quality and job value.
    Conversion rate
    Recorded conversion actions divided by ad interactions, usually clicks. The study identifies which actions count toward its rate.
    Ad spend
    Money spent on the advertising platform. The enquiry costs and revenue-to-ad-spend figures here exclude agency fees and the cost of delivering the client’s service.
    The measurement window
    The period covered by the result, with spend and outcomes drawn from the same reporting window.
    A starting point
    Starting values appear beside the resulting figure when the account history is available.
    Qualified lead
    An enquiry assessed against the agreed service, service area and customer requirements.
    An anonymised client
    A project published without the client’s name. The page identifies its sector and explains the scope of the work.

    Put your own numbers to work: what one more point of win rate is worth, with your own click price and close rate. It takes about a minute and asks for nothing.

    How we run accounts

    How we manage the campaign.

    We define the outcomes to track, test the enquiry paths and use what we learn to guide campaign improvements. SoudCoh Compound explains how that work is organised.

    • Rule 01

      Count real enquiries only

      The number it moves: True cost per lead

      We agree which calls, forms, bookings or sales count as a result, and a real test enquiry goes through every tracking path before the campaign goes live.

    • Rule 08

      Build on practical campaign experience

      The number it moves: Waste blocked before the first click

      Every change on an account like this one is written to that client's change history, and what it teaches, never the client's numbers, goes into the next account's starting point.

    If you want one of these

    What actually happens after the first call.

    Start with your goals and current setup. We review the opportunity, agree the work and plan the next stage with you.

    1. The call

      Thirty to forty-five minutes, free

      We discuss your services, customers, website and goals, then identify the most useful next step.

    2. Week 0

      The audit

      We review your website and advertising, then set out the opportunities, priorities and recommended scope.

    3. Week 1

      The build

      Everything the account needs before it can spend a dollar: what it will bid on, what it must never pay for, the ad copy, the assets, the landing pages and the tracking. It waits in our approval queue, and a real test enquiry goes through every tracking path before anything is live.

    4. Day one

      You press go

      Campaigns are created paused, every time, so you can read the whole build first. You activate when you are ready, not when we are.

    5. Days 1–14

      The clean

      We review search terms, exclude irrelevant searches and refine keywords and ads using the early campaign data.

    6. From there

      Rhythm

      Regular optimisation and reporting, with reviews of lead quality, customer value and where to focus the next stage of work.

    Before you ask us anything

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    The questions this raises.

    How the results were measured and how the approach could apply to cleaning businesses.

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    How was the 22% worked out for A Plus Carpet Cleaning?

    We divided the quote requests sent through the website form after a Google Ads click by the number of ad clicks over the same days. Each click counts once. For the weeks our own enquiry records overlap with the ad account, the two counts match closely.

    Why did upholstery beat carpet cleaning?

    Upholstery searches tend to be about a specific job, such as a stained sofa or lounge, and the upholstery page answers that directly. Upholstery ads were clicked more often and turned clicks into quote requests 1.3 times as often as carpet cleaning ads.

    What did SoudCoh deliver for A Plus Carpet Cleaning?

    A Google Ads search campaign with ads for each cleaning service, each sending people to the matching service page. A short quote form near the top of the service pages, with each request traced to the ad behind it. A review of quote requests by service and device.

    What do the results in this A Plus Carpet Cleaning case study measure?

    Campaign results describe the enquiries or job outcomes reported for the client. Each figure identifies what it measures.

    Which records support these results?

    Result basis: Since ads began. The labels distinguish advertising conversions, call/form enquiries and won-job revenue. Enquiry events can include repeat calls; booked jobs are reported separately.

    Would this work for cleaning businesses like mine?

    We assess your service area, competition, margins and customer value, then build a plan around the opportunities in your business. The first call establishes the priorities, budget and tracking for that work.

    How would you plan this for my business?

    We start with your goals, service area, competition and customer value. From there, we recommend the channels, website improvements and tracking that fit your next stage of growth.

    How much would this cost to run?

    Two separate numbers. Your ad spend goes to the platform, and what it needs to be depends on how competitive your market is and how many jobs you want — we recommend a minimum of A$5,000 a month for most businesses, and the largest companies we work with currently invest up to A$30,000 a day in advertising, with enterprise programmes above that. Our management fee is separate, isn't published and is custom-built around the work — contact us for packages. The first call is free and you leave it with a real figure for your situation.

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    Thirty minutes on your numbers, and a written list of what we would change first. Yours to keep either way.

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