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    Proof
    Aussie Plumbing — ad spend scaled 1.8× with enquiries up 2.1×, so each enquiry cost lessI-ELEC — a 231-page electrician website for Inner SydneyA plumbing lead on Google Ads: A$141 medianSLS Solicitors — cost per recorded Google Ads conversion down 58.48%Wilco Plumbing — a drains-first website, Sydney and NewcastleHow much should a trade business spend on marketing?State Choice Plumbing — a drains, hot water and gas websiteAussie Drains — a 600-page drain website for SydneyAn electrician lead on Google Ads: A$118 medianAussie Electrical — a 650-page electrical website for SydneyThe most efficient ways for a trade business to get leadsEOL Melbourne — click-to-enquiry rate up from 28% to 33.4%A cleaning lead on Google Ads: A$58 medianAlliance Plumbing — ad spend scaled 1.8× with enquiries up 2.1×, so each enquiry cost lessImpress Blinds — cost per recorded Google Ads conversion down 62.63%FixCare Property — cost per enquiry down 56.36%Rubbish Removal WA — cost per enquiry down 53.18%Floral Cakery — cost per enquiry down 49.82%ILLUMINATE Laser Emporium — cost per enquiry down 48.54%Sydney Fence Painting — cost per enquiry down 33.68%Alliance Plumbing — cost per enquiry down 29.6%Gridless Build Solutions — cost per enquiry down 29.16%FacilityWorx — cost per enquiry down 23.62%Cornerstone Roofing — cost per enquiry down 20.47%Council finance — budgeting and workforce designCouncil planning — clearer approvals and reportingCultural audiences — media strategy and creative conceptsCommunity participation — surveys, maps and project pagesPublic-sector research — survey design and analysisPublic art — site studies and visual conceptsRegional identity — visitor guides and wayfinding conceptsCouncil systems — integration and migration planningA pressure washing business — service-led search campaignsA pressure washing business — a clear enquiry journeyA carpet cleaner — Google Ads built around cleaning servicesA roofing company — campaigns for repairs and restorationA CCTV installer — campaigns for security enquiriesA fence painter — search campaigns for specific surfacesA maintenance business — live in 8 weeks, 3 stacks gone5.0 across every Google review$120M+ in media under management250+ active engagements across five countries

    White papers

    Research on marketing for trade and home-service businesses

    Each paper takes one question a trade business actually faces — where the enquiries come from, why a new campaign costs more before it costs less, which numbers in the account can be trusted — and answers it with SoudCoh’s analysis of reported Google Ads data. Then it shows how to check the same thing in your own account.

    What the research covers

    Search terms, keywords, calls, forms and conversion settings across Australian trade and home-service Google Ads accounts.

    What you get

    Charts, tables and plain-English findings on the page, plus a PDF to share with your team.

    Who it is for

    Owner-operators, growing trade companies and multi-site service brands — with a method you can run yourself.

    The library

    Read each paper on the page, or download it as a PDF to share with your team.

    • White paper · Measurement

      From keyword to revenue: measuring what trade marketing is really worth

      Where trade and home-service Google Ads tracking goes wrong, and how to build a measurement stack that ends in jobs won rather than clicks

      • Owner-operators
      • Growing trade companies
      • Multi-site service brands
      • Plumbing
      • Electrical
      • Cleaning
      • HVAC
      • +5 more
      • 19 min read
      • 26 September 2026
      • PDF · 1.4 MB
      Download the PDF
    • White paper · Paid search

      Launch, discover, control: the first 90 days on Google Ads

      What happens from launch day to month three for trade and home-service advertisers, and how to shape structure, discovery and control around the way customers really search

      • Owner-operators
      • Growing trade companies
      • Multi-site service brands
      • Plumbing
      • Electrical
      • Cleaning
      • HVAC
      • +5 more
      • 25 min read
      • 26 September 2026
      • PDF · 1.8 MB
      Download the PDF

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