Blackshaws

Paid search judged on profit, not clicks

We plan and run paid search around what you actually earn from it, joining up ads, landing pages, data and conversion so each pound works harder.

Our operating model

Better paid search starts before the first click

More traffic isn't better traffic. We start with what a customer is worth, what you can afford to pay for one, and where paid search adds sales you'd otherwise miss.

We ask about your margins before your budget.

The best paid search work isn't confined to the ad account. We learn your margins, your customers and what a sale is worth, then spend accordingly.

Good hard working team

We have been with mtc. for a good number of years now. mtc. built our website which we love. We have been given a good team to help grow our brand and family business though SEO and Ads. We are seeing good results and we hope this continues. The team work hard with the budget they have and they are always very quick in responding to any queries.

Mary-Jo Ainscough-McGawOwner, Hawkswood Country Estate Trustpilot Read the review

The opportunity doesn't end at the ad account.

What's holding paid search back often isn't the campaign. It's the landing page, the tracking, the product feed, site speed or the price. That's why these relationships usually grow past media management.

  1. Oct 2019
    Grow

    SEO and paid search management started

  2. Dec 2019
    Deliver

    Website launched

  3. Mar 2020
    Deliver

    Online payments integrated

  4. Jul 2021
    Deliver

    Homepage booking form added

  5. Mar 2023
    Deliver

    Booking widget and enquiry form integrated

  6. Nov 2023
    Grow

    Social media advertising launched

  7. Today
    Grow

    An ongoing partnership

Where should your next pound of media spend go?

Tell us what you're trying to achieve and we'll help work out where paid search pays back hardest.

Let's talk

Still deciding?

The questions we get asked most often before a paid search programme starts.

What paid search does mtc. do?

Google Ads and Microsoft Ads: search, Shopping, Performance Max, feed work, campaign strategy, tracking, landing page improvement and day-to-day management.

We don't stop at the ad platform. If conversion, tracking or the site is capping performance, we can fix that too.

How do you measure PPC?

We agree the number that matters before we decide how to optimise.

Depending on the business that might be revenue, return on ad spend, profit, cost per customer, qualified leads or sales won.

Cost per click, click-through rate and impression share stay useful for diagnosis. They aren't results.

Can you work to profit rather than return on ad spend?

Return on ad spend is useful, but the same return is worth different amounts across products, customers and categories. Where you have the data, we'll build margin, cost per customer and customer value into how the spend is planned and optimised.

Can mtc. handle large budgets?

Yes. We work with organisations where paid media is a serious, ongoing line of spend.

As budgets grow the job isn't to spend more. We use forecasting, marginal return and performance data to find where the next pound actually adds sales.

Can you take over an existing Google Ads account?

Yes.

We'll review the account, the tracking, the structure, the search terms, the feeds and the performance, then say where the openings and the blockers are.

Where the existing work is sound we'll improve it rather than rebuild for the sake of it.

Can you fix the website as well as the ads?

Yes. If landing pages, checkout, site speed or tracking are capping campaign performance, our design, development, CRO and analytics teams work alongside paid search to sort it.

Do you work with in-house marketing teams?

Yes, on many accounts. We work closely with in-house marketing, eCommerce and digital people.

We can own paid search, support it as specialists, or run it as one part of a wider plan alongside your team and other suppliers.

What should your next pound of marketing spend deliver?

Maybe paid search is already a major channel for you. Maybe costs are rising faster than sales. Or you're spending heavily without knowing what's genuinely extra and genuinely profitable. Tell us where the business needs to get to and we'll help work out what paid search should contribute.

Let's talk

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