Part 4 of 4 · Before you buy ads · 3 min read

Fix the bucket before you pour.

When business is quiet, the instinct is "run some ads". Ads bring more people to your door. If the door is hard to find, hard to trust or hard to open, you pay for every one who walks away.

"You pay less per click when your ads are higher quality."

Google looks at "the usefulness and relevance of your ad and landing page" when it prices your clicks.

Google Ads Help, About Ad Rank
1

An ad doesn't change what happens after the click.

The customer still lands on your website or your Google profile. They still check your reviews. They still need to get hold of you. If any of that leaks, the ad pays to send more people into the leak. Find, Trust, Reach: those are the three holes.

2

A better page makes the same budget go further.

With Google Ads, the quality of the page your ad sends people to affects what you pay. A clear, fast, useful website doesn't just convert better. It can make every click cheaper.

3

A paid visitor needs a reason to call.

Pointing ads at a Facebook page is tempting because it's free and already there. But a paid visitor arrives ready to act, and needs to see what you do, why you're the right choice, and how to get in touch, on the first screen. Your website is the source of truth about your business, so it's where that first screen should live.

The order that saves money

  1. Get found: a complete Google profile, your own website, the same details everywhere.
  2. Get trusted: recent reviews, replies, real photos, a site that works on a phone.
  3. Be reachable: tap-to-call, a second route, same-day call-backs.
  4. Then advertise, into a business that's ready for the customers.

We do steps 1 to 3 as one package (Saymore plus a website), then run the ads. Talk to us

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  1. Google Ads Help, "About Ad Rank": support.google.com/google-ads/answer/1722122
  2. .ie research by Core Research, Oct 2025, n=1,000 Irish adults, via RTÉ: rte.ie

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