True Blue Tradie Marketing
35,700+
Tracked enquiries
Calls, quote forms and lead forms from Google & Meta ads
$537K
Ad spend managed
Client money spent on Google and Meta since 2020
$15
Average cost per enquiry
Blended across every trade, market and channel
9,086
Calls in the last 30 days
Across all clients, call-tracking numbers
5.0
Google rating
Rated by the trade businesses we work with

As at 17 September 2026. Google Ads figures are our manager account's lifetime totals; Meta figures are the ad sets shown below; calls are the latest 30 days of call tracking. Every figure is the platform's own — nothing here is estimated or projected.

Google Ads, every account

Google Ads results: $507K managed, 34,500 enquiries, $14.70 each

Our Google Ads manager account, all clients, all time since 2020, as at 17 September 2026. An enquiry is a tracked phone call or quote form — we don't count page views or clicks as conversions.

Ad spend managed
$507K

Client money, spent on Google — never bundled into our fee

Tracked enquiries
34,500

Calls and quote forms attributed to ads

Average cost per enquiry
$14.70

Across every trade, market and year

Conversion rate
11.19%

More than one click in nine became a call or a quote form

Client accounts

Google Ads results by account

Spend, enquiries and cost per enquiry for the life of each account. Named by trade and area until each client confirms they're happy to be named. Every figure is Google's own, not ours.

Glazier / shower screens

Brisbane, QLD · Google Ads since 2020

$8.54Cost per enquiry
5,260enquiries
$44.9Kad spend
$8.54per enquiry
Enquiries by campaign
Glazing repairs2,663
PMax glaziers1,231
Double glazing790
Shower screens482

Campaigns split by job type. The core glazing campaign runs at $7.26 an enquiry and double glazing at $8.21; shower screens ($15.69) carry their own budget so the cheap repair leads don't starve the bigger jobs.

Car detailing

Newcastle, NSW · Google Ads since 2020

10.32%Click-through rate
4,250enquiries
$45.4Kad spend
$10.68per enquiry
Enquiries by campaign
Car detailing1,879
pMax detailing1,099
Window tinting487
Ceramic coating459

Detailing, ceramic coating and window tinting run as separate campaigns. The ceramic coating ads hit a 19.1% click-through rate — nearly one in five people who see the ad tap it — and the account holds a 31–32% share of Newcastle detailing searches.

Car detailing

Gold Coast, QLD · Google Ads since 2020

21.45%Conversion rate
1,980enquiries
$21.5Kad spend
$10.85per enquiry
Enquiries by campaign
Car detailing1,253
Mobile detailing493
Ceramic coating160

More than one in five clicks becomes a call or a booking form — the best conversion rate across our accounts, on an average click cost of $1.85 for the main campaign.

Landscaping / artificial turf

Mandurah, WA · Google Ads since 2020

$15.11Cost per enquiry
1,450enquiries
$21.9Kad spend
$15.11per enquiry
Enquiries by campaign
Landscaping1,034
Artificial grass415

The landscaping campaign alone produced 1,034 enquiries from $6.5K. One keyword — "landscaping mandurah" — drove 228 tracked phone calls on its own, which is why the account is built around exact job-type terms rather than broad matches.

Concreter

Central Coast, NSW · Google Ads since Aug 2022

11.03%Ad click-through rate
518enquiries
$19.4Kad spend
$37.38per enquiry
Enquiries by campaign
Performance Max278
Search (MCPC)229

Search and Performance Max running side by side: the search campaign brings the exact 'concreters central coast' traffic at a 16.8% click-through rate, PMax fills in around it. 79% of enquiries come from a phone.

Concreter

Townsville, QLD · Google Ads since Aug 2022

$12.15Cost per enquiry
512enquiries
$6.2Kad spend
$12.15per enquiry
Clicks by keyword
[concreters townsville]628
"concreting townsville"503
[townsville concrete]276
"concrete townsville"274

A tightly targeted Search campaign on exact-match job terms: an average click of $2.15 and 512 enquiries from $6.2K — 17.7% of everyone who clicked got in touch.

Roofer / roof replacement

Maitland, NSW · Google Ads since 2020

$59.93Cost per enquiry
588enquiries
$35.2Kad spend
$59.93per enquiry
Enquiries by campaign
Leads PMax458
Roof replacement (search)96
Competitor PMax25

Roof replacements are five-figure jobs, so a $60 enquiry is cheap — and the account is weighted that way on purpose. Metal roofing and Colorbond replacement terms lead; repairs are there to fund it, not the other way round.

Roofer / roof replacement

Newcastle, NSW · Google Ads since 2020

$46.82Cost per enquiry
476enquiries
$22.3Kad spend
$46.82per enquiry
Enquiries by campaign
Leads PMax349
Roof replacement (search)90
Roof replacement (2nd)21

Same structure as Maitland, with 'roof replacement newcastle' as the anchor keyword — 47 enquiries from that single exact-match term. Impression share climbed from 10% to 33% month on month in August.

EV charger installer

Gold Coast, QLD · Google Ads since 2026

$38.67Cost per enquiry
79enquiries
$3.05Kad spend
$38.67per enquiry
Enquiries by campaign
Performance Max74

The newest account here — a Performance Max campaign for home EV charger installs, still limited by budget. Early days, but 79 enquiries from the first $3K of spend for a four-figure install job is a strong start.

Account totals are from each account's Google Ads Overview for its full date range. Some accounts were opened before the campaigns started, so "since" is when spend began. Cost per enquiry is total spend divided by tracked conversions. Results vary by trade, area and season — one client's numbers don't guarantee another's.

Meta Ads

Meta Ads results: 1,237 leads from $30.2K, $24.43 each

10 ad sets across 4 trades, lifetime to 17 September 2026. A lead here is a completed Meta lead form — name, phone and job details — delivered straight to the client's phone. Green dot means it's running right now.

Car detailing

Facebook & Instagram lead forms

$11.86Cost per lead, blended
441leads
$5.2Kad spend
$11.86per lead
Leads by area · cost per lead
Wollongong, NSW 254 · $13.21
Perth, WA187 · $10.02

Detailing sells on before-and-after video, so Meta leads here. Wollongong is the standout — 254 leads at $13.21 from $3.4K of spend, reaching 29,000 people — and Perth landed 187 at $10.02.

Roof restoration

Facebook & Instagram lead forms

407Roof restoration leads
407leads
$13.3Kad spend
$32.56per lead
Leads by area · cost per lead
Gold Coast / South Brisbane, QLD146 · $24.28
Sydney, NSW142 · $28.42
Sunshine Coast, QLD 119 · $47.66

Three metro areas, three budgets. Gold Coast / South Brisbane at $24.28 and Sydney at $28.42 a lead for a four-figure job; Sunshine Coast is dearer at $47.66 but still running because the job value carries it.

Bathroom renovation

Facebook & Instagram lead forms

$11.65Cost per lead, Perth South
242leads
$8.3Kad spend
$34.45per lead
Leads by area · cost per lead
Perth South, WA118 · $11.65
Hobart, TAS 106 · $57.67
Melbourne SE, VIC18 · $47.22

A five-figure job sold on finished-bathroom photos. Perth South delivered 118 leads at $11.65 each from under $1,400 of spend; Hobart is the biggest of the set at 106 leads and reached 34,000 people, and is still running.

Epoxy flooring

Facebook & Instagram lead forms

$23.16Cost per lead, blended
147leads
$3.4Kad spend
$23.16per lead
Leads by area · cost per lead
Adelaide, SA109 · $22.76
Melbourne N/W, VIC38 · $24.33

A visual product on a visual platform: garage-floor transformations do the selling. Adelaide produced 109 leads from $2,480; Melbourne north-west 38 from under $1,000 before it was paused.

Figures from Meta Ads Manager, lifetime per ad set. Cost per lead is ad spend only — management is separate and priced on the pricing page. A lead form is an enquiry, not a booked job; the trade pages cover what typically converts from there.

Calls to our clients

Call tracking results: inbound calls across every client

Straight from our call-tracking dashboard, as at 15 September 2026. Calls only — form enquiries and emails aren't counted here, so the real enquiry number is higher.

Last 7 days
2,056calls

+37% compared to the prior 7 days

Last 15 days
4,630calls

+12% compared to the prior 15 days

Last 30 days
9,086calls

17 Aug – 15 Sep 2026

Calls per day, last 30 days

All clients, all trades · 17 Aug – 15 Sep 2026

Busiest day: 493 calls on 31 Aug
See the daily figures
DateCalls
Monday 17 August 2026315
Tuesday 18 August 2026285
Wednesday 19 August 2026377
Thursday 20 August 2026324
Friday 21 August 202695
Saturday 22 August 202677
Sunday 23 August 2026475
Monday 24 August 2026368
Tuesday 25 August 2026410
Wednesday 26 August 2026440
Thursday 27 August 2026309
Friday 28 August 202674
Saturday 29 August 202653
Sunday 30 August 2026410
Monday 31 August 2026493
Tuesday 1 September 2026431
Wednesday 2 September 2026440
Thursday 3 September 2026321
Friday 4 September 202698
Saturday 5 September 202662
Sunday 6 September 2026398
Monday 7 September 2026380
Tuesday 8 September 2026318
Wednesday 9 September 2026327
Thursday 10 September 2026327
Friday 11 September 202677
Saturday 12 September 202656
Sunday 13 September 2026434
Monday 14 September 2026443
Tuesday 15 September 2026327

Read from our call-tracking dashboard. Volume varies with the day of the week, weather and season — this is the whole client base, not one campaign, and it grows as clients come on board.

Full case studies

Named tradie marketing case studies

The account numbers above are the raw dashboard figures: what was spent, what came back, and what each enquiry cost. What they don't show is the story behind them — where the business started, what changed month to month, which jobs the enquiries turned into. That's the part most agency results pages skip, and it's the part that tells you whether a result is repeatable in your trade and your market.

So the named write-ups go further: starting position, what we ran and when, spend and cost per enquiry over time — good months and bad — and what the client booked. They're added as each client signs off, and every figure is approved by them first.

If you're an existing client happy to have your numbers featured, get in touch — we'll write it up with you and you approve every figure before it's published.
A True Blue team member reviewing campaign results with a client
What a real case study includes

What every case study on this page will include

Every case study published here will follow the same structure, so you can compare like with like.

Starting position

What the business looked like before — rankings, traffic, enquiry volume

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What we ran

Which services, over what timeframe, with spend disclosed where the client's happy for it to be

.02

What happened

Leads, cost per lead, ranking movement — month by month, not a cherry-picked week

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What it doesn't prove

A clear note that results vary, and one client's numbers don't guarantee another's

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Client reviews

Rated 5.0 on Google by the trade businesses we work with

Reviews are reproduced as written on Google. Case studies with client names follow as each client signs off.

"Josh did an awesome job on my website. He was easy to work with, listened to what I wanted, and created something I'm really proud of. It's already helped me win work and has given my business a really professional online presence. Highly recommend!"

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Rowena Caswell

Google review · 2 months ago

"Was really happy with the results. I was able to focus on quoting and working not looking for work. We have an abundance of work by using True Blue."

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Richard Siganto

Google review · 6 months ago

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