Stop paying for clicks from job seekers.

Google Ads for career and trade schools, with Microsoft and Meta where they fit. Every ad group gets its own landing page, and every enrollment traces back to a keyword.

Search terms review

This week
hvac training near me Keep
hvac jobs hiring now Negative: job seeker
hvac staffing agency Negative: staffing
local union hvac apprenticeship Negative: union hall
hvac certification online Keep: Online ad group
[competitor] hvac school Negative: competitor
4 negatives added. Reviewed every week.

Illustration with sample data.

Most school ad accounts leak money in the same places.

One campaign, every keyword, one page

Every search lands on the same page, so the ad and the page never quite match what the student typed.

Job seekers clicking school ads

"HVAC jobs" and "CNA hiring" look like your keywords. Those clicks cost the same and never enroll.

Leads counted, enrollments not

If Google only sees form fills, it learns to find more form fills, not more students.

How we run your ads

Google is the core. Microsoft and Meta come in where they fit the program and the market.

School / Near Me Certification Online Classes Location

Themed ad groups

Each program gets ad groups by intent: School and Near Me, Certification, Online, Classes and Location.

Search hvac certification near me
Ad Get HVAC Certified in [City]
Page HVAC Certification in [City]

A landing page for every ad group

Keyword-matched responsive search ads with full assets, pointing to a page that says the same thing. Better Quality Score, lower cost per click.

Job seekers Staffing agencies Union halls Competitors Wrong programs Out of area

Weekly search-term reviews

We read your search terms every week and add negatives for the clicks that will never enroll.

Target Radius around campus
Location option People in the area
Excluded Outside enrollment area

Targeting matched to your enrollment area

Locations set to where your students live and can commute from, not the whole state.

Form submit Primary
Qualified call Primary
Enrolled (offline import) Primary
Page view Observation

Bidding from real lead data

Form and call conversions tracked, keyword-level UTMs into your CRM, and enrollments sent back to Google so Smart Bidding learns what a student looks like.

HVAC Tuition campaign
HVAC WIOA campaign (if eligible)

WIOA kept separate

Funded training and tuition-paying students need different ads. WIOA campaigns get their own ads and pages, with factual "if eligible" copy.

Built in our account first, then managed daily in yours.

1

Build

Campaigns, ad groups, ads, landing pages and tracking, built around your programs, start dates and enrollment area.

2

Test

Everything runs in our demo account first. We check every conversion end to end.

3

Launch

It goes live in your account, with ad copy that matches what your school has approved.

4

Manage daily

Daily health checks, weekly search-term reviews and negatives, and bids adjusted from real lead data.

What we improve

Cost per lead

Fewer wasted clicks from job seekers, competitors and out-of-area searches.

Quality Score and CPC

Ads and pages that match the keyword, so Google charges you less per click.

Lead quality

Ad groups and pages that speak to students, not job hunters.

Keyword-to-enrollment visibility

See which searches turned into students, and let Google bid toward more of them.

Paid ads questions

Do you run Facebook and Instagram ads?

Yes, where they fit the program and the market. Google Search is the core because people searching for training are already looking. Meta works for some programs and markets better than others, and we'll tell you which.

Can you run WIOA campaigns?

Yes. WIOA campaigns stay separate from tuition-paying campaigns, with their own ads and landing pages. The copy stays factual ("if eligible") and never implies government endorsement.

Let's fill your next start date.

Bring your programs, your enrollment area and your next start date. We'll show you where your ad spend is leaking and what we'd fix first.

Book a strategy call