Auto Repair Shops

    Google Ads for auto repair shops. Is your account booking repair jobs?

    Searches like "cheap oil change" and "coupon" bring price shoppers. I audit your Google Ads, show you where the money actually goes, and tell you what I'd change to put more of it on brakes, transmissions, diagnostics and other repair work. No pitch. You keep the report.

    Takes 24-48 hours. You keep the report regardless.

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    Google Partner. Running Google Ads since 2007. In 2024 I managed Google Ads for 29 auto repair shops across the US and Australia. Fortune 500 consulting background, including CarMax.

    What These Searches Cost on Google
    $2.06 to $6.91
    a click for "oil change"
    vs.
    $2.09 to $9.45
    a click for "transmission repair"
    • An oil change click costs about the same as a transmission repair click
    • "Brake repair" runs $2.60 to $8.47 a click, for a far bigger ticket than an oil change
    • The audit checks whether your budget goes to oil changes or to repair work

    Based on market data from Google Keyword Planner, United States, October 2026: the low and high top-of-page bid for each search.

    Cheap services crowd out the repair work.

    Auto repair searches run from a basic oil change to a transmission rebuild. Unless the account separates them, the cheap services take most of the budget.

    The Money
    Repair Jobs
    Brakes, transmissions, check engine diagnostics and AC work are what keep a shop profitable. They deserve their own campaigns and the bigger share of the budget.
    The Trap
    Coupon Clicks
    Oil change deals, tire coupons and "cheap car repair" searches cost the same per click and rarely turn into a big ticket.
    Structure
    By Service
    Each high-value service needs its own campaign, landing page and bid, so the budget goes where the return is.

    Every audit covers the whole account. These three patterns decide where most shop budgets go.

    Four things that decide whether shop ads pay off.

    Every audit covers the whole account, but these four areas decide how much of the budget reaches repair work.

    01

    Search Terms

    What drivers typed before they clicked. I flag every term that brings oil change, tire and coupon shoppers instead of repair work, and show what's recoverable each month.

    02

    Service Structure

    Whether brakes, transmissions, diagnostics and routine maintenance share one campaign. When they do, the cheaper services usually take most of the budget.

    03

    Conversion Tracking

    Calls counted twice, missing tags, and numbers that make the account look better than it is and push bids toward the wrong traffic.

    04

    Negative Keywords

    Missing negatives waste money. Bad negatives block your own customers, including the towns you serve. I check for both.

    How most shop accounts are set up, and what I change.

    The same budget goes a lot further when it's pointed at the jobs you want in the bay.

    Typical Shop SetupHow I Set It Up
    Keywords Broad match like "auto repair" and "car fixes" Exact and phrase match for specific services: transmission, brakes, diagnostics
    Negative Keywords Few or none, so coupon and DIY searches eat the budget Oil change, cheap, coupon, DIY and quote-only searches blocked
    Landing Pages The homepage for every ad A page for each service: transmission, brakes, diagnostics
    Bids The same bid for every keyword Higher bids for high-ticket jobs, lower for routine services
    Ad Copy "We fix cars. Call us today." Specific to the job, and why your shop is the right one for it
    Result Budget lost to price shoppers Budget aimed at repair jobs, with spend you can account for

    Three steps. 48 hours. No fluff.

    I keep it simple on purpose. The point is for you to understand what I found, not to sit through a 60-minute presentation.

    01

    Share read-only access

    You grant read-only access to your Google Ads account. Takes about two minutes. I can't make changes or see billing details. Just the campaign data.

    2 minutes
    02

    I pull the data and build the report

    I review search terms, service-level campaigns, conversion tracking, negative keywords and landing pages. You get a complete written report, not a slide deck with screenshots.

    24-48 hours
    03

    Review it. Decide what's next.

    I walk you through the findings on a video call. If the numbers don't justify hiring me, I'll tell you that. You keep the report either way.

    Your call

    Built for repair shops that depend on Google Ads for booked jobs.

    Independent and multi-location auto repair shops running Google Ads who aren't sure which clicks turn into cars in the bay. If you're paying for ads and can't say what they bring in, this audit was built for you.

    Independent Shops

    Independent Repair Shops

    Owner-run shops using Google Ads to bring in brake, transmission, diagnostic and repair work, who aren't sure which ads actually book jobs.

    • Running Search and/or Local Services Ads
    • Getting oil change and tire calls instead of bigger jobs
    • Not sure whether calls are being tracked correctly
    • Paying an agency without a clear picture of results
    • Spending money but unsure where it's actually going
    Multi-Bay & Multi-Location

    Multi-Bay and Multi-Location Shops

    Shops with several bays or locations that need every location's ad spend to pay for itself.

    • Running campaigns for more than one location
    • Want cost per booked job, not just leads
    • Seeing calls from outside your service area
    • Frustrated with vague reporting from prior agencies
    • Expanding into a new town or market

    One person runs your account.

    I'm Charles Williams. I run every account personally. No junior team, no account rotation.

    2007Running Google Ads since
    $1,283A month in wasted clicks, found in one audit
    Fortune 500Consulting background: CarMax, Adobe, Citrix, NetApp, Rackspace

    Common Questions

    Find out how much of your budget reaches repair work.

    Takes 2 minutes to request. Report delivered in 24-48 hours. No cost, no commitment.

    No long-term contracts. I work month-to-month, and you can cancel anytime.

    ★★★★★

    "High Priority Marketing consistently outperformed all other agencies, delivering a steady flow of leads at a highly competitive price per lead."

    DB

    David B.

    Bellandi Group

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