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Google Ads agency

A Google Ads agency for businesses that want to know what their ads bring in.

We run Search, Shopping and Performance Max for Norwegian businesses, and measure everything on purchases and submitted forms. Our fee is a share of what we earn you, with no fixed monthly price. (Google Ads was called AdWords until 2018. Same system, new name. Based in Oslo? See the Oslo numbers.)

Short answer: We set up tracking first, separate searches on your company name from new-customer searches, clean the search terms every week and change one thing at a time. For Utvendig Renhold, that produced 549 leads in 90 days at NOK 163 per lead. You pay 5–10% of the value we create, and the ad budget goes directly to Google.
Victor Jona
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549
leads in 90 days — Utvendig Renhold
NOK 163
per lead incl. branded searches (approx. NOK 188 without)
NOK 145–341
per lead across regions, same service
+127%
profit year over year — Mokki

How we run Google Ads.

This is what we do in your account, in this order:

Step 1 — always

Tracking that counts sales and forms

Before we spend a single krone, we set up conversion tracking in Google Ads and GA4. Only real purchases and submitted forms count. Page views and clicks on the phone number don't, because then Google learns to find people who click, not people who buy.

Structure

Searches on your name kept separate

People who google your company name would have found you anyway. At Utvendig Renhold, a lead from those searches costs NOK 47. Mix them in, and the new-customer ads look cheaper than they are: NOK 163 per lead with them, approx. NOK 188 without.

Every week

Search term cleanup

Every week we go through what people actually searched for and add negative keywords. For a cleaning company, that means searches like “vaske taket selv” (wash the roof myself), “jobb” (job), “gratis” (free) and “hvordan” (how to). Those searches cost just as much per click as real customers.

Bid strategy

Based on how much data the campaign has

With fewer than 15 conversions in 30 days, we steer with a cap on cost per click. From around 30, we switch to target CPA or target ROAS, set slightly above what the campaign actually delivers. A target below the actual level just chokes delivery.

One change at a time

We wait before we judge

In August we changed the landing page and the bid target on the same day in one account. Cost per lead went up, and we couldn't tell which change caused it. Now we change one thing at a time, max 20% per step, and judge after 14 days at the earliest.

Ecommerce

Shopping and PMax on profitability

A clean product feed, product groups by margin and target ROAS calculated from breakeven. We also check Google's numbers against the orders in the online store, because we've seen Google count the same purchase twice. The full Shopping method here.

Real numbers

Nine regions, nine campaigns, one account.

Utvendig Renhold cleans roofs and facades from Agder to Trøndelag. Each region has its own campaign, its own landing page and its own budget. From June to September 2026, that produced 549 leads at NOK 163 on average.

The same service cost NOK 145 per lead in Trondheim and NOK 341 in Østfold, which started in August. In one national campaign, that difference would have been invisible, and the budget couldn't have been moved to where leads are cheapest. The full case study with numbers per region →

For Mokki, we run Google Ads in Norway, Germany and Denmark. The client is at +127% profit year over year. See more case studies →

Utvendig Renhold June–Sept 2026
Leads (submitted forms)549
Per lead, incl. branded searchesNOK 163
Per lead, excl. branded searchesapprox. NOK 188
Cheapest region (Trondheim)NOK 145
Most expensive region (Østfold, from August)NOK 341
From the client's Google Ads account, 90 days. Only submitted forms count as leads.

How we get started.

1

A concrete proposal, free

Send us your website, and we'll create a concrete proposal for ads and a landing page for your business, showing how it would look with your brand. You get it by email within a couple of days, and it's yours to keep either way.

2

Tracking, structure, launch

We set up tracking that counts sales and forms, build the campaigns and add negative keywords before the first ad goes live.

3

A report every Monday

You get a report every Monday: what you spent, what it brought in, and what we're changing this week. The numbers are the same as in your own account, and they're what the fee is calculated from.

What people ask about Google Ads.

What does a Google Ads agency cost?+
Many agencies charge a fixed monthly fee. We take a share of the value we create for you, 5–10%. If you don't earn more, you pay us nothing. For this to work for both of us, the ads need to create enough value that our share comes to around NOK 20,000–30,000 a month. That's why we work with established businesses with at least NOK 30,000 in monthly ad budget. You pay the ad budget directly to Google. Worked example on the pricing page.
How big an ad budget do I need?+
For our model to work, at least NOK 30,000 a month. There is also a technical limit: smart bidding (target CPA or target ROAS) needs around 15–30 conversions per campaign over 30 days to steer well. If you split a small budget across many campaigns, none of them get enough data. In that case we'd rather merge campaigns than spread the money thin.
Do you work with Performance Max and Shopping?+
Yes, for online stores. Performance Max now has a channel report, a search terms report and campaign-level negative keywords, so we can see where the money goes. Target ROAS is set based on your margin. If the account reports value including VAT, the threshold has to be adjusted: if breakeven is 3x excluding VAT, it becomes 3 × 1.25 = 3.75x in the account.
What do you do in the first month?+
Tracking first, so that only real purchases and submitted forms count as conversions. Then structure: a separate campaign for searches on your name, new-customer searches split by service or market, and negative keywords from day one. We check delivery after 7 days and results after 14. We only review bid strategy and structure after 30 days.
Do I own the Google Ads account?+
Yes, always. The account, the data and the history are yours. We work in your account, and if you leave us, you lose nothing.
Why isn't Google Ads getting me results?+
What we find most often when we take over an account is tracking that counts wrong. Leid.no had tracking that counted far more purchases than actually happened. Next come searches on the company name mixed into the new-customer numbers, and search terms that have never been cleaned. All of this can be fixed, and it's the first thing we do.
Before / after

Before and after Arcads.

The numbers come from our clients' own ad accounts.

See also: Google Ads agency · Meta Ads agency · Performance marketing agency · What is UGC? · Google Ads agency Oslo

Free proposal

See what your Google ads could look like.

Send us your website, and we'll create a concrete proposal for ads and a landing page for your business, showing how it would look with your brand. You get it by email within a couple of days, and it's yours to keep either way.

Victor and Jona, Arcads
Victor and Jona create the proposal themselves. Ads and a landing page as they would look for you. For established businesses with NOK 30,000+ in monthly ad budget. No pitch, no obligations.

Free · no lock-in contract · we never share your info

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