Saskatoon PPC Agency: Stop Paying for Empty Clicks

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One team, four ways

4 channels. One team chasing your next lead.

Google Ads

Reach Saskatoon searchers ready to enquire. Their search terms inform your pages and organic content.

Landing pages

Turn ad visits into calls and forms. Clearer pages also give SEO and AI-search visitors a place to act.

SEO

Build organic visibility around your services. Paid-search insights guide topics and useful pages support your ads.

AI search

Clarify your services in AI-search answers. Insights from ads and SEO shape the content.

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Move before they do

Your Saskatoon PPC agency: 5 moves against wasted spend

01Hours

Find the drain

We inspect searches and locations to spot where your budget is chasing the wrong people.

02Hours

Scan your site

QUIQ Pixel finds technical SEO problems in hours, giving our team a faster path to fixes.

03Days

Put fixes to work

Our scripts and AI tools speed up campaign changes and page improvements.

04Days

Follow the enquiries

We link calls, forms and bookings with campaigns so your budget follows useful leads.

0524/7

Open the books

Check spend, leads, rankings and the change log in your Glass Box Portal.

Case study

48 qualified enquiries. 1 Saskatoon consultant.

An immigration consultant went from 10 to 48 monthly qualified enquiries in 12 months. Spend held steady; bookings rose from 5 to 24.

PPCGoogle AdsImmigration consultations: work permits, study permits, permanent residence and family sponsorshipSaskatoon, SK12 months
Saskatoon immigration consultant
— · Dec 2024 vs Dec 2025
10→48Qualified PPC enquiries / month+380%; $5,000 CAD monthly spend at both endpoints; CRM-deduplicated forms + calls

Increased qualified enquiries 10 → 48 at unchanged spend through service-specific Search campaigns, booking attribution, intent exclusions and qualified-enquiry bidding; no visa-outcome guarantees.

Broken conversion trackingWasted ad spendJunk leadsAd creativesLanding pagesAudiencesNegative keywordsConversion trackingBid strategyCRO
Qualified PPC enquiries / month2025–2025 year before
017335066Jan ’25FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec ’2512344810
  • 14 service pages
  • 2214 negatives
  • 32 campaigns: qualified-enquiry bidding
  • 44 booking tests
Qualified PPC enquiries / month10 → 48+380%
Paid sessions / month500 → 1,000+100%
Qualified enquiries / paid session2% → 4.8%+140%
Qualified enquiries / $1,000 CAD2 → 10+400%
Consultation bookings / month5 → 24+380%
Attended consultations / month4 → 19+375%
  • 10 qualified December enquiries from 500 paid sessions; 2% conversion rate.
  • $5,000 CAD December spend; 2 qualified enquiries per $1,000.
  • 34% of audited spend reached jobs, application-status and government-login searches.
  • 4 immigration services shared 1 landing page without consultation pricing.
  • 2 booking events inflated conversions; baseline reconstructed from CRM records.
Calendar visits counted as completed bookings

GA4 imported calendar views as conversions; replaced them with confirmed-booking events and tested 12 booking paths.

12 booking paths verified
Booking redirects lost advertising click IDs

The external scheduler discarded click IDs; stored attribution against booking references and reconciled 18 records through its webhook.

18 bookings attributed
Local campaigns attracted overseas location interest

Presence-or-interest targeting admitted overseas searches; switched to presence targeting and audited 27 location-report rows.

27 location rows reviewed
Jan ’252conversion actions rebuilt; booking references linked to CRM qualification
Feb ’254service landing pages published with fees, scope and booking steps
Mar ’2524Search headline variants tested without approval guarantees or government-affiliation claims
Apr ’25214negative keywords added for jobs, government logins and status checks
May ’253geographic audience areas tested using presence targeting, without immigration-status segments
Jun ’252Search campaigns switched to qualified-enquiry bidding after CRM import validation
Jul ’254landing-page tests covered fees, availability, disclosures and booking friction
Aug–Dec ’255monthly query, creative and qualification reviews reallocated the unchanged budget
DowntownSaskatoon City Hall is at 222 3rd Avenue North; municipal offices do not decide federal immigration applications.

1 landing-page disclosure identified the consultant as a private service, not a government office

University of SaskatchewanThe main campus is east of the South Saskatchewan River; IRCC, not the university, issues study permits.

1 study-permit page separated consultant support, university admission and IRCC decisions

RiversdaleRiversdale lies west of the South Saskatchewan River; cross-river appointments require a bridge crossing.

2 appointment options offered in-person or video consultations without neighbourhood-based eligibility claims

Broadway DistrictSaskatoon observes Central Standard Time, UTC−6, year-round; appointment offsets differ from cities observing daylight saving time.

1 booking-timezone label prevented seasonal confusion for callers outside Saskatchewan

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Market data

96K local searches. Are rivals getting yours?

Keyword Planner counts that monthly demand across 6 business types. Find out where your Saskatoon ad budget is going.

96K
local service searches per month across 6 business types

1,200 deduplicated commercial keywords; Saskatoon targeting

Keyword Planner
$86.67
blended paid-search cost per enquiry

$52,000 spend divided by 600 enquiries; excludes management fees

QliqQliq Ads accounts + call tracking
4.44%
paid-search click-through rate

6,000 clicks from 135,000 impressions across 6 accounts

QliqQliq Ads accounts
75%
of commercial SERPs display ads above organic results

180 of 240 mobile SERPs; 40 sampled per business type

QliqQliq SERP capture
Business typeSearches / moAvg CPCCost per leadSearch impr. shareAd CTRLead rate
Plumbing and heating22,000$8$8054%5%10%
Landscaping16,000$6$6048%4%10%
Dental clinics18,000$12$10062%5%12%
Law firms14,000$18$18044%4%10%
Auto detailing10,000$4$4058%5%10%
Realtors16,000$4$5046%4%8%

96,000 monthly searches total. Each account contributes 1,000 clicks: $52,000 spend, 135,000 impressions and 600 enquiries combined. Lead rate = enquiries / clicks. Impression share uses eligible search impressions; not market share. Source: Keyword Planner + QliqQliq Ads accounts + call tracking

Saskatoon service queriesAll client niches
Position 114.8%
Position 29.6%
Position 36.9%
Position 44.9%
Position 53.6%
Position 62.7%
Position 72.1%
Position 81.7%
Position 91.3%
Position 101.1%

Organic position 1: 14.8% versus 26.4%, an 11.6-point gap. Non-brand mobile queries; ads and Map Pack commonly precede organic listings. These are organic CTRs, not ad-position benchmarks. Source: GSC of client sites: 6 Saskatoon businesses versus 24 baseline sites, 12 months

Reviews among Map Pack top-3 businesses
Downtown245
Stonebridge210
Nutana185
University Heights160
Riversdale140
Sutherland120

Reviews: median for sampled top-3 profiles across 6 business types; not an advertising requirement. Firms: deduplicated profiles assigned to 6 district scan zones, totalling 1,200; not a municipal business census. Source: QliqQliq Maps grid scan, 49 points per district; district names: City of Saskatoon.

72%

of paid-search clicks come from phones

QliqQliq Ads accounts, 4,320 of 6,000 clicks
28%

of commercial keywords include Saskatoon, a district or a near-me modifier

Keyword Planner, 336 of 1,200 keywords
2.4×

landscaping searches in May–August versus November–February

Keyword Planner, 24 months; Saskatoon targeting
+55%

furnace-repair searches in November–February versus June–September

Keyword Planner, 24 months; Saskatoon targeting
25%

of paid-search enquiries arrive outside Monday–Friday, 9 am–5 pm

Call tracking + enquiry logs, 150 of 600 enquiries
80%

of commercial SERPs display a Map Pack

QliqQliq SERP capture, 192 of 240 SERPs
45%

of commercial SERPs display at least 3 ads above organic results

QliqQliq SERP capture, 108 of 240 SERPs
3

ads above organic results, median among 180 SERPs displaying those ads

QliqQliq SERP capture
18%

median search impression share lost to budget across 6 accounts

QliqQliq Ads accounts
30%

median search impression share lost to rank across 6 accounts

QliqQliq Ads accounts; account-level medians are not additive
65%

of landing pages show a phone number within the first mobile screen

QliqQliq landing-page audit, 78 of 120 pages
40%

of landing pages state a starting price or consultation fee

QliqQliq landing-page audit, 48 of 120 pages
30%

of landing pages use a form with more than 6 required fields

QliqQliq landing-page audit, 36 of 120 pages
25%

of landing pages lack a visible privacy-policy link beside the form

QliqQliq landing-page audit, 30 of 120 pages; observation, not a compliance ruling
40%

of eligible origins pass all 3 mobile Core Web Vitals

Chrome UX Report, 24 of 60 eligible origins from the landing-page sample
10%

paid-search click-to-enquiry rate: 600 enquiries from 6,000 clicks

QliqQliq Ads accounts + call tracking
60/36/4

% of enquiries through calls, forms and chat, respectively

Call tracking + enquiry logs: 360 calls, 216 forms, 24 chats
30%

of after-hours mystery calls go unanswered

QliqQliq mystery-shopper test, 18 of 60 calls; weekdays, 6–9 pm
4 h 30 m

median first response among 48 answered mystery form enquiries

QliqQliq mystery-shopper test, 60 form enquiries
20%

of mystery form enquiries receive no response within 2 business days

QliqQliq mystery-shopper test, 12 of 60 enquiries

Method: 1,200 keywords · 240 commercial SERPs · 120 landing pages · 60 mystery calls · 60 form enquiries · 6 advertising accounts over 6 months · CAD throughout. Enquiries are deduplicated calls, forms and chats, not booked jobs. Public benchmarks retain their stated dates. · Updated Q3 2026

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Who does the work

1 team. Your calls come first.

Founder Anton Kovalchuk leads a team with Lena, head of social media, plus a CMO, developers and SEO and PPC specialists. You get people focused on calls, leads and revenue, not a pile of technical explanations.

Toronto office, 123 Edward StSEO, PPC, dev in one team

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Anton Kovalchuk, Founder
Anton KovalchukFounder
Lena, Head of social media
LenaHead of social media
QliqQliq office in Toronto

6 answers before your next ad dollar

What does a Saskatoon PPC agency do for my business?

We manage Google Ads, refine targeting, improve landing pages and connect enquiries to campaigns. Your free audit identifies where to focus first.

How fast will my campaigns produce results?

Our team ships pages and fixes in hours or days with AI tools and tested scripts. Timing varies with your market, budget and account. We don't promise rankings or specific results.

What happened in Saskatoon's immigration case?

We separated Search campaigns by service, connected booking data, excluded irrelevant searches and optimized bids for qualified enquiries. Monthly qualified enquiries rose from 10 to 48 over 12 months on the same spend. We don't guarantee visa outcomes.

How much does PPC management cost?

Start with a free audit to discuss your account, budget and management needs. Discuss fees before deciding.

How do I check what your team is doing?

Open your Glass Box Portal any time. It tracks rankings, leads, spend and a change log, so you can check the work without waiting for a report.

Will you manage ads for my direct competitors?

We accept one major client in each niche and region. We don't work for that client's direct competitors in the same region.

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Anton KovalchukWritten and reviewed by Anton Kovalchuk, Founder of QliqQliq · Updated November 2026

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