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Business consultants · Pay per click advertising

Advertise where a consulting enquiry already has a deadline behind it.

Paid search for a consulting practice works on the engagements an owner already knows to look for, such as ISO certification, a bank project report or an investor-ready business plan. GullySales runs those campaigns, puts the qualifying questions in the form, and reports cost per scoping call rather than clicks.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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What pay per click advertising means

Pay per click advertising (PPC) is paying a fee each time someone clicks your advert on Google or another platform. It puts you at the top of a search page immediately, instead of waiting for ranking to build. GullySales sets the targeting, writes the ad text and checks spend against enquiries received.

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Last updated 5 Oct 2026.

For business consultants

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “Nobody buys a retainer from an advert”

    An owner will click an advert for ISO readiness when a buyer audit is a month away. Nobody hands the family succession to a stranger who bid on a keyword.

  • “Half the clicks are not owners at all”

    Students, job seekers and rival consultants click the same advert as a promoter. Asking for the company name and the problem on the form keeps them out of the partner's diary.

  • “The landing page has to survive a slow decision”

    The click happens today, the proposal is signed weeks later. So the page carries the partner's name and a case written with no client named, not a form on its own.

What we do

What we deliver for business consultants.

The work available for this need. We agree the deliverables and responsibilities for your engagement in writing.

  1. Campaigns only on the work an owner already searches for

    ISO and ZED readiness, a project report for a bank loan, an investor-ready business plan, and nothing that depends on a stranger trusting you with a retainer.

    Result: The money goes where a deadline is already pushing somebody.

  2. A form that asks for the company, the problem and the deadline

    Three questions before any call is booked, answered in the enquirer's own words rather than picked from a list.

    Result: Students and rival consultants do not reach the partner's diary.

  3. Negative keywords for course hunters and job seekers

    Blocks on course, certification training, salary, internship, format, sample and free download, reviewed against what people actually typed.

    Result: The daily budget stops being spent on people who were never buying.

  4. A landing page carrying the partner and a client-free case

    Name, photograph, an account of similar work with no client named, and a plain statement of what a first call covers.

    Result: The page still works weeks later, when the owner comes back to it.

  5. Cost reported per scoping call, not per click

    A monthly figure for what a qualified conversation costs you, set beside what one engagement is worth.

    Result: You can tell whether the advertising has paid for itself.

How the result is measured

  • Cost per click
  • Cost per enquiry
  • Enquiries from paid search

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

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Searches to bid on and block

The searches worth paying for as a consultant, and the ones to keep out.

Problem searches, such as ISO 9001 consultant or export documentation help
Bid. An owner who types the problem has a deadline behind it, such as an audit, a buyer or a bank. Run one campaign per problem you solve.
Funding and plan searches, such as business plan for bank loan
Bid only if you do this work, with a page that states what the plan covers. The searcher wants a report the bank will accept, so say what you hand over.
Consultant in a city
Bid with the city. Small business owners prefer someone they can meet, so state where you work and whether you visit the plant or office.
Course, certification, template, free format and job searches
Block. Add course, training, certificate, template, format, free, pdf, internship and vacancy as negatives. Students and job seekers click on every consulting term.
Where the click lands
Send the click to a page for that one problem with the partner's profile and a client-free case. The form asks company, problem and deadline. Do not land it on the home page.
Counting a real enquiry
Count scoping calls held, not forms received. Then mark proposal sent and signed, and compare the engagement fee with what that problem's campaign cost.

Who it is for

This is written for these business consultants.

  • Independent management consultants
  • Boutique strategy and operations consulting firms
  • Family business and succession consultants
  • Business growth and turnaround consultants for SMEs
  • Lean, Six Sigma and process improvement consultants
  • ISO, ZED and quality certification consultants
  • Startup, fundraising and business plan advisers
  • HR and organisation design consultants
  • Export, import and market entry advisers

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • Nobody can take the call the day an owner fills the form, so a paid enquiry would sit unanswered while the partner is on a client site.
  • You sell only large retainers through personal introductions, and no owner has ever searched for the service by name.

Before you decide

Agree the work. Know how to judge it.

PPC ads for business consultants: use these checks to prepare, choose the scope, and review what changes.

Bring the right evidence

Bring search-term reports, conversion definitions, and the sales outcome of past enquiries where available. Identify products, locations, and enquiries you cannot serve.

Make the scope clear

Choose the offer and landing page before setting a media budget. Agree who pays the platform, which actions count as conversions, and how unsuitable searches will be reviewed.

Check the work in use

Trace a test enquiry from the advert to the sales record. Review qualified enquiries and orders alongside spend, and separate duplicates or spam from genuine buyer demand.

Know when to change course

If the advert generates enquiries that do not fit, revise targeting and qualification before increasing spend. If suitable enquiries are lost after contact, work on the sales process.

These are discussion points, not a fixed package. GullySales confirms the deliverables, responsibilities, fee, and term in writing after reading your brief and speaking with you.

How it works

How the pay per click advertising work runs

The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.

  1. 1

    Budget and responsibility approval

    You approve the channels, total spend, account ownership, and budget-movement limits. We name the person who approves campaigns and the sales contact responsible for enquiry outcomes.

  2. 2

    Tracking readiness decision

    We check account tracking against your enquiry sheet, call log, or CRM. Missing access and unreliable conversion events are identified before deciding what is ready to launch.

  3. 3

    Sales definitions sign-off

    Your sales contact agrees what qualifies an enquiry and what counts as a completed order. We record the baseline and decide how duplicate enquiries will be handled.

  4. 4

    Campaign launch approval

    You review the proposed campaign structure and response route. Required changes to advertising material or landing pages are identified, with any separate production work agreed before launch.

  5. 5

    Lead-quality review

    Your sales team supplies enquiry outcomes; we compare them with campaign and search-term records. Irrelevant traffic and missing source information are addressed before recommending more spend.

  6. 6

    Allocation decision and handover

    We make authorised budget moves or send decisions outside those limits for approval. The combined report records the evidence and identifies any action needed from your sales team.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales process design, at stage 1, prospecting and lead generation. The audit comes before it, and sales management keeps it running.

  1. Step 1

    Sales audit

    Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.

    Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.

  2. Step 2 · you are here

    Sales process design

    One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3

    Sales management

    A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

    Start here if the team has targets and no routine.

Tell us what you need Your brief is read before we call. Scope, fee and term in writing.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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What should a small consulting practice spend on Google Ads?
Little, and only on terms you can win, such as the standard you certify. We set the daily cap against what one engagement is worth to you.
Should we bid on a rival consultant's firm name?
No. Your buyer is deciding whether to trust one person, and an advert sitting on top of the name they were referred to reads as desperate.
Should the advert offer a free first meeting?
Offer a short scoping call and say what it covers, so the owner knows it is not a sales visit. A vague free meeting draws people who want advice for nothing. The form's deadline and company fields help you decide who to call first.
Should a consultant bid on their own name?
Yes, in a small campaign. Owners told about you by a client or a peer search your name, and an aggregator or rival can appear first. Keep it cheap and separate from the problem searches.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped after we have read your brief and spoken to you, and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.
How long is the contract?
The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
How soon will we see results?
It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.
What if we are not happy with the work?
Tell us and the plan changes. Everything is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. The term is in your written scope, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

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