IT services and networking companies · Pay per click advertising
Catch the office whose server died this morning and cannot wait.
Paid search for an IT firm buys the emergency. Someone whose files are locked or whose network is down searches once, calls the first firm that answers, and that call often becomes a contract. GullySales runs those campaigns inside your engineers' hours and travel radius, and logs every call that comes from them.
Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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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Sales and marketing for IT services and networking companies, the overview.
Last updated 5 Oct 2026.
For IT services and networking companies
Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.
“The advert is only worth what your phone does with it”
A missed call at eleven in the morning is money spent on a competitor's contract, so the campaign runs when someone is there to pick up.
“Your keywords pull in home users and job seekers”
Laptop repair, computer course, IT company jobs and CCTV price for home all cost the same click as a 40-seat office.
“Bid only as far as your van goes”
Promising a two-hour response and advertising across the whole city are two different decisions, and one of them makes the other a lie.
What we do
What we deliver for IT services and networking companies.
Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.
An emergency campaign with the number in the advert
Search ads for server down, network not working, files locked and similar terms, with call buttons and a number that rings the engineer on duty.
Result: The firm that answers first is yours.
Ad hours matched to the people on duty
Campaigns scheduled to the hours your team actually answers, with a separate decision about after-hours advertising if you want to take those calls.
Result: You stop paying for clicks that reach a closed office.
A radius set by travel time, not by city
Targeting drawn around the areas an engineer can reach inside the response time you promise, with the busiest corridors given their own budget.
Result: Enquiries come from offices you can actually serve.
A negative list built from the first month of searches
Home user, course, jobs, salary, free software, second-hand and the consumer camera searches, added from the search terms report rather than guessed once.
Result: The budget goes to businesses.
A landing page that answers in one screen
Response time, the areas covered, the brands supported and a phone number at the top, written for a person standing next to a dead server.
Result: The click turns into a call instead of a back button.
Every call logged as an enquiry
Call tracking on the campaign number, with each call written into the enquiry record along with the site, the fault and whether it became a contract.
Result: You know what an AMC from advertising really costs.
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.
Searches to bid on and block
The searches an office manager types when something breaks, and the ones from people who just want a job.
- IT support and AMC for office, plus the city or area
- Bid. An office owner who types this wants a vendor for the whole system. Say which areas you visit and what the support covers, so a home user or a distant business does not click.
- Network down, Wi-Fi not working, server problem
- Bid on a small, separate campaign shown on working hours. These people want an answer now. Use a call button and say who picks up, since an unanswered call loses the click to the next firm.
- LAN cabling, structured cabling and firewall installation
- Bid, with a page for each. The buyer is a business moving or opening a branch. Ask the number of nodes and floors on the form, which is what you need to start a quote.
- IT jobs, networking course and CCNA training
- Block. Freshers and students type networking words constantly. Add job, vacancy, course, training, CCNA, certification, salary and interview as negatives.
- Where the click lands
- Send each click to the matching service page with the areas you cover and a short form that asks office size and current problem. Do not send a cabling click to the home page.
- Counting a real enquiry
- Count a call from a business, a form that names a site and number of users, or a WhatsApp message with a fault. Log them with the service, and mark which ones led to a site visit.
Who it is for
This is written for these IT services and networking companies.
- Managed IT service providers for small offices
- Structured cabling and LAN and Wi-Fi installers
- Network security and firewall specialists
- Server, storage and backup solution providers
- Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace partners
- IT hardware system integrators
- Data centre and server room fit-out companies
- IT firms serving schools, hospitals and factories
Not for
It is not the right fit if.
- Your engineers cannot take a new call-out now, so a paid click would reach a phone that nobody answers.
- You have no landing page that names the areas you cover, so the advert would send a distant office to a page that cannot serve it.
- Every enquiry so far has come from home users and you have no written rule for refusing them politely.
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
Agree the whole budget
We fix the total paid budget across platforms, who owns each ad account, and how much is open to moving.
- 2
Audit tracking and accounts
We check that conversions fire once, that calls and WhatsApp chats are counted, and that your enquiry sheet matches what the platforms say.
- 3
Set one definition of success
You and we agree what a qualified enquiry is and what an order is, so every platform is judged the same way.
- 4
Build and launch the plan
Campaigns are structured across platforms with shared naming and tags from day one.
- 5
Read search terms and lead quality
We review the queries that triggered ads and the enquiries that arrived, and remove waste before moving money.
- 6
Reallocate and report
Budget moves toward what is earning, within agreed limits. Results are reported against the baseline, at the frequency agreed in writing.
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.
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.
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.
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.
FAQ
Questions owners ask before they call.
Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.
Nobody searches for an AMC. Can ads still sell one?
Should we advertise camera installation?
Should we advertise IT support on the weekend?
Can we use Meta ads instead of Google for office IT?
How much does it cost?
How long is the contract?
How soon will we see results?
Who will actually do the work?
What do you need from us?
What if we are not happy with the work?
From the blog
Further reading for IT services and networking companies.
5 min read · 6 Oct 2026How buyers choose between IT, software and SaaS vendorsTechnology buyers take a name from a peer, test it against an engineer and sign after a finance check. This post follows the choice in four stages and shows where vendors drop out.
7 min read · 21 Sept 2026How to advertise to software engineersThey block your ads, distrust your copy and will not talk to your sales team. What reaches them is documentation, a free tier and someone they already read saying your name.
8 min read · 21 Sept 2026How to advertise to small business ownersThere is no committee and no budget line. One person decides, after the shutter comes down, and has been sold a website and an SEO package before.
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Everything else we would do for you.
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- Reputation management for IT services and networking companies
- Local SEO for IT services and networking companies
- Branding and identity for IT services and networking companies
- Social media marketing for IT services and networking companies
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