Surg Solutions | 28 qualified leads in 30 days at NZ$41.79 per lead | Local plumbing · Auckland, NZ
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Local plumbing · Auckland, NZ · Google Ads · AIO · Lead Generation

28 qualified leads in 30 days at NZ$41.79 per lead

28
Conversions in 30 days
NZ$41.79
Cost per lead
19.2%
Conversion rate

Overview

Plumbers Auckland is a local service provider offering residential and emergency plumbing services. The objective was to build a high-conversion lead system while improving how the business is interpreted and surfaced by AI-driven search engines.

The Challenge

  • Intense competition in local search results
  • Low conversion efficiency from previous campaigns
  • Weak alignment with AI-understood service intent

Strategic Approach

01

Intent-Based Query Structuring

  • Focused on urgency-driven queries: "emergency plumber Auckland", "blocked drain repair"
  • These queries match real-world urgency signals and align with AI models prioritising problem-solution searches
02

Service + Location Entity Clarity

  • Reinforced core entities: Service (Plumbing — Emergency + Residential), Location (Auckland)
  • Improved local search relevance and AI categorisation accuracy
03

Smart Campaign Optimisation

  • Responsive search ads with bid adjustments during peak hours
  • Audience exclusions to create clean, high-quality training data for ad algorithms
04

Mobile-First Conversion Capture

  • +25% bid adjustment for mobile
  • Optimised for call-based conversions, aligned with how users interact with urgent services
05

Conversion Intelligence System

  • Tracked phone calls and form submissions
  • Feeding real conversion signals back into Google's learning systems and AI-driven ranking layers

Performance Snapshot

Apr 7 – May 6, 2025
Timeline
146
Clicks
28
Conversions
4,050
Impressions
NZ$1,170
Ad Spend
NZ$41.79
Cost Per Conversion
3.6%
CTR

AI & Performance Insights

  • Urgency-based queries aligned strongly with AI retrieval patterns
  • Mobile users dominated conversions, consistent with AI-predicted behaviour models
  • Location-modified keywords improved both CTR and AI visibility

Business Impact

  • 28 qualified leads in 30 days
  • Lower CPA with higher intent quality
  • Built a scalable, AI-aligned lead generation engine

Strategic Takeaway

Local service growth today depends on capturing real-time intent, structuring data for machine understanding, and feeding systems with conversion-quality signals. This is how businesses move from visibility to AI recommendation — the core of AIO (Answer Engine Optimization).

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