Case Studies / Local SEO + Google PPC

    Case Studies for Tree Care, Lawn Care & Landscaping Businesses

    Explore documented case study results for tree care, lawn care, and landscaping businesses across Local SEO and Google PPC campaigns. This page showcases real proof drawn from Google Business Profile visibility, organic search growth, keyword movement, paid search performance, calls, conversions, and conversion-focused lead generation strategy.
    Local SEO Case Studies

    Local SEO Case Studies

    This section highlights local SEO campaign performance for tree care, lawn care, and landscaping businesses, with a focus on Google Business Profile visibility, map rankings, organic search growth, keyword movement, calls, and conversion-focused lead generation.

    Campaign Results

    Landscape Design-Build Growth

    Local SEO Campaign

    +45.41% Organic Traffic Users
    +46.13% New Users
    +45.57% Sessions
    Top landscape keywords moved from beyond page one to top positions
    Campaign Results

    Landscaping Local SEO Growth

    Local SEO Campaign

    +43.14% Impressions
    #1 landscape installation ashland ky
    #1 landscaping service russel
    Strong local rankings despite GBP verification roadblocks
    Campaign Results

    Tree & Lawn SEO Growth

    Local SEO Campaign

    +25.77% Clicks
    +138.54% Impressions
    1.1 Average Map Rank
    +770% Phone Number Clicks

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    Consistent Local SEO Methodology Across Tree, Lawn & Landscaping Campaigns

    Across these campaigns, the work consistently included internal linking improvements, advanced schema markup, Google Business Profile optimization, local and niche citation building, onsite location signal improvements, content support, and local visibility enhancements designed to improve rankings, engagement, and lead generation for high-intent service businesses.

    Landscape Design-Build — Residential

    Client

    This is a landscape design company specializing in residential backyard design-build projects.

    Niche

    Design-Build Landscaping

    Goals
    • Push forward rankings for the site's main pages
    • Capture more real estate in search results
    • Attract higher-quality traffic more likely to convert
    Action Plan
    • Revised the internal linking strategy to strengthen primary service pages
    • Added advanced Schema Markup to increase SERP visibility
    Results

    Our efforts greatly impacted the organic traffic year over year and helped contribute to new and better keyword rankings.

    Organic Traffic Growth

    As shown in the case study report, organic traffic users increased by 45.41%, new users from organic traffic increased by 46.13%, and sessions from organic traffic increased by 45.57%.

    Keyword Movement

    The report also shows major ranking gains, including landscape architecture moving from beyond rank 100 to rank 1, landscape construction from beyond rank 100 to rank 1, landscape maintenance from beyond rank 100 to rank 1, garden management from beyond rank 100 to rank 4, and landscape installation from beyond rank 100 to rank 6.

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    Google PPC Case Studies

    Google PPC Case Studies

    This section highlights paid search campaign performance for tree care, lawn care, and landscaping businesses, with a focus on lead generation, conversion efficiency, and cost-effective growth through Google Ads.

    Campaign Results

    Tree & Lawn Google PPC Growth

    Google Ads Lead Generation Campaign

    Paid Ads Impact

    Clicks → +169.5%
    Conversions → +211.5%
    Conversion Rate → +16.7%
    Last 90 Days → 299 Conversions

    Campaign Outcome

    Stronger campaign scale
    Higher lead volume from search
    217 call leads in the last 90 days
    82 form leads in the last 90 days

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    Tree & Lawn Google PPC Case Study

    Synopsis

    This Google Ads case study shows how a tree and lawn care business used Search and Performance Max campaigns to generate leads at scale while adjusting budget over time based on business requirements.

    Challenges

    The campaign needed to balance lead volume, cost efficiency, and budget changes over time while producing both form fills and call leads.

    Objective

    Increase qualified leads from Google Ads, improve conversion efficiency, and scale paid search performance as campaign data matured.

    Campaign Strategy

    Campaign Launch

    We launched a Search campaign on September 1, 2023, followed by a Performance Max campaign on September 11, 2023.

    Budget Management

    The monthly budget started at $2500, was reduced to $500 by the end of November based on client requirements, was increased back to $2500 in March, and then increased to $5000 per month from April onward.

    All-Time Performance

    • Cost: $29,698.34
    • Clicks: 8,102
    • Conversions: 553
    • CPA: $53.70
    • Conversion rate: 6.83%
    • Submit Lead Form: 159
    • Call Leads: 394
    Results

    Last 30 Days

    • Cost: $4,993.52
    • Clicks: 579
    • Conversions: 111
    • CPA: $44.99
    • Conversion rate: 7.19%
    • Submit Lead Form: 38
    • Call Leads: 73

    Last 30 Days — Performance Gains

    • Clicks increased by 7.8%
    • The number of conversions increased by 15.6%
    • The CPA decreased by 9.0%

    Last 90 Days

    • Cost: $14,714.01
    • Clicks: 1,854
    • Conversions: 299
    • CPA: $49.21
    • Conversion rate: 7.21%
    • Submit Lead Form: 82
    • Call Leads: 217

    Last 90 Days — Performance Gains

    • Clicks increased by 169.5%
    • The number of conversions increased by 211.5%
    • The conversion rates increased by 16.7%
    Conclusion

    This case study shows how Google Ads can generate both call leads and form leads for tree and lawn care businesses while improving efficiency as campaign data accumulates and optimization continues.

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    What These Case Studies Show

    Across tree care, lawn care, and landscaping campaigns, one pattern remains consistent — businesses that invest in structured local visibility and high-intent search strategy tend to see measurable improvements in calls, engagement, and lead flow over time.

    These case studies reflect different starting points, markets, and levels of competition, but the underlying approach remains consistent: improving how a business appears, competes, and converts in search environments where customers are actively looking for services.

    Whether through Local SEO, Google PPC, or a combination of both, the goal is not just visibility — it is connecting that visibility to real business outcomes.

    If you want to understand how these approaches could apply to your business, the next step is a focused review of your current visibility, competition, and conversion path.

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    Founder, GrowSmallBiz

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