
Google Ads Agency Zurich.
We manage Google Ads campaigns for SMEs in Zurich: clean conversion tracking first, then campaigns by offer and area. Management costs from CHF 300 per month for an ad budget of up to CHF 1,500, and you pay the ad budget directly to Google.
- Management
- from CHF 300 / mo.
- for ad budgets up to CHF 1,500
- Ad budget
- paid to Google
- recommended from CHF 500 / mo.
- Account
- stays yours
- we work in it as users
- 01Does conversion tracking measure real enquiries?
- 02Search terms report: where did money go without an enquiry?
- 03Negative keywords: is the list maintained?
- 04Structure: can budget be steered per offer and area?
- 05Location targeting: presence or just interest?often missed
- 06Landing pages: does the page answer the ad?
- 07Ownership: is the account in your company name?
What does a Google Ads agency in Zurich do, and what does it cost with us?
A Google Ads agency sets up the account, measures real enquiries, builds campaigns by offer and area, and keeps excluding searches that only cost money. At DLM Digital that costs from CHF 300 per month for an ad budget of up to CHF 1,500. The ad budget goes directly to Google and is never part of the fee.
We are DLM Digital from Zollikon near Zurich, active since 2022, and we usually run Google Ads together with the website and search engine optimisation. There is a practical reason: many campaigns fail not because of the ad but because of the page the click lands on.
If you already run campaigns, we do not start with a proposal but with a free look at your account. Afterwards you know where budget is being lost, even if you do not continue with us.
Free Ads check: a second opinion on your account
You give us read-only access to your Google Ads account, we go through it and send you the main findings in writing. No account yet? Then we look at your website and the search demand for your offer, so you know before launch whether Google Ads pays off for you.
- 01Step 1
Send the form
A few clicks on account, budget and goal, plus your email. No obligation.
- 02Step 2
Read-only access
We explain by email how to give us "Read only" access in Google Ads. No password, nothing gets changed.
- 03Step 3
Findings in writing
You receive the main findings in the order we would tackle them. Whether you continue with us is up to you.
- 01Does conversion tracking measure real enquiries?
- 02Search terms report: where did money go without an enquiry?
- 03Negative keywords: is the list maintained?
- 04Structure: can budget be steered per offer and area?
- 05Location targeting: presence or just interest?often missed
- 06Landing pages: does the page answer the ad?
- 07Ownership: is the account in your company name?
What matters for Google Ads in Zurich
In Zurich many providers bid for the same searches, so a campaign wins on precision, not on budget. Four settings decide most of it:
- Draw the area deliberately. City of Zurich, individual districts, the agglomeration or a radius around your premises: the area should match where you actually work. A cleaning company in Oerlikon has different customers from a law firm in the city centre.
- Presence, not interest. By default Google Ads also shows ads to people who are merely "interested" in Zurich, for example someone in Basel reading about Zurich. For a local service that is usually wasted budget. Setting targeting to "Presence" fixes it, and we find it set the other way in many accounts.
- Know the click prices before you set the budget. They vary enormously by sector. One example from our own field: for "google ads agentur" Google Ads reports an average click price of CHF 51.25 (Switzerland, average October 2025 to August 2026, retrieved via DataForSEO on 11.10.2026). We measure the values for your search terms before launch, so the budget fits the market.
- Consider English. Part of the Zurich population searches in English. If your offer serves them, separate English ads and keywords are worth it rather than leaving those searches to chance.
For the neighbouring areas we have separate pages, linked at the bottom of this page. They differ in more than the place name: each describes the local situation.
How we work in your account
Measure first, then build. Anyone who adjusts bids before measurement is right changes the one lever whose effect nobody can then judge.
- 01First
Measurement
Conversion tracking for forms, calls and bookings, tested before the first franc is spent.
- 02Then
Campaigns by offer and area
One campaign per offer, location targeting drawn as tightly as your service area.
- 03Ongoing
Search terms and bids
Search terms report reviewed, wasted clicks excluded, bidding pointed at enquiries.
- 04Monthly
Report with cost per enquiry
Enquiries and cost per enquiry, not just impressions and clicks.
Zurich projects where Google Ads is part of the brief
Three Zurich companies where we run Google Ads together with the website and SEO. The results are quoted as they appear in each reference. We only publish figures for individual campaigns with the client's approval and evidence.
What Google Ads costs with us
Two items, shown separately on the invoice: our management and your ad budget with Google. We do not offer a percentage-of-spend model, because it rewards spending more rather than spending better.
Goes straight to Google and is never part of our fee.
For an ad budget of up to CHF 1,500 per month. Conversion tracking is included.
- Conversion tracking set up and tested
- Campaigns by offer and area
- Search terms and negative keywords maintained
- Monthly report with cost per enquiry
- Account stays in your name
- Fee agreed before we start
- Several campaigns, incl. Remarketing
- Performance Max or Shopping where useful
- Landing pages aligned with the ads
- One-off fixed price by scope
- Tracking and account structure built
- Initial negative keyword list
- You run it yourself afterwards
From which ad budget ongoing management pays for itself is worked out on Google Ads Agency Switzerland.
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Frequently asked questions about Google Ads in Zurich
The cost has two separate parts. Management by DLM Digital costs from CHF 300 per month for an ad budget of up to CHF 1,500 per month. For a larger ad budget we agree a fixed monthly fee based on scope and number of campaigns before we start. You pay the ad budget itself directly to Google; it is never part of our fee. We recommend an ad budget of at least CHF 500 per month, because below that there is not enough data to steer a campaign.
For an existing account you give us read-only access in Google Ads, never a password. We then check whether conversion tracking measures real enquiries, where the search terms report shows money spent without an enquiry, whether negative keywords are maintained, whether budget can be steered per offer and area, how location targeting is set, and whether the landing pages match the ads. We send you the main findings in writing, in the order we would tackle them. Without an account we look at your website and the search demand for your offer. The check is free and commits you to nothing.
We recommend at least CHF 500 per month. Below that too few clicks come together to see which search terms bring enquiries. How much you actually need depends on the click price in your sector, and that varies a lot: in competitive services the same budget buys far fewer clicks. So we measure the click prices for your search terms before launch instead of guessing. Below CHF 500 we advise against ongoing management and suggest a one-off setup with training instead.
You do. The account runs under your company and we work in it as additional users. The same applies to Google Analytics and Tag Manager. That way the history, the conversion data and everything the bidding has learned stay with you, even if you end the collaboration. Ask every provider this before you start, not when you switch.
Ads can run on the first day after launch. Dependable enquiries take longer: in the first weeks Google collects conversion data, and we use the search terms report to sharpen keywords and exclude wasted clicks. Realistically a campaign needs four to eight weeks before the cost per enquiry settles enough to plan with. Nobody can guarantee a number of enquiries or a position in Google's auction, including us.
Without conversion tracking you only see clicks and costs, not whether they turn into enquiries. Then Google's bidding cannot learn which searches bring customers, and you cannot judge whether the budget pays off. So before the first franc of ad budget we set up tracking that records submitted forms, calls and other real actions. It is part of the management, not an extra.
No. We are based in Zollikon near Zurich and work with clients across German-speaking Switzerland. The Zurich page exists because campaigns for Zurich raise their own questions: how tightly to draw the area, how to deal with high click prices in the city, and whether you need ads in English. We meet by phone, by video call or in person in Zollikon.
It depends on how fast you need enquiries. Google Ads gives visibility from day one, but only while you pay. SEO takes months, but the visibility stays without every click costing money. For most SMEs the combination makes sense: ads quickly show which search terms actually bring customers, and those are exactly the terms the SEO work should target.
Yes. Google Shopping runs in the same Google Ads account and also needs a clean product feed in Merchant Center, which we set up and maintain. We set up Microsoft Ads (Bing) as an addition to a working Google campaign. We manage Meta Ads on Facebook and Instagram and LinkedIn Ads for offers that hardly anyone searches for. The only binding price is the one for Google Ads management (from CHF 300 per month for an ad budget of up to CHF 1,500). For Shopping with a product feed, Microsoft, Meta and LinkedIn we set out the effort in a quote based on scope. We hold no published reference for these channels yet, and the ad budget always goes directly to the platform.
Where is your account losing money?
The free Ads check shows you in writing, with read-only access and no obligation.
Request a free Ads checkHow often do people search for what you offer? in Zurich
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