The cost of Google Ads has two separate parts, and it is best to budget for them separately from the start. The first part is the ad budget, which goes directly to Google and is spent on clicks or impressions. You set the amount yourself, usually as a daily cap, and several factors decide how many clicks you get for it: how competitive your industry is, how many competitors bid on the same keywords, the quality of your ad and landing page, and how wide your target area and ad hours are. The more precise the targeting — for example, only the cities you serve and only the hours when someone is available to answer the phone — the less budget is wasted. That is why cost per click varies widely from one field to another, and no accurate figure can be given before the market is reviewed. Because this money is separate from the management contract, also ask about and agree on how the ad account will be paid before you start.
The second part is the management fee, paid to MyTarh for keyword research, building the campaign structure, writing ads, optimization and reporting. This fee is monthly and depends on the number of campaigns and the depth of work: the “Starter” package at $490/month manages one campaign with weekly optimization and a monthly report; the “Growth” package at $990/month covers up to three campaigns with daily optimization, retargeting and a weekly report; and the “Advanced” package from $1,990/month covers unlimited campaigns, including Shopping, Display and YouTube Ads. The ad budget is not included in any of these amounts.
About timing: once Google approves the ad, it can bring clicks from the first days, but a campaign needs data to reach its optimal state. The first weeks are spent finding out which keywords bring conversions, which phrases should be made negative and which ad version performs better. The smaller the budget, the longer it takes to collect this data; so if your budget is limited, it is better to focus it on a smaller number of precise keywords than to spread it across dozens of phrases. Another common mistake is judging the campaign in its very first week; making change after change before data has built up sends the campaign back to square one. The right measure is to compare the cost per conversion with what each customer is worth to your business.