PPC agency · Bristol

PPC for Bristol businesses, measured on margin.

Google Ads, Shopping, Meta and LinkedIn for Bristol brands, from independent retailers to aerospace suppliers and creative studios. A remote team on UK hours runs the work and reports on profit, not on clicks.

Clifton Suspension Bridge, BristolWelcome to Bristol
Clifton Suspension Bridge
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Time zoneGMT / BST
CurrencyGBP
Ad languagesEnglish

Key sectorsAerospace, creative, tech, retail

$7.56MConversion value
$805KAd spend managed
9.40xAverage ROAS
16.83xBest single month ROAS

Live Google Ads data · updated monthly · through September 2026 Google Ads accounts we run, complete months only. Accounts run in GBP; figures converted to USD.

The platforms we work in every day

Google AdsMeta AdsMicrosoft AdsPerformance MaxTikTok AdsAmazon AdsMerchant CenterLinkedIn AdsGA4
Working with Bristol

Bristol's mix, and how to advertise to it.

Bristol is known for aerospace and engineering to the north of the city, creative and media businesses in the centre, and a strong independent retail scene. Each needs a different kind of campaign.

01Aerospace and engineering

Technical buyers, specific searches

Suppliers around Filton and the wider aerospace cluster sell to engineers who search for exact specifications. Search and Microsoft Ads use technical keyword lists, and LinkedIn reaches buyers by role and industry.

  • Keywords built from specs and standards
  • LinkedIn targeting by job function
  • Quote requests tracked to orders
02Creative and media

Leads for studios and production

Bristol has a long record in animation, natural history film and digital production. Studios and agencies that sell to other businesses need Search and LinkedIn judged on briefs won, not on traffic.

  • Enquiry quality reviewed every month
  • Landing pages led by your portfolio
  • Negatives for jobs and courses
03Independent retail and food

Every pound working

From Gloucester Road to the harbourside, the city has a strong independent scene, and many of those brands now sell online. Shopping and Meta are set up so the budget goes to the products that actually sell.

  • Shopping on best sellers first
  • Meta creative tested on cost per purchase
  • Local ads for shops and cafés
Costs

How much does it cost to advertise on Google in Bristol?

There are two parts to the cost of PPC in Bristol: what you pay the ad platforms for clicks, and what you pay us to run the account.

01

Your ad budget, paid to the platforms

The money for clicks goes straight from your card to Google, Microsoft, Meta or TikTok, in GBP. You set it, you can see every charge, and it stays in your accounts.

02

Our fixed monthly fee

One fixed fee for running the account, agreed in writing once we understand your channels and goals. No percentage of spend, so we have no reason to push your budget up.

03

What decides the cost per click in Bristol

Competition for your search terms, your margins and the area you target. Busy sectors and city-centre postcodes cost more per click, which is why we start with the searches and areas that already sell.

Want a starting figure? Try the Google Ads budget calculator or the ROAS and break-even calculator.

The local calendar

Bristol dates worth planning for.

The points in the year when demand in Bristol moves, with campaigns built before they arrive.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
March

Mothering Sunday

Flowers, gifts and restaurant bookings rise in the fortnight before. Independent retailers get promotions and delivery cut-offs into their ads early.

August

Bristol International Balloon Fiesta

Ashton Court fills for the balloon fiesta. Hotels, food and drink and local attractions run ads around the weekend, with copy that mentions it.

September

Students return

Two universities bring students back to the city. Food, furniture, fitness and student services run their strongest campaigns of the autumn.

Late November

Black Friday

Independent brands compete with national retailers for the same searches. We pick the products worth pushing and hold budget back from the rest.

26 December

Boxing Day sales

Sale prices go into the feed overnight and campaigns stay live through the week to New Year, while shoppers are at home and browsing.

Questions

Before you ask.

Do you have an office in Bristol?

No. We have no Bristol office and nobody based in the city. Serann Marketing is a remote team on UK hours. We work with Bristol businesses by video call, email and shared dashboards, and you deal directly with the person who runs your account.

Do you work with small businesses?

Yes. We work with independent shops, cafés and studios as well as larger brands. The method is the same at every size: tracking checked first, waste cut before budget is added, and a fixed monthly fee agreed once we understand your channels and goals.

Can you help with B2B lead generation?

Yes. For engineering and creative businesses, we build Search, Microsoft Ads and LinkedIn around what buyers search and who they are, then track enquiries through to signed work, so bidding learns from real orders rather than form fills.

Do you build landing pages?

Yes. When the page holds the ads back, we fix it in the same team: Shopify and WordPress pages built around one clear offer, with speed, tracking and consent ready before the first ad runs. You own every login and every file.

Can you run Meta and Google together?

Yes, and we prefer to. Both are judged on the same orders from your store, so neither platform takes credit for a sale the other made. Budget moves each week towards whichever channel is returning more.

Is PPC the same as Google advertising?

Yes, mostly. PPC means pay per click: you pay when someone clicks your ad. Google Ads is the biggest PPC platform, but the same model runs on Microsoft Ads (Bing), Facebook and Instagram, TikTok and Amazon. For Bristol businesses we usually start with Google and add the others where they pay back.

How much should a Bristol business spend on Google Ads?

Enough to buy a meaningful number of clicks on the searches that sell, then more as the numbers prove themselves. We look at your margins, average order or lead value and the competition for your terms before suggesting a budget, and the budget calculator on our site gives a first estimate.

How soon will we see results?

Search ads can bring enquiries and sales within days of going live. The bigger gains come over the first two to three months, as tracking is fixed, wasted searches are cut and budget moves to what converts. You see every change and the effect in the monthly report.

Next step

Bristol brand? Tell us what the ads return.

Send a brief with your website and channels. We read the account with read-only access, and a specialist replies with three changes in writing, the first ones we would make.

01You send a short brief about the business.
02We read the account with read-only access.
03You get three changes in writing, yours to keep either way.
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