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ADS PLAYBOOK

Tracking setup

Makes sure every call, form and booking reaches your CRM with its source. Use it before you spend on ads, or when your numbers disagree.

AdsVersion 1.0.16 steps2 deep-dives

What it fixes

If calls and forms do not reach your CRM with a source, you cannot tell which dollar made a booked estimate. Platforms then fill the gap by counting the same job twice or not at all. We set up call tracking, form capture, source tags and conversion events. Then we prove each one with a real test and a CRM readback. Test leads need your approval first. Success is CRM-confirmed leads, not tag fires.

What the research says

  1. 17.8%

    Advertisers sending web events through Meta's Conversions API averaged 17.8% lower cost per result than those without it.

    Meta, Pixel and Conversions API updates (2026)
  2. 52%

    Only 52% of callers to home services businesses speak with a person. Without call tracking you never see the other 48%.

    Invoca, Home Services Lead Conversion Benchmarks Report (2026)
  3. 70%

    Google reports consent-based modeling recovers over 70% of ad-click-to-conversion journeys lost to cookie refusals. Setup decides whether you get it.

    Google, Conversion modeling through Consent Mode in Google Ads (2021)

What's inside

  1. 01

    Map every call, form and booking to a CRM field

  2. 02

    Add UTMs and click-ID capture to every ad link

  3. 03

    Set up call tracking and form tracking

  4. 04

    Send conversion events to Google and Meta

  5. 05

    Test each event with a real record and read it back

  6. 06

    Report launch readiness: pass or fail per item

Deep-dives inside the playbook

  • Events and conversions
  • UTMs and click IDs

See it in action

You ask
Our Detroit roofing ads run, but some form leads show no source in the CRM and the call numbers don't match Google. Where do we start?
The playbook delivers

An event map lists each event, its trigger, its CRM field and a status of verified, unverified or missing. The verification record shows how each was tested and the CRM readback. Gaps are ranked by risk to spend, and the first is form source loss on the quote page. The launch readiness line says pass or fail for UTMs, conversion goal and tracking.

At $10M and up

How it runs in a larger operation

With many locations, one gap in tracking hides a whole market. Every event, number and form is mapped to a CRM field and tested with a readback. Ad spend stays paused where tracking is unverified. Leadership gets numbers they can trust by location.

  • Every event mapped to a CRM field
  • Unverified tracking blocks ad spend
  • Numbers reconciled across ads, site and CRM
Talk to us about running it at scale

For executives Team Skill Upgrade

Put our playbooks inside the AI your team already uses.

Three of the playbooks we run for service businesses, written so your team can paste them into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Copilot and use them the same afternoon. Free for owners and operators.

  1. 15 minSetup, inside the AI tools your team already pays for. No new software.
  2. 3Playbooks: speed to lead, landing page conversion and review generation.
  3. 1 ruleEvery result counts in your CRM, and a person approves what goes out.

Get the Team Skill Upgrade

Three playbooks, one email, setup in 15 minutes.

Includes an optional 20-minute call to install one playbook with your team. One email with the pack, then occasional notes from Timur. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy.

Works with the AI tools your team already uses

  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  • Gemini
  • Copilot
  • Perplexity
  • Grok
  • Meta AI
  • Le Chat

ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Perplexity, Grok, Meta AI and Le Chat are trademarks of their owners. The playbooks work with them. No endorsement is implied.

Questions owners ask

Why can't ads start first?

Spend without tracking teaches the platform the wrong outcome, and you cannot see what worked.

Do you need access to our accounts?

Yes, through approved connections. Passwords and keys stay out of chat and reports.

What about cookie consent?

We account for it and tell you how it changes the counts.

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