Google Ads help · Top Rated on Upwork

Your Google Ads questions,
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I'm Nick Ostroff, founder of Pixelocity and a Top Rated Google Ads freelancer on Upwork with a 100% Job Success score across 132 jobs. Find the kind of help your job post asks for below: how I'd start, and straight answers to the questions clients ask me most. Then let's talk on a free 30-minute call.

Top Rated on Upwork●100% job success●132 jobs completed●Manhattan Beach, CA

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100%

Job Success

$70K+

Total earned

132

Jobs completed

101

Hours worked

In their own words

What clients say.

“Communication was top class with Nick. Impeccable skills and knowledge about Google Ads and Analytics.”
— Upwork client review
“Nick was very helpful in giving us an audit of our Google ads and helping us refine one of our campaigns to perform much better than before. That particular ad cut our cost per conversion in half! I would highly recommend working with Nick for Google Ads.”
— Upwork client review
“Nick was the perfect fit for what we were looking for in a Google Ads & SEM Freelancer. He was flexible in his approach – both hands-on and taking more of a coaching/training role so that we could learn some of the ins and outs to manage our own campaigns in the future. He provided super helpful training videos, provided great insider tips and tricks, and helped get everything set up properly in the backend with both Ads and Analytics to ensure we were set up for success. Can’t recommend his services enough!”
— Upwork client review

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Run my ads for me

Google Ads management

Sound familiar?

  • “The ads are spending, but you can't tell which calls and forms came from them.”
  • “Leads come in, but too many are junk.”
  • “Your last agency went quiet after the first month.”

What I do first

  1. 01Read the account and the last 90 days of search terms before changing anything.
  2. 02Make sure every real lead or sale is tracked, and nothing junk is counted as a win.
  3. 03Cut spend on searches that don't match what you sell.
  4. 04Agree on the one number we judge it by (cost per qualified lead, booked job or sale) and report on it every month.

Questions clients ask

Will you manage it yourself, or hand it off?

You work directly with me. No account reps in between.

How do you fix poor lead quality?

Three places, in this order: the search terms you're paying for, what Google is told counts as a conversion, and the ad and landing page promise. When your CRM can tell us which leads became customers, we send that back to Google so it bids for customers, not form fills.

How much should I spend?

It depends on what a click costs in your market and how many leads you need. On the call we work backward from your goal to a starting budget, then let the first weeks of data adjust it.

What will you report on?

The number that matters to your business, how it moved, and what I changed and why. Not a pile of impressions and click-through rates.

Tell me what's wrong

Google Ads audit

Sound familiar?

  • “Spend keeps going up and results don't.”
  • “You're not sure your agency or freelancer is doing a good job.”
  • “You want a second opinion before you hire someone.”

What I check

  1. 01Conversion tracking: is Google optimizing for the right thing?
  2. 02Search terms and wasted spend: what are you paying for that will never buy?
  3. 03Structure and bidding: does the setup fit your goal and budget?
  4. 04Ads, assets and landing pages: do they say what the searcher wants to hear?

Questions clients ask

What do I get?

A plain-English list of fixes, most important first, with what each one is costing you. We walk through it together so you can ask anything.

What access do you need?

Read-only access to Google Ads, and GA4 if you use it. Nothing changes in your account during an audit unless you ask.

Will you just tell me to hire you?

No. You get the list of fixes either way. Plenty of owners make them themselves, and that's a good outcome.

Start my ads right

Setup & launch

Sound familiar?

  • “You're starting Google Ads for the first time.”
  • “You tried it yourself and it burned money.”
  • “You're launching a new service, product or location.”

How I launch

  1. 01Conversion tracking in place before the first dollar is spent.
  2. 02Keywords built from what your customers actually search, with negative keywords from day one.
  3. 03Ads and landing pages that make the same promise.
  4. 04A sensible launch budget, then the first two weeks of real search terms decide where it goes next.

Questions clients ask

How much budget do I need to start?

Enough to get a steady flow of clicks in your market so the data means something. We work that out on the call from your goal and your local click costs.

How long until it works?

The first weeks are for learning: real search terms, real costs. Judge it on about a month of data, not the first few days.

Do I own the account?

Yes. Everything is built in your own Google Ads account, and it stays yours.

Fix my tracking

Conversion tracking & GA4

Sound familiar?

  • “Google Ads says one number, your CRM says another.”
  • “Conversions dropped to zero after a website change.”
  • “You need to know which leads actually turned into customers.”

How I fix it

  1. 01List every action that matters (calls, forms, bookings, purchases) and test each one.
  2. 02Google tag, Tag Manager and GA4 set up so they agree with each other.
  3. 03Enhanced conversions and Consent Mode where they apply.
  4. 04For lead businesses: send closed deals back to Google Ads (offline conversions with the click ID) so it bids for customers.

Questions clients ask

What do you need from me?

Access to Google Ads, GA4 and Tag Manager (or your website), plus someone who can tell me what a good lead looks like.

Does this work with my CRM?

If your CRM keeps the Google click ID (GCLID) with each lead, closed deals can flow back to Google Ads. On the call we check whether yours does and what it takes.

What about privacy rules in my industry?

Some industries, health care especially, limit what can be tracked. I flag those before anything is set up.

Teach me to run it

Coaching & training

Sound familiar?

  • “You want to run your own ads, but don't know what to look at.”
  • “Your team runs Google Ads and you want an expert reviewing their work.”
  • “You've watched the tutorials and still feel like you're guessing.”

How sessions work

  1. 01Live, one-on-one, in your own account. No slides.
  2. 02We fix real things as we go, so you see why, not just what.
  3. 03You leave each session with a short list for the week.

Questions clients ask

Do you teach in my own account?

Yes. Your account, your campaigns, your search terms. That's where the learning sticks.

How many sessions do I need?

Some owners want one session to get unstuck; others want a regular check-in. We decide on the call.

Can you train my team?

Yes. Bring whoever runs the account to the sessions.

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