Google Ads That Book Qualified Discovery Calls, Not Freebie Hunters
The MaxV™ methodology trains Google on what a real client looks like: Enhanced Conversions tracks your booked calls and enrolments, tROAS bidding chases them, and dedicated program landing pages convert them. Built for trainers, coaches and training businesses.
Why your cheap leads never enrol
Google Ads optimizes toward whatever conversion you count. When you count form fills and downloads, the algorithm learns to find more people who fill forms and download. Measure booked calls instead, and the same budget targets people who actually buy your program.
Freebie seekers convert fast
A free guide or quick form is easy to grab. The people who grab it are rarely ready to pay for a high-ticket program.
The algorithm doubles down
Count those form fills as conversions and Google goes looking for more of the same. Your cost per lead drops, and so does the chance any of them enrol.
Long cycles need a real signal
Training and coaching sell on discovery calls and enrolment cycles. A download tells Google nothing about who is close to buying.
Feed it the booked call
With Enhanced Conversions, a booked discovery call becomes the signal Google chases. The same spend starts buying better-fit people.
Bid on what a client is worth
tROAS bidding chases program value, not clicks. Your budget weights toward the enrolments that pay for it.
See where your funnel leaks
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Track what actually sells
GA4, GTM and Enhanced Conversions are set up so booked discovery calls and program sign-ups become the signal Google optimizes on. Not page views, not raw form fills. Google now learns to find people who look like real clients.
Land them on a page built to convert
You get a dedicated landing page per program or offer, built and CRO-tested inside your retainer. Never sold as a separate project. Paid traffic arrives somewhere designed to turn interest into a booked call.
Match the campaign mix to your value
Search captures high-intent program queries, Demand Gen reaches people researching certifications and coaching, and PMax runs where volume supports it. tROAS and value-based bidding then chase the leads worth the most to your enrolment, so budget follows quality. For the full method, see the complete MaxV™ lead generation methodology.
Your sales model sets the optimization signal
Corporate training firms
Multi-stakeholder B2B deals close on calls, not forms.
MaxV™ optimizes on the booked discovery call, so Google chases decision-makers worth a quote.
Certification & professional development
Cohorts have a deadline and a season.
MaxV™ leans spend toward enrolment windows and pauses between intakes, with no contract holding you to off-season fees.
Private coaching practices
High-ticket offers live or die on the discovery call.
MaxV™ bids on booked-call value with tROAS and Enhanced Conversions, not on cheap clicks that never book.
Run a course academy or trade school built on enrolment cycles? See the full MaxV™ lead generation methodology. Selling outside training (clinics and appointment-based practices, or high-value professional services) is handled on its own page.
The same qualified-lead methodology, applied across lead-gen niches.
Entreprises MST
3×
Qualified leads vs. baseline, same MaxV™ signal-quality approach.
Pretech
3×
Qualified leads vs. baseline, optimized on real buyers.
Comairco
−39%
Cost per qualified lead, by bidding on lead value.
Trainers & coaches
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What clients say about the pages and the follow-through
Our Google Ads landing pages perform much better since we started working with them. The team is professional, responsive and highly competent.
IMG Media has supported us for over 10 years. Impeccable service and great integrity.
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Flat retainer vs. percentage-of-spend agencies
Straight answers on Google Ads for high-ticket programs
Aren't the clicks too expensive for a $3k+ coaching program?+
A high cost per click only hurts when you measure clicks. We bid on the value of a booked call, not the cost of a visit. With Enhanced Conversions feeding tROAS bidding, Google chases the people who book and enrol, so a high click price still pays off when the program ticket is in the thousands. The question is never "what does a click cost," it is "what does a booked discovery call cost," and that is the number we optimize.
How do you stop freebie hunters from eating the budget?+
Google optimizes toward whatever conversion you count. Most accounts count form fills, which teaches the algorithm to find more people who fill forms and never buy. We track booked discovery calls and enrolments as the conversion through GA4, GTM and Enhanced Conversions, so the bidding learns what a real client looks like and finds more of them. Changing the signal changes who the algorithm targets.
Do I need a new website first?+
No. Dedicated program landing pages are built inside the retainer, not sold as a separate project. Your main site stays as it is. Paid traffic goes to pages designed to convert one program into one booked call, which is why ad clicks turn into enrolments instead of bouncing off a general homepage.
What budget makes sense to start?+
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How fast do qualified calls show up?+
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What if my enrolment is seasonal and I need to pause?+
You can. We work on a flat retainer with no contract, so spend flexes with your cohort calendar instead of locking you in through a slow season. Scale up ahead of a launch, ease off after it closes, and the mandate is re-earned every month rather than held by a commitment. That fit with seasonal cohorts is why training businesses choose the flat model over percentage-of-spend.
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- ✓See what Google is learning from your current signals
- ✓Find where your ad spend leaks before you commit to anything
- ✓Flat retainer, no contract, current Google Partner
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