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Facebook and Instagram ads built from your real work.

Meta ads for Minnesota contractors and small businesses, built out of your real jobs. Your photos and footage on the Growth package, shoots we run ourselves on full service. Not stock footage, not a stranger's kitchen, not a graphic with your logo pasted on it.

★★★★★ 5-star Google reviews from real Minnesota business owners
$28.97average Meta cost per lead
2xon-site shoots a month on full service
LocalCambridge, Minnesota
2023building here since
Why ours look different

On Facebook, the creative is the campaign.

Nobody goes to Instagram looking for a drywall contractor. That is the whole challenge of advertising there, and it means the thing that decides whether a Meta campaign works is not the targeting. It is whether the first two seconds of the video make somebody stop scrolling. Most agencies outsource that part to a stock library. We build it out of your actual jobs, and on the packages that include shoots, we drive out and film it ourselves.

  1. Creative built from your real workOn the Growth package we work from what you already have: job photos off your phone, clips your crew took, the gallery on your site. We cut it, caption it and make it look like an ad instead of a camera roll. On full service, Cory handles the camera and Ashlyn handles the production side, and that is two on-site shoots a month. Commit to twelve months on any plan and two photo and video shoots are included at no charge. Nothing in your account is stock either way.
  2. Vertical video cut for the feedShot and edited for phones, with captions, because most of Facebook and Instagram watch with the sound off. A horizontal clip from your website does not work here and neither does a photo with text over it.
  3. Audiences built on your service areaThe zip codes you drive to, the homeowner age and ownership signals that match your jobs, and retargeting for people who already visited your website and did not call. Retargeting is usually the cheapest thing in a Meta account and the most commonly skipped.
  4. Offers that suit a cold audienceSomebody who was not looking for you will not fill out a long quote form. We lead with something lighter, like a free estimate, a seasonal check, or a gallery of recent work, and we write the ad to set expectations honestly so the leads that come through are real.
  5. Tracking that matches your Google sideMeta pixel and conversion API installed through the same Google Tag Manager container we use for your Google Ads tracking, so leads are counted once and attributed to the right channel instead of both platforms claiming the same phone call.
  6. Reporting in sentencesWhat ran, what it cost, which creative pulled, and what we are changing next month. Same format as every other report we send.

Looking for someone to run your page day to day rather than paid ads? That is social media management, which is a separate service. For people actively searching for what you do, see Google Ads.

Straight answer

Meta ads are not the right first dollar for every business.

We would rather lose this sale than take your money for the wrong channel. Here is the honest split, based on how these campaigns actually behave.

Meta usually works when

  • The work is visual and the before and after is obvious. Concrete, roofing, landscaping, remodels, drywall.
  • You serve homeowners in a defined set of towns.
  • The job is something people did not know they wanted until they saw it done next door.
  • You have a seasonal push and need demand ahead of it, not the week it starts.
  • You already rank or advertise on Google and want to be in front of the same town twice.
  • You have real photos and video of your work, or you are willing to let us come shoot it.

Meta is the wrong move when

  • Your customers are other businesses making a considered purchase. They are not buying off a scroll.
  • It is an emergency service. A burst pipe is a Google search, not a Facebook impression.
  • Your total marketing budget is a few hundred dollars a month. Meta needs real spend per angle before the data means anything, and a thin test just tells you nothing slowly.
  • Nobody is calling leads back the same day. Cold leads need faster follow-up than warm ones, not slower.
  • You have nothing to show. No job photos, no footage, and no interest in anybody taking any. Meta is a visual platform and there is no way around that.
  • You want to be judged on cost per lead in week two.
The numbers

44 leads at $28.97, from two accounts.

August 1 to October 20, 2026. Two Minnesota accounts running Facebook and Instagram lead campaigns. 44 leads on $1,274 of ad spend, an average of $28.97 each, across 150,861 impressions.

Image Irrigation took 29 of those at $27.87 a lead, and their winterization campaign on its own pulled 21 leads at $20.14. Superior Drywall took 15 at $31.08. Separately, a traffic campaign produced 1,852 landing page views at 19 cents each.

Put that next to our Google Ads numbers, where 323 leads came in at $63.71 over twelve months. Meta leads cost less than half as much. They are also colder, because nobody on Facebook was looking for an irrigation contractor that morning, so the two are not interchangeable and we would not run only one. A lead is a tracked form submission or a tapped phone number, not a signed job, and we will not guarantee you a cost per lead.

Cory Johnstone
Cory Johnstone Owner · Wyfi Marketing
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Pricing

Know the investment before we talk.

Meta ads are managed inside the monthly packages rather than sold on their own, because paid social without the creative to feed it does not work. Ad spend is billed separately and goes straight to Meta.

Growth
$1,500/month

For a business with a decent site that needs the phone to ring.

  • Meta Ads management
  • Ad creative cut from your own photos and video
  • Google Ads management
  • Local SEO, every month
  • Google Business Profile management and posts
  • Conversion and call tracking
  • Monthly reporting you can actually read
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Best For Meta Full Service
$3,000/month

Everything, including me on site with a camera twice a month.

  • Everything in Growth
  • Two on-site photo and video shoots
  • Social content built from your real work
  • Deeper SEO and more content monthly
  • Landing pages and conversion work
  • Priority on everything
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Photo & Video Only
Quotedper shoot

You run your own ads and just need creative worth running.

  • On-site photo and video at your job
  • Vertical cuts for Facebook and Instagram
  • Stills for your site and profile
  • Captions and edits included
  • You own and keep the files
  • Priced by travel and scope
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Month to month. No contracts. For paid social we ask for ninety days, because the first month is almost entirely the platform learning who responds to your creative. If you do commit to twelve months, two photo and video shoots are included at no charge, and that footage goes straight into the ads.

Fair questions

Before you call.

What is the difference between Meta ads and social media management?

Meta ads are paid placements on Facebook and Instagram shown to people who do not follow you. Social media management is running your page day to day: posting, replying, building a following. They are different jobs and we sell them separately. If you want the page handled rather than ads run, see social media management.

Should I run Google Ads or Meta ads first?

For most contractors, Google. Search catches people who already have the problem and are trying to solve it today, which is a shorter path to a booked job. Meta is how you get in front of the same town before they need you. If the budget only covers one, start with Google Ads and add Meta when there is room for both.

Do I have to be on camera?

No. Plenty of our best performing creative is just the work: a pour, a roof going on, a finished basement, hands doing something skilled. Being on camera helps because people hire people, but it is not a requirement and we will not push you into it.

Who supplies the photos and video for the ads?

It depends on the package. On Growth at $1,500 a month we work from content you already have: job photos off your phone, clips your crew took, anything in your gallery. We handle the editing, the vertical cuts and the captions. On full service at $3,000 a month we come out and shoot it, twice a month. And if you commit to twelve months on any plan, two photo and video shoots are included at no charge. If what you have is not enough to run on, we will tell you before you sign anything.

Who owns the ad account and the footage?

You own both. We work inside your Meta Business account or set one up in your name and give you admin. The photos and video we shoot are yours to keep and use anywhere, including on your site, your truck, and your print work. If we part ways you take all of it.

What should I budget for Meta?

Enough that a single creative angle gets a fair test before you judge it. In practice that means a few hundred dollars per angle, not per month, which is why we do not recommend paid social to anyone whose entire marketing budget is a few hundred dollars. That money does more in local SEO or a better website first.

What does a Meta lead actually cost?

Across our two accounts running lead campaigns between August and October 2026, $28.97 on average, with the best single campaign at $20.14. Yours will depend on your trade, your offer and how good the creative is. We will not promise you a number before we have run anything, and anyone who does is guessing.