Derek VaalPaid Search Consultant
Independent support

A Google Ads freelancer who stays close to the account.

I help lead generation businesses and ecommerce brands make paid search easier to understand and improve. You work directly with me on campaigns, conversion tracking, reporting, and the decisions that connect your ad spend with customers.

What you get

Freelance PPC support built around the whole account.

One person accountable for the work

I review the account, make the campaign changes, and explain the results. You can ask about a decision without having it relayed through someone else.

An honest diagnosis before a rebuild

I check conversion tracking, landing pages, and lead-quality feedback, alongside Merchant Center, feed quality, and margins where the business sells products.

A record you can come back to

Recommendations are written in plain language, changes are logged, and questions go to the person who made the decision rather than an account manager.

How I work

The same sequence I use when an account is difficult to read.

1. Diagnose the inputs

I start with your business goals, conversion actions, search terms, and account history. Together we separate campaign issues from problems with measurement, landing pages, lead quality, or product data.

2. Make the next change testable

The account is restructured only where another layer of control will improve the next decision. That might mean separating high-intent service searches or giving a promising product group its own budget. Each change needs a clear question to answer.

3. Read the evidence

I compare platform results with the sales data or lead-quality feedback you can share. The aim is to understand which campaigns bring worthwhile enquiries or purchases, and where the evidence is still too thin to make a decision.

4. Explain what happens next

You receive the reasoning behind the work, the evidence it is based on, and the next question the account needs to answer. Dashboard keeps reporting, account health, and change history available between walkthroughs.

Questions

Questions before hiring a Google Ads freelancer.

What does a Google Ads freelancer do?

I work directly in the account: auditing campaigns, checking conversion tracking and product data, rebuilding structure where it helps, reviewing search terms, and explaining what changed and why. The work is tied to your business and its commercial priorities rather than only to platform metrics.

Is this for newer brands or established brands?

The strongest fit is an established business with meaningful paid search spend and enough lead or sales data to guide decisions. We can also discuss measurement and setup for a newer account.

How is this different from hiring an agency?

You work with the person doing the account work. There is no account manager between us, no rotating junior team, and no requirement to buy paid social or a bundle of services you do not need. The tradeoff is that a solo practice takes on fewer clients.

Do you work only in Google Ads?

Google Ads is the main focus, including Search, Shopping, and Performance Max. I also work across Microsoft Ads, Merchant Center, feeds, tracking, and reporting when those inputs affect the paid search decision.

Next step

Bring me the account question you cannot settle.

Share your business, spend level, and problem you want to understand first. I will tell you what I would examine and whether the fit makes sense.