Ads for Local businesses

More customers from your own town, for any business that serves people nearby.

Ados runs your ads on Google, Meta and ChatGPT. You approve every ad before it runs.

Run My Ads is an AI ad service for local businesses, such as salons, auto repair shops, pet groomers, tutors, photographers and movers. Its assistant, Ados, runs Google search ads and Facebook and Instagram ads to people within the distance customers really travel, during the hours the business is open, and sends each booking or request to the owner's calendar or CRM. It is for owners who want more customers from their own town without boosting posts or hiring an agency, and the owner approves every ad before it runs.

Salons, auto shops, tutors, pet groomers, photographers, movers: if your customers come from nearby, the job is the same. Ados shows your business to people close by when they search and when they scroll, and tells you which ads bring customers through the door. Ados makes the ads, you approve every one before it runs, and you can stop any ad any time.

Straight answers

What local businesses ask about ads, answered.

How do I advertise my small local business on Facebook and Google?

Pick one offer, show it to people within the distance your customers really travel, and judge the ads on bookings, not likes. With Run My Ads you connect your own ad accounts, tell Ados your service, your area and your hours, and it builds a Google search campaign for people looking for what you do nearby and a Facebook and Instagram campaign with your own photos. You approve each ad, and bookings go to your calendar or CRM.

How much should a local business spend on Facebook ads to start?

Base it on what a new customer is worth to you over repeat visits, how many new customers you can serve each week, and how small your real trade area is. Start with one offer in a tight radius, set a daily budget you can hold for a few weeks so the ads can learn, and judge it on bookings and customers, not reach or likes. Raise spend only on the ads that bring customers through the door. Ad spend is paid to Meta or Google from your own ad account.

What Run My Ads itself costs: Autopilot is $49 every 30 days; Done For You is $997 every 30 days plus a one-time $297 setup. Ad spend is on top and is not a Run My Ads fee. Big Spender: a custom plan for big budgets, priced on a call. Book one at runmyads.com/intro. See pricing

Is there an AI that runs ads for a salon or auto repair shop?

Yes. Ados, the AI in Run My Ads, plans, writes and runs Google, Facebook and Instagram ads for salons, auto shops, groomers, tutors and other local businesses, inside the spend limit you set. It reports which ads bring bookings, and you can ask your own AI assistant, such as Claude or ChatGPT, how the ads are doing once your account is connected.

Is boosting a Facebook post the same as running an ad campaign?

No. A boosted post spreads one post to more people, usually judged on likes, while a campaign has a goal, such as bookings, a set area and audience, and ads built for that goal. Ados builds campaigns around the booking or visit you want and reports what each ad brought in, which a boost does not.

Can I use customer reviews in my local business ads?

Yes, if they are real, unedited in meaning and used with permission. Made-up reviews, reviews written by staff or reviews changed to sound better break FTC rules and platform rules. Ados only uses review quotes you supply and confirm, and never invents star ratings or customer stories.

Is it right for you

When Run My Ads fits local businesses, and when it does not.

A good fit when

  • Your customers come from nearby, and you can say roughly how far they travel to reach you.
  • You have one clear offer or first visit, such as a cut, an oil change, a grooming slot or a trial lesson.
  • You can answer booking requests quickly, through a calendar, a booking tool or your own CRM.
  • You want an AI to run Google, Facebook and Instagram ads for you, with you approving each one.

Not the right fit when

  • Your business serves walk-ins only and has no way to take a booking, request or visit you can count.
  • You want ads built on made-up reviews, ratings or results.
  • You want someone to call or text your leads for you. Run My Ads runs ads; each lead goes to your own CRM or calendar, and your team follows up.
  • You want to buy leads by the piece. Run My Ads does not sell leads; it runs ads in your business's name, in ad accounts you can see.
Problems we solve

What goes wrong with local businesses ads, and what Ados does about it.

Boosted posts bring likes from across the country but no customers in town.

What Ados does: Ados runs real campaigns in a tight radius around your shop with a booking goal, and stops spend that only collects likes.

Where to start: Tell it how far your customers usually travel.

Ads run at night when the shop is closed and no one can book.

What Ados does: Ados schedules ads around your opening hours and booking times, and points after-hours clicks to online booking where you have it.

Where to start: Add your opening hours and booking link.

No one has time to make new photos and ads every month.

What Ados does: Ados drafts fresh ads from the photos and offers you already have when an ad starts to tire, and asks you to approve them.

Where to start: Upload a handful of real photos of your shop and work.

Buying moments

What people ask when they are ready.

The kinds of searches and questions Ados builds local businesses ads around.

  • [your service] near me
  • best [your service] in [town]
  • [your service] open now
  • [your service] prices
  • [your service] reviews
  • book [your service] online

Examples of what people type, not search data.

Where your ads run

What Ados does on Google, Meta and ChatGPT.

One ad account per channel. Ados plans, makes and runs the ads and reports what each one brought in.

Google Ads (Search + YouTube)

Search ads for your service and "near me" searches inside the area you serve.

Meta (Facebook + Instagram)

Facebook and Instagram ads with your own photos and video, to people within the distance your customers travel.

ChatGPT

A sponsored spot next to ChatGPT's answer when someone nearby asks who to use for what you do.

Ad angles to test

Ideas Ados starts from.

Examples, not scripts. Ados writes the ads in your words and you approve each one.

Meet the owner

A short video of you, in your shop, saying what you do best.

A first-visit offer

A clear first step, with what it includes.

Your work

Real photos of finished work, not stock pictures.

What your reviews say

Real review quotes, with permission and unedited.

Example ads

What Ados's ads for local businesses look like.

Example ads for Juniper Lane Pet Grooming, a made-up business, written to the rules on this page. Yours are written from your own site, and you approve each one.

Example draftsExample

Juniper Lane Pet GroomingSponsored

Booking a first groom at Juniper Lane? We start with a calm meet and greet, a bath and brush, and a trim… See more

Book a first groom at Juniper Lane
JUNIPERLANEGROOMING.EXAMPLEBook a first groom at Juniper LaneBook now

Sponsored

Juniper Lane Pet Groominghttps://juniperlanegrooming.example

Juniper Lane Pet Grooming | Dog Grooming Near You | Book a Time Online

Baths, brushing and trims for dogs of every size. See open times and book online.

Juniper Lane Pet GroomingSponsored

Meet the groomer who will care for your dog. A short video from the Juniper Lane salon on how a visit… See more

Meet the Juniper Lane groomers
JUNIPERLANEGROOMING.EXAMPLEMeet the Juniper Lane groomersLearn more

Sponsored

Juniper Lane Pet Groominghttps://juniperlanegrooming.example

Meet Our Groomers | Calm, Unhurried Grooming | Juniper Lane Pet Grooming

See how a grooming visit works, from drop-off to pick-up. Book a time that suits you.

Juniper Lane Pet GroomingSponsored

Keep your dog on a regular grooming schedule. Juniper Lane books your next visit before you leave, so you… See more

Set up a regular grooming plan
JUNIPERLANEGROOMING.EXAMPLESet up a regular grooming planContact us

Sponsored

Juniper Lane Pet Groominghttps://juniperlanegrooming.example

Regular Grooming Plans | Next Visit Booked for You | Local Pet Grooming

Book your next groom before you leave. Ask about a regular grooming schedule.

Example ad, not a real business, a real client or a promise of results.

The detail

How local businesses ads are set up.

Who the ads reach

Use a tight radius around the shop, set by how far your customers really travel, often a few miles in town and wider in rural areas. Run Google search ads for your service plus "near me" and town-name searches, and schedule them for your opening hours. On Facebook and Instagram, reach people inside the same radius with your own photos and a clear first-visit offer, rather than narrow interests.

The ad rules that bite

Reviews and testimonials in ads must be real, from real customers and used with permission; made-up or edited reviews break FTC rules. Prices, hours and offers in the ad must match what the business really offers, and some trades, such as auto repair or childcare, have their own licensing rules. Ados checks each ad's wording for lines the ad platforms are likely to reject before you approve it; the business stays responsible for its own claims.

Creative that works

Real photos and short videos of the owner, the shop and finished work, such as a fresh cut, a clean car or a groomed dog, beat stock pictures. Say what the first visit includes, how long it takes and how to book. A short clip of the owner saying who the business is for works well in a small town.

The budget ramp

Start with one Google search campaign for your main service and one Facebook and Instagram campaign for a first-visit offer. Give each a few weeks to collect bookings before big changes, then raise spend on the ads that bring customers and pause the rest. Ados moves budget only inside the limit you set.

A typical funnel

From the first ad to a customer.

  1. Search or scroll

    Someone nearby looks for what you do, or sees your ad.

  2. One page per offer

    Your location, hours, prices to start and how to book.

  3. Booking or form

    The lead goes straight to your CRM or your calendar.

  4. Ados reads the results

    Judged on bookings and customers, not clicks or likes.

Run My Ads runs ads. It does not call or text your leads; each lead goes to your own CRM or calendar for your team.

What not to do

Where the budget leaks.

The mistakes and platform rules that cost local businesses the most.

A radius bigger than your customers travel

Spend where your customers live and work.

Boosting posts and hoping

A boosted post is not a campaign. Set a goal and judge the ad on it.

Made-up reviews or results

Fake or edited reviews break FTC rules. Use real ones only.

Giving up after a week

New ads need enough data. One slow week is not a verdict.

Questions from local businesses

Can Ados run ads for a small local business?

Yes. Run My Ads is for any business that advertises online. Ados runs search and social ads to people nearby and reports bookings and customers.

Do I need my own ad account?

You connect your own ad account, or our team can run your ads for you on the Done For You plan. Ad spend is paid to the platform either way.

How much should I spend?

You pick the daily budget. Ados recommends changes based on results and makes them only with your yes.

Do you guarantee customers?

No. Ados reports what each ad brings in and recommends what to change next.

The angles and funnel on this page are examples to test, not a promise of results. No plan promises results; the one Done For You appointment credit and its conditions are on the pricing page. This page is general information about ad platform rules, not legal advice; check the rules for your state and trade.

Ados runs the ads. You approve them.

Pick a plan, connect your ad account and Ados starts with your first ads for approval.