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PPC Agency in Hampshire
DRIVING QUALIFIED LEADS & ROI THROUGH PAID SEARCH
MAKING PAID SEARCH WORK HARDER FOR GROWING BUSINESSES
BOXCHILLI, A HAMPSHIRE PPC AGENCY WITH A KICK
At boxChilli, we offer PPC services designed to help businesses in Hampshire generate consistent enquiries, sales and revenue from paid search and paid social advertising. When campaigns are poorly targeted, under-optimised or disconnected from wider business objectives, ad spend is quickly absorbed without delivering meaningful return, leaving opportunities to be captured by competitors who manage their paid media budget more effectively.
Trusted by companies across Hampshire since 2006, our in-house, Google certified team of PPC specialists based just outside Portsmouth in Waterlooville brings nearly two decades of PPC expertise to every campaign. As platforms like Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Meta and TikTok continue to evolve, automation increasing and conversion tracking requiring greater care, paid media and search ads has become more complex. Our unique approach focuses on efficient spend, clear intent and continual refinement, keeping PPC aligned with commercial goals and delivering consistent results.
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The leading PPC agency in Hampshire that gets it
WE'RE A GREAT FIT IF YOU...
Are investing in PPC ads but don’t have clear visibility on what’s wasting budget and what’s actually driving enquiries or sales
Rely on paid search or social media advertising for growth and want more control, efficiency and predictability from your ad spend
Have worked with PPC agencies that focused on clicks, impressions or automation settings rather than commercial outcomes
Need successful PPC campaigns that reflect how your business sells, whether that’s lead generation, eCommerce or longer sales cycles
Are seeing competitors dominate sponsored search results even though your product, service or overall offer is stronger and better positioned
Want Hampshire-based PPC experts that understand local competition and the realities of running a growing business
Results-driven Hampshire PPC management services
PAID SEARCH ADS THAT PACK A PUNCH
From our base in Waterlooville, with appointment-only offices in Southampton and Chichester, we help organisations turn paid search and paid social into reliable growth channels. Working with established brands and independent, family-run businesses alike, our PPC team create strategies that focus on data-led targeting, precise campaign setup and ongoing optimisation to deliver impact you can see in enquiries, sales and revenue, not just in platform reports.
Specialist Hampshire PPC Advertising Services
TURNING PAID SEARCH INTO A GROWTH CHANNEL
Across Hampshire, PPC delivers the strongest results when it’s treated as a strategic investment rather than just an add-on that runs in the background without any input. Different markets benefit from different approaches, with some businesses seeing the strongest returns from intent-led search, while others gain momentum through Google Shopping campaigns, video formats or display advertising that influence decisions earlier in the journey.
Understanding how these channels interact, and where budget should be concentrated rather than diluted, is essential to maintaining efficiency and avoiding wasted advertising spend. That perspective shapes how we work with directors and marketing leaders across the county.
We don’t pursue activity for its own sake or default to automation without oversight, instead we focus on building a considered mix of paid media that supports wider commercial objectives and stands up to scrutiny amid rising advertising costs. By combining performance-led strategy, accurate tracking, continual optimisation and informed consultancy, we help organisations in Hampshire use PPC as a reliable growth channel, delivering outcomes that are measurable, sustainable and aligned with long-term business priorities.
Google Ads
Google Ads remains one of the most effective paid advertising platforms for Hampshire businesses when it’s approached strategically rather than tactically. As the platform has evolved, performance now depends on how well intent, data, creative and automation are brought together in a controlled, commercially focused way, with Search still playing a central role alongside formats that influence consideration and demand earlier in the customer journey.
Our Google Ads approach reflects that shift. Alongside intent-driven Search campaigns, we manage Performance Max, Shopping, Display, Demand Gen and video activity where it supports the wider objective, ensuring each campaign type has a clear role rather than competing for budget. By treating feed quality, audience signals, creative structure, keyword research and conversion data as core inputs, we allow automation to work effectively while maintaining the oversight and accountability needed to bring in relevant traffic and drive consistent, meaningful performance.
Microsoft Ads
Microsoft Ads (formerly Bing ads) plays a valuable role for businesses looking to extend reach beyond Google, particularly where audience quality, intent and cost efficiency matter more than sheer volume. With strong penetration across desktop environments, professional audiences and default search placements, Microsoft Ads often captures demand that is later in the decision-making process, making it a complementary channel rather than a secondary one.
Our approach to Microsoft Ads focuses on using the platform deliberately rather than treating it as a mirror of Google campaigns. By adapting keyword strategies, bidding logic and creative to suit how users search across Microsoft’s ecosystem, we help businesses take advantage of lower competition and more efficient cost-per-clicks where appropriate. Managed alongside wider paid media activity, Microsoft Ads becomes a reliable way to capture incremental performance and strengthen overall PPC efficiency.
Meta, Facebook & Instagram Ads
Meta advertising plays a different role to search, supporting demand creation as well as demand capture. On platforms like Facebook and Instagram, success depends less on keywords and more on understanding audiences, creative signals and how people engage with content while browsing rather than actively searching. When used well, these highly-targeted ads become a powerful way for building awareness, shaping consideration and driving action across the customer journey.
To achieve that, audience targeting, creative formats, ad copywriting and conversion signals need to work together in a considered way, ensuring campaigns support wider commercial goals rather than short-term activity. Through ongoing creative testing, careful audience management and strong tracking foundations, Meta Ads can deliver consistent performance while adapting to changes in privacy, attribution and platform behaviour.
LinkedIn Ads
LinkedIn advertising plays a distinct role for B2B organisations in Hampshire, offering access to professional audiences that are difficult to reach through search or broader social platforms. Rather than capturing immediate demand, LinkedIn is often most effective at influencing consideration earlier in the buying cycle, particularly for higher-value services, longer decision-making processes and multiple stakeholders.
When these strategic ad placements are used carefully, LinkedIn Ads supports brand visibility, message reinforcement and lead generation by aligning targeting, creative and intent signals with commercial objectives. By structuring campaigns around role, seniority and business context, and refining performance through testing and accurate tracking, LinkedIn becomes a channel that contributes meaningfully to pipeline development and long-term growth rather than standalone activity.
TikTok Ads
TikTok advertising has become an increasingly valuable channel for reaching audiences earlier in the decision-making process, particularly where discovery, consideration and brand relevance play a role in conversion. Unlike search-led platforms, performance on TikTok is driven by how well creative resonates in-feed, making understanding attention, format and messaging just as important as targeting.
Used strategically, TikTok Ads can support awareness, engagement and conversion by aligning creative testing, audience signals and conversion data with wider commercial goals. By treating TikTok as part of a broader paid media mix rather than a standalone experiment, Hampshire businesses can use the platform to build momentum, validate demand and contribute to measurable outcomes as audience behaviour and formats continue to evolve.
Paid Social Advertising
Paid social activity is coordinated across key social media platforms, allowing messaging, creative and conversion data to work together rather than in isolation. On platforms where users are not actively searching, performance depends on understanding audience behaviour, creative relevance and how messaging lands in-feed, making strategy and execution just as important as spend.
When aligned correctly, paid social contributes directly to improving conversion rates and supporting sales outcomes rather than driving passive engagement. By coordinating audience targeting, creative testing and conversion data across platforms, paid social activity contributes consistently to enquiries, sales and revenue rather than operating as a disconnected channel.
We're not just another Hampshire PPC management agency
PUTTING FIRE INTO YOUR MARKETING FUNNEL
Working with businesses across Hampshire has shown how important well-run PPC is to competing effectively in crowded paid media environments. Across a wide range of sectors, from professional services and hospitality to retail, renewables and eCommerce, our focus is on helping businesses reach the right audience, control spend and turn paid traffic into genuine enquiries and sales. By understanding how different sectors compete for attention across paid search and paid social, we build PPC strategies that reach potential customers and deliver measurable business growth rather than short-term activity.
BUILT FOR MODERN CUSTOMER JOURNEYS
In competitive markets, customers rarely move from first click to conversion in one step, as they tend to research, compare options and return through different channels before taking action. Our PPC approach reflects that reality by connecting paid search and paid social into a single performance strategy, allowing intent to be captured when it appears and reinforced as customers continue their decision-making. When campaigns are structured this way, paid media supports better decisions and more consistent commercial outcomes rather than relying on isolated clicks.
LOCAL KNOWLEDGE THAT DELIVERS
Across Hampshire, paid media performance varies significantly depending on location, competition and audience behaviour, with pressure points in Portsmouth or Southampton often differing from those in Winchester and Basingstoke Being based just off the A3 in Waterlooville gives our team a practical understanding of how people search, compare and respond locally, which allows campaigns to be shaped around real demand and competitive conditions rather than generic assumptions applied at a regional level.
WE SCALE WHAT WORKS AND CUT WHAT DOESN’T
Effective PPC management depends on understanding what genuinely contributes to enquiries, sales and revenue. Campaign performance is continually reviewed through a commercial lens, using clean data to identify which keywords, audiences and creatives are delivering value. Proven areas are scaled deliberately, while activity that adds noise rather than impact is refined or removed, keeping your PPC budget focused and performance moving in the right direction.
FIXING WHAT MOST AGENCIES GET WRONG
A lot of campaigns fall apart because they are built around platform defaults, broad targeting, and automation that is never properly controlled. Others rely on surface metrics that sound positive in a report, even though the leads are weak or the sales do not follow. We have been doing this since 2006, and we have watched platforms change repeatedly, so our PPC audits focus on the fundamentals that still decide performance, which are intent, relevance, creative strength, and clean data feeding optimisation.
PARTNERING FOR LONG TERM GROWTH
PPC is easiest to waste when it is treated as a quick fix, because short-term pressure tends to produce short-term decisions. We work best with founders and marketing leads who want clearer direction and stronger outcomes, because that allows paid media to be planned, tested and improved in a way that compounds over time. The goal is not to keep campaigns busy, it is to build a reliable acquisition channel that stays aligned with your commercial priorities as the market shifts.
PPC SHAPED AROUND YOUR SECTOR
The way a customer buys in retail is not the way they buy in professional services, and local service campaigns behave differently again. That is why we do not force a template onto every account. We shape paid search around the intent that matters, and we shape paid social around the messaging and creative that moves people closer to conversion, so campaigns reflect how customers compare options and what actually triggers action in your market.
PROVEN RESULTS FOR LOCAL BRANDS
Businesses in Hampshire like Hovertravel and Veteran Locksmiths come to us when they want PPC that feels accountable, well-managed and tied directly to growth, rather than activity that is hard to trust. With an in-house team of 30+ specialists and a track record built over nearly two decades, we bring the same commercial mindset to paid search and paid social that runs through everything we do.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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Q. How much does PPC management cost?
PPC management costs vary depending on factors such as market competitiveness, cost per click, campaign complexity and the level of activity required across paid search and paid social, which is why pricing is shaped around what is realistically needed to deliver results rather than fixed packages. During discovery, we look at your objectives, the Hampshire competitive landscape and expected performance to set clear expectations around fees, investment levels and return, ensuring the channel is commercially viable rather than simply active.
Q. Will I have a dedicated PPC account manager?
Yes, you will have a dedicated PPC account manager who acts as your main point of contact and takes responsibility for understanding your business, your goals and how success should be measured, while working closely with the wider paid media team to ensure strategy, optimisation and reporting remain aligned, consistent and commercially focused as campaigns develop. This structure gives you continuity in communication alongside access to specialist input when needed, so decisions are informed, joined up and made with a clear view of performance rather than handled in isolation.
Q. How quickly will I start seeing results from PPC?
Paid media can generate traffic and early activity relatively quickly, although meaningful performance improvement tends to build over time as campaigns are refined using real data rather than assumptions. In the early stages, insight is gathered around search behaviour, audience response and conversion quality, which then informs optimisation decisions that improve efficiency, cost control and lead quality, with stronger and more consistent results developing as campaigns mature.
Q. What types of businesses do you typically work with?
We work with ambitious SMEs, founders and marketing teams across Hampshire who want PPC to support measurable growth rather than just activity. With experience in hospitality, travel and tourism, professional services, retail and lifestyle, renewable energy, industrial and engineering, healthcare or events and entertainment, our work is shaped around your commercial goals and the realities of your sector. This approach suits businesses that see PPC as an investment, value open collaboration and want a partner focused on delivering outcomes rather than chasing short-term tactics.
Q. Can I change my budget if performance improves or priorities change?
Budgets can be adjusted as performance develops or business priorities change, although changes are handled carefully to protect efficiency and avoid disrupting momentum. Guidance from your account manager is provided on when scaling makes sense, how to expand responsibly and where restraint delivers better return, ensuring spend remains aligned with outcomes and long-term performance rather than reacting to short-term pressure or isolated results.
Q. What is pay-per-click advertising (PPC) and how does it work?
PPC is a model of online advertising where businesses pay each time someone clicks their ad, hence the name! Paid ads appear across search engines and display networks, helping you quickly drive targeted website traffic, and when campaigns are properly managed, PPC becomes a controllable way to reach high-intent audiences and deliver measurable results.
Q. What are the key benefits of bespoke PPC strategies?
Tailored PPC campaigns let you focus on what your business needs – whether that’s more leads, online sales or faster conversions. A bespoke approach adapts to your funnel, budget and customer behaviour, unlocking better performance than off-the-shelf setups. It’s also easier to test new tactics, align with your wider digital activity and respond quickly to market shifts.
Q. Is PPC just for big budgets?
Not at all! While larger budgets open more doors, small to medium businesses can still run a successful campaign with the right strategy and control – see our case studies on how we’ve helped local businesses make the most of the advertising budget. The key is being selective with spend, tightly focused on high-return keywords and landing pages, and continuously improving based on data.
Q. What’s the difference between PPC and SEO?
PPC provides immediate visibility through paid placements, while SEO builds organic rankings over time. The real power comes from using both together – PPC can fill gaps, support seasonal pushes and help test messaging, while SEO creates long-term momentum. A joined-up digital marketing strategy strengthens your brand visibility across all stages of the customer journey.
Q. How do you approach paid search as part of a wider strategy?
First things first, we don’t treat PPC in isolation. As a full-service digital marketing agency, we make sure your paid search campaigns work in sync with SEO, CRO, content and your wider commercial goals. That means every click contributes to sustainable growth, not just short-term wins.
Q. Do you test different ads and audiences?
Yes – testing is a core part of how we run PPC campaigns. We trial different headlines, formats, bidding strategies and targeting groups, using performance data to refine over time. This helps us deliver innovative PPC strategies that evolve with your audience and platform opportunities.
Q. Will I understand what you’re doing?
You’ll never be left in the dark. We explain strategy in plain English, show you what’s working and why, and provide clear monthly reports that focus on outcomes, not just metrics. We’re here to advise, guide and act, but also to keep you informed.
Q. Can you take over an existing Google Ads account?
Yes, whether your Google Ads account needs a light touch or a full restructure, we can take over quickly and without disruption. We’ll review campaign performance, identify quick wins and build a roadmap for more strategic improvements. Most clients typically see stronger returns within the first few weeks.
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