Lesson availability by postcode
Advertise manual and automatic lessons separately if you offer both. Match postcode coverage to current instructor capacity.
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If the automatic instructor only has daytime space, put those times on the page. Record paid first lessons so weekend-only enquiries do not flatter a daytime campaign.
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Split manual and automatic
Qualify and measure enquiries
Ask for pickup postcode, transmission and preferred times. Measure first paid lessons and blocks booked.
Advertise postcodes an instructor can reach
A pupil ten miles outside the patch costs the instructor the lesson. Set coverage to where you can pick up, and ask for the pickup postcode on the form.
Pupils with different constraints
Manual lessons
Show the areas and the times you have. A pupil who can only do Saturdays needs to see that before they enquire.
Automatic lessons
These often have less instructor time. Give them a separate budget so manual demand does not spend it.
An intensive course
Ask whether they already have a test date. Intensive courses fill the diary in a block and should not be sold as ordinary weekly lessons.
What the enquiry should ask
Pickup postcode, manual or automatic, and the times they can do. Measure first paid lessons and blocks booked. A message asking for the price of a lesson is not a pupil.
What this looks like in practice
If your automatic instructor only has daytime spaces, put those times on the page. Record paid first lessons so weekend-only enquiries do not make a daytime campaign look stronger than it is.
Questions before you spend on ads
Can I advertise manual and automatic lessons separately?
Show availability by transmission and pickup area. Count paid first lessons rather than enquiries for times you cannot offer.
How do I work out what I paid for the work?
Add Google ad spend and management fees, then divide that by the number of paid first lessons linked to those ads. Include any setup fee in a separate first-month calculation. Use the same period for spend and results, and keep repeat calls, cancellations and unfinished enquiries out of the final count.
Questions from local owners
Should intensive courses share ads with weekly lessons?
No. They need a block of diary time and attract people at a different stage, especially if a test is already booked.
What if Saturday is full?
Say so, and advertise the times you can teach. Otherwise you pay for enquiries you decline.
What should I report?
Paid first lessons and lesson blocks, by gearbox and area.
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