New site, on-site content, paid social, local SEO, and booking automation. In 30 days: 109 new client inquiries, 900 new followers, and average local rank from 9.4 to 3.9. At about $30 a day in spend, cost per inquiry sat near $8.
Open case study ↗Facebook ads / Sacramento / Meta
SacramentoFacebook ads.Booked calls. Not vanity reach.
Facebook and Instagram ads fail most Sacramento service businesses for one reason: the targeting, the creative, and the offer are wrong. Vessel Archive is a two-person Sacramento Facebook ads company that plans the offer, shoots the creative, builds the Meta campaign, and wires the follow-up so a tap turns into a booked job.
We run Meta ads for tattoo shops, sports recovery studios, HVAC companies, contractors, and other local service businesses across Midtown, East Sac, Elk Grove, Roseville, Folsom, Rancho Cordova, and West Sac. Same two people on the shoot, the campaign, and the monthly call.
THE INTERNET
STARTED working.
Sacramento builds that included paid social. Numbers labeled. Timeframes real.
Website rebuild, paid ads, and on-site content. 20 bookings in 30 days, about $35 per booking, from creative shot where the work happens.
Open case study ↗“I personally have seen more clients thanks to their help.”Jackie Baiza / Google review
Built for service businesses, not vanity brands.
For Sacramento operators who need booked jobs from Facebook and Instagram, not a bigger follower count. Tattoo shops, sports recovery, HVAC, contractors, roofing, plumbing, flooring, med spa, dental, chiropractic, hospitality.
If Meta ads already burned budget on tire-kickers, wrong zips, or impression reports, the leak was usually audience, creative, or landing path. We fix those three before we scale spend. Not for startups chasing vanity metrics or handoff-heavy vendor stacks.
Antonie / Vessel Archive
on your account
by design
to launch
18 reviews
ONE TEAM.
The whole signal.
Meta campaign setup
Facebook advertising and Instagram ads aimed at the zips and homeowner profiles you actually serve. Offer first. Audience next. Creative that matches. Adjust until lead quality makes sense.
Creative shot on your work
Real job photos, before and afters, short clips of your people. A Sacramento homeowner at 8pm does not want stock. They want an install in Elk Grove or a shop floor in Midtown. We shoot it, edit it, and run it.
Landing path and follow-up
Traffic lands on a page built for that offer, not a generic homepage. Forms, DMs, and missed calls get a fast reply and a clear next step.
Stack when needed: Google campaigns, websites that book, local SEO, video, booking automation.
FROM “WHAT’S WRONG?”
TO “it’s live.”
Free audit
Review the site, current Meta and Google activity, social, and booking path. Then we say what is leaking.
↘Custom scope
Plan around the real problem. Nothing added to pad the proposal.
↘Build and launch
Shoot day, campaign setup, landing path, and automation in one sprint. Most launches live inside 30 days.
↘Optimize
One clear call a month. Real numbers. Next creative already in motion.
↘PLAIN NUMBERS.
THEN A REAL QUOTE.
Most Sacramento service businesses can work in a $500 to $1,500 a month Meta budget when targeting and creative are right. Give a campaign at least 30 days before judging it.
Site, ads, video, and automation scopes start at a 90 day minimum. Ad spend is separate.
Quoted after the free audit so the number matches the work, not a bronze / silver / platinum menu.
What does a Facebook ads company in Sacramento actually do for a service business?
Plan the offer, make the creative, build and manage the Meta (Facebook and Instagram) campaign, send traffic to a page built for that offer, and set follow-up so leads become booked jobs. Plain English reporting on lead quality.
How is Vessel Archive different from a big Meta ads agency?
Two people. Antonie and Teo. We shoot the work, build the campaign, and take the monthly call. No third-party handoff. Most launches land in about 30 days.
Do you run Instagram ads as well as Facebook ads?
Yes. Meta covers Facebook and Instagram in one system. Feed formats: 9:16 and 4:5, cut from real jobs and shops.
What budget do I need to start Instagram or Facebook ads in Sacramento?
Live Field Notes put most Sacramento service businesses in a $500 to $1,500 a month Meta spend range when targeting and creative are right. Management and build are quoted after the free audit. Full connected systems use a 90 day minimum.
Why did my last Facebook ads campaign fail?
Usually audience too broad, stock creative, or traffic dumped on a homepage with no single next step. We narrow to people and areas you serve, shoot real work, and land them on a dedicated page.
Which areas do you cover?
In person across Sacramento, Elk Grove, Roseville, Folsom, Rancho Cordova, West Sac, Davis, and nearby cities. Campaigns target the zips you actually serve.
LESS AGENCY
theater.
Handed to someone you have never met.
You get us. That is the team.✓
Stock footage that could belong to anybody.
We shoot your people, place, and work.✓
Reports full of acronyms.
One call. Real numbers. Clear next move.✓
Six months before anything useful is live.
Campaigns and system live in 30 days.✓
A custom audit for your business.
Ready for ads that book calls?
We take on a small number of Sacramento service businesses at a time so we can actually be on your jobs and in your shop. If Facebook or Instagram ads burned budget without bookings, that is what the audit is for.
Get a free Facebook ads audit ↗Free audit / six questions / sixty seconds
Free Facebook ads audit.
Want the full system behind the ads? See how our Sacramento marketing agency connects Meta campaigns, booking, and follow-up.