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Case StudiesCarsandPickups.com
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Fueling growth for one of Texas' largest independent truck dealerships.

Automotive · Multi-LocationDallas · Austin · Houstoncarsandpickups.com

Cars and Pickups is an independently owned dealership group founded in 2011 in Dallas, Texas. With three locations across the state's largest metros and one of the largest selections of pickup trucks in the country, they needed a digital partner who could match their scale. Think Cre8tive runs a full-service marketing engine — paid advertising, SEO, content, and Google Business Profile — across all three locations.

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3
Texas locations
one unified strategy
2,700+
Combined Google reviews
4.6–4.8 stars
72%
Wasted ad spend eliminated
redirected to truck buyers
15 yrs
Independently owned
anniversary in 2026
Services Provided

The full marketing engine behind CarsandPickups.com.

Google Ads Management (3 campaigns)
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Monthly Link Building (12 / month)
Google Business Profile (3 locations)
Monthly Blog Content Creation
Technical SEO Audits
Onsite SEO Optimization
Citation Management
Strategic Consulting
The Challenge

Win the most competitive truck market in the country — three metros at once.

Cars and Pickups competes in Texas: three locations across Dallas (Addison), Austin (Kyle), and Houston (Katy), against massive franchise groups, online-only sellers, and hundreds of independent lots. Their no-fees, no-pressure, no-haggle value proposition needed to reach truck buyers across a state of 30 million people.

01

Run digital advertising efficiently across three distinct metro markets.

02

Build organic visibility for a domain competing against national chains.

03

Maintain a consistent brand across three GBPs with 2,700+ combined reviews.

04

Create localized content true to Texas truck culture and professional standards.

The Approach

Three markets, one disciplined strategy.

01

Multi-location Google Ads

We build and manage three dedicated campaigns, each tailored to its local market and what actually moves inventory.

Dallas/Addison, Austin/Kyle, and Houston/Katy campaigns
Keyword strategy focused on custom, lifted, and diesel trucks plus Ford & Ram
A search-term audit found $1,200+/mo (72% of spend) going to non-truck queries
Aggressive negative-keyword strategy redirecting budget to high-converting terms
02

SEO at scale

Our monthly program builds authority while protecting a large site from itself.

12 high-quality backlinks built per month
Two original blog posts per month from Ahrefs-driven keyword research
Monthly technical and onsite SEO optimization
Citation management for NAP consistency across all three locations
Sitemap cross-referencing before every topic to prevent cannibalization
03

Three profiles, one calendar

We manage biweekly Google Business Profile posts across all three locations on a rotating content calendar.

Brand, inventory, seasonal, community, and service-offering posts
Each post localized with custom photography and location-specific CTAs
Posts drive to location-specific inventory pages
Ad efficiency
72%

of Google Ads spend redirected from non-truck queries like “used car dealers” and “buy here pay here” back to high-intent truck buyers — after a single search-term audit.

The Results

A disciplined engine across three Texas metros.

Presence
3
Texas locations
one unified strategy
2,700+
Combined Google reviews
4.6–4.8 star ratings
15 yrs
Independently owned
anniversary celebrated 2026
Ads & SEO
72%
Wasted spend eliminated
non-truck queries cut
150+
Non-performing keywords paused
in the initial audit
12 / mo
Quality backlinks built
2 / mo
Strategic blog posts
What Makes This Different

Chris Wielinski personally drives the strategy. When we discovered 72% of the Google Ads budget was being spent on non-truck searches like “used car dealers” and “buy here pay here,” we didn't just flag it — we built a full action plan: keywords to pause, negatives to add, and ad copy rewritten to align with what actually sells, custom pickup trucks. Fifteen years independently owned, no corporate marketing department. Think Cre8tive is the marketing department, and we treat their business like our own.

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