Scope of Services
Define campaign types, channels (search, display, social), deliverables, and specific tasks such as keyword research, ad copy creation, bidding strategy, and conversion tracking implementation.
A formal Professional PPC Agreement reduces ambiguity about responsibilities, campaign budgets, and billing, and creates enforceable expectations for performance, reporting, and data ownership. It also allocates risk, defines remedies for underperformance or breach, and documents client consent for platform access and spend.
The Professional PPC Agreement is used by digital marketing agencies, in-house marketing teams, freelance PPC managers, and clients hiring paid-media services.
An officer or designated account lead who can bind the agency to pricing, service levels, and indemnities. This person should be listed by name and title and authorized to grant account access and approve third-party spend.
A client executive or procurement contact with explicit budget authority who can approve campaign budgets, sign change orders, and authorize billing. Including a backup approver and contact information reduces delays.
Define campaign types, channels (search, display, social), deliverables, and specific tasks such as keyword research, ad copy creation, bidding strategy, and conversion tracking implementation.
State client-controlled media budgets, who will execute platform payments, thresholds for additional approval, and responsibility for third-party platform or ad-network fees.
Detail agency fees (fixed, retainer, percentage of spend), invoicing frequency, payment terms, late fee policy, and whether pass-through ad spend is billed separately.
List KPIs (CPC, CPA, CTR, ROAS), reporting cadence, data sources, and procedures for addressing material underperformance or changes in objectives.
Specify account access levels, ownership of ad accounts, creative assets, and data, and the procedure for transferring access at termination.
Include confidentiality, indemnification, limitation of liability, data protection requirements, intellectual property assignments, and applicable governing law.
| Fields to Add | Signature | Date | Initials | Budget approval checkbox |
|---|---|
| Signer Order | Client signs first, then agency for countersignature |
| Authentication | Email plus SMS code for client signers |
| Notifications | Auto-email upon completion to all parties |
| Storage | Save PDF with audit trail and version control |
Use an eSignature platform that supports required authentication, audit trails, and secure storage to maintain enforceability and compliance.
Due when initial campaign plan is delivered to client
Before any paid media spend is authorized
Typically within 5–10 business days after signature
Monthly or milestone-based; specify invoice due date
Weekly or monthly performance reports as agreed
Finalize signatures and confirm effective date and billing terms.
Grant platform access and link tracking pixels and conversion goals.
Client supplies creative, landing pages, and ad approvals before launch.
Start campaigns once budgets are funded and QA checks are complete.
| Criteria | Professional PPC Agreement | Statement of Work |
|---|---|---|
| Primary Purpose | comprehensive contract | project-level details |
| Term & Renewal | contractual term | task-based dates |
| Fee Treatment | billing and indemnities | pricing for deliverables |
| Typical Use | longer engagements | specific campaigns |
| signNow | DocuSign | Adobe Sign | PandaDoc | HelloSign | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starting Price | $8/user/mo | $15/user/mo | $14/user/mo | $19/user/mo | $15/user/mo |
| Free Trial | 7-day free trial | No | No | Yes, limited | Yes, limited |
| Bulk Send | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Audit Trail | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA Compliant | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
A regional retailer contracted a PPC manager for search and shopping ads with a fixed monthly media budget and performance KPIs.
A clinic retained a PPC firm to drive appointment bookings with HIPAA-sensitive landing pages.